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‘On our way to groundbreaking science’: Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

(Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Tyler Desjardins (STScI))Quick factsWhat it is: Hundreds of stars, captured in the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's first test imageWhere it...
Health

To Blend or Not to Blend? Four Vegetables Worth Eating Whole

Health News | Nutrition, food preparation and what really happens inside your blender The blender debate: Are we missing...
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A space shark, ‘royal’ auroras and a ‘Venusian pearl’: See the winners of the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest

A picture of a distant, shark-shaped cloud of gas in space has earned the top prize in a...
Technology

From Faraday’s Spinning Disc to Home Standby Power: The Remarkable History of the Generator

The modern generator is one of those machines that most people notice only when it stops working—or when...
Science

Lets Talk Ferroelectricity!

The Smithsonian Could Return Many Of Its Collected Human Remains Under New Policy Recommendations

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New recommendations from a Smithsonian task force will soon require the institution to dedicate more resources to returning as many human remains in its...

‘We certainly weren’t exceptional, but now we’re the only ones left’: In new PBS series ‘Human,’ anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to...

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When Homo sapiens first emerged in Africa some 300,000 years ago, we did not roam the planet alone.Our species lived alongside at least six,...

Ötzi quiz: What do you know about the Iceman mummy who was murdered 5,300 years ago in the Alps?

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On Sept. 19, 1991, hikers were crossing a pass over the Ötztal valley in the Alps when they stumbled upon a human body that...

Rare wampum beads discovered at 17th-century colony in Newfoundland

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Seven tiny beads unearthed in Newfoundland, Canada, are a rare discovery — they may be the only wampum ever found in the province, and...

Physicists find a loophole in Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle without breaking it

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Physicists have measured both the momentum and position of a particle without breaking Heisenberg’s iconic uncertainty principle.In quantum mechanics, particles don’t have fixed properties...

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91

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Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement...
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