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Monday, Feb 04 »

The Milky Way is warped

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MERMAIDs reveal secrets from below the ocean floor

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Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century: study

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Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves

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Check your compass: The magnetic north pole is on the move (Update)

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Researchers unearth an ice age in the African desert

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Earthquake with magnitude 7.5 in Indonesia—an unusual and steady speed

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Dinosaur that defended itself with spiny backbone found in Patagonia

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Physicists create exotic electron liquid

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Simply shining light on dinosaur metal compound kills cancer cells

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Tuesday, Feb 05 »

Scientists find new and smaller CRISPR gene editor: CasX

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Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada

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Beyond Mars, the mini MarCO spacecraft fall silent

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Novel experiment validates widely speculated mechanism behind the formation of stars

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Rattlesnake venom: Mild, medium and wicked hot

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Scientists study organization of life on a planetary scale

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A dreadful discovery about the crown-of-thorns starfish contains a silver lining for the Great Barrier Reef

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Giant impacts caused by interplanetary collisions

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3-D printed tires and shoes that self-repair

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Highly collimated jet spotted from the Red Square Nebula

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Wednesday, Feb 06 »

When a generation loves a previous musical era: Millennials' recognition of 1960s-1990s songs is notable

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Six new species of hideously adorable tentacle-nosed catfish discovered in Amazon

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New physical effect demonstrated after 40 year search

397 1

Dying bacteria absorb antibiotic, allowing others to survive and grow

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Controllable electron flow in quantum wires

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Bees have brains for basic math, study finds

1169 4

Team puts forth ideas on the nature of dark matter

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Last 4 years hottest on record, UN confirms

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Study shows that Vikings enjoyed a warmer Greenland

930 3

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe to land on asteroid on Feb 22

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Thursday, Feb 07 »

Scientists discover new type of magnet

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Scientists simulate a black hole in a water tank

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Qantas confirms cancellation of Airbus order

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Hubble reveals dynamic atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune

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Scientists develop first fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions

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Researchers find evidence for a new fundamental constant of the Sun

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Scientists find a cheaper way to light up OLED screens

250 1

Gaia clocks new speeds for Milky Way-Andromeda collision

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Refillable' technology could provide enough energy to drive an electric car up to 3,000 miles

315 3

Discovering new particles using black holes

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Friday, Feb 08 »

Richard Branson says he'll fly to space by July

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Life on the edge in the quantum world

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Lightning's electromagnetic fields may have protective properties

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To save the Earth someday, team builds spacecraft to crash into an asteroid and shove it off course

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Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago

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New phenomenon discovered that fixes a common problem in lasers: Wavelength splitting

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360 Video: Curiosity rover departs Vera Rubin Ridge

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Drought, deluge turned stable landslide into disaster

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A laser system built on principles of supersymmetry

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Chimpanzee 'mini-brains' hint at secrets of human evolution

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Saturday, Feb 09 »

New Horizons' evocative farewell glance at Ultima Thule

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Chang'e 4 Rover comes into view

219 3

A better way to make acrylics

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Rating riverside corridors—the 'escape routes' for animals under climate change

227 2

New method improves infrared imaging performance

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Rats! Los Angeles City Hall battles rodent infestation

28 1

NY gov raps Amazon critics amid report company's rethinking

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For Amazon, it's business as usual despite CEO drama

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Anther rubbing, a new movement discovered in plants, promotes prior selfing

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Sunday, Feb 10 »

The giant Chinese companies shaping the world's industries

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Bezos case exposes billionaires' vulnerability to hackers

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Modest praise for US reform of visa program for skilled workers

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Russian Arctic archipelago sounds alarm over aggressive polar bears

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Renault denounces Nissan over Ghosn investigation: report

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No hooks, lines or sinkers: Cambodians go traditional in fishing ceremony

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