Thousands of unidentified RNA-based entities have been uncovered within the human microbiome, challenging long-standing biological taxonomies. These replicating molecules, present across diverse populations, are invisible to conventional…
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Night sky tonight — See the stars of Orion shine red white and blue in the winter sky on Jan. 26
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Monday, Jan. 26: Orion’s red and blue stars (after dark)
See the stars of Orion on Jan. 26. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The constellation Orion is a perfect…
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Varna Gold: Humanity’s first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold ‘penis sheath’
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Name: Varna Gold
What it is: A collection of gold artifacts
Where it is from: Varna, Bulgaria
When it was made: Circa 4600 B.C.
In the fall of 1972, workers in the coastal Bulgarian city of Varna accidentally stumbled upon an ancient…
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NASA readies for Artemis II mission, AI-powered speech gives stroke patients hope, and researchers discover oldest cave art ever
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.
First, we have an update on humans going back to the moon.
In the coming…
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Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability
A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these ‘bugs’ experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle drug-resistant infections.
A team of researchers from…
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Scientists just got the clearest picture of the dark universe yet: ‘Now the dream has come true’
Scientists have been gifted with a clearer picture of the expansion of the universe and dark energy, the mysterious force driving the acceleration of this expansion, than ever before. This comes courtesy of the analysis of six years’ worth of…
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Effector–host interactome map links type III secretion systems in healthy gut microbiomes to immune modulation
Identification of T3SS+ strains and candidate effectors in culture collections and MAGs
Reference genomes for Pseudomonadota strains isolated by the human microbiome project from human guts and available from DSMZ (via BacDive), ATCC (atcc.org) or…
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Artemis II astronauts enter quarantine. A milestone moment in the next crewed mission to the Moon
The Artemis II crew have entered quarantine, ahead of the launch of their mission to the Moon and back.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, went into quarantine on…
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What the Universe looks like: from nearby to far away
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SpaceX to launch GPS 3 satellite following switch from ULA Vulcan rocket – Spaceflight Now
The GPS 3 Space Vehicle 09 satellite is encapsulated inside Falcon 9 rocket payload fairings at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Image: SpaceX The U.S. Space Force is set to send its ninth third-generation Global Positioning…
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