PHOENIX — A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble that its backers say can be built at a fraction of the cost and on a…
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Astronomers Find one of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe – UMass Amherst
- Astronomers Find one of the Oldest Barred-Spiral Galaxies in the Universe UMass Amherst
- Pitt student finds familiar structure just 2 billion years after the Big Bang EurekAlert!
- Scientists May Have Just Identified One of the Earliest Known Barred…
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American Astronomical Society honors four UC Santa Cruz affiliates
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) honored four scientists affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz, for outstanding contributions to the field. At the 247th AAS meeting, the society named Science Division Dean Bryan…
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Control valve discovered in gut’s plumbing system: For Journalists
- Constipation and diarrhea are caused by how much fluid moves into the gut
- Scientists studied a popular laxative to understand what controls fluid flow
- Team found the…
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Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor
- Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can pack more than 25 times the global warming punch of carbon dioxide, and atmospheric methane emissions have been growing significantly since 2007. So it’s vital that…
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Successful Liquid Lake Conditions in a Cold Martian Paleoclimate – eos.org
- Successful Liquid Lake Conditions in a Cold Martian Paleoclimate eos.org
- To Keep Water Liquid, the Red Planet Needed to Freeze Universe Today
- Ancient lakes on Mars may have survived beneath thin ice Earth.com
- Thin Ice May Have Helped Ancient…
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Pathogen promotes insect ovarian development by inducing a dual role of host ATPSyn-β
Jose, P. A., Ben-Yosef, M., Jurkevitch, E. & Yuval, B. Symbiotic bacteria affect oviposition behavior in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. J. Insect Physiol. 117, 103917 (2019).
Lee, J. et…
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60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa reveal the world’s earliest poisoned weapons and advanced hunting techniques – Archaeology News Online Magazine
- 60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa reveal the world’s earliest poisoned weapons and advanced hunting techniques Archaeology News Online Magazine
- World’s oldest poison-tipped arrow discovered in South Africa Popular Science
- Humans…
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Eight CfA Scientists Honored As Prizewinners and Fellows by the American Astronomical Society | Center for Astrophysics
Phoenix, AZ (January 8, 2026) —Eight scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have been named prizewinners and fellows of the American Astronomical Society for 2026.
The AAS is a major international…
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Georgia Cancer Center offers local students glimpse into biomedical science – Jagwire
On certain mornings last fall, the hum of laboratory equipment mixed with the chatter of high school students as they filed into the M. Bert Storey Research Building of Augusta University’s Georgia Cancer Center. Clad in safety…
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