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  • when to see April’s full moon and why it won’t look pink in the sky

    when to see April’s full moon and why it won’t look pink in the sky

    Skywatchers will have a chance to see the pink moon 2026 this week as April’s full moon rises in the night sky.

    The moon is set to peak at 10:11…

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  • Scientists discover “molecular shredder” that helps deadly parasite evade the immune system

    Scientists discover “molecular shredder” that helps deadly parasite evade the immune system

    To survive inside the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite covers itself with a protective layer made of proteins called variant surface glycoproteins (VSG). A study published in Nature Microbiology has now identified a key protein…

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  • Scientists discover “molecular shredder” that helps deadly parasite evade the immune system

    Scientists discover “molecular shredder” that helps deadly parasite evade the immune system

    To survive inside the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite covers itself with a protective layer made of proteins called variant surface glycoproteins (VSG). A study published in Nature Microbiology has now identified a key protein…

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  • Saturn’s Magnetic Field Defies Earth Models

    Saturn’s Magnetic Field Defies Earth Models

    Latest research led by Professor Zhonghua YAO of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (DEPS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has found that auroras on Saturn behave markedly differently from those on Earth, appearing uneven and…

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  • Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals

    Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals

    Indigenous people in the western United States invented dice more than 12,000 years ago, offering archaeologists the world’s oldest evidence of gambling and possibly the oldest use of probability, a new study reveals. But the purpose of these…

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  • China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder – The New York Times

    1. China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder  The New York Times
    2. Factbox-China’s crewed lunar programme eyes astronaut landing by 2030  Yahoo
    3. Will China become the next big space power?  MSN
    4. Moon Race: How China Is…

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  • Humans Have Been Playing With Dice for Longer Than We Thought – WSJ

    1. Humans Have Been Playing With Dice for Longer Than We Thought  WSJ
    2. Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age  Scientific American
    3. Scientists May Have Uncovered The World’s Oldest Dice  ScienceAlert
    4. Gambling dates back to dice age | Scottish Daily…

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