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Category: 7. Science
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Wild chimpanzees show human-like cognitive decline with age
Research into wild chimpazees’ changing tool use suggests evolutionary origins of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
For decades, scientists assumed only humans experienced dementia. Now, new field observations suggest that wild…
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99-Million-Year-Old Amber Preserves Earliest-Known Mosquito Larva
The new fossil, encased in a piece of amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar, represents both the first mosquito larva preserved in amber and the first immature mosquito from the Mesozoic Era, named as a new genus and species Cretosabethes…
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Temple scientists discover a new way the body repairs itself after heart injury
A type of immune cells called macrophages, found throughout the body’s tissues, are often referred to as the body’s clean-up crew. That is because they can switch between two modes: one that finds and destroys germs and clears the dead cells…
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These 14 States Could See Aurora Borealis Tonight
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A group of states along and near the U.S. northern border will have a chance at seeing northern lights Tuesday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has also predicted a minor geomagnetic storm.
The…
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Russian cosmonauts conduct 2nd spacewalk in 2025-Xinhua
MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday installed scientific equipment on the outer surface of the International Space Station (ISS) during their second spacewalk this year, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said.
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Pair of black hole mergers sheds new light on their formation, evolution
A pair of distant cosmic black hole mergers is improving how scientists understand the nature and evolution of the most violent deep-space collisions in our universe.
In a new paper published Oct. 28 in The…
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Red Spider Nebula glows in ethereal new JWST image
A cosmic spider was caught in some kind of web. Specifically, the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope’s sophisticated Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) revealed some never-before-seen details of NGC 6537, aka the Red Spider Nebula. The image…
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Abu Dhabi observatory captures image of distant “Lion Nebula”-Xinhua
ABU DHABI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — The Al Khatim Astronomical Observatory in Abu Dhabi has captured an image of the distant “Lion Nebula,” a vast region of ionized gas and dust located about 10,000 light-years from Earth, UAE local media Gulf News…
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Supernova study reveals how the largest stars in the universe die
Massive stars don’t die quietly. Their cores collapse, shockwaves race outward, and the dying stars light up the sky across many forms of light.
Sometimes these endings start with a sudden blast of X-rays, a type of high-energy radiation…
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