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Welcome to the Science Group ! (Please read before posting) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 Jan 2012 18 62170

A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 50 1142

A Bill Before Congress to Put the Last Nail in the Coffin of American Science: Write Your Congressperson. 24 NNadir 22 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 71 1513

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived f... 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday Friday 3 415

Prenatal exposure to phthalates is associated with decreased anogenital distance and penile size in male newborns 4 littlemissmartypants Thursday Friday 12 520

Screwworm in Texas Was Announced June 3 But EUAs Began in August 2025 (?!) 5 GreatGazoo Thursday Thursday 5 501

Welsh scientists create biodegradable plastic from seaweed. . . 2 Stargleamer Jun 7 Thursday 8 458

Report of gene-edited human embryos sparks worries about the technology's future uses 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday Thursday 1 264

First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet 4 erronis Thursday Thursday 13 516

YouTube is a Research Library Here's How to Search It Like One 2 littlemissmartypants May 31 Wednesday 12 747

Federal science agencies facing a 'generational loss,' nonprofit says 7 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 16 777

Glucosamine Supplements May Speed Memory Loss from Alzheimer's New Research Suggests 4 GreatGazoo Tuesday Tuesday 8 742

Science in a Totalitarian State: This has been tried, and failed, long before MAGA 1 SorellaLaBefana Monday Monday 11 371

Science Astronomers are capturing video of a black hole for the first time 0 Jilly_in_VA Jun 7 Jun 7 12 516

Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found 2 Uncle Joe Jun 7 Jun 7 11 783

Scientists are creating a new nasal vaccine that may provide antiviral protection. . . 3 Stargleamer Jun 7 Jun 7 11 571

NASA lifts order for International Space Station astronauts to shelter in Dragon spacecraft amid ongoing air leaks 0 Dulcinea Jun 5 Jun 5 1 368

How to Clean Your House Like an Oncologist 4 littlemissmartypants Jun 4 Jun 5 20 849

'Severe' Northern Lights Alert For 23 States On Thursday And Friday 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 4 Jun 4 26 1496

'In an unrecoverable state': NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal behind Mars 6 Eugene Jun 3 Jun 4 8 658

Massive booms shook the East Coast for over 300 years. Scientists finally found the source of the sonic explosions. 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 3 Jun 3 19 986

How a Richard Feynman formula could explain your dining habits in a new city 3 erronis Jun 2 Jun 2 6 648

Vaccine Shows Promise Against Aggressive Brain Cancer 3 Matthew28 May 30 Jun 2 11 651

Not only is this the first day of Hurricane Season, but it's also Sargassum weed season 3 surfered Jun 1 Jun 1 5 458

Neural correlates of hate 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 1 Jun 1 31 1163

Lets imagine using gene editing in the future in order to allow for the growth of wombs in all biological males. Just t 5 Matthew28 May 30 May 30 2 742

This Battery Doesn't Need Lithium and It Just Hit Mass Production 2 Uncle Joe May 30 May 30 18 1134

Breaking News: Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad testBreaking News: Blue Origin New Glenn rocket e 6 Warpy May 28 May 29 7 727

NASA's Curiosity rover has found organic molecules on Mars that may be billions of years old 4 Bayard May 28 May 28 12 771

A physicist made this cool sculpture of an astronaut. 3 BootinUp May 27 May 27 7 631

Science Continued...

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'Never seen anything like it.' Scientists discover brand new species of octopus. 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 27 May 27 12 773

Monkey see, monkey do: Study sheds light on cooperative decision-making 0 erronis May 27 May 27 3 345

Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base 9 Eugene May 26 May 27 2 671

One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope finds -- and it could be key to fully understandin 4 Judi Lynn May 22 May 24 15 802

Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by asking the atoms themselves 2 Judi Lynn May 21 May 23 11 651

WATCH LIVE: SpaceX launching powerful new Starship V3 for 1st time ever 3 Judi Lynn May 22 May 22 4 674

Saki Monkey Chloe Needs A Companion Season 11 Episode 15 Full Episode Monkey Life 2 BootinUp May 22 May 22 1 490

An ancient solar storm left clues in tree rings and a famous poet's diary: 'Red lights in the northern sky' 0 Judi Lynn May 22 May 22 8 509

Chicks Hatch From World's First Artificial Eggs--A Breakthrough Key to Bringing Giant Birds Back From Extinction 1 Judi Lynn May 21 May 21 5 589

Sadly Peter Neumann has passed away 3 dickthegrouch May 20 May 21 17 880

Inge Lehmann Discovered Earth's Inner Core In Her Free Time 2 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 5 670

"Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity." 14 Ocelot II May 20 May 20 34 1800

Rainforest foragers intensified plant use long before agriculture 2 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 3 522

Prescient I. Rabi to Bill Moyers "...I think our troubles may come when we forget our origins..." "..once we're a mob... 0 NNadir May 19 May 19 5 539

The Sun Blasted a Mysterious Radio Signal for 19 Straight Days. Here's What We Know (Gizmodo, 5/19/26 + study) 3 highplainsdem May 19 May 19 12 842

An interesting read: Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove 4 NNadir May 18 May 19 6 678

I successfully used crispr to edit mosquitoes! 17 mr715 May 8 May 16 5 1173

NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars 16 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 16 7 1459

AI chatbots are giving out people's real phone numbers 2 littlemissmartypants May 13 May 16 10 751

What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More Interesting. (Quanta, 5/6) 3 highplainsdem May 8 May 16 7 773

(Pivot to AI) arXiv bans academic authors for AI slop papers 0 xocetaceans May 15 May 15 4 495

Despotic primate societies rarely play as adults, analysis of 37 species reveals 2 erronis May 12 May 13 12 675

How Hantavirus Kills - Medical Lecture 0 GreatGazoo May 8 May 8 6 718

1/5 -Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan 1989 2 BootinUp May 6 May 8 8 679

While patients lay unconscious under anesthesia, their brains kept decoding stories and preparing for what came next 8 erronis May 6 May 6 16 1466

Well, this is fun. An LLM trained only on pre-1931 text. 4 harumph May 4 May 6 5 1071

Watch as NASA's Curiosity Rover frees its drill from a rock 0 erronis May 5 May 5 7 698

Why AI Agents are either the best or worst thing we've ever built 4 IronLionZion May 2 May 4 3 876

On the nature of intelligence: can the process of evolution be thought to show a form of intelligence? 1 Girard442 May 3 May 3 1 493

Hidden plant molecules show up to 25 times stronger activity against Ebola and COVID-19 0 erronis May 2 May 2 12 686

Science Continued...

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Increased Colorectal Cancer Rates among Adults under Fifty Are Causally Linked to Increased Screening 3 BootinUp May 1 May 2 6 858

I've learned something interesting about brachiopods -- most have no anus. 1 eppur_se_muova May 2 May 2 3 654

Rise in Colon Cancer In Young Adults Tied to E.Coli Exposure in First 10 Yrs of Life 0 GreatGazoo May 1 May 1 3 653

Scientists restore memory by blocking a single Alzheimer's protein 9 Bayard Apr 30 May 1 41 1885

Millions Take This Popular Supplement - Scientists Discover a Concerning Link to Heart Failure 4 Bayard Apr 30 May 1 21 1401

NPR story on a huge advance in testing for tuberculosis, + the NEJM article published today 0 highplainsdem Apr 29 Apr 29 4 615

City Birds Appear to be More Afraid of Women Than Men, Scientists Don't Know Why 6 GreatGazoo Apr 29 Apr 29 6 1006

Giant sinkholes discovered containing untouched ancient forests 17 Judi Lynn Apr 25 Apr 26 74 3699

These eight coastal cities sit on America's flood front line, and AI shows why 4 erronis Apr 23 Apr 25 16 1281

One blue whale song unlocks oceans of data 0 erronis Apr 24 Apr 24 16 814

Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs 0 erronis Apr 24 Apr 24 10 682

In Eastern Africa, the cradle of humankind is tearing apart 0 erronis Apr 23 Apr 23 19 858

How birds survived the dinosaurs' doomsday 4 usonian Apr 19 Apr 21 12 916

World's largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone 1 Jim__ Apr 20 Apr 20 9 1725

Cementing a more sustainable alternative to concrete - CBS Sunday norning 4 question everything Apr 19 Apr 20 18 1253

I love Dr. Becky Smethurst...She's smart and funny too... 3 wcmagumba Apr 19 Apr 19 8 1245

People with dark personality traits are naturally inclined towards leadership roles, finds new study 5 erronis Apr 18 Apr 19 8 1194

NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 16 972

From Endless Frontier to Enemy of the People: The Assault on Public Science -- Lawfare 0 erronis Apr 17 Apr 17 6 651

Five seconds of free fall: Astronauts describe historic moon mission -- and nail-biting return to Earth 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 16 Apr 16 13 717

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