Scientists have stumbled upon four new species of tarantulas whose males have such outrageously long genitals that they had to invent an entirely new genus to classify them: Satyrex, named after the mythological satyr—half-man, half-goat, all…
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Evidence of World-Changing Comet Explosion 12,800 Years Ago Found in The Ocean
Microscopic grains of alien dust buried in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean could be evidence of a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago.
This hypothetical event, known as the Younger Dryas impact, was invoked to…
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A blood moon is coming —Here’s what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7
On Sept 7, 2025, a dramatic “blood moon” will rise as Earth experiences its second total lunar eclipse of the year.
Skywatchers across Asia and Western Australia will get the best view of the Sept. 7 total lunar eclipse from start to finish, but…
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First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit
Space Safety 06/08/2025
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41 likesESA’s Hera mission has captured images of asteroids (1126) Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a…
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More NASA spacecraft give controllers the silent treatment • The Register
NASA is having trouble tracking down two of its spacecraft. One of the TRACERS spacecraft has lost contact with Earth while the Athena EPIC satellite failed to send an important beacon signal.
Both were launched on July 23 on a SpaceX Falcon 9…
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Novel assembly of a head–trunk interface in the sister group of jawed vertebrates
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‘It seems that size really does matter’: Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia
Scientists have had to create an entirely new spider genus after four new tarantula species were found to have such long genitalia that they couldn’t fit into any pre-existing category.
The team believe the males have evolved this impressive…
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Data-driven de novo design of super-adhesive hydrogels
Hydrogel fabrication
All copolymer gels were synthesized by one-step free-radical copolymerization of monomers with a chemical crosslinker. The crosslinker concentration was fixed at 0.1 mol% relative to the total monomer content to balance the…
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A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees
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Optical control of resonances in temporally symmetry-broken metasurfaces
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