Four space rookies are floating in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, gazing down at Earth’s polar regions while collecting data from their unique vantage point. The Fram2 mission is off to an exciting start,…
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50,000-Year-Old Quina Tools Found in China Could Rewrite Human Evolution History
A groundbreaking study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed the discovery of 50,000-year-old tools at Longtan, a site in southwest China. These tools, linked to the Quina technological system, were…
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NASA captures first lights turning on in the universe after the Big Bang
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the earliest evidence of light shining through the cosmos.
An international team of researchers used JWST to observe an ancient galaxy that emitted light just 330 million years after the Big…
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Venom beyond animals: The toxic arsenal of fungi
Newly published research suggests that toxins aren’t reserved for creatures like snakes, spiders, or scorpions, which we’ve traditionally labeled as venomous. A surprising cast of organisms also use comparable tactics.
Growing evidence…
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Seamounts and Abyssal Hills Mapped From Space
There are better maps of the Moon’s surface…
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Your Butthole Had A Very Different Role In The Ancient Past, New Study Suggests
A new study may have helped explain part of the enduring mystery of how animals evolved our buttholes.
We take our own anuses for granted. While they may not be able to fire out our guts as a defense like some animals we could mention, or…
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Private astronauts see ‘pure white’ Antartica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day
The four private astronauts aboard the SpaceX’s Fram2 mission sent back this image of Antartica and the south pole region of Earth. They are the first-ever humans to enter polar orbit and see both the North and South poles with their own eyes. Continue Reading
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Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus that are largely driven by the effects of the sun’s radiation.
Uranus, the seventh planet from the
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Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it – Space.com
- Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it Space.com
- A “city-killer” asteroid is no longer on track to hit Earth – but it may strike the moon, scientists say CBS News
- James Webb…
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This Rare Fossil Connects The Dots In A 180-million-year-old Evolutionary Mystery
A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of these long-necked marine reptiles. The discovery, published on March 31, 2025 in PeerJ Life and Environment, highlights…
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