January 19, 2026
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These spiders weave themselves giant doppelgängers to scare away predators
Spiders scare off predators by seemingly supersizing themselves
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Astronomers spot mysterious 'iron bar' in well-known Ring Nebula – Reuters
- Astronomers spot mysterious ‘iron bar’ in well-known Ring Nebula Reuters
- Cardiff University team helps find mysterious iron bar in space BBC
- Astronomers discover an enormous iron bar in the famous Ring Nebula: ‘We definitely need to know more’
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Exercise ‘Snacks’ Throughout Your Day Have Real Health Benefits, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Your fitness tracker might be telling you that you need 10,000 steps, 30 minutes of cardio or even an hour at the gym every day. But what if you could improve your health in just a few minutes a day? A growing body of research suggests you…
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Nebra Sky Disc: The world’s oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the Pleiades
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Name: Nebra Sky Disc
What it is: A bronze disc with gold accents
Where it is from: Nebra, Germany
When it was made: Circa 1800 to 1600 B.C.
The Nebra Sky Disc was discovered in an artifact hoard in 1999, when metal detectorists illegally…
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Sun erupts with powerful X-class flare as huge CME races toward Earth, impact possible within 24 hours
Full-halo CME from the X1.9 flare. The three bright specks of light (left to right) are Venus, Mercury and Mars. (Image credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) The sun sure has woken up this week, unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare…
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EPA rule sparks air quality concerns, cancer survival hits record high, and NASA executes historic space evacuation
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 up, earlier this month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
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Proba-3: our eyes on the Sun’s inner corona
The Sun’s inner corona, the hottest part of our star’s atmosphere, appears faint yellow in this time-lapse made from images taken by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard Proba-3.
The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission consists of two…
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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery
Astronomers have revealed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) sharpest-ever image of the area around a black hole. The spectacular view could help solve a decades-long mystery while reversing a long-held belief about space’s most extreme…
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10 JWST images that reveal the Universe as never before
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Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism : ScienceAlert
If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache, or back pain – and then pause. Is it safe to take paracetamol?
That hesitation isn’t surprising. In September last…
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