Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks also known as the “devil comet” is zooming toward its closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion. Astronomers are tracking the comet in the night sky and its colorful reactions.
RIO HURTADO, Chile – Astronomers…
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Russia launches Progress 92 cargo ship toward the ISS
A Russian cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) this afternoon (July 3), hauling several tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.
A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at…
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Mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math — Harvard Gazette
Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate.
“There are no differences in overall intrinsic aptitude for science and mathematics among women and men,” the researcher…
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Sea Spiders Lack a Key Body Part and a Missing Gene Could Explain Why – The New York Times
- Sea Spiders Lack a Key Body Part and a Missing Gene Could Explain Why The New York Times
- Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures Phys.org
- First-ever chromosome-level genome assembly of a sea spider Tech…
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New ‘Mind-Reading’ AI Predicts What Humans Will Do Next, And It’s Shockingly Accurate
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In a nutshell
- Scientists created an AI called Centaur that can predict human behavior across any psychological experiment with unprecedented accuracy
- The AI outperformed decades-old specialized…
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This Dinosaur Was the Speed Demon of the Jurassic Era—And It Was the Size of a Dog!
A newly discovered dinosaur species, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, is turning heads in the world of paleontology. This dog-sized herbivore, roughly the size of a Labrador, adds a surprising chapter to our understanding of Jurassic-era…
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’52 Assignments: Night Photography’: A Q&A with author and astrophotographer Josh Dury
In his new book ’52 Assignments: Night Photography’, award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury invites you to raise your lens and embark on a journey through the night sky to capture everything from the moon and Milky Way, to satellite…
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Trail Camera Films Multiple Bears All Mysteriously Obsessed With The Same Tree
Mary Beth Pongrac has multiple trail cameras placed around the forests of Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada, and she loves to watch all the wildlife who pass by — especially the bears.
While reviewing the footage, Pongrac frequently…
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Evidence of Planet 9 in IRAS and AKARI surveys
Suggestions of a ninth planet in our Solar System have been rumbling on for years now.
Some astronomers argue that the clustering and orbital tilt of a group of trans-Neptunian objects indicate gravitational shepherding by an unknown planet.
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80-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Southern France After Hiker’s Tip
In the dense forest near Gréasque, a small commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France, scientists have uncovered fossilized evidence from the Late Cretaceous period. The finding, which includes preserved foot and hand…
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