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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 59034
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 1 Judi Lynn 4 hrs ago 39 min ago 18 693
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 6 Judi Lynn 6 hrs ago 1 hr ago 12 539
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 3 Judi Lynn 7 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 6 258
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn 6 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 29 861
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn 11 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 6 418
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn 10 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 9 388
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 6 260
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 2 223
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday Tuesday 5 271
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Monday Tuesday 0 304
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Tuesday Tuesday 6 306
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Tuesday Tuesday 6 289
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Monday Monday 5 460
Is Our Weather Turning Against Us? Scientists Predict Rapid Escalation of Extreme Weather 8 erronis Monday Monday 11 410
NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers 'mind-blowing' yellow sulfur crystals on Mars 8 Judi Lynn Sunday Monday 38 1151
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? 10 NJCher Saturday Sunday 12 671
Discerning Melting and Volatilization Process of Fukushima's Fuel After the Tōhoku Tsunami. 0 NNadir Sunday Sunday 2 256
The Canadian Summer Forest Fires and Toxic Particulate Pollution in NY/NJ 1 NNadir Saturday Saturday 5 272
Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' -- and astronomers may finally know why 2 Judi Lynn Sep 3 Saturday 13 524
Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance 0 sl8 Saturday Saturday 12 540
Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation 12 erronis Friday Friday 3 979
Remember the visible human science kit? 18 usonian Thursday Friday 12 577
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth's surface in a new animation 3 erronis Friday Friday 58 1814
Winner of the Ed Lyman Award in Selection Bias, "Ph.D. in Physics" says... 0 NNadir Thursday Thursday 3 409
Northern Lights Alert: Solar Activity Surges To Strongest For 23 Years 1 Judi Lynn Thursday Thursday 19 919
New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies 3 erronis Sep 3 Sep 4 8 576
Remote isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth' 4 Wicked Blue Aug 15 Sep 3 11 527
Quarter Moon and Seven Sisters: APOD Having Run of Relatable Magical Moments 1 SorellaLaBefana Sep 3 Sep 3 8 378
World's biggest battery coming to Maine -- and it could store 130 million times more energy than your laptop 2 Judi Lynn Sep 3 Sep 3 6 461

Science Continued...

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Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope image 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2 Sep 3 14 440
Sunlight as You've Not Seen It: Another Truly ☼Amazing☼ APOD 9 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2 Sep 2 48 1349
1 month until the annular solar eclipse 2024: Here's what you need to know 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2 Sep 2 10 477
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2 Sep 2 5 271
The nature of a starfish: 'a disembodied head walking about on its lips' 2 erronis Sep 2 Sep 2 10 398
Scientists discover way to restore water to Mars using dust 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2 Sep 2 6 405
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim 1 turbinetree Aug 31 Aug 31 7 326
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere 2 sl8 Aug 31 Aug 31 13 643
Emerging PFAS Pollutants at a Lithium Battery Recycling Plant. 1 NNadir Aug 31 Aug 31 7 460
NASA is developing robots that will swim beneath Antarctic ice and measure how quickly it's melting 1 Judi Lynn Aug 31 Aug 31 11 314
The coinage of a new word in climate science: "natech," as in "natech disasters." 2 NNadir Aug 31 Aug 31 9 392
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 4 Judi Lynn Aug 31 Aug 31 4 439
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 0 Judi Lynn Aug 31 Aug 31 2 306
This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth 5 sl8 Aug 30 Aug 30 17 705
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner set to undock after Sept. 6, NASA says - Reuters 1 TexasTowelie Aug 30 Aug 30 6 423
Oceanographers discover 2-mile-high underwater mountain, new species -- and rare "flying spaghetti monsters" 4 Judi Lynn Aug 29 Aug 30 17 677
When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests 1 sl8 Aug 30 Aug 30 27 617
Mating proximity blinds threat perception 1 sl8 Aug 29 Aug 30 9 505
Fuel debris removal attempt halted at Fukushima Daiichi. 11 NNadir Aug 24 Aug 29 5 681
Carl Sagan Christmas Lectures 3 - The History of Mars 2 BootinUp Aug 28 Aug 29 4 369
Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts 4 sl8 Aug 28 Aug 29 5 450
Scientists discover a long-sought global electric field on Earth 3 Jim__ Aug 28 Aug 29 12 735
Earth's Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees 9 erronis Aug 27 Aug 27 9 1082
A Snaking Scar Across Mars: The Mystery of Aganippe Fossa 1 Judi Lynn Aug 27 Aug 27 5 432
Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic Developed by Korean Researchers 1 Judi Lynn Aug 27 Aug 27 10 374
SpaceX pushes launch of daring Polaris Dawn mission back to Wednesday. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading it 0 Eugene Aug 27 Aug 27 2 328
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean 17 erronis Aug 25 Aug 26 44 1679
Jelly plays Pong and gets better at with practice 2 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 4 482
'Once-in-a-lifetime' photo: Perseid meteors, northern lights and rare glowing arc shine over 11th-century castle 5 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 43 2044
Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun 0 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 8 449

Science Continued...

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Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images) 0 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 6 437
Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe's origins 0 Judi Lynn Aug 26 Aug 26 4 403
Scientists Reveal Hidden Waves Could Shape Earth's Mysterious Highlands 0 Judi Lynn Aug 25 Aug 25 6 486
Chinese Researchers Devise New Strategy for Producing Water on the Moon 0 Judi Lynn Aug 25 Aug 25 3 283
The world-saving potential of nuclear fusion just got a huge boost 4 reACTIONary Aug 25 Aug 25 11 600
News at a glance: Icebreaker research blues, disinformation data shutdown, and saving a rare bird 0 sl8 Aug 25 Aug 25 4 286
We Have "Disrupted Evolutionary Processes" - Modern Seeds Aren't Ready for Climate Change 2 erronis Aug 25 Aug 25 12 437
Record-breaking hole drilled into the Earth's mantle is a scientific goldmine 6 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 32 842
A Wild Discovery Suggests Earth Had Multiple Hidden Moons 1 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 11 514
Photos: Egypt uncovers largest ever astronomical observatory from ancient times 1 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 21 573
NASA Fears Another Tragedy If Astronauts Return on Starliner 2 Judi Lynn Aug 23 Aug 24 11 638
'A single magma ocean' once covered the moon, data from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests 0 Judi Lynn Aug 23 Aug 23 7 304
Humpback Whales Wield and Manufacture Their Own Tools 0 Judi Lynn Aug 23 Aug 23 14 451
Is Consciousness Continuous? A New Study Challenges Old Notions 1 erronis Jul 31 Aug 22 17 718
Rates of Spontaneous Abortion and Air Pollution. 2 NNadir Aug 22 Aug 22 9 492
Part of the Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why - New Scientist 1 Caribbeans Aug 22 Aug 22 5 613
You're Not Imagining It: Thinking Can Actually Be Painful, Study Finds 6 Warpy Aug 21 Aug 22 6 652
Prehistoric Lovebirds Lived in Cradle of Humankind 2.5 Million Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Aug 21 Aug 21 8 430
Spacecraft will slingshot around Earth today after successful lunar flyby on its way to Jupiter 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 20 Aug 20 10 436
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope catches baby stars roaring to life 2 Judi Lynn Aug 18 Aug 20 21 506
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