Adam Kovalčík didn’t expect to win big when he flew from his small village in Slovakia to an international science competition in Ohio. Still, the 19-year-old student walked away with the event’s $100,000 top prize and a breakthrough idea for…
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Huge mud waves formed the Atlantic Ocean 117 million years ago
The Atlantic Ocean did not spring into existence in a sudden tectonic snap; its earliest pulse can now be traced through a set of one-kilometer-long mud waves lying more than 3,000 feet below today’s seafloor some 250 miles west of…
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‘Ice cube’ clouds discovered at the galaxy’s center shouldn’t exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion
Two of the strangest structures in the galaxy just got even stranger.
Ballooning above and below the Milky Way’s center like a massive hourglass, the mysterious Fermi bubbles loom large over our galaxy. These enormous twin orbs of superheated…
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Invasive ‘Frankenstein’ hybrid insect harms plants and humans
A new hybrid fire ant is marching across the United States, and scientists say it can handle nearly any weather conditions or terrain that it encounters in the country.
Dubbed the “Frankenstein ant” by local residents, the invasive species is…
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The 9 weirdest (and most secretive) futuristic weapons
Hate to break it to you, but warfare’s about to go all Black Mirror. You see, nations aren’t just stockpiling missiles anymore – they’re instead investing in invisible beams, terrifying mind machines and guns that scream.
So, forget about…
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Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell | US news
Late Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said he had gone places most wouldn’t dare.
“There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others…
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Dark Comets Could Strike Without Warning — And We’d Never See Them Coming
A Japanese spacecraft is on a remarkable journey toward one of the most puzzling celestial objects in our solar system — a dark comet. These enigmatic bodies, neither fully asteroids nor classic comets, have baffled scientists with unexplained…
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See Saturn and the moon in a stunning close encounter on Aug. 11
Monday evening (Aug. 11) offers a perfect chance to identify what many consider the most beautiful object in the night sky: the ringed planet Saturn. Helping guide the way, will be another familiar celestial companion, the moon, shining in its…
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Cosmonaut instructed to immediately leave area as he discovers ‘blob’ growing outside International Space Station
A Russian cosmonaut and his colleague venturing outside the International Space Station (ISS) on a spacewalk were told to ‘immediately’ leave the area after finding a ‘blob’ in space.
Astronauts are trained not to panic, but…
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‘Might otherwise be missed entirely’
A crew conducting deep-sea explorations off the coast of Japan was shocked to discover a new species of sea snail living at depths never before seen for that family of animal, Discover Wildlife reported.
Researchers from the Japan Agency for…
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