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Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

A huge planet beyond the solar system has an upper atmosphere hot enough to boil iron. Its infrared glow gave it away. An international team detected glowing water molecules in the stratosphere of the exoplanet WASP-121b, which is 900 light years from Earth. Water vapour in a planet’s atmosphere behaves in predictable ways depending...
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Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

A huge planet beyond the solar system has an upper atmosphere hot enough to boil iron. Its infrared glow gave it away. An international team detected glowing water molecules in the stratospher…

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We’re STILL Not Saying It’s Aliens, But Tabby’s Star Is Getting Weirder

The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what’s behind astronomy’s most mysterious star. We’re Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is Aliens, But… – https://youtu.be/8V-TxYyyLI4 Read More: Astronomers Have a New Explanation For The ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star https://www.sciencealert.com/astronom… “Strange dips in the light from Tabby’s...
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We’re STILL Not Saying It’s Aliens, But Tabby’s Star Is Getting Weirder

The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what’s behind astronomy’s most mysterious star. We’re Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is …

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How to map the circuits that define us

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How to map the circuits that define us

Neuroscientists want to understand how tangles of neurons produce complex behaviours, but even the simplest networks defy understanding.

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Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close

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Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close | New Scientist

Two ancient teeth found on Sumatra suggest early humans were there when the island’s supervolcano erupted 71,000 years ago

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

Lunar rock shows the moon’s magnetic field lasted a billion years longer than we thought, which may help us understand how planets keep their protective fields

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Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA

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Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA

Researchers planted a working hacker exploit in a physical strand of DNA.

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The Largest Space Telescope Ever Could Study an Earth-Like Exoplanet Next Door

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The Largest Space Telescope Ever Could Study an Earth-Like Exoplanet Next Door

The James Webb Space Telescope, billed as NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, could provide an unparalleled view of Proxima Centauri b after it launches.

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DeepMind AI teaches itself about the world by watching videos

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DeepMind AI teaches itself about the world by watching videos

AI usually relies on humans to label the world for them, but a new system from DeepMind learns to recognise images and sounds by matching up what it hears with what it sees

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Making Artificial Eclipses Using Spacecraft Might Help Us Find New Worlds

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Making Artificial Eclipses Using Spacecraft Might Help Us Find New Worlds

As the nation awaits the Great American Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory is developing a system that uses orbiting spacecraft to produce eclipses.

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Chimps Just Showed They Can Learn a Simple Game Just Like 4-Year-Old Humans

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Chimps Just Showed They Can Learn a Simple Game Just Like 4-Year-Old Humans

Rock, paper… wait, what?

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Our Waters Are Getting So Polluted Sea Snakes Are Turning Black to Cope

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Our Waters Are Getting So Polluted Sea Snakes Are Turning Black to Cope

Mining waste is having a rather peculiar effect on the evolution of a species of sea snake, which appears to be coping with an increase in heavy metals in their environment by developing a darker skin.

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This German Startup Wants to Put a Mobile Phone Tower on The Moon

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This German Startup Wants to Put a Mobile Phone Tower on The Moon

"Hi, mum!"

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

Goldfish and crucian carp have evolved enzymes that turn carbohydrates into alcohol when no oxygen is available – helping the fish survive in ice-locked pools

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We Vastly Underestimated How Many Black Holes Are Lurking in Space

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We Vastly Underestimated How Many Black Holes Are Lurking in Space

When scientists finally detected the existence of gravitational waves last year, it wasn't just a landmark moment confirming Einstein was right all along.

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Scientists Have Made Implantable Batteries That Run on Body-Friendly Fluids

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Scientists Have Made Implantable Batteries That Run on Body-Friendly Fluids

Scientists have developed a thin flexible battery suited to implantable devices that does away with dangerous chemicals and replaces them with biologically compatible liquids.

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The Guy Who Made Us All Write Complicated Passwords Says They're U$E1ess Now

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The Guy Who Made Us All Write Complicated Passwords Says They're U$e1ess Now

"Much of what I did I now regret."

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