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As Zambia schools take on climate change, one teen is spreading the word in sign language
Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. Chanda, 18, is intent on helping educate Zambia's deaf community about climate change. As the southern African nation has suffered from more frequent extreme weather, including its current severe drought, it's prompted the Zambian government to include more climate change education in its school curriculum.
4 min read - ScienceSpace
Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?
The behemoth sunspot AR3664 has finally rotated out of Earth's view, firing off two more big solar storms on its way out the door. Will it come back?
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How do you forecast a solar storm? Space weather experts explain
While the weekend solar event gave us quite the show in the night sky, it also helps scientists learn more about space weather to continue to improve forecasts.
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Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
A distant planetary nursery is breaking all records as it shows the extremes to which planet formation can go.
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Study reveals when the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
Dinosaurs were initially cold-blooded, but global warming 180 million years ago may have triggered the evolution of warm-blooded species, a new study found.
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Google and Harvard unveil most detailed ever map of human brain
Working from a sliver of tissue no bigger than a grain of rice, researchers have built an astoundingly complex map of the human brain.
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To better predict volcanic eruptions, you have to dig deep — very deep
New research suggests studying the state of magma in deep reservoirs can improve volcanic eruption predictions.
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Skeleton found in chimney of Madison, Wisconsin music store identified after 34 years
After more than three decades, DNA researchers and authorities have identified a skeleton found in the chimney of a Madison, Wisconsin music store.
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Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
The family is part of a larger asteroid that was smashed to pieces 130 million years ago.
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Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
A newly discovered giant planet is the density of a vast cloud of cotton candy. The sweet discovery of WASP-193 b marks the entry of the second-lightest exoplanet ever seen into the exoplanet catalog.
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Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic novel series
A preview of NASA's latest issue of "Astrobiology," their fun ongoing graphic novel series
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Asia's deadly heat wave was made 45 times more likely for this reason
Extreme heat is known as a "silent killer," and in some areas across Asia, its intensity would have been impossible without one critical factor, a new study found.
4 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
When the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery. Warm-blooded creatures — including birds, who are descended from dinosaurs, and humans — keep their body temperature constant whether the world around them runs cold or hot.
2 min read - WorldReuters
Study reveals history and oceanic voyages of remarkable baobab tree
The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. Two baobab lineages went extinct in Madagascar, but not before establishing themselves elsewhere, one in Africa and one in Australia, the study showed.
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Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 light-years
Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way's outer halo is filled with "magnetic donuts" that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.
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Earth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting a red dwarf star, making just the second planetary system seen around one of these tiny, cool, dim, but common, stars.
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Supernova-filled galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope image
The Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged an actively star-forming galaxy named UGC 9684.
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Community colleges offer clean energy training as climate-related jobs expand across America
On the south side of Chicago, students learn to work on Rivian electric pickup trucks and SUVs through a new technician program at Olive-Harvey College. About 150 miles (240 kilometers) south, students at Danville Area Community College in Illinois are taught to troubleshoot massive wind turbines dozens of meters tall, along with climbing and safety.
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How NASA's Ingenuity helicopter opened the Mars skies to exploration
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter's flying days may be over, but its influence will be felt far into the future.
6 min read - ScienceThe Conversation
Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut
Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for proteins can help make sense of all that data.
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Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
Studying theoretical, fast-spinning black holes is helping physicists understand more about the elusive black holes out in the universe.
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Exclusive-Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say
Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for years, according to five people familiar with the matter. The company knew from animal testing it had conducted ahead of its U.S. approval last year that the wires might retract, removing with them the sensitive electrodes that decode brain signals, three of the sources said. Neuralink deemed the risk low enough for a redesign n
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Artemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their moon mission. Here's what they learned (exclusive)
How do you get ready for flying to the moon? The Artemis 2 astronauts practiced a day in space ahead of their historic liftoff in 2025 to see what living in the Orion spacecraft is like.
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Ancient trees unlock an alarming new insight into our warming world
Last summer, marked by deadly extreme heat and devastating wildfires, was the warmest in at least 2,000 years, according to new research
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Opinion: The darker side of the brilliant aurora
The geomagnetic storm that captivated us is a reminder to prepare for a more severe space weather event with potentially devastating consequences, writes Bob Kolasky.
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Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades, but Earth should be out of the way this time
The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update. It's the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according to NOAA.
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Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year's destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found. Scorching temperatures were felt across large swaths of Asia, from Gaza in the west — where over 2 million people face clean water shortages, lack of health care and other essentials amid the Israeli bombardment — to the Philippines in the southeast, with many parts of t
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A deadly heat wave worsened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. It was fueled by climate change, new data shows
From Gaza in the west to the Philippines in the east, climate change has fueled extreme heat on the continent, making it both more likely and more intense
5 min read - ScienceAssociated Press
This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy
Astronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The gas giants in our solar system — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — are much denser.
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Sun emits its largest X-class flare of the solar cycle
The large explosion of energy and light from the sun comes just days after Earth was slammed with the biggest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years.
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Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant
After much debate, the Curiosity Mars rover team decided to continue following an intriguing channel rather than send the robot on an off-road detour.
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Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022
Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (May 19) for the six-person NS-25, the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.
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Researchers discover "super fluffy" planet with cotton candy-like density
WASP-193b is 50% larger than Jupiter — the largest planet in our solar system — but seven times less massive because of it's extraordinarily low density.
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Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
A car-sized asteroid flew very close to Earth on Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after being discovered.
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study finds
"When you look at the long sweep of history, you can see just how dramatic recent global warming is," one of the researchers said.
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Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)
A monster sunspot on the sun's surface just won't quit, erupting yet again this week with a whopping X8.7-class solar flare on Tuesday (May 14).
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Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star
Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the distance between Earth and the sun, with enough gas and dust to form super-sized planets in far-flung orbits, the U.S. and German researchers reported this week. First spotted in 2016, the disk around a star 1,000 light-years away was not confirmed to be a hotbed for new, emerging planets until recent o
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Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of this small but intriguing natural satellite.
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Scientists solve giant hummingbird mystery — with the help of tiny backpacks
Researchers strapped tiny backpacks to hummingbirds to study migration and discovered the world’s largest hummingbird species is distinct from another type.
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Boeing Starliner launch retargeted for May 21
The oxygen valve that derailed a launch try last week has been replaced, but engineers want more time to verify an unrelated helium leak has been fixed.
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Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21
The first crewed mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been pushed back by four days to May 21, due to a helium leak in its service module.
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CDC makes public influenza A wastewater data to assist bird flu probe
Last week, an agency official told Reuters about U.S plans to make public data collected by its surveillance system. Testing wastewater from sewers proved to be a powerful tool for detecting mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the week ended May 4, the agency's surveillance system did not show any indicators of unusual influenza activity in people, including the H5N1 virus.
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Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to 1850 at best because it's based on thermometers. Now scientists can go back to the modern western calendar's year 1, when the Bible says Jesus of Nazareth walked the Earth, but have found no hotter northern summer than last
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The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find
Using tree ring data, scientists have confirmed that summer 2023 was the hottest summer on Earth in the last 2,000 years.
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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)
SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company's 50th orbital mission of 2024.
2 min read - ScienceThe Conversation
‘Noise’ in the machine: Human differences in judgment lead to problems for AI
Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
6 min read - WorldThe Conversation
Vatican conference on ‘climate resilience’ is the latest in a long line of environment initiatives by Pope Francis and the Catholic Church – 5 essential reads
Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders committed to raising awareness of environmental issues draw on centuries of tradition.
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How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk
New details for SpaceX's privately-funded crewed launch, Polaris Dawn, paint a more complete picture of what the mission will look like, and how SpaceX's new EVA suits will play a part.
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This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)
The coming settlement of the High Frontier doesn’t have to be a repeat of the violent conquests and colonization of history. We will not take space from anyone, and we can give it to everyone.
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NFL schedule release: The top 10 must watch games of the regular season
What are the most anticipated games for this NFL season?
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