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Rare Stone Age Antler Artifact Unearthed: A Glimpse into Prehistoric Life
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Mission to Boldly Grow Food in Space Labs Takes Off
Artwork: The experiment will orbit the Earth for three hours before returning to Earth and splashing down off the coast of Portugal Steak, mashed potatoes and deserts for astronauts could soon be gr… [+7331 chars]
New Technology Expands Human Color Perception with Revolutionary Eye System
Think you've seen all the colors that exist? Maybe not. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington have created a new system that controls the eye's phot… [+995 chars]
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Successfully Conducts Second Asteroid Flyby of Donaldjohanson
NASAs Lucy spacecraft just pulled off its second asteroid flyby and imaged a frankly tasty-looking rock: a peanut-shaped asteroid named Donaldjohanson. The oblong asteroid is a fragment of a long-de… [+2145 chars]
NASA's Veteran Astronaut Don Pettit Returns Home After 7-Month Space Mission
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming… [+3775 chars]
France Invites Disillusioned US Scientists to Seek Opportunities in Europe Amid Political Climate
As the Trump administration ramps up what academics call a war on science, US researchers are increasingly looking to Europe for new opportunities which could be good news for the continents tech se… [+2661 chars]
Unusual Rise in Whale Strandings Raises Concerns in San Francisco Bay
The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville on April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed… [+5600 chars]
The Impact of Language on Children's Science Engagement
One of the most fun parts of being a parent has to be watching children discover the world around them. After all, children are endlessly curious, and part of the fun is seeing the wonder on children… [+5205 chars]
This Week's Science Roundup: Rising Measles Cases, Whooping Cough Surge, Martian Carbon Cycle, and Colossal Squid Sighting
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of the latest science news. First, some public he… [+6958 chars]
Rising Arsenic Levels in Rice Due to Climate Change Poses Serious Health Risks
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, far… [+9628 chars]
Exploring the Chaotic Mysteries of Black Holes and Singularities
The original version ofthis storyappeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these enig… [+4498 chars]
German Startup Proxima Fusion Pioneers Path to Limitless Energy with Innovative Fusion Power Plant Plan
A German startup, Proxima Fusion, has developed a plan to generate limitless energy in a working fusion power plant. The plan is a significant development because nuclear fusion creates abundant ene… [+2960 chars]
Soyuz Capsule Returns from International Space Station: A Successful Conclusion to 220-Day Mission
MOSCOW -- A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ending their seven-month research assignment. According to Russian … [+962 chars]
From Nuclear Reactor to Acoustics Lab: The Unusual Journey of WNP-3 and WNP-5
What do you do with an unused nuclear reactor project? In Washington, one of them was hacked to remove sound, all in the name of science. In 1977, a little way outside of Seattle, Washington Nuclear… [+1805 chars]
Scientists Claim to Have Discovered a 'New Colour' Never Seen by Humans Before
A team of scientists claim to have discovered a new colour that no human has ever seen before. The research follows an experiment in which researchers in the US had laser pulses fired into their ey… [+3618 chars]
New Research Reveals Earth's Water May Be Native, Not Delivered by Asteroids
Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of wat… [+3407 chars]
Promising Signs of Recovery for Endangered Sea Turtles Worldwide
Finally, some good news: endangered sea turtles are recovering because ome conservation efforts seem to be working. A paper published earlier this month in Inter-Research Science Publisher reveals t… [+2819 chars]
The T. rex Fossil Trade: A Modern Dilemma for Science
Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most famous dinosaur to ever roam the Earth, but these days, its at the center of a very modern problem: the luxury fossil trade. According to a study published in Palae… [+3971 chars]