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  • Edison may have unknowingly created graphene with his 1879 light bulb

    Edison may have unknowingly created graphene with his 1879 light bulb

    According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the extreme conditions created inside Edison’s carbon filament bulbs in those early light bulbs may have inadvertently…

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  • Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life’s Origins : ScienceAlert

    Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life’s Origins : ScienceAlert

    Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of viruses – and possibly also into the origins of multicellular life.

    The virus was found infecting an amoeba in a…

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  • Thomas Edison May Have Discovered Graphene

    Thomas Edison May Have Discovered Graphene

    Thomas Edison is well known for his inventions (even if you don’t agree he invented all of them). However, he also occasionally invented things he didn’t understand, so they had to be reinvented again later. The latest…

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  • February Astronomy: You Can See Six of the Seven Other Planets in February Early Evenings—and Prepare for a Total Lunar Eclipse Early on March 3

    February Astronomy: You Can See Six of the Seven Other Planets in February Early Evenings—and Prepare for a Total Lunar Eclipse Early on March 3

    In the skies of Earth in February, six of the seven other planets—all except Mars—can be seen in the early evening, but not all at once.

    Look for the two innermost planets in twilight: Mercury is best in the second and third weeks,…

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  • Astronomers announce a new solar system record (CT+)

    Astronomers announce a new solar system record (CT+)

    Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.

    It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster.

    That and about 2000 more new asteroids…

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  • A Young Bear Thought It Found Easy Prey Until This 800-Pound Protector Intervened

    A Young Bear Thought It Found Easy Prey Until This 800-Pound Protector Intervened

    The post A Young Bear Thought It Found Easy Prey Until This 800-Pound Protector Intervened appeared first on A-Z Animals.

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    • Black bears must secure a 40 percent kill rate against moose calves in…

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  • Butterfly evolution speeds up near the equator

    Butterfly evolution speeds up near the equator

    Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes.

    That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped by pressures that speed up adaptation rather…

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  • February’s full ‘snow Moon’ peaks Sunday night

    February’s full ‘snow Moon’ peaks Sunday night

    February’s full moon, also known as the “Snow Moon”, is glowing up in the evening sky.

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports that the moon will be in its full illumination on Sunday,…

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  • Radio Signals Reveal a Star’s Final Years Before a Violent Supernova – SciTechDaily

    1. Radio Signals Reveal a Star’s Final Years Before a Violent Supernova  SciTechDaily
    2. UVA-led team finds radio signals that reveal a star’s last years  UVA Today
    3. Radio waves reveal what happened before a star exploded  Earth.com
    4. Radio telescopes…

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