Saturn isn’t the only planet in our solar system with a ring system. While Saturn’s rings are the most dramatic, the three other gas giants — Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus — each have a ring system as well. But the fun doesn’t stop there….
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Duck-Billed Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Are Clay Molds Formed by Microbes, Scientists Say
October 23, 2025
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Fossilized Skin on Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Isn’t Skin at All
Wyoming’s “dinosaur mummies,” once thought to preserve fossilized flesh, are actually detailed clay molds formed by microbes as the creatures decayed
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Dinosaurs were thriving until asteroid struck, research suggests | Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs would not have become extinct had it not been for a catastrophic asteroid strike, researchers have said, challenging the idea the animals were already in decline.
About 66m years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a huge space rock…
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James Webb Space Telescope detects “seeds of life” in icy star beyond our galaxy
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In an astonishing first for astronomy, researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have…
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Fruits and vegetables quiz: Do you know where pumpkins, blueberries and broccoli come from?
If you walk into a grocery store, you’ll likely see piles of fruits and vegetables waiting to be purchased. But these foods didn’t always look this way; many were domesticated — that is, selectively grown for certain characteristics — over…
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Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them all
Alamosaurus was among the last dinosaurs in southern North America when the asteroid hit. (Image credit: Natalia Jagielska) Some of the last dinosaurs in the world were healthy and thriving right up until the day they were annihilated by…
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Certain snacks are more likely to cause winter weight gain, study suggests
Snacking on treats high in saturated fat this winter could trick your body into storing more fat, a recent study has found.
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found that dietary fats can influence how our bodies…
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Scientists discover new way to grow materials on-demand using crystals and light
Crystals used in applications as varied as lasers, LEDs and the semiconductors used in sensors found in astronomical instruments could someday be ‘drawn’ rather than ‘grown’, leading to higher performance and lower costs.
A team led by Elad Harel…
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The Rise of AI ‘Chatfishing’ in Online Dating Poses a Modern Turing Test
October 22, 2025
4 min read
So You Fell for a Robot—‘Chatfishing’ Is Taking Over the Dating Apps
Forget fake profile pics on dating apps—AI is now doing the talking, and we can’t tell the difference
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Super-Earth less than 20 light-years away is an exciting lead in the search for life
A super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of its star has been detected less than 20 light-years away, putting it near the top of the list for best places to look for life beyond our solar system.
The planet, known as GJ 251c, orbits a red…
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