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Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago
A Neanderthal was buried 75,000 years ago, and experts painstakingly pieced together what she looked like. The striking recreation is featured in a new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the Neanderthals.”
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Watch SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move their Dragon at the ISS May 2 to make way for Boeing's Starliner
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission will move their Dragon capsule to a different port at the ISS on Thursday morning (May 2), and you can watch it live.
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Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far side of the moon
Rare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something slammed into the moon and sent a chunk of it flying into space.
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NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'
As the sun reaches solar maximum, Mars spacecraft are preparing to study the effects of increased radiation bombardment and how solar storms may impact future crewed missions to the Red Planet.
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James Webb Space Telescope forecasts clouds of melted rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet
The JWST has performed a weather report for a distant hot Jupiter exoplanet, finding winds three times as fast as a jet fighter, clouds made of rock and temperatures hot enough to melt lead.
5 min read - ScienceReuters
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
In a controlled greenhouse at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, researchers have now identified a way that shows promise for improving crop yields in simulated Martian soil, with different crops grown together in a method called "intercropping" pioneered by ancient Maya farmers. In their experiments, the researchers grew cherry tomatoes, peas and carrots together in pots. Tomatoes grown in this manner produced about double the yield of tomatoes grown alone - or "monocropped"
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A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why
During the winters of 2016 and 2017, a hole the size of Switzerland opened in the middle of Antarctica's sea ice. And scientists just figured out how it came to be.
3 min read - ScienceSpace
Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack
Yellowstone's lake's ice cover has remained unaffected by increasing temperatures due to increased snowfall. But this could make it vulnerable to a sudden shift.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
An erupting star system in Orion has finally provided an answer to the mystery of how stars fed for over 100 years, something that has puzzled astronomers for almost as long.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)
Explore the impact of a near X-class solar flare, registering M9.5, as it disrupts radio signals across the Pacific. The eruption was sunspot AR3654's most powerful yet.
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Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Samples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar winds and tiny space rocks have had on the asteroid itself.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
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Explainer-The Eta Aquariid meteor shower: When is it and what to expect?
Meteors will be streaking across the sky as Earth passes through dusty debris in space left by Halley's Comet in the annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower, with peak activity in early May. Here is an explanation of this meteor shower. Meteors are space rocks and other material that burn up as they plummet through Earth's atmosphere, leaving a bright streak in the sky.
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How to watch Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch webcasts live online
Boeing's Starliner capsule is scheduled to launch astronauts for the first time ever on May 6. Here's how to watch that historic liftoff, as well as key events before and after it.
4 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
Study says El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal
The climate phenomenon known as El Nino — and not climate change — was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted shipping at the Panama Canal last year, scientists said Wednesday. A team of international scientists found that El Nino — a natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide — doubled the likelihood of the low precipitation Panama received during last year's rainy season.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on Wednesday, just past midnight, that the medical center that hosts his lab had “tentatively agreed” to allow him and his team to return and continue their research for the time being. “Now, team members can enter and leave the laboratory freely,” Zhang wrote in a post on Weibo, a Chinese s
3 min read - WorldCNN
This Chinese virologist shared crucial Covid-19 data. Then his research hit hurdles
Scientist was lauded for his 2020 disclosure, but in the years since, people who know him say he has faced unprecedented roadblocks in his career in China.
7 min read - ScienceSpace
The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile's Andes Mountains — and it's finally open
A new Japanese observatory built high in the Chilean Andes mountains promises fresh views of the early universe.
4 min read - BusinessSpace
Satellite operator SES acquiring Intelsat in $3.1 billion deal
SES plans to buy fellow satellite operator Intelsat, in a deal that could help the combined company compete with SpaceX's huge Starlink broadband network.
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Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with 'lobster vision'
Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese–European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.
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'We are ready:' New NASA documentary looks ahead to Artemis 2 moon mission (video)
A new NASA video reflects on the successful Artemis 1 moon mission and looks ahead to next year's crewed effort, Artemis 2.
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Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed'
The molecular gas ejected by a dying star within the Southern Ring Nebula will one day be recycled into a new generation of stars and planets.
7 min read - ScienceThe Conversation
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
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Astrophotographer captures the Running Chicken Nebula in impeccable detail
Check out this incredibly detailed image of the Running Chicken Nebula — IC 2944 — captured by astrophotographer Rod Prazeres.
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China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle
A video outlining China's moon base plans depicts a wide number of concepts, including surface sample return operations, a lander and rover, and supporting orbital satellites.
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Spikes of flu virus in wastewater raise questions about spread of bird flu
Spikes of influenza A virus seen in wastewater samples from 59 sewer systems across 18 different states this spring may point to the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that is currently infecting dairy cattle, a new study suggests.
6 min read - WorldThe New York Times
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing
New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some scientists who study marine protected areas because the plan would count certain commercial fishing zones as conserved. The decision could have ripple effects around the world as nations work toward fulfilling a broader global commitment to safeguard 30% of the entire planet’s land, inland waters and seas. That effort has been hailed
5 min read - ScienceSpace
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter may have spotted its 1st rogue planet
NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS may have detected its first free-floating planet with a little help from Einstein.
7 min read - WorldAssociated Press
What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years. In the most tragic single event, at least 48 people were killed on Monday after water blew through a blocked river tunnel under a railway line in southwestern Kenya, causing a flash flood. The devastating rains are a result of a mix of factors, including the country's seasonal weather patterns, human-caused climate change as well as natural weather phen
3 min read - ScienceSpace
This spacecraft is headed to NASA's asteroid-crash aftermath — but first, it'll stop by Mars
During a gravity assist with Mars, Hera will study the moon Deimos.
3 min read - WorldSpace
China's Shenzhou 17 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space (video)
China's Shenzhou 17 astronauts touched down safely this morning (April 30), bringing their six-month mission to a successful close.
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Ancient text reveals details of Plato’s burial place and final evening, experts say
Newly deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed, according to Italian researchers.
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A 300-year-old settlement resurfaces as severe drought dries up a dam in the Philippines
The old sunken town has reemerged as sweltering heat and drought dry up the reservoir, revealing the remnants of a place deliberately flooded in the 1970s.
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Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest, so why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?
The world’s highest mountain continues to draw climbers willing to risk their lives as they clamber past frozen corpses on their way to the top.
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Paleo diet? Study reveals new insight on what Stone Age humans really ate
A long-held stereotype is that ancient humans were big on meat. A new study suggests more plant-based foods were on the menu.
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T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on its fossils is a tricky proposition, with so many uncertainties involved. Assessing a dinosaur's intelligence, considering the innumerable factors contributing to that trait, is exponentially more difficult. A study published last year by Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel that evaluated the intelligence of Tyrannosaurus rex, focusing upon estimated brain size and the number of bra
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The world’s most advanced economies just agreed to end coal use by 2035 – with a catch
The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday that its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035 at the latest, but left the door open for some countries to stretch that deadline in particular contexts.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
SpaceX vet's startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode
Portal has developed a new satellite bus called Supernova that the company says will allow unprecedented mobility in Earth orbit and beyond.
2 min read - LifestyleThe Conversation
‘What is a fact?’ A humanities class prepares STEM students to be better scientists
A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
3 min read - ScienceThe Conversation
Sourdough under the microscope reveals microbes cultivated over generations
You can thank yeast and bacteria for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history.
4 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say
Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on a remote Lake Superior island this winter due to unusually warm weather announced Tuesday that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. Researchers typically conduct aerial surveys of the island to develop population estimates and observe animal behavior.
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Scientists unravel mysteries of gamma-ray bursts — the universe's most powerful explosions
Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's most powerful explosions, generating more energy in seconds than the sun will in billions of years — and scientists are slowly learning more about these eruptions.
5 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on space station
A Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Tuesday with three astronauts who completed a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-17 craft carrying Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin landed at the Dongfeng site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the Gobi Desert shortly before 6 p.m. It comes roughly four days after the Shenzhou-18 mission docked with the station with their three-member replacement crew. China built its own space stat
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NFL Power Rankings, draft edition: Did Patriots fix their offensive issues?
Which teams did the best in the NFL Draft?
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Tiger Woods explains viral Masters tree meme, daughter’s ‘negative’ relationship with golf while promoting ‘Sun Day Red’
Jimmy Fallon asked Tiger Woods all about his incredible handshake with Verne Lundquist at the Masters on Tuesday night.
3 min read - EntertainmentYahoo Entertainment
The It List: Met Gala 2024 is a fashion feast for the eyes, 'The Idea of You' will give you butterflies, Ryan Gosling plays 'Action Hero Ken' in 'The Fall Guy'
With highly anticipated new movies and the star-studded Met Gala on the horizon, it's a great week for celebrity enthusiasts.
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CVS stock plunges after earnings numbers one analyst 'did not even believe'
CVS warns it could cede Medicare Advantage market share as reimbursement rates pressure the company.
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Is it time to panic about Corbin Carroll's offense, Oneil Cruz's strikeouts or Craig Kimbrel's inconsistency?
With a month of baseball in the books, we can begin to separate overreaction from legitimate cause for concern.
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NYCB CEO predicts a 'clear path to profitability' after disclosing first-quarter loss
Troubled regional lender New York Community Bancorp lost $327 million in the first quarter, but its stock soared as the CEO promised a 'clear path to profitability over the following two years.'
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