In an effort to explain how life started on Earth billions of years ago, some scientists have…
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Japan’s New Resupply Craft HTV-X Separated from ISS
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SocietyTokyo, March 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s…
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World’s largest clutch of 47 Mesozoic crocodile eggs found in Brazil
In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of three egg clutches. These provide new insights into semi-aquatic peirosaurid crocodyliforms and expand our understanding of their reproductive strategies.
The…
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NASA's DART test for planetary defense proved it can shift an asteroid's solar orbit – Phys.org
- NASA’s DART test for planetary defense proved it can shift an asteroid’s solar orbit Phys.org
- NASA reveals asteroid defense breakthrough to protect Earth from killer space rocks The News International
- What was the impact of NASA’s DART mission?
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Unveiling cryptic diversity: integrative taxonomy discovers eight new species of moths and exposes biodiversity shortfalls in a Neotropical region
Hortal, J. et al. Seven shortfalls that beset large-scale knowledge of biodiversity. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 46, 523–549 (2015).
Brehm, G., Bodner, F., Strutzenberger, P., Hünefeld, F….
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AI-augmented communication improves HIV PrEP initiation and persistence in populations disproportionately impacted by HIV
HIV.gov. The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics (2025).
Tian, X. et al. Global, regional, and national HIV/AIDS disease burden levels and trends in 1990–2019: a systematic analysis…
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Japanese supercomputer upends 45-year-old theory about sun-like stars
For nearly half a century, astronomers have believed that stars like our sun eventually change the way they rotate. The theory suggested that when such stars grow old and slow down, their rotation pattern flips—causing their poles to spin…
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The LLMs ‘willing to commit academic fraud’; ‘peer replication’ instead of review; a ‘spam filter’ for predatory journals – Retraction Watch
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed.
The week at Retraction Watch featured:
In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 400 entries….
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60 years since humans touched the surface of another planet • The Register
It is 60 years since humanity first got up close and personal with another planet, with the impact of the Soviet Union’s Venera 3.
An impact wasn’t the primary objective of Venera 3. The plan had been for the probe to descend by parachute,…
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The Sky Today on Saturday, March 7: Venus meets Saturn – Astronomy Magazine
- The Sky Today on Saturday, March 7: Venus meets Saturn Astronomy Magazine
- Night sky for the weekend (March 6-8) — See Venus pass Saturn in the evening sky Space
- Look up Sunday after sunset as Venus and Saturn meet in evening twilight FOX 26…
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