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Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies?
Article URL: https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/biologist-scott-poethig-plants-never-age
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Physics is considered a cold, hard science – but it will transform your life if you view it with a bit more subjectivity, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
Dozens of people are dead and hundreds more injured following an earthquake in the country's south.
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-giant-star-destroyed-universe-rarest.html
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"It is actually challenging how you measure [Mach] from space."
Article URL: https://burrito.bio/essays/what-limits-a-cells-size
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This occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
Polystyrene can be upcycled into carbon sponge material.
The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have been one moment in time, but a long and slow process.
Lapses in memory are a normal part of ageing but can also be signs of dementia. Here’s how to distinguish between typical brain ageing and cognitive decline
A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy
We take the Falcon 9 rocket for granted. But we probably shouldn't.
Article URL: https://www.foodwatch.org/en/eu-banned-pesticides-found-in-rice-tea-and-spices
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Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01780-6
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Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs
One-third of people with anorexia nervosa don’t recover and treatment has remained stagnant for years. Now we’re beginning to understand how the condition takes over the mind
Endometriosis is usually thought of as a gynaecological condition, but a huge study shows it has links with cholesterol levels, inflammation and an altered microbiome
Mice seemed to reap some of the benefits of sleep by having their brain activity stimulated while they were awake, and the researchers plan to test the approach on people
Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?
Article URL: https://reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/how-much-of-thermo-fishers-antibody-data-has-been-manipulated/
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A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily.
Article URL: https://igerman.cc/blog/dopamine-fracking/
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Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/new-drug-functionally-cures-many-hepatitis-b-virus-infections?user_id=66c4bf745d78644b3aa57b08
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Article URL: https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/as--philippines-earthquake-001322726.html
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Article URL: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/low-protein-diet-animals-live-longer
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Article URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2849122
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Article URL: https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/49/6/901/164764/Misguided-Brushes-of-a-Pen-Continue-to-Dismantle
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ETH Zurich researchers led by Renato Renner built a “perfect die” by entangling two qubits linked through a 30-meter tunnel with microwave photons, then refining the output with a two-source extractor.
Article URL: https://www.semidoped.com/p/til-the-man-who-invented-the-future
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