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US-French Satellite Takes Stock of World’s River Water

The research behind why your favorite songs make you push your workout harder

19 years after writing it, the Bee Gees finally performed ‘Grease’ for the first time ever

NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind
Scientists Discover Microscopic Traces of Leaves, Seeds and Toxic Berries on Pots Used by Stone Age Cooks Thousands of Years Ago

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

Ancient Egyptian Crypt of 22 Singing Priests Unsealed for the First Time in Luxor

Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights
Humans Might Struggle to Make Babies in Space. Sperm Gets Disoriented in Microgravity, a New Study Suggests
These Space-Faring Mice Are Helping Scientists Figure Out How to Keep Astronauts' Muscles Working Properly
Astronomers Discover a Rare Primitive Star That Provides a Chemical Snapshot of the Early Universe

Sampling DNA in Seawater Can Reveal the Health of Dolphin Populations, in First for Conservation

Artsy Types May Age Better: Music and Museums Act as Exercise, Slowing Age By 4% Says Study

Another Trawling Ban, Another Big Recovery for Sea Life

3 Teens Win Earth Prize for Asia Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

Polish Influencer Raises $67 Million for Cancer Research During 9-day Livestream
We Use Many of the Same Brain Cells to See and to Imagine Objects, a Study Suggests. The Findings Provide a New Window Into Memory

Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand

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Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry

Study Shows Littering Declined 34% Across America Since 2020

BELLS FINALLY RING OUT! 150-Year Wait Ends in Easter Celebration
Like an 'Eight-Ton Chicken,' Tyrannosaurus Rex May Have Run on Its Tiptoes to Catch Speedy Prey

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station
The Relaxation of Regularly Listening to Songs or Drawing Pictures May Actually Slow Cellular Aging, New Research Shows

Australia is on track to eliminate a form of cancer entirely
A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants
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Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82
Astronomers Witnessed the Birth of a Magnetar for the First Time. It Explains the Mysterious Flickering of an Ultrabright Supernova

NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site
Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits
An Elephant's Trunk Is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests
Dancer with ALS Performs on Stage Again Through Digital Avatar–WATCH
Contrary to Popular Belief, Some Doodle Crossbred Dogs May Have More Behavioral Problems Than Their Purebred Parents
Some Mice Are Doting Dads, While Others Ignore or Attack Their Offspring. Researchers Just Figured Out Why
Humans May Have Transported Live Parrots Over the Andes Mountains Along Sophisticated Trade Routes Before the Rise of the Inca Empire

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Garish Parcel Locker Plunked in Cul-de-sac is Removed After Residents’ Complaints, CEO Admits it was ‘Wholly Unsuitable’
Scientists Still Have So Much to Learn About Archaeopteryx, the Dinosaur That May Have Flown Like a Bird
Archaeologists Stumble Upon Mysterious Medieval Village While Preparing for New Wind Farms in England
Scientists Successfully Mine Meteorites for Precious Metals on International Space Station
Archaeologists Say They've Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That's the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found
Scientists Make a Super-Honey Using Cocoa Bean Waste For Chocolatey, Heart-Healthy Jolt

Walking an Extra 1,000 Steps a Day After Surgery Helps Patients Recover Quicker

Catch Stunning Views of Venus and Jupiter as They Align with the Crescent Moon in Mid-May

‘Exciting’ Fossil Find Reveals That Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago

NASA’s Roman Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars
Total Lunar Eclipse Tuesday Morning Will Unveil Blood Moon for N. America, Australia and East Asia

Preparing Home-Cooked Meals Once in a While May Reduce Dementia Risk in Seniors by 30%

Mayo Clinic’s AI Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer up to 3 Years Before Diagnosis–When Treatment is Still Possible

Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

Seeds from ‘Miracle Tree’ Can Filter More Than 98% of Microplastics from Tap Water
‘Green-Thumb’ Miracles Gave These Monks an Eco-Authority in Medieval Italy New Research Shows
This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier's Service at Hadrian's Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later
Why Do Cows Burp Up So Much Planet-Warming Methane? A Newly Discovered Structure in Their Gut Microbes Could Be a Culprit
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