Numerous stories have been written about the growing swarm of Starlink satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) over the past few years, as astronomers grow increasingly worried about the crafts’ impact on their observation equipment. Launched…
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Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe
By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals.
This approach lays the groundwork for a global and interplanetary sensing system that could reveal hidden…
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Global first: Scientists map the microbiome of an entire country
In the mid-1700s, Denmark tried to capture its natural world in ink and copper. Artists and scholars spent more than a century crafting Flora Danica, a massive catalog of plants meant to guide medicine and trade. Today, the country has taken on a…
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3I/ATLAS photos: NASA, ESA reveal new images of interstellar comet ahead of close encounter with Earth
The celebrity comet 3I/ATLAS is showing itself out of our solar system for good — but not before the cosmic paparazzi at Earth’s space agencies snap some of the clearest photos of it yet.
Discovered in late June and confirmed to be the third…
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Why Some Humans Can Run Ultramarathons Without Entering Exhaustion. Hint: It’s In Their Genes
From muscle fibers to mental grit, here’s the science behind why some bodies can endure ultramarathons, while others hit the wall far sooner.
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Ultramarathons sit at the far edge of what the human body can endure….
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Saturday Citations: Cancer therapy breakthrough; Sumatran tigers thrive; frogs eat what, now? – Phys.org
- Saturday Citations: Cancer therapy breakthrough; Sumatran tigers thrive; frogs eat what, now? Phys.org
- Fearless frogs feast on deadly hornets kobe-u.ac.jp
- Pond frogs chow down on ‘murder hornets’ like it ain’t no thing New Atlas
- These Tiny…
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Unraveling the flavor secrets of citrus Pu-erh tea: from volatiles to taste metabolites
They identified 47 key volatiles and assessed their sensory contributions using OAV, ACI, and omission tests. Non-targeted metabolomics further revealed key flavonoids responsible for taste, offering new insights into…
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Deep-Sea Clues Rewrite What We Know About the End of the Last Ice Age – SciTechDaily
- Deep-Sea Clues Rewrite What We Know About the End of the Last Ice Age SciTechDaily
- Expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water driven by Antarctic warming in the last deglaciation Nature
- A hidden Antarctic shift unleashed the carbon that warmed the…
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Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds—now finally mapped – Phys.org
- Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds—now finally mapped Phys.org
- Alteration history of aluminum-rich rocks at Jezero crater, Mars | Communications Earth & Environment Nature
- Findings suggest red planet was warmer, wetter millions of years…
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An Asteroid Threatening Earth Is Teeming With Ingredients for Life, Scientists Discover
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that fought for their food, took one for the team, passed the extraterrestrial sugar, and got lost in an ancient haze.
First, a story about the spiciest meatball in…
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