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Rare Martian Mineral Discovery Could Reveal Clues to the Red Planet’s Thermal and Chemical Evolution

Scientists have recently identified a mineral on Mars that may offer new insights into the planet's complex thermal and ...
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NASA’s Juno Mission Reveals Exotic Plasma Behavior in Jupiter’s Aurora

Astronomers have identified a new type of plasma wave in Jupiter’s aurora, thanks to data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft ...
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Could Mysterious New Shapes and ‘Positive Geometry’ Help Researchers Discover a “Theory of Everything”?

A new study explores how positive geometry could unify quantum physics and cosmology, offering a path toward a Theory of ...
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Humanoid Robots Take the Field in China’s First “Robot Olympics”

It's official: the intersection of robotics and competitive sports has arrived with China's three-day World Humanoid Robot ...
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A Giant Rockfall at Yosemite Decades Ago Caused a Supersonic Airblast—Here’s What Made the One-of-a-Kind Event So Deadly

In 1996, an large rockfall in the Yosemite Valley resulted in a devastating event that generated a sonic boom and a huge granite dust cloud.
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Brain-Computer Interface Breakthrough Successfully Decodes Silent “Inner Speech,” Study Says

Researchers have decoded a person’s “inner speech,” offering new hope for restoring communication to individuals with severe ...
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Scientists Sent These Robots Into Caves—What They Found Could Lead to Subterranean Discoveries on the Moon and Mars

Exploring the Moon, Mars, and beyond means not just the surface, but the nooks and crannies of the subsurface with robotic ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Discovers ‘Earendel,’ the Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Could Be Something Else

Earendel, which astronomers believed to be the most distant star ever observed, may be something else according to new ...
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Altman’s Merge Labs Joins the High-Stakes Race to Merge Human Minds with Machines

Sam Altman’s Merge Labs has entered the race to rival companies like Neuralink in the development of brain-computer ...
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Watch: Death Valley’s Mysterious ‘Sailing Stones’ Inspire Ice Slingshot That Propels Frozen Discs Without External Force

Virginia Tech engineers have designed an “ice slingshot” that can propel frozen disks of water across a flat, grooved surface ...
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This Parasitic Worm Could Invade Your Body Undetected—Scientists Finally Know How It Infects Millions Annually

Research reveals how a parasitic worm can disable pain neurons to evade immune detection, offering deeper insights into ...
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Clever New Trick Uses the Universe as a ‘Gigantic Particle Accelerator’ in the Hunt for Dark Matter

Astrophysicists develop a new tactic that uses galaxy clusters a sort of natural particle accelerator in the hunt for dark ...