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Do we live in a multiverse? Maybe, maybe not. | Continue reading
Starlink satellites might soon be involved in 90% of close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit. | Continue reading
Underground heat is cooking the Thwaites Glacier from below, and could push it closer to collapse. | Continue reading
Meet Beornus honeyi — but you can call him Beorn. | Continue reading
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One estimate suggests that 13 billion tons (12 metric tons) of ice made its way into the ocean on a single day. | Continue reading
Isotropic helicoids are meant to rotate as they move through a fluid. Now physicists are not so sure. | Continue reading
What forms this iconic shape? | Continue reading
Plans for thorium reactors have been around since the 1940s, but Chinese scientists believe they are finally close to creating a working prototype. | Continue reading
A steep downturn in human population and quality of life could be coming in the 2040s, the report finds. | Continue reading
The findings from the Curiosity rover could help the Perseverance rover decide which samples to collect for later analysis. | Continue reading
The risk of failure for New Shepard is comparable to other rockets. | Continue reading
Neanderthals carved chevrons into a giant deer toe. | Continue reading
It could provide clues to how extraterrestrial life might develop on other planets. | Continue reading
"The trends we found were quite alarming in a sense." | Continue reading
The hoard belonged to a wealthy person in England. | Continue reading
The worker bees' ability to clone themselves can be as destabilizing to the hives of other species as it is to their own. | Continue reading
Solar wind repels 70% of cosmic radiation, but it doesn't protect every side of the solar system equally. | Continue reading
What do those clicking sounds mean? | Continue reading
A UN report suggests that AI drones attacked human targets without any humans consulted prior to the strike. | Continue reading
It's a major step in reintroducing the species to the mainland. | Continue reading
A new comparison of measurements finds that some don't add up. | Continue reading
Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living Homo species. But we haven't always been alone. | Continue reading
It wasn't aliens or even people from the 'lost' city of Atlantis. | Continue reading