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NASA's Hubble captures a star-spangled sea of 500,000 stars

Celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary, NASA released a stunning Hubble portrait of Messier 3, an ancient globular cluster with m…

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NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with incredible views of space

NASA is marking the United States' 250th birthday with four striking red, white, and blue images of deep space from the Chandra X-ray Obser…

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New optical centrifuge unlocks the secrets of frictionless superfluids

Physicists have developed a new optical centrifuge that can precisely spin molecules inside a superfluid for the first time. The advance co…

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New research reveals the hidden pollution left behind by fireworks

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that fireworks can pollute both the air and water in ways that extend beyond the visible smoke. The …

Scientists discover why some brains resist Alzheimer's

Some brains appear to fight back against Alzheimer's by helping immature brain cells survive damage instead of succumbing to it. Understand…

A popular climate fix could accidentally trigger massive changes to global weather

A new study found that not all geoengineering ideas are created equal. Brightening marine clouds over the eastern Pacific could dramaticall…

Scientists make quantum time flow backward in stunning physics breakthrough

Researchers have created quantum control techniques that can make a system appear to run backward in time. By precisely managing quantum me…

A strange LIGO signal could reveal the missing link behind dark matter

An unusual gravitational wave signal has renewed hopes that primordial black holes, long considered purely theoretical, may finally be with…

Scientists stunned as bumble bees solve a classic intelligence test

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The discovery add…

This spray-on powder can stop life-threatening bleeding in 1 second

A new spray-on powder developed by KAIST can stop life-threatening bleeding in about one second by instantly forming a strong gel over a wo…

Climate scientist who “proved” humanity is warming Earth says government report got it wrong

A pioneering climate scientist is challenging a U.S. government report that cited his research while reaching what he says is the exact opp…

How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth

Ancient asteroid impacts may have done more than reshape Earth's surface—they could have helped spark life itself. New computer models show…

390 gravitational wave detections reveal hidden population of black holes

Astronomers have released the largest gravitational wave catalog ever, revealing 161 new black hole collisions and pushing the total number…

Scientists reveal what really happens when water is trapped in tiny spaces

A decades-old puzzle about water has finally been unraveled. Researchers found that water trapped in tiny nanoscale spaces is not inherentl…

Great ape laughter reveals a hidden origin of human speech

The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancie…

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A surprising brain discovery is forcing scientists to rethink movement disorders

A surprising discovery is overturning a long-held assumption about how the brain’s movement center works. Researchers found that two key ce…

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Modern neuroscience is rediscovering an idea Freud had 130 years ago

What if Sigmund Freud was onto something that modern neuroscience is only now beginning to explain? A new paper argues that today's leading…