Still, wherever there’s mining activity, there’s potential for spills. There’s also potential for a lot of noise: Ships in particular fill the ocean around Greenland with a din that can stress and disorient fishes and marine mammals, like…
Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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Unique 2,000-year-old skeleton of ‘Red Princess’ found with toxic dye on her teeth
Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young…
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Undiscovered cause of Parkinson’s found for first time by scientists in huge breakthrough
Scientists have made a potentially “life-changing” discovery that could pave the way for…
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Scientists stunned to find sharks making sounds for first time
Scientists have recorded New Zealand’s rig sharks making noises in the world’s first…
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Hear The First-Ever Recordings of Sharks Actively Making Noises : ScienceAlert
In the murky depths of the ocean, one predator has a trait that exacerbates the dread it inspires as it slides through the ocean waves. Sharks have long been considered completely, eerily silent; to the point that it has become an integral…
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It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle’s two solid-fueled boosters.
Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall…
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NASA terminating $420 million in contracts not aligned with its new priorities
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is terminating $420 million in…
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‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells helped a paralyzed man stand again
A man who was fully paralyzed is now able to stand after receiving an injection of reprogrammed stem cells into his injured spinal cord. The result, announced by researchers in Japan, marks a rare and powerful moment in a field where…
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Most Chewing Gum Is Essentially Plastic, Filling Your Mouth with Microplastics
A mouthful of chewing gum might also be a mouthful of microplastics, according to the results of a small pilot study. The research, presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, suggests that a single piece of chewing gum…
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JWST Catches Lucky Alignment of the Cosmic Tornado and a Spiral Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has caught yet another spectacle in a newly released image of a “cosmic tornado” forming billows of gas and dust that appear to be crowned with a spiral galaxy. This colorful display, known as Continue Reading