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An international team of scientists has studied the causes of religious...
Credit: Musée cantonal des Beaux-ArtsReligion is often said to be at the root of the world’s conflicts, but what if mankind were simply naturally violent? How might we begin to understand the...
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New data from the European Space Agency explains why some stars are going the...
Credit: Getty ImagesThe Milky Way has a dark secret.According to new data beamed in from European research spacecraft, our Milky Way galaxy encountered and devoured another nearby galaxy around 10...
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The space-age alternative energy source may be on the verge of a breakthrough.
Credit: Ken FilarAnyone looking for a bright side in the climate crisis may want to learn about a potentially revolutionary research project that could help redefine energy as we know it.Researchers...
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The discovery provides greater evidence for rocky worlds in our galaxy.
Credit: ESO/M. KornmesserA team of astronomers has found strong indications of a cold super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, the second-closest star system to our sun.The frozen world is at least 3.2...
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The OSIRIS-Rex mission is preparing to retrieve material from the asteroid...
Credit: NASANASA has an asteroid hunter ready to snag precious cargo from the surface of a space rock. Named after an Egyptian deity of the afterlife, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation,...
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Researchers have developed a new class of propeller-shaped nanorobots that...
Credit: Getty ImagesYou know those little motes or floaters you that you sometimes see moving in your vision? Well, someday very soon, those could be robots.An international team of medical...
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MIT engineers achieved sustained flight with an aircraft that uses no fossil...
Credit: MITEvery now and again, a technological development transforms a classic sci-fi trope from science fiction into science fact. Think orbital space stations, flying cars, and tractor...
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Ben and Crew Confront the End of Historic World Record Attempt but Remain...
Ben Lecomte is nearing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - but, after facing unprecedented storms in the Pacific, the boat’s mainsail suffered irreparable damages. The broken sail is a devastating blow...
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A nonprofit called Adventure Scientists has put outdoor enthusiasts to work...
Credit: Getty ImagesScientists who are monitoring the spread of tiny pieces of plastic throughout the environment are getting help from a small army of citizen volunteers — and they’re finding bits of...
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Take a stand against plastic pollution by curbing your plastic usage.
Take a stand against plastic pollution by entering Seeker’s “Join The Swim” Sweepstakes.Rules for Entry: Post a photo or video of yourself showing how you are reducing plastic usage, and use the...
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New research suggests that tiny pieces of plastic are making their way into...
Credit: Getty ImagesIf you’re ordering seafood these days, you may be getting a side of plastics, whether you want it or not.New research funded by the U.K.’s Natural Environment Research Council has...
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The unique digestive system of wood-eating gribbles could solve a major...
Credit: Auguste Le RouxIt's always in the last place you look.For several decades now, energy scientists have been working hard to crack a challenging puzzle: How to turn wood into an efficient and...
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The maker of a plant-robot from MIT Media Labs has some radical ideas on the...
Credit: Harpreet Sareen.Harpreet Sareen thinks big. Cybernetic plants that move around on their own? That's just the beginning. How about an end to global warming?Sareen, currently an assistant...
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After repairing their boat, Ben Lecomte and the crew will return to the...
Credit: Seeker MediaThe Swim may be over, but the cause for which Ben Lecomte tried to swim across the Pacific Ocean remains as important as ever.Lecomte logged about 1,700 miles in the water, using...
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The spring-loaded mandibles of the ant with the coolest name move at speeds...
Credit: Adrian SmithWhile there are no official rankings for these things, dispassionate observers will surely agree that Mystrium camillae, or the Dracula ant, has one of the coolest names in the...
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Vection is a VR experience that's helping scientists learn more about how...
Credit: NASAJust a few days after Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques launched to the International Space Station on Dec. 3, the first-time space flyer faced a considerable challenge: learning how...
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Selena Gomez got droll on this spiky pop song that swipes a sample of the bass line from the Talking Heads classic "Psycho Killer." On that track, singer David Byrne mapped his own anxiety in a state...
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The spacecraft flew by a distant little world dubbed “Ultima Thule” that...
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research InstituteFar out in the solar system, just as Earth was ringing in the New Year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew...
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It will take 20 months to receive all of the spacecraft's data on the distant...
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research InstituteA special delivery of data from deep in the solar system arrived on Earth this week, as details begin...
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China is the first to successfully land an explorer on the side of the moon...
After making history by becoming the first nation to land on the far side of the moon, China’s new spacecraft transmitted haunting pictures back to Earth of this mysterious lunar landscape as its...
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“The science is advancing fast, and that may surprise a lot of people.”
Credit: Getty ImagesAs the effects of climate change become increasingly apparent, improvements in data collection and technology are enabling scientists to be more forward-leaning about the impact it...
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New research suggests that ocean warming due to climate change is equivalent...
Credit: Getty ImagesMath can be scary, but if you’re in the market for some really terrifying mathematics, a major new study puts hard numbers to the rate at which oceans are heating up due to global...
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The space agency confirmed the delay after Elon Musk tweeted that it was...
Credit: NASA/SpaceXNASA has confirmed that the first test flight of SpaceX’s human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft won’t take place in January, announcing on Thursday that the launch would occur “no...
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Global warming is likely to increasingly disrupt American farming with...
Credit: Getty ImagesAs climate change’s influence on extreme weather events and deadly wildfire outbreaks becomes increasingly apparent, it’s also forcing farmers to change how they grow the food that...
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A new astronomical study is the first to find direct evidence of aging white...
Credit: Getty ImagesWhen the sun dies, it’s going to turn into crystal.A study recently published in Nature shows that in 10 billion years, after the sun runs out of fuel to burn, its core will become...
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Researchers have created neural network technology to analyze and interpret...
Credit: Getty ImagesIn what is somehow the cutest science story of the new year so far, scientists at the University of Washington have announced a new artificial intelligence system for decoding...
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Space is tough on an astronaut's bones, muscles, blood flow and much more.
Credit: Getty Images: Eugen Wais/EyeEmFlying in space can be a bit like growing old, because without exercise and proper nutrition astronauts on weeks- or months-long missions would come back to Earth...
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It's an exciting find given the planet is only six light-years away from...
Credit: Getty Images: Ron Miller/Stocktrek ImagesPrimitive life might exist on a large, rocky planet that is relatively nearby Earth, according to a team of scientists who presented their work at an...
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A team analyzing bacteria on the ISS discovered different genes in space...
Credit: Getty Images: Science Photo Library - SCIEPROWhile harsh radiation and a "weightless" environment make International Space Station microbes mutate, there's no danger of them turning into...
View ArticleA virus that has killed half the people it's infected causes worldwide...
A virus that has killed half of the people it's known to have infected could pose "a threat to the entire world," director-general of the United Nations' World Health Organization Margaret Chan said at...
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