Science
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Strange state of matter made into a pancake-shape for first time
A supersolid is an exotic state of matter that behaves like both a solid and a fluid. It was first…
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Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s…
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What’s next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its image of the Milky Way’s black hole, the team is…
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How scientists created the first image of the Milky Way’s black hole
For the first time, we have imaged the black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. The Event Horizon…
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‘World-leading’ research not confined to elite universities, says REF
The Research Excellence Framework, an assessment of UK universities’ research output, has found that “world-leading” research is distributed across the…
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Mexican environmentalists, Indigenous leaders denounce Mayan Train project
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — The jungle reigns here with a seemingly endless greenery, from the treetops to the bushes…
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Inside big tech’s $925 million plan to speed up carbon removal
Alphabet, Meta and others have teamed up to turbocharge the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Nan Ransohoff, who heads…
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Aliens could say hello by arranging planets in prime number pattern
A sufficiently advanced alien civilisation would be able to arrange the orbits of the planets in its star system in…
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Utilities push back against growth of rooftop solar panels
One of the biggest thrills Lynn Krell and her husband experienced after they installed solar panels on the roof of…
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Irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by overreacting gut cells
Epithelial cells in the gut continue to be active in mice even after an irritant or infection clears, which may…
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