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On this day, April 30, 1916, mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist Claude Shannon was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 912
Foxes' skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow 3 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 12306
'Is it aliens?': how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life 2 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1225
These Hardy Plants Have Figured Out How to 'Farm' Microbes in Their Soil 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1003
Horsehead Nebula rears its head in gorgeous new James Webb Space Telescope images (video) 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 49 2237
Chickens Can Blush When They're Feeling Emotional, And We Should Pay Attention 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 7 1118
China releases world's most detailed moon atlas (video) 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 762
'Tiger stripes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 838
Why dangerous bird flu is spreading faster and farther than first thought... 5 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 29 1603
A New Record Concentration for CO2, 427.98 ppm Has Been Set for the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory's Weekly Average. 4 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1481
NASA discovered a planet twice as big as Earth with a gas that is 'only produced by life' 15 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 68 3759
Rare dinosaur tracks are longest continuous set of sauropod footprints (EarthSky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Apr 2024 Apr 2024 24 1230
New CO2 Concentration Record Set, 428.59 ppm, at the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 922
Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1401
There's a mysterious ecosystem underneath the driest desert on Earth 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 42 2331
The Effect of Climate Change on Nuclear Reactor Cooling Will Be Studied at Argonne National Lab. 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 964
Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist's lawsuit against university 1 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 915
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Stumbled On A Glistening Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Io 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1368
Algorithm ranks peer reviewers by reputation -- but critics warn of bias 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 719
Scientists create 'toxic AI' that is rewarded for thinking up the worst possible questions we could imagine 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1169
4 solar flares erupt in exceptionally rare, "quadruple" solar flare from the sun in rare 'super' explosion 5 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1195
Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1082
Restoring sight is possible now with optogenetics 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1156
It's Official: Scientists Finally Confirmed What's Inside The Moon 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1407
NASA veteran's propellantless propulsion drive defies laws of physics 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1276
For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism 4 WestMichRad Apr 2024 Apr 2024 30 1396
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 782
NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth 6 erronis Apr 2024 Apr 2024 22 1326
In my lifetime, space exploration has gone from Sputnik to multiple launches each week. 6 Ptah Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1026
An Interesting Experiment in Trying to Involve Journalists in Reporting Real Science Correctly. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1047

Science Continued...

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Jupiter's Moon Io has been volcanically active for 4.5 billion years 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 908
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient 13 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 27 1889
A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a 'New Star' to the Night Sky--How to Catch a Glimpse 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1061
A Stellar Collision Birthed the 'Dragon's Egg' Nebula, a Puzzling Structure in the Milky Way 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1179
Non Nuclear Portions of Wyoming's Kemmerer Nuclear Power Plant to Start Construction This Summer. 3 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 988
Meet 'goldene': this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 950
Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens the pace of extinction 0 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 936
I have been waiting for about 20 years for this paper to appear. 8 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 15 1806
Can AI read our minds? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be worried 5 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 989
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mosby Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 533
Watch a swarm of cyborg cockroaches controlled by computers 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 946
Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 869
March 2024 Was the Worst Month Ever for CO2 Increases Measured at the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory. 6 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1595
US COVID-origins hearing puts scientific journals in the hot seat 5 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1335
Earthquake: Japan's Ehime Prefecture. 6.3 on Richter 0 Tetrachloride Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 897
Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 920
Water Bears' 'Incredible Response' to Radiation Surprises Scientists 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2024 Apr 2024 14 1093
Nature Energy: An Estimate of the Death Toll Associated with a US Nuclear Power Phase Out. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1228
Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds 8 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1597
Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 921
New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite's journey through space 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 842
Nasa: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars' 0 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 930
CICADA APOCALYPSE 2024: The Historical Rebirth in Spring 3 YoshidaYui Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1108
NASA releases free e-book on Hubble space mysteries 6 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 26 1650
The science of static shock jolted into the 21st century - phys.org 2 erronis Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1030
New advances promise secure quantum computing at home -- phys.org 3 erronis Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1082
A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae 0 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 19 1191
Nominations for invertebrate of the year 6 cbabe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1074
Turns out wombats *can* run at 40km/h 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1202
Dark Matter Debunked in Revolutionary Cosmic Study - SciTech Daily and The Astrophysical Journal 4 erronis Mar 2024 Apr 2024 7 1445

Science Continued...

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Researchers confirm brightest gamma-ray burst of all time from supernova - but where's the gold? 0 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 899
So a Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church..... 2 lastlib Apr 2024 Apr 2024 23 1374
Nobel-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies "peacefully in his home" - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 919
Possible improvements in the electrowinning of the lanthanide elements (aka "rare earths). 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 939
Antarctica is covered in volcanoes, could they erupt? 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 23 1438
Elusive prickly sharks spotted gathering at underwater mountain off Panama -- but why remains a mystery 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 14 943
Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches 9 cbabe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 1722
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Announces Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge Winners 0 usonian Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 803
See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city WaPo link (PayWall sorry) 5 TeamProg Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1231
Eclipse conspiracies. Nothing specific. 2 SarahD Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 652
A New Record Concentration for CO2, 426.35 ppm Has Been Set at the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory. 1 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1035
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 727
Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere - Scientific American 6 Caribbeans Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1297
mealy-mouthed creationists 7 Lionel Mandrake Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1081
Deep Learning Basics: Introduction and Overview (AI Neural Networks) 1 BootinUp Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1333
Solar eclipse will create Purkinje effect -- and red, green clothes will help you see it 7 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 13 12247
Group of 60 ultra-faint stars orbiting the Milky Way could be new type of galaxy never seen before 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1041
Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 805
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 783
Some stars may be 'infected' with black holes that destroy them from within, new study hints 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 799
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