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Asos co-founder dies after Thailand balcony fall
Quentin Griffiths co-founded Asos in 2000 and remained a significant shareholder after leaving the firm five years later.
1 min readBBC
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Dog walkers discovered 2,000-year-old beach footprints
The imprints were uncovered by storms at Lunan Bay - and later wiped away by the wind and the rain.
3 min read - Science
Horned ‘hell heron’ fossil found in Sahara upends what we knew about iconic Jurassic Park dinosaur
Researchers say find represents new phase of evolution for fish-eating Spinosaurus
2 min readThe Independent
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Lost Soviet Moon Probe Sparks Quarrel After Two Research Teams Claim Find In Different Locations
Luna 9 touched down on the Moon on February 3, 1966. Exactly where is still a mystery.
2 min readJalopnik
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This Comet Mysteriously Reversed Its Spin After Passing The Sun, But Why?
We've never seen this before.
4 min readScienceAlert
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Researchers shocked after catching giant creature on camera where it's never been seen: 'These things are tanks'
"There's a general rule of thumb that you don't get [these] in Antarctica."
2 min readThe Cool Down
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SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket in The Bahamas for 2nd time ever
SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, after launching 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
2 min readSpace
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Woman accused of using ChatGPT to plan drug murders
The 21-year-old woman is accused by authorities in South Korea of secretly administering drinks containing drugs to three men in their 20s.
2 min read - Science
Scientists issue warning after discovering looming threat to crucial water supply: 'It is much harder to manage'
"It is extremely important to strengthen monitoring, forecasting, science-based decisions, and preparedness."
2 min read - Science
NASA's new chief rebukes Boeing, space agency over problem-plagued Starliner mission
Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams were expecting to spend eight to 10 days in space. They ended up remaining in orbit for 286 days.
6 min readCBS News
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Big Tech is building its own ‘power grid’ to help fuel data centers desperately needed for AI
‘It is catastrophic for climate goals,’ Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, an energy industry research group
7 min read - World
How do you modernise mango farming?
India's mango farmers are being urged to innovate as climate change makes cultivation "unpredictable".
5 min read - Politics
Scientist Made ‘Havana Syndrome’ Machine to Prove the Disorder Isn't Caused by a Secret Spy Weapon. Then the Machine Made Him Sick
A scientist attempted to simulate one of the theorized causes of the mysterious illness and ended up with symptoms of Havana Syndrome
3 min readPeople
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NASA report paints damning picture of Boeing mishap that stranded two astronauts in space
A NASA investigation of Boeing’s bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there, revealed rampant mistrust and insufficient testing.
4 min readNBC News
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Could you see Mars' moons from the surface with just your eyes?
On the martian surface, would the moons Deimos and Phobos be visible to the unaided eye? David De RooSilver Spring, Maryland Mars' moons are easily visible at night from the surface of the Red Planet. Phobos – the nearer, larger, and brighter of the two – would be obviously non-round. A sharp-eyed observer would beContinue reading "Could you see Mars’ moons from the surface with just your eyes?" The post Could you see Mars’ moons from the surface with just your eyes? appeared first on Astronomy
2 min readAstronomy
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The James Webb Space Telescope just mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D for the 1st time, and scientists are thrilled
"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system."
2 min read - Science
Study: Frequent rocket re-entries might harm atmosphere
Frequent deployment of satellites and re-entries by the rockets that deploy them might pose a risk to the Earth's upper atmosphere, a study indicates.
2 min readUnited Press International
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NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight
NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing a botched mission that left two astronauts stranded in space.The failures left a pair of NASA astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station for nine months in a mission that captured global attention and became a political flashpoint.
3 min readAFP
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'We almost did have a really terrible day.' NASA now says Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a 'Type A mishap'
"This was a really challenging event in our recent history."
4 min read - Science
Scientists measure air pollution from reentering SpaceX rocket in real-time: 'It's never been done before'
For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
6 min read - US
Forensic genealogy helped catch killers. Can it find Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper?
Forensic genealogy has helped investigators track down serial killers, now police are using it to try to identify Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper. The post Forensic genealogy helped catch killers. Can it find Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper? appeared first on Straight Arrow News.
Straight Arrow News7 min read - Science
Space debris leaving ‘chemical fingerprint’ on atmosphere: Study
Circling the Earth are millions of pieces of debris about one-ninth of an inch and larger.
1 min readNewsNation
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AI breakthrough could dramatically lower the cost of drug development
Three-letter DNA “words” can decide whether a yeast cell cranks out a medicine efficiently or sputters along. The words are called codons, and they are the genetic code’s way of spelling out amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
7 min readThe Brighter Side of News
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Dog walkers find 2,000-year-old footprints on beach in Scotland
The Iron Age human and animal footprints were preserved before high winds destroyed them.
2 min readPopular Science
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Bronze scale pan found in ancient Sussiya reveals how biblical law shaped daily Jewish life
Neta, a second-grader at the regional school in Sussiya, and her father, Nachshon, discovered the pan inside a residential building near the town’s main street. A rare bronze scale pan was discovered during excavations in the ancient Jewish town of Sussiya by a father and daughter participating in an educational dig, the Mount Hebron Regional Council announced on Thursday.
2 min readJerusalem Post
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Scientists discover 125 million-year-old porcupine-like dinosaur
The Haolong dongi had porcupine-like spikes never before documented in dinosaurs.
2 min readUSA TODAY
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In a 'race against time,' archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away
Archaeologists raced against the tide to record a unique set of footprints made 2,000 years ago on a Scottish beach.
3 min readLive Science
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Hubble telescope discovers rare galaxy that is 99% dark matter
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by dark matter ever seen.
3 min read - Science
Scientists discover new dinosaur species deep in the Sahara Desert
Spinosaurus Mirabilis is believed to be roughly the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
5 min readABC News
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A Sahara desert odyssey yields a major dinosaur discovery
By Will Dunham Feb 19 (Reuters) - It was not an easy task for a team of dinosaur-hunting scientists to reach the remote site called Jenguebi in northern Niger deep in the Sahara Desert.
3 min readReuters
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Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger
Feb 19 (Reuters) - At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for
4 min read - Science
This odd-looking new Spinosaurus is reviving an age-old debate
Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.
9 min readNational Geographic
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Astonishing Spinosaur Unearthed in The Sahara Is Unlike Any Seen Before
"This find was so sudden and amazing."
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Fossil discovery reveals specialized fish-eating adaptations in new dinosaur species
A team of 20 paleontologists has announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in a remote region of the Nigerien Sahara.
3 min readInteresting Engineering
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95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara's rivers like a 'hell heron'
Researchers have identified a new Spinosaurus species with a blade-like crest in Niger, changing our understanding of dinosaur evolution and behavior.
4 min read - Science
New dinosaur discovered in Sahara desert was a horned ‘hell heron’
'Spinosaurus mirabilis' sported a 20-inch-tall ‘scimitar’ on its head.
2 min read - Science
SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium
A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.
4 min read - Science
Earth is rapidly approaching a ‘hothouse’ trajectory of warming
It may become impossible to fix
3 min readThe Week
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Scientists Detect Metallic Pollution in the Atmosphere Linked to SpaceX Rocket Launches
SpaceX rockets leave metal pollution in the atmosphere, new laser detection system reveals 10-fold lithium spike from Falcon 9 debris over Europe.
2 min readGadget Review
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Study detects lithium pollution from SpaceX rocket in atmosphere
Researchers have found measurable traces of lithium pollution left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket burned out in space, exposing the environmental consequences of an increasing amount of space debris - and the ability to track them. In a study published on Thursday, an international research group said 10 times more lithium atoms than usual were found at an altitude of around 96 kilometres just under 20 hours after a rocket stage of a Falcon 9 from Elon Musk's space company SpaceX re-enter
2 min readdpa international
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NASA astronaut in space captures fireworks in China for Lunar New Year
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who's been stationed aboard the ISS since November 2025, captured footage of 2026 Lunar New Year fireworks over Beijing.
3 min read - Business
Research Shows That X Amplifies Conservative Political Views
A new study published in Nature found that exposure to the platform’s algorithm had long-term effects on users’ political attitudes.
3 min readSocial Media Today
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High-Speed Navigation on a Frying Pan: The Ant That Outruns the Sun
Imagine sprinting barefoot across a searing hot parking lot in midsummer. The ground blazes. The light dazzles and blinds your eyes. Shade is a distant memory. And you want to move as fast as you can with as little contact with the ground as possible. Now scale that scene down to insect-level, and you’ll have
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A-Z Animals - Science
Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time
When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments.The team then traced the plume back to where the rocket re-entered the atmosphere, west of Ireland.
3 min read - Science
Volcanic eruptions in the distant past may have led to ocean current collapse
A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries.
7 min read - Science
The Tortoises That Inspired Modern Robotics
W. Grey Walter’s early automatons sparked an ongoing fascination with artificial animals
3 min readNautilus
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AI helps find new clues in the 60-year search for Luna 9, the 1st successful moon lander
Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union's Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.
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