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  1. Will burying biomass underground curb climate change?

    Though carbon removal startups may limit global warming, significant questions remain.

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  2. Mini-Neptune turned out to be a frozen super-Earth

    The density makes it look like a water world, but its dim host star keeps it cool.

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  3. Armada to Apophis—scientists recycle old ideas for rare asteroid encounter

    "It will miss the Earth. It will miss the Earth. It will miss the Earth."

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  4. Illegal drug found in Diamond Shruumz candies linked to severe illnesses

    New testing finds psilocin, related to psilocybin, in gummies purchased in 2023.

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  5. Coal-filled trains are likely sending people to the hospital

    Coal-filled trains trail a cloud of particulates shaken free from their cargo.

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  6. Rocket Report: Firefly’s CEO steps down; Artemis II core stage leaves factory

    Rocket Factory Augsburg completed qualification of its upper stage for a first launch this year.

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  7. Long COVID rates have declined, especially among the vaccinated, study finds

    In large study, rates of long COVID fell from 10% to 3.5% for the vaccinated.

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  8. NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad

    "It would have been revolutionary. Other missions don’t replace what is lost here."

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  9. One more way to die: Tremors when Vesuvius erupted collapsed shelter walls

    Two male skeletons showed signs of severe fracture and trauma injuries.

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  10. Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words

    When processing language, individual neurons respond to words with similar meanings.

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  11. Researchers build ultralight drone that flies with onboard solar

    Bizarre design uses a solar-powered motor that's optimized for weight.

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  12. Electric eels inspire novel “jelly” batteries for soft robotics, wearables

    Another team built a lithium-ion battery with electrolyte layer that expands by 5,000%.

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  1. Five people infected as bird flu appears to go from cows to chickens to humans

    High temperatures made it hard for workers to use protective gear during culling.

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  2. Elon Musk says SpaceX and X will relocate their headquarters to Texas

    The billionaire blamed a California gender identity law for moving SpaceX and X headquarters.

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  3. Meet the woman whose research helped the FBI catch notorious serial killers

    Hulu documentary Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer traces career of Dr. Ann Burgess.

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  4. Seismic data shows Mars is often pummeled by planet-shaking meteorites

    Seismic information now allows us to make a planet-wide estimate of impact rates.

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  5. The struggle to understand why earthquakes happen in America’s heartland

    The New Madrid fault line remains something of an enigma to seismologists.

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  6. With Falcon 9 grounded, SpaceX test-fires booster for next Starship flight

    SpaceX says a liquid oxygen leak caused the failure of a Falcon 9 launch last week.

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  7. Will space-based solar power ever make sense?

    Years of talk have now moved to design studies and hardware in space.

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  8. Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

    Blood stem cells are being engineered to protect them from lethal therapies.

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  9. Animals use physics? Let us count the ways

    Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws.

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  10. In the South, sea level rise accelerates at some of the most extreme rates on Earth

    The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges.

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  11. NATO allies pledge $1 billion to promote sharing of space-based intel

    Agreement marks the largest investment in space-based capabilities in NATO’s history.

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  12. NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation

    "What keeps me awake right now is the uncertainty."

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  1. Much of Neanderthal genetic diversity came from modern humans

    Neanderthals' low diversity means their population was even smaller than we thought.

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  2. 500 million-year-old fossil is the earliest branch of the spider’s lineage

    A local fossil collector in Morocco found the specimen decades ago.

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  3. Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

    There's no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway.

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  4. Rocket Report: Chinese firm suffers another failure; Ariane 6 soars in debut

    "This powers Europe back into space.”

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  5. SpaceX’s unmatched streak of perfection with the Falcon 9 rocket is over

    The Falcon 9 is grounded pending an investigation, possibly delaying upcoming crew flights.

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  6. Scientists built real-life “stillsuit” to recycle astronaut urine on space walks

    Prototype would replace multi-layered adult diapers currently worn on space walks.

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  7. Lion brothers in search of mates just set a record for longest-known swim

    Brothers Jacob and Tibu braved hungry hippos and crocodiles to make the crossing.

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  8. Giant salamander species found in what was thought to be an icy ecosystem

    Found after its kind were thought extinct, and where it was thought to be too cold.

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  9. Frozen mammoth skin retained its chromosome structure

    Features as small as 50 nanometers preserved in a 50,000-year-old sample.

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  10. To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve

    The technologies are useful tools but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels.

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  11. NASA update on Starliner thruster issues: This is fine

    “What we want to know is that the thrusters can perform," Starliner's pilot says.

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  12. Congress apparently feels a need for “reaffirmation” of SLS rocket

    Because I'm tall enough, I'm orange enough, and doggone it, Senators like me.

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