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Jeff Bezos Will Go to Space on Blue Origin's First Crewed Flight
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:15:00 GMT
The multibillionaire—along with his brother and at least one other passenger—could reach suborbital heights as soon as July 20
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SpaceX Starlink Mega Constellation Faces Fresh Legal Challenge
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:15:00 GMT
The company’s ongoing launches of thousands of satellites for global high-speed Internet service may clash with preexisting environmental regulations
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See Iridescent Jellyfish and Glowing Wonders of the Sea in World Oceans Day Photos
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 19:00:00 GMT
Mysterious creatures of the deep shine in images by marine biologist Alexander Semenov
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How Human Space Launches Have Diversified
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
A plethora of new countries and private companies are getting in on the quest to send people to orbit
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NASA's Juno Set for Close Encounter with Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:00:00 GMT
The flyby will be the closest a spacecraft has come to the gas giant’s largest moon in 20 years
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Ganymede Looks Glorious in New Images from NASA's Juno Mission
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:45:00 GMT
The spacecraft captured the first close-up views of the solar system’s largest moon in more than 20 years
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Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:30:00 GMT
We are more dependent on water than many other mammals and have developed a host of clever strategies for obtaining it
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Why Humans Are So Thirsty
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
Artificial proteins, carbon-sucking rocks, particle accelerators, and more
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A Modest Proposal: Let's Change Earth's Orbit
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:30:00 GMT
What’s the worst that could happen?
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Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Come in Two Distinct Flavors
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:00:00 GMT
A trove of new detections suggests that the bursts could be the result of at least two separate astrophysical phenomena
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Animal Kids Listen to Their Parents Even before Birth
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:00:00 GMT
Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches
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Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:00:00 GMT
A visit to my hometown to see the legendary Brood X cicadas with my wife and one-year-old daughter changed my conception of time
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Venus Wins Stunning Third New Mission, This Time from Europe
Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT
EnVision will follow NASA’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS
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Why Scientists Tweak Lab Viruses to Make Them More Contagious
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:45:00 GMT
Some “gain of function” studies explore how a dangerous pathogen might cross species barriers to start an outbreak. They are not without controversy
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A Random Walk through the English Language
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:00:00 GMT
How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough
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The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
GOP officials have been denigrating the government, including government scientists, for decades
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For African Elephants, Pee Could Be a Potent Trail Marker
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
Scientists found that elephants often sniff pathways—and seem especially attuned to urine.
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New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:45:00 GMT
The process finds minuscule amounts of radioactive material in metals
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Why the Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Went Mysteriously Dim Last Year
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:00:00 GMT
High-resolution images suggest the star spewed out so much dust that its brightness dropped by two thirds in 2020
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Searching for City Lights on Other Planets
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:00:00 GMT
There’s a detectable difference between a planet shining with reflected light and a planet glowing with its own artificial illumination
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China Launches Astronauts to New Space Station
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:15:00 GMT
The nation’s first crewed liftoff in nearly five years is the third of 11 planned launches to complete the station’s construction
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Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:45:00 GMT
The vast majority of examined incidents were not caused by U.S. advanced technology programs, the forthcoming report concludes. So what’s going on?
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Poem: 'Turing and the Apple'
Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
Science in meter and verse
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Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT
Their complex songs have striking similarities to Beethoven, Tuvan throat singing, a Disney musical and Kendrick Lamar
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Can Science Survive the Death of the Universe?
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:00:00 GMT
Three physicists envision ways in which the quest for knowledge can last forever
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