Picture a glowing cloud that looks like a neon sign, but instead of water droplets it holds vast numbers of microscopic dust particles suspended in space. This unusual mixture is known as dusty plasma, a rare state of matter that exists both in…
Category: 7. Science
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Late Jurassic predators likely fed often on baby dinosaurs
The Morrison Formation is a notable rock layer from the Upper Jurassic period, recognized for its variety of land animals. Despite over a hundred years of research, we still don’t fully understand how these organisms interact with each…
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NASA’s Perseverance discovers white kaolinite rocks on Mars, revealing millions of years of rainfall and wet conditions |
Bright white rocks. Scattered across the rusty red plains of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted them in Jezero crater which the scientists have been staring at them ever since. At first glance, they might seem ordinary. But analysis…
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How gene loss and monogamy built termite mega societies
Termites are among the most dominant animals on the planet, forming enormous colonies that can contain millions of individuals. Their highly organized societies raise an obvious question: how did insects with such advanced social systems evolve…
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Coral reefs have helped control earth’s climate for 250 million years
For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, these living structures helped guide how Earth recovered from major climate shocks. New research shows reefs played a quiet…
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Oldest elephant-bone tool in Europe identified – The Past
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Analysis of a fragment of elephant bone, first discovered during excavations at Boxgrove, West Sussex, in the early 1990s (see CA 153), has revealed that it was used as a hammer by early…
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The Chinese Space Industry Plagued By Launch Cancellations For February
The Chinese space industry has been shocked as Wenchang Space Centre moves to cancel the majority of its scheduled launches for February. Moreover, the cancellations do not seem to be affecting the next-generation Long March-10A.
China Cancels…
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James Webb telescope solves mystery of ‘forever young’ vampire stars from the dawn of time
Astronomers have solved the mystery of how some stars stay youthfully bright and blue, despite being almost as old as the universe itself: They cannibalize their stellar siblings.
Known as blue straggler stars, these age-defying celestial…
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The World as Chrysalis of Soul
An Islamic Perspective
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From within the Islamic metaphysical tradition, one finds a set of conceptual resources that approach the problem of identity from a different perspective. Rather than grounding persistence in matter or neurobiology, this…Continue Reading
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The Daily SpoilerTV Community Open Discussion Thread
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