What Lake Bonneville Left Behind
The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation.
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Scientists discover a real-life “dragon” and name it after Syrax
Scientists discovered a small, yellowish mountain horned dragon in Thailand and named it Acanthosaura syrax after a…
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Gut bacteria may unlock a hidden benefit of vegetables
Gut bacteria can transform nitrate and plant-based iron from vegetables and other foods into protective molecules that…
Read at source →Sediments reveal secrets from before Great Barrier Reef was underwater
Tens of thousands of years ago, the Great Barrier Reef was above water. Whether it was grassland, rainforest, or…
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James Sands’ goal helps NYCFC snap four-game skid with draw against Revolution
It wasn’t a win, but Sunday’s 1-1 draw against the New England Revolution was the closest New York City FC has come to…
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President Trump wants the US to carry out more than 1,000 space launches a year by 2030 — and speed up sending robots and humans to Mars
Trump signs memo pushing America toward 1,000 annual space launches by 2030, boosting access to land and NASA's moon…
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Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-z Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into…
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Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8 Governments need to keep their procurement…
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Daily briefing: How ‘thunderquakes’ probe underground geology
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02665-4 Thunder generates acoustic waves that can help…
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China postpones launch of Chang’e-7 in quest to find water on the moon
China said it is postponing the launch of its Chang'e-7 lunar probe, whose mission included searching for water ice on…
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WATCH: Young bear takes rough tumble from Denver tree after wildlife officers tranquilize it
Video captures a young black bear's rough tumble from a tree in Denver after Colorado Parks and Wildlife tranquilized…
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Protein degradation rate helps explain why humans develop more slowly than mice
Humans develop at a slower rate than other mammalian species, like mice, but scientists are still trying to understand…
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Massive garbage heap collapses onto homes, killing at least 30 as rescuers search for survivors
A mountain of garbage collapsed after heavy rain at a major landfill site in Conakry, Guinea, burying nearby homes and…
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Could teaching assistants be an overlooked teacher pipeline? New research says yes
As school districts continue searching for ways to recruit and retain teachers, new research from UNC-Chapel Hill…
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Collaborative drawing offers new insights into how strangers become friends
The closer two people grow, the more alike their brains work—or so the assumption goes. Two ETH Zurich studies…
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Phoenix cool pavement cut road heat by 12F but raised pedestrian heat exposure
Phoenix has implemented a reflective coating on its roads to mitigate urban heat island effects, effectively reducing…
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No chemistry teacher in this Delhi govt school for over three years
Students at GSKV Khajuri Khas allege no regular chemistry teacher for three years. Over 200 Class XI and XII students…
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Oldest human brain cells grown in lab 'recorded passage of time'
Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our…
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Is this why close encounters with intelligent aliens have so far eluded us? | Letters
Readers offer their explanations for the absence of hard evidence for extraterrestrial civilisations, in response to an…
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A major Alzheimer’s risk gene may shrink brain cells years before symptoms
Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before…
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Scientists left this farm field alone. Thousands of orchids appeared
An abandoned farm field became a flourishing wildflower meadow within little more than a decade, with plant diversity…
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Chinese archaeologists heading to Peru for first joint project to explore ancient sites
Chinese archaeologists will carry out their first joint field project in South America by exploring sites dating back…
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JWST peeks at Callisto's ancient scars
Of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention. Io is constantly being resurfaced…
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Hot temperatures can dull blue morpho butterflies' iridescent scales
Blue morpho butterflies have captivated the human eye for centuries. We even have one as an emoji on our phones. In a…
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China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission launch
China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out…
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The dental crown of the future could be 3D-printed while you wait
Researchers have found a way to slash the processing time for 3D-printed zirconia crowns from as much as 100 hours to…
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The superconducting gap of an ultrathin nickelate defies expectations
Superconductors are materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance below a specific critical temperature.…
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YouTube golf superstars issue groveling apology after being forced to delete 'tone deaf' Callaway ad that showed them shoving woman to floor
The bizarre clip - titled 'The Driver' - was released this week to promote Callaway's new Quantum Driver, but sparked a…
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Your backyard could hold a rare earth fortune – and this orange lichen is the clue
Next time you spot a vivid orange-yellow crust spreading across a rock in your garden, on a country wall or along a…
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How a huge fleet of 17 spacecraft discovered something surprising about solar eruptions
Taking measurements of the same CME from different vantage points in the solar system revealed the true extent of a…
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On this day in space! Aug. 23, 1961: Ranger 1's botched space launch
On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for…
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Bad weather delays launch of China's historic Chang'e 7 mission to moon's south pole
China has delayed its ambitious ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission to the moon's south pole due to a brewing storm near the…
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From the ashes arise origami koi
In the 1990s, Robert Lang, a physicist who once designed lasers for NASA, became a leading figure in the world of…
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Physicists create a tiny “Big Bang” with surprisingly small atomic nuclei
Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic…
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Quantum computer microscope is set to significantly improve electron microscopy
Electron microscopes are used wherever particularly small details need to be imaged. But from a strictly physical point…
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