New image from James Webb Space Telescope shows Cartwheel Galaxy
Another new image released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Cartwheel Galaxy, located more than 500 million light years from Earth.
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NASA is launching its new mega-rocket to shoot a spaceship around the moon this month. Here's what to expect.
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Scientists make discovery on dinosaur believed to be related to the Loch Ness Monster
Some believers claim the Loch Ness Monster was a descendant of the plesiosaur.
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NASA searches for new launch provider after Astra Space pauses rocket launches
NASA is looking at some alternatives on how to safely launch an important Earth-science mission.
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Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth, due to 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer, study suggests
PFAS are nicknamed "forever chemicals" because they last so long without breaking down. That's made them pervasive in rainwater and soils.
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A disastrous 'megaflood' flood in sunny and dry California? It's happened before
Scientists say climate change increases the likelihood of the recurrence of a 'megaflood' like the Great Flood of 1862.
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QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Have a New Cure-All: $120,000 TVs
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyFor right-wing conspiracy theorists, few devices are more prized than a “med bed,” a mythical tanning bed-shaped appliance that promises to cure everything from cancer and Alzheimer’s to old age itself. Someday soon, they think, Donald Trump will defeat the cabal that controls the world and release med beds to the public, bringing on a new era free of illness.But now, many supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory and related movements a
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You may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces – the world wide web but accessed through virtual reality. This is largely correct, but there is also a fundamental but slightly more cryptic side to the metaverse that will set it apart from today’s internet: the blockchain. In the beginning, Web 1.0 was the information superhighway of connected computers and servers that you could search, explore and inhabit, usually through a centralized company’s platform – for exam
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Orcas sink a sailboat and ram another on the same morning. Scientists look for answers, reports say
More than 200 attacks by orcas against vessels have been recorded along Portugal and Spain's Iberian Peninsula since 2020, according to local media.
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Virus discovered in China carried by shrews unlikely to become the next COVID, scientists suggest
A virus recently discovered in eastern China is unlikely to cause another pandemic, according to scientists involved in its research. The pathogen, identified as the Langya henipavirus, has so far infected 35 people in Shandong and Henan provinces from 2018 to 2021. A team of Chinese and international scientists published the first study into the virus in the New England Journal of Medicine on Aug. 4.
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Discovery fuels Loch Ness Monster believers
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Wearable gas analyzer could detect allergens, chemicals, and disease in the air
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Climate change doubles likelihood of ‘megaflood’ in California: study
The likelihood of a “megaflood” occurring in California has doubled due to climate change, according to a new study published on Friday. The study, published in the Science Advances journal, found an increased likelihood of runoff water occurring from harsher storms, creating the threat of debris flows and landslides later, according to a press release…
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NASA's Curiosity Rover celebrates 10 years on Mars
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‘The impact of science’: Duke researcher helps develop vaccines and young minds
From HIV to coronavirus, this young Black scientist works to solve major vaccine problems and shares the path to a successful science career.
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Next ORION program on Aug. 15
The next Orion program will take place on Monday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m., at the City Room of the McNalley-Coffee Building.