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Scientists Build a Zero-Gravity Microscope and Successfully Test it on the ‘Vomit Comet’

Scientists have invented a low cost, zero-gravity microscope called FlightScope that successfully conducted experiments on ...
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NASA Fires Twin Rockets to “CT Scan” the Northern Lights and Map Hidden Auroral Currents

NASA’s GNEISS rockets deliver a CT-like 3D look at Auroral electricity, revealing hidden currents that shape space weather ...
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Study Challenges Long-Held View That Habits Cause Compulsive Behavior

In a recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) found that ...
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“This is Antarctic Frontier Science”: The Deepest Antarctic Core Sample Ever Collected Reveals 23 Million Years of Remote Geological History

Researchers have drilled the deepest Antarctic sediment core ever, uncovering 23 million years of climate history beneath the ice sheet.
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AI Is Rewriting Human History—But New Study Finds It’s Stuck Decades in the Past

Study finds AI is misrepresenting human History, generating Neanderthals based on outdated science, bias, and myths.
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Easter Island’s Enigmatic Collapse Was More Complex Than Past Theories Suggest, as Researchers Point to Compelling New Evidence

Researchers found that a severe drought began around 1550, leading to a significant drop in rainfall on Easter Island.
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“They’re Real, But I Haven’t Seen Them”: Former President Obama Issues Statement After “Alien” Remarks Go Viral

Comments by former President Barack Obama sparked debate online this Valentine’s Day weekend, after a podcast appearance ...
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As States Legalize Psilocybin, NIH Moves to Study the Real-World Impact

For the first time, federal researchers will study what happens when people access psychedelic treatment outside tightly ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Maps Uranus’s Atmosphere and Auroras for the First Time

James Webb Space Telescope data has allowed researchers to map Uranus’s upper atmosphere in three dimensions for the first time.
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5,300-Year-Old Egyptian Artifact Confirms Existence of “Mechanically Sophisticated” Drilling Technology Before the Age of the Pharaohs

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...
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Neuroscientists Re-Examining a Classic Model Now Say Humans May Have As Many As 33 Senses

Neuroscientists and philosophers are re-examining Aristotle’s model of the five senses by investigating how the brain ...
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Brain Imaging Reveals How Psychedelics Blend Memory With Perception

In a recent study published in Communications Biology, researchers from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Germany used high-resolution brain imaging to show that psychedelics may redirect visual processing ...