Terry Gerton Before the Senate recessed last week, you all had passed a minibus of appropriations and the president signed them on Jan. 23. One of those that was included in that was the Commerce-Justice-science bill. And I wanna drill in for a…
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Study Finds Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Live to 100, But There’s a Catch : ScienceAlert
People who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there’s more to these findings than meets the eye.
The research tracked over…
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See the ‘Seven Sisters’ of the Pleiades swim in the light of a waxing moon at sunset tonight
Look high above the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Jan. 27 to see the waxing gibbous moon shine alongside the Pleiades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
At sunset, the 76%-lit moon will dominate the winter…
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Creepy humanoid robot face learned to move its lips more accurately by staring at itself in the mirror, then watching YouTube
A Robot Learns to Lip Sync – YouTube
Watch OnCan you be certain the person talking to you is 100% absolutely not a robot? Soon, you might not be so sure.
For the first time, scientists have built a robot that can move its mouth exactly…
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Star’s Final Breath Appears Like Columns of Smoke in Breathtaking New James Webb Image
The Helix Nebula interior ring – credit, NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing Alyssa Pagan (STScI) In a new image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the dying breaths of the star at the heart of the famous Helix Nebula are…
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Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000–72,000 years ago
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Petraglia, M. D., Haslam, M., Fuller, D. Q., Boivin, N. & Clarkson, C. Out of Africa: new hypotheses…
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Composite tool find puts China at centre of tech revolution up to 160,000 years ago: paper
China may have led a Stone Age technological race as early as 160,000 years ago, by crafting sophisticated stone tools for cutting, piercing and sawing, according to a new study.
An international team of scientists said the discovery of hafted…
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A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
January 27, 2026
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A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first…
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NASA to push ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon mission
January 27, 2026
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NASA pushes ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon mission
A crucial test of NASA’s upcoming crewed flight to the moon is set to take place as soon as Saturday, the agency…
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160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens
Archaeologists have found that early humans in what is now China were using sophisticated stone tools as far back as 160,000 years ago.
“This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa…
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