Part of a Massive, Uncontrolled Rocket Will Crash to Earth This Sunday. Here’s What We Know
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An ‘Impossible’ Quasicrystal Was Created in The World’s First Nuclear Bomb Test
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Giant Study Identifies Exercise Sweet Spot For Lowering Risk of Death
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Now We Know Why Jupiter Doesn’t Have Big, Glorious Rings Like Saturn
One of Jupiter’s tenuous rings can be seen in this infrared image. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Judy Schmidt) SPACE Now We Know Why Jupiter Doesn’t Have Big, Glorious Rings...
Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find
3D rendering of a cancer cell. (CIPhotos/Getty Images) HEALTH Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find FIONA MACDONALD 27 JULY 2022...
Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into ‘Necrobots’ And We Are So Creeped Out
(Preston Innovation Laboratory/Rice University) TECH Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into ‘Necrobots’ And We Are So Creeped Out FELICITY NELSON 26 JULY 2022 When mechanical...
Ancient Lava Caves in Hawai’i Are Teeming With Mysterious Life Forms
Microbial mats in a cave on Hawai’i. (Jimmy Saw) NATURE Ancient Lava Caves in Hawai’i Are Teeming With Mysterious Life Forms CARLY CASSELLA 25 JULY...
Huge New Study Suggests Depression Isn’t a Serotonin Imbalance After All
(Guido Mieth/Moment/Getty Images) HEALTH Huge New Study Suggests Depression Isn’t a Serotonin Imbalance After All MIKE MCRAE 21 JULY 2022 For millions of people around...
Study Suggests We Have This STI to Thank For The Evolution of Grandmothers
(People Images/iStock/Getty Images) HEALTH Study Suggests We Have This STI to Thank For The Evolution of Grandmothers FELICITY NELSON 23 JULY 2022 The arms race...
Incredible Hubble Image Reveals a Bizarre Galaxy ‘Mirror’
Gravitational lensed mirror images of SGAS J143845+145407. (ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Rigby) SPACE Incredible Hubble Image Reveals a Bizarre Galaxy ‘Mirror’ MICHELLE STARR 23 JULY...