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Scientists Develop Infrared Contacts That Enable Sci-Fi-Style Night Vision--Even With Eyes Closed 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 2 434

Expert urges calm over mosquito disease found in UK 0 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 3 416

The Joys of Being Wrong, the diligence of DUer "SunSeeker", and the Elimination of the Penny 4 Bernardo de La Paz May 26 May 26 5 640

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test 3 sl8 May 25 May 26 8 509

'Very odd' 40-foot-long marine reptile stalked prehistoric Canada 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 9 550

Forests "Talk" Before a Solar Eclipse: Study Reveals Mysterious Electrical Communication 4 erronis May 25 May 25 24 783

Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad 2 Bayard May 23 May 25 6 559

Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 3 erronis May 24 May 24 14 618

Niels helping Niels. 2 NNadir May 24 May 24 5 466

URGENT science need in Oklahoma 2 TheGreatConspiracy May 23 May 23 5 568

Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals 3 Bayard May 23 May 23 9 599

Welcome to the Spectrogram! 4 littlemissmartypants May 22 May 23 4 476

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed 11 erronis May 22 May 23 27 1531

NASA has made it official - the James Webb Space Telescope has detected water outside of Earth 3 Bayard May 22 May 22 26 1128

Farewell to Koalas 3 Bayard May 22 May 22 19 831

Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 22 12 723

Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space 3 milestogo May 22 May 22 13 762

China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 21 May 22 5 687

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard May 22 May 22 0 201

Watch This Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.1 Seconds -- It's a Guinness World Record 2 erronis May 21 May 21 9 983

This Tiny Robot Can Jump 10 Feet High - Without Legs 0 erronis May 21 May 21 6 512

A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 May 21 3 709

Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 May 21 May 21 4 358

Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 May 20 May 20 4 808

Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 18 May 19 5 547

14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked May 19 May 19 8 722

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 19 May 19 32 1348

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 19 May 19 2 366

What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 May 18 13 705

Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 18 May 18 12 690

Science Continued...

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The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 15 May 17 5 570

This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 17 May 17 12 1180

Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 17 May 17 19 868

Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 17 May 17 2 348

There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 16 May 16 13 1023

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 16 May 16 7 751

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 2 367

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 0 137

Hmm...Anyone with enough chemistry kmowledge to guess why some scientists think Mars water broke down into.... 12 electric_blue68 May 15 May 16 2 933

Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 667

Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 13 May 15 11 556

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 15 6 405

Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 15 May 15 12 710

Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 14 May 14 7 466

The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 14 May 14 7 783

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 May 14 May 14 1 208

Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 14 May 14 10 377

Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 451

JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 384

Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 866

Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 13 May 13 4 336

Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 13 May 13 7 523

Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 12 May 13 32 1317

Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 12 May 12 10 790

First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 12 May 12 29 2196

Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 12 May 12 13 917

Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 12 May 12 8 683

Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 11 May 12 4 476

A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2 May 11 17 1154

Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 9 May 9 6 447

Science Continued...

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'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 9 4 474

Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 6 May 9 7 529

Mile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 9 May 9 18 1062

Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry 0 erronis May 9 May 9 4 437

'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 7 Bayard May 9 May 9 9 1024

Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye 5 milestogo May 9 May 9 7 697

Prescription Drug Combinations May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Suggests 1 Bayard May 9 May 9 13 682

And the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest is 4 cbabe May 8 May 8 8 534

The History behind Hyper-Catalan Series Solutions to Polynomial Equations -- with Dean Rubine 2 xocetaceans May 7 May 7 4 418

New study shows that birds form bonds that look a lot like friendship 2 erronis May 7 May 7 6 513

After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom 5 Ponietz May 6 May 6 10 710

Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space -- phys.org 1 erronis May 6 May 6 12 684

Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove -- Quanta Magazine 1 erronis May 5 May 6 8 553

Possible evidence found of cuttlefish waving to each other as a form of communication 1 erronis May 5 May 6 3 471

New quantum theory of gravity developed 1 jgo May 6 May 6 10 717

Huge fossilised claws discovered by scientists belong to mysterious new species 8 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 32 1296

Who is Nancy Grace Roman? 0 turbinetree May 4 May 4 17 528

New theory about spinning universe could be the answer to "Hubble tension" 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 473

Scientists Direct Cyborg Cicadas to Play a Horrendous Droning Rendition of "Pachelbel's Canon" 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 2 695

Cell division myths busted: What we've taught for 100 years is wrong 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 11 691

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