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A Third Of The Most Common Exoplanets May Host Life, Say Scientists

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Strange winds blow on Saturn’s moon Titan. New clues may show why

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Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis—Until Now

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Parkinson’s May Be Caused by a Common Aquatic Bacterium : ScienceAlert

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The Night Sky This Week
The arch of the northern spring Milky Way across the eastern sky, as seen on a beautifully clear and … [+] mild spring night at...
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The arch of the northern spring Milky Way across the eastern sky, as seen on a beautifully clear and … [+] mild spring night at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta on May 14, 2018 The galactic centre in Sagittarius is at right to the south Jupiter is the bright object in the southwest at far right;...
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy fairing makes fiery re-entry to atmosphere (video)
Protective pieces of a SpaceX rocket made dramatic waves when they came back to Earth after a launch last weekend. The two pieces of space...
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Protective pieces of a SpaceX rocket made dramatic waves when they came back to Earth after a launch last weekend. The two pieces of space hardware together made up the payload fairing that surrounded three satellites that launched atop a Falcon Heavy rocket on April 30. The fairing halves were jettisoned after Falcon Heavy reached...
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AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Talks At MIT About AI Gaining Control
AI could soon become super intelligent, and this may not be good for humans getty May 3, 2023—at MIT’s EmTech Digital conference, cognitive psychologist and...
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AI could soon become super intelligent, and this may not be good for humans getty May 3, 2023—at MIT’s EmTech Digital conference, cognitive psychologist and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton spoke about how he’s helped build machines that are immortal and the various dangers these machines now pose to humanity: “Smart things can outsmart us,” says...
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A Critical New Drug Is Coming—Unless Agriculture Gets There First
In the intensive care ward of Radboud University Medical Center, a sprawling hospital in the southeastern Netherlands, Paul Verweij was worried. The physician-scientist was accustomed to...
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In the intensive care ward of Radboud University Medical Center, a sprawling hospital in the southeastern Netherlands, Paul Verweij was worried. The physician-scientist was accustomed to dealing with very sick patients; as chair of medical microbiology, his job was to identify dire pathogens so the right treatments could be prescribed. One group of patients had the...
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People Are Adding Salt to Their Morning Coffee For a Rather Bizarre Reason : ScienceAlert
Most people, if they’re going to add anything to their coffee, choose the side of sweetness and cream. A touch of sugar or hazelnut syrup,...
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Most people, if they’re going to add anything to their coffee, choose the side of sweetness and cream. A touch of sugar or hazelnut syrup, perhaps a dash of cow’s milk, all to help smooth out the rough, bitter edges of coffee. But it might be worth your while to reach for something savory instead....
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‘Hycean’ exoplanets may not be able to support life after all
In 2021, astronomers proposed a new class of exoplanets that contain hydrogen-rich atmospheres and support vast liquid-water oceans, making these hypothetical worlds potential candidates in...
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In 2021, astronomers proposed a new class of exoplanets that contain hydrogen-rich atmospheres and support vast liquid-water oceans, making these hypothetical worlds potential candidates in the search for alien life. However, new research suggests that these “Hycean” planets would suffer from a catastrophic runaway greenhouse effect, thus limiting their potential for habitability. Hycean worlds get...
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We Finally Know How Quasars Become The Brightest Objects in The Universe : ScienceAlert
The Universe is swarming with galaxies, billions upon billions as far as the eye can see. And among this multitude, some galaxies really stand out...
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The Universe is swarming with galaxies, billions upon billions as far as the eye can see. And among this multitude, some galaxies really stand out in a spectacular way. These are the quasar galaxies. Powered by an active supermassive black hole guzzling material at such a tremendous rate, they blaze with some of the brightest...
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As Sea Levels Rise, the East Coast Is Also Sinking
Climate scientists already know that the East Coast of the United States could see around a foot of sea-level rise by 2050, which will be catastrophic...
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Climate scientists already know that the East Coast of the United States could see around a foot of sea-level rise by 2050, which will be catastrophic on its own. But they are just beginning to thoroughly measure a “hidden vulnerability” that will make matters far worse: The coastline is also sinking. It’s a phenomenon known as subsidence,...
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Remembering NASA’s Mercury Astronauts In Newly-Revealed Candid Photos
Alan Shepard and John Glenn in the Mercury suit room. Purdue University Press On the cusp of human space flight truly becoming commonplace in which...
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Alan Shepard and John Glenn in the Mercury suit room. Purdue University Press On the cusp of human space flight truly becoming commonplace in which hundreds even thousands of ordinary citizens will get to view our planet from on high, now is the time to pause and pay tribute to America’s original seven astronauts. From...