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Artemis rocket heads back to its hangar for repairs as moonshot put on hold
NASA on Wednesday is set to roll its enormous Space Launch System rocket back to the hangar for repairs, a move that will delay the launch of four astronauts on a long-awaited flight around the moon by at least a month
3 min readNBC News
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Scientists raise alarm after discovering overlooked 'victims of invasion': 'Undergoing concerning declines'
"We hope our analysis encourages more research."
3 min readThe Cool Down
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Prehistoric DNA discovery rewrites East Asian population history
Findings reveal border zone between Siberia and northern China played key role in human history
2 min readThe Independent
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NASA plays huge role bringing extinct giant tortoise back to Galápagos
For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland. But scientists required a cutting-edge tool to identify the ideal location for the release
3 min readDigital Camera World
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Nobel winner Richard Axel resigns from Columbia over Epstein files
Scientist Richard Axel announced he is resigning as co-director of Columbia University's premier interdisciplinary brain research center over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
3 min readUnited Press International
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World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team
A mother-and-daughter team of citizen scientists has identified the world’s largest known coral colony, found on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.
5 min readCNN
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Fantastic bees and where to find them: Study reveals ‘treasure map’ of thousands of undiscovered species
Scientists say it could take 30 to 45 years to discover all bee species
3 min read - Science
Popular anti-ageing drugs can either add years to your life or none at all – it’s a ‘biological lottery’
Findings reframe how anti-ageing breakthroughs are to be interpreted
2 min read - Science
Experts issue warning as historic communities could soon vanish off map entirely: 'Grim'
"Could alter life on earth for the foreseeable future."
3 min read - Science
Humans pose the biggest risk to Venice’s celebrity dolphin
Since June 2025, the lone bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Mimmo has been spotted numerous times, including right by San Marco Square.
4 min readPopular Science
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Experts raise red flags on worsening crisis impacting crucial water supply: 'Critical levels'
"Water must be used consciously."
3 min read - Science
NASA Artemis II astronauts attend State of the Union as guests of Speaker Mike Johnson
With their launch date now delayed, the four astronauts, who will be the first crewed NASA lunar mission in over 50 years, attended Tuesday’s State of the Union address as guests of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
3 min readLiveNow Fox
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Study: Only 23% of Iowa farmers use cover crops, risking water quality
Most Iowa farmers don’t use cover crops, according to new research from Iowa State University, despite the fact that it is a proven strategy to reduce nitrate levels in waterways. Cover crops are a farming technique where crops, such as grass, are planted after the harvest season. The research examined the use of cover crops in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
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Researchers' underwater robot spots unusual deep-sea species: 'Each discovery is a new piece of the puzzle'
"What a precious little dude!"
2 min read - US
DNA from Guthrie's house may not provide enough evidence to help, sources say
According to sources close to the investigation, there are concerns that DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie's home may not yield a usable profile for comparison.
3 min readCBS News
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Chimpanzees love alcohol and their pee proves it
Intrepid graduate students risked getting peed on...for science.
4 min read - World
Iron Age mass grave reveals targeted violence against women and children
Bones lay tightly packed inside what had once been a semi-subterranean house, along with bronze ornaments, pottery vessels, and the butchered remains of animals. The scene was not chaotic.
6 min readThe Brighter Side of News
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Researchers Map Uranus’ Atmosphere in Stunning Detail
The James Webb Space telescope captured stunning images of the ice giant
2 min readNautilus
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NASA'S James Webb Space Telescope uncovers former star that exploded into a supernova
A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that exploded millions of years ago.
2 min readFox Weather
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James Webb telescope spots giant auroras rolling through Uranus' atmosphere
JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time.
3 min readLive Science
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Watch NASA roll Artemis 2 moon rocket off launch pad today to deal with glitch
NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket off the launch pad on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to deal with a glitch, and you can watch the four-mile trek live.
2 min readSpace
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Lonely teens are more likely to lash out at others - and boys are disproportionately impacted on both sides
More than 10,000 U.S. children included in America’s largest long-term study of brain development and child health
3 min read - US
Nancy Guthrie investigators turn to genetic genealogy. It's worked in big cases before.
Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA evidence.
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NASA to roll back Artemis II for troubleshooting; will miss March launch window
NASA has delayed the first crewed launch of its Artemis program after encountering a problem with its rocket system.
2 min read - Business
CERN chills giant magnet line for the world’s most powerful particle collider upgrade
CERN has begun freezing its 312-foot HiLumi LHC test system to -456°F, in order to boost particle collisions tenfold by 2030.
3 min readInteresting Engineering
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Shark discovered in Antarctic waters has survival superpowers
Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.
4 min readNational Geographic
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Scientists make never-before-seen discovery on deep ocean floor: 'We have virtually no idea what lives there'
"It is now important to try to predict the risk."
2 min read - Science
Rock Climbers In Italy Stumble Across 80-Million-Year-Old Fossils
Scientists say they have evidence of sea turtles trying to escape an earthquake on the rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Rock climbers by chance discovered patterns of what looked like the Cretaceous sea turtle pressing its paddles into the seafloor. They consulted with expert geologists who ...
1 min readMen's Journal
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Scientists find genetic 'switch' in mice that turns caring dads into violent brutes
A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular "switch," making them caring or violent toward their young.
3 min read - Science
Scientists Tracked Particles Floating Through the Air—And Solved a 100-Year-Old Mystery
Accurately modeling irregularly-shaped particles isn’t easy, but a new study found a way to improve a century-old idea.
3 min readPopular Mechanics
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Fiery Crash of SpaceX Rocket Causes Huge Lithium Plume
It’s the first known direct detection of upper-atmospheric pollution from space debris re-entry
2 min read - Science
NASA space telescope gets 1st clear X-ray image of sun-like star blowing a bubble
The observations offer a rare glimpse into our solar system's early history.
3 min read - Science
Researchers find traces of space travel in earth's atmosphere
Researchers have detected measurable traces left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket stage burns up, finding about ten times more lithium atoms than normal at around 96 kilometres, roughly 20 hours after re-entry, an international team led by the Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics in Germany reports. The study by a team led by Robin Wing, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment in February, warns that the effects of increasing spaceflight activity on the upper atmosp
3 min readdpa international
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NASA targets Wednesday for rollback of Artemis II rocket and spacecraft
Preparations at the launch pad were limited by high winds in the area.
3 min readABC News
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14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New World
Ancient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and not a coastal path.
5 min read - Science
The sun just had no visible sunspots for the 1st time since 2022. Is the end of the current solar cycle near?
The sun's visible disk has been perfectly free from sunspots for the first time since June 2022, suggesting the current solar cycle might be heading toward its quieter phase.
2 min read - Science
Blood Moon total lunar eclipse 2026: When and where you can see the astronomical phenomenon
During a lunar eclipse, Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to fall into Earth’s shadow and take on a reddish-orange hue; hence the name “Blood Moon".
1 min read - Science
SpaceX Triggered a Lithium Plume in the Atmosphere, Study Confirms
The study highlights how letting rocket debris burn up in the atmosphere is not a consequence-free approach to orbital cleanup.
2 min readExtreme Tech
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A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside Is Mind-Blowing
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Naples unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus—and the mummy inside was shockingly well-preserved.
1013 min read - Science
China Just Turned Desert Sand Into Farmable Soil in Just 10 Months
Chinese scientists spray lab-grown cyanobacteria onto desert sand to create fertile farmable soil in 10 months, reducing wind erosion by 90%.
2 min readGadget Review
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Scientists reveal a four-dimensional twist on photonic quantum logic
A pair of photons enters an optical maze, and sometimes they leave as something new. Not new in the everyday sense, since both were still photons when they came out.
7 min read - Science
Researchers issue warning after discovering surprising shift in animal behavior: 'A strong negative effect'
"A spotlight on the highly complex world."
2 min read - Science
Scientists Tested the Soil Under the Easter Island Statues—and May Have Finally Solved Their Meaning
Scientists believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of some of the Moai stone monoliths found on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island. Here's the truth.
2 min read - Science
NASA's Webb telescope unveils details about strange auroras on Uranus
If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.
4 min readUSA TODAY
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A new problem throws four astronauts’ impending moon journey into uncertainty
NASA’s efforts to get the Artemis II mission off the ground have stalled once again, as engineers navigate a new issue with the rocket set to launch four astronauts around the moon.
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A Faint Glow in Space Led to a ‘Ghost Galaxy’ Discovery No One Knew Was There
You know that feeling when you find something hiding right where you’ve been looking all along? Astronomers just had that moment on a cosmic scale. A galaxy so faint, so nearly invisible that no one spotted it despite decades of scanning the sky has finally been found—and it turns out it’s made almost entirely of
5 min readWoman's World
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Far fewer people are related to Genghis Khan than previously assumed, new genomic study suggests
Some experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals the number is significantly lower.
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