God, Albert Einstein famously declared, does not play dice. It’s a pithy statement, but a revealing one: to the famously genius physicist, true randomness – and the new quantum framework that threatened to once again rewrite the rules of the…
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Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries – The New York Times
- Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries The New York Times
- Mercury from centuries-old pollution still circulating in oceans, study finds The Hill
- Polar bears are being poisoned by mercury dumped a century ago BBC…
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Jets from black holes J1405+0415 and J1610+1811
A black hole has blasted out a powerful jet into space, so deep in the distant Universe that it’s being illuminated by the remnant glow from the Big Bang.
The black hole is 11.6 billion lightyears from Earth, meaning astronomers are seeing…
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Researchers Uncover Fossils That Completely Challenge What We Thought We Knew About Prehistoric Reefs
A groundbreaking study published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology offers new insights into how ancient marine ecosystems functioned. The study, led by researchers from the University of Missouri, delves into the early…
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A Fossil So Well-Preserved It Looks Like It Came From Yesterday—Here’s What It Reveals
Scientists in Australia have uncovered an exceptional fossil—a 15-million-year-old freshwater fish—that provides new insights into the prehistoric world. This rare discovery, led by a team from the Australian National Museum and UNSW Sydney,…
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How to see Mars visit a bright star and the moon this June
This has been a most interesting year to follow Mars. If you’ve been monitoring the Red Planet since the start of 2025, you have no doubt noted the dramatic change in its brightness as well as the occasional interactions it has had with the…
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Astrophotographer captures the heart of the Lagoon Nebula glowing below a cosmic Trifid (photo)
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars.
Both star-forming regions orbit within the Milky Way over…
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6,200-year-old ‘cone-headed’ skull found in Iran reveals cranial modification and death by blunt force
Archaeologists excavating a prehistoric cemetery in Chega Sofla, western Iran, uncovered the skull of a young woman who died over 6,000 years ago in violent circumstances. Not only does this discovery shed light on a traumatic event in her final…
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Milky Way Core Season: Now Is The Best Time To See The Glowing Core Of Our Galaxy
It’s June, which means solstice time – and therefore, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the shortest night of the year. That’s a shame, as something else remarkable is set to occur this month as well: it’s “core season” for…
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Auroras Set to Illuminate the Skies Across 18 U.S. States This Weekend
The northern lights, or auroras, are set to put on an extraordinary show for skywatchers across parts of the United States this weekend, thanks to an ongoing geomagnetic storm. As Earth experiences turbulent space weather, including a solar…
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