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Jan Grue examines how genetic selection services promising "best babies" echo eugenic ideals through consumer optimization.
began Oct 27now
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“For decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guise”— Jan Grue, Essay author · The Guardian · full quotes →
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TOI-561 b, a molten rock world 280 light-years away, maintains a thick atmosphere and reflects 75% of starlight despite conditions expected…
began Oct 26now
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“This raises major questions such as whether the planet started with an unusually large supply of gases or if the ocean of molten rock covering its surface…”— Dr. Anjali Piette · full quotes →
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Analysis of dust on spacesuit material samples carried by the rover shows particles small enough to reach the lungs and bloodstream.
began Oct 26now
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“Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA's Perseverance rover measured fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles clinging to spacesuit material samples aboard the rover…”— @nasaupdates.bsky.social · full quotes →
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Correcting an eight-kilometer error in a 2,700-year-old capital's location allowed scientists to extract precise measurements of Earth's…
began Oct 26now
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“By correcting an eight-kilometer error in the location of an ancient Chinese capital, scientists were able to reconstruct a total solar eclipse that occurred…”— Science Daily · full quotes →
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Peter Mather captured footage of a bull caribou wandering mountains with a dead competitor still attached after antlers became entangled.
began Oct 27now
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“The surviving caribou fended off bears and wolves, and over 4 days, fox, golden eagles, and ravens feasted on the carcass, until all that was left attached to…”— CStamp · full quotes →
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A team at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has created a catalyst that converts the Martian atmosphere into liquid fuel for…
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“Methanol can serve as fuel to generate electricity, provide heating and power Mar…”— Deep Space Exploration Laboratory team · full quotes →
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Oxford study identifies circulating proteins in blood that signal aggressive prostate cancer years in advance.
began Oct 21now
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“Proteins present in men's blood could give clues to prostate cancer risk years before diagnosis.”— Euronews · full quotes →
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Theoretical computer scientist Emanuele Viola's old blog post on P vs NP recirculates on Hacker News and X, prompting a terse rebuttal from…
began Oct 26now
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“After worrying about P vs. NP for half my life, and having carefully reviewed the available "evidence" I have decided I believe that P = NP.”— Emanuele Viola, Theoretical computer scientist · Hacker News · full quotes →
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Wessendorf and Wang's new research explores how and why the brain's contralateral pathways—where each hemisphere controls the opposite side…
began Oct 27now
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“The optic tectum is present in all vertebrate species and, as a result, appears to be among the oldest neuroanatomical structures in vertebrates.”— Dr. Martin Wessendorf and Daniel Wang · full quotes →
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Observations reveal a dust-reddened quasar with a 1.1-billion-solar-mass black hole when the universe was less than a billion years old.
began Oct 26now
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“A new study reveals a dust-reddened quasar from a time when the universe was less than a billion years old. Located at a redshift of 6.5488, the object…”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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A highly immersive simulation offers detailed views of the universe's first billion years after the Big Bang.
began Oct 26now
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“A new simulation offers a highly immersive look at what happened during the first couple of billion years following the Big Bang.”— Katrina Miller, Science journalist · full quotes →
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Space.com article explores how subaquatic analog missions prepare astronauts for space operations.
began Oct 26now
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“I have been dreaming of doing research in space as an astronaut my whole life, but for some reason, the thought of working underwater made me nervous.”— Michaela Musilova, Author · Mastodon · full quotes →
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New James Webb Space Telescope spectra show the interstellar comet's water ice is heavily mixed with dust, a pattern also seen in distant…
began Oct 26now
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“At first glance, 3I/ATLAS looks different from the icy comets we know”— Silvia Protopapa, Lead author, Southwest Research Institute · full quotes →
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Andrew Knight addresses reader objections to his research on plant-based nutrition for obligate carnivores.
began Oct 26now
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“People raised a lot of concerns, mainly arguing that cats are obligate carnivores and that vegan diets could be very harmful to their health.”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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Footage shows newborn monkeys separated from mothers and subjected to neurological tests after prenatal neurotoxin exposure.
began Oct 26now
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“These monkeys are so young they still have the distinctive black fur of newborn macaques, yet instead of clinging to their mothers, they grasp blankets on…”— Dr Lisa Jones-Engel, Peta chief science adviser on primate issues · full quotes →
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Nathaniel Comfort reassesses Dawkins' 1976 classic, saying gene-centric view misses epigenetics and organism complexity.
began Oct 25now
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“Odd to see Nature publish something that seems to have completely missed the point. And also omitted the idea of the Meme, which Dawkins proposed in the volume…”— Photo55, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →
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The 2,000-tonne structure floated on microscopic oil film in a major engineering milestone.
began Oct 26now
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“The very first movement was just a gentle oscillation of a few centimetres around its balanced position. Watching it, I had the wonderful feeling of gently…”— Roberto Tamai, ELT Programme Manager · full quotes →
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A newly reported cosmic explosion outlasted every previously observed gamma-ray burst of its kind, according to a new report.
began Oct 26now
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“Astronomers have spotted a remarkable gamma-ray burst that's a real Incredible Hulk compared to other cosmic explosions of the same type.”— Space.com, Science publication · full quotes →
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A government-commissioned study disclosed by an opposition lawmaker finds paper and bio-based straws cause more toxicity and pollution than…
began Oct 23now
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“The government must acknowledge the failure of its greenwashing policy, which fixated on ineffective substitute materials”— Kim Wi-sang · full quotes →
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A preserved tail in amber shows that lizards have been shedding to evade predators since the Cretaceous period.
began Oct 25now
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“Tail-shedding is one of the most widespread defenses against predators among living lizards, yet tracing the origins of this extraordinary ability has proved…”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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Internal company documents dating to the 1970s show plastics makers tracked research on microplastic migration into organs while staying…
began Oct 21now
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“A "horror story" was how one company executive described how that research was received.”— Unnamed chemical company executive, Industry executive (quoted in internal documents) · Hacker News · full quotes →
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The James Webb Space Telescope images emission nebula N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
began Oct 26now
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“The James Webb Space Telescope captured a spectacular star-forming region glowing 161,000 light-years from Earth in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.”— Space.com · full quotes →
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Observations could identify additional temporary lunar companions and reveal targets for future asteroid missions.
began Oct 26now
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“Earth's tiny, temporary moons could become some of the easiest asteroid targets for future missions. And we'll likely find more of them soon, thanks to the…”— Space.com, Science news publication · full quotes →
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Researchers find mild electrical stimulation to the brain removes perceptual bias linked to sexual objectification of women.
began Oct 26now
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“Applying mild electrical stimulation to the brain temporarily removed a perceptual bias linked to the sexual objectification of women, in the first study of…”— Phys.org · full quotes →
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New research shows Neanderthals possessed sophisticated abilities comparable to modern humans, raising questions about what led to their…
began Oct 26now
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“Scientists now know that they shared many of the sophisticated abilities of Homo sapiens. So why are we the only humans left standing?”— NYT Science · New York Times · full quotes →
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Researchers create 'Lumina' simulation modeling the universe's first 2 billion years and the emergence of early galaxies.
began Oct 25now
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“Exciting new frontier”— New York Post · full quotes →
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Francis Halzen, physics Nobel recipient, discusses the mysterious subatomic particles that constantly surround us.
began Oct 25now
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“Neutrinos Are Everywhere. A Physicist Explains.”— The New York Times · New York Times · full quotes →
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Researchers at Bristol University demonstrate neural tissue can process tactile information, marking progress toward biological computing.
began Oct 26now
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“Our hypothesis is that different organoids respond to the same stimulation in similar, but not identical, ways.”— Tianyi Liu · full quotes →
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New research suggests people with elevated psychopathic traits experience excitement rather than fear when facing frightening situations.
began Oct 26now
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“That's the opposite of what I've read. What I've read says that lacking any sort of ethical framework is part of the criteria to be a psychopath, it's not just…”— grapescherries · full quotes →
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Researchers can now reconstruct gene activity from days past by preserving RNA molecules inside cells, opening new possibilities for…
began Oct 26now
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“Among other reasons, this glimpse into the past is of interest because it tells you about a cell's short-lived responses – of which there are many. Immune and…”— Christopher Reinkemeier, Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich · EurekAlert · full quotes →
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Research across large online learning platforms links even few-second page delays to unfinished assignments and lower scores.
began Oct 25now
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A ComCam commissioning shot of IC 2177, taken during 2024 hardware trials, is released publicly two years later.
began Oct 21now
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“Stare into the transfixing eye of the "Seagull Nebula" in this newly-released test image from the visionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory.”— Brandon Specktor, Live Science writer · Live Science · full quotes →
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Whole-genome analysis of over 1,000 Polynesians shows Native Hawaiians are genetically closest to Rapa Nui people, confirming a…
began Oct 20now
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“Using whole genomes, our algorithms can find DNA sequences matching perfectly between individuals on different islands, the legacy of common ancestors. From…”— Alexander Ioannidis, Stanford computational geneticist, co-senior author · Channel News Asia · full quotes →
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Infrared observations reveal T Pyxis has blown a 650-light-year hole in space over thousands of years of recurrent nova explosions.
began Oct 19now
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“A tiny white dwarf has been exploding over and over and OVER again for thousands of years and has now carved a hole in space well over 600 *quadrillion*…”
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Researchers argue that AI autoformalisation may have altered the original conjecture during translation from natural language to formal…
began Sep 30now
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“In particular, we show that the formalised Lean proof does not correspond to the NL proof of blow-up of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations.”— ComplexSystems (citing paper claim), Hacker News commenter · Hacker News · full quotes →
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