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  • Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms

    Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms

    Nilton O. Rennó, University of Michigan, The Conversation

    Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to

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  • Gazing Into The Eye Of Sauron With The JWST

    Gazing Into The Eye Of Sauron With The JWST

    We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older Sun-like stars in their evolutionary end states. Nothing lasts forever, including a star’s hydrogen. Eventually, stars…

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  • Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

    Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

    As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning in to their sonic booms.

    Scientists reported Thursday that seismic readings from…

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  • key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026

    key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026

    Membership at many of the high-level advisory coucils for the US National Institutes of Health is dwindling ― a decline that could trigger a freeze in issuance of some grants.Credit: Grandbrothers/Alamy

    Crucial grant-review panels for more than…

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  • Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks | Sharks

    Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks | Sharks

    It looks more like a worn sock than a fearsome predator. It moves slower than an escalator. By most accounts, it is a clumsy and near-sightless relic drifting in the twilight waters of the Arctic, lazily searching for food scraps.

    The Greenland…

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  • Researchers improves AI technique to “colorize” cells, track inner activity

    JERUSALEM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Israeli researchers have improved the AI method that virtually stains living cells to help scientists better “peek” inside the cell and observe the movement in real-time, Ben-Gurion University of…

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  • Researchers improves AI technique to “colorize” cells, track inner activity-Xinhua

    JERUSALEM, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Israeli researchers have improved the AI method that virtually stains living cells to help scientists better “peek” inside the cell and observe the movement in real-time, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev said…

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  • Wild Video Captures the Violent Trigger Behind Solar Flares

    Wild Video Captures the Violent Trigger Behind Solar Flares

    On September 30, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful explosion, causing magnetic field lines to break and reconnect in a criss-cross pattern. A Sun-observing probe was there to watch it unfold, gathering unprecedented data…

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