Science
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How the death of the dinosaurs allowed grapes to flourish
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Boeing NASA Unhappy Starliner ISS Test Press Coverage
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been docked to the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a month, with NASA and its…
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Scientists finally found 2 of the Milky Way’s missing satellite galaxies. What could this mean for astronomy?
Astronomers have discovered two new satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, and these findings could help us better understand dark…
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Wine fans may have dinosaurs to thank after 60M-year-old grape fossil seeds are found
A group of scientists with Chicago’s Field Museum recently discovered grape fossil seeds that could connect dinosaurs to today’s numerous wine…
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Boeing’s Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says
Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first-ever astronaut mission that it will likely be able to stay…
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NASA explains debris slamming North Carolina mountain resort from space
Space junk made a crash landing in a land of North Carolina luxury. A landscaping crew working at The Glamping…
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Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
This still from the simulation shows a supermassive black hole, or quasar, surrounded by a swirling disk of material called…
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Physicists’ laser experiment excites atom’s nucleus, may enable new type of atomic clock
Laser light passing through the transparent crystal and exciting the thorium nucleus. Credit: James Terhune, Hudson Group, UCLA For nearly…
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Researchers Make Breakthrough in Study of Mysterious 2000-Year-Old Computer Found in Shipwreck
Researchers say they’ve used cutting-edge gravitational wave research to shed new light on a nearly 2,000-year-old mystery. In 1901, researchers…
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Research shows how RNA ‘junk’ controls our genes
The tiny roundworm C.elegans is the focus of a new study examining 3’UTRs. These short segments of RNA play a…
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