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Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter Conjunction
Early risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower will occur at once
Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter Conjunction
Early risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower will occur at once
Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness
The “Fight or Flight” Idea Misses the Beauty of what the Brain Really Does
Science Jigsaw: Sunday, August 11, 2024
Math Puzzle: When Was Anna Born?
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New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
Colds Bring Lots of Snot—But Just How Much? Science Is Strangely Silent
Into the Clear Blue Sky Offers Hope for Our Climate Future
No, You Can’t See the Great Wall of China from Space
Healthy Coral Reefs Sound like a Symphony
Scientists Sound Alarms on New Surge in Cancers, and a Private Spacewalk Is Pushed Back
How Ancient Humans Interpreted the Cosmos
The Long History of Sex Testing in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports
COVID-Positive Olympic Athletes Are Still Competing
Several athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have come down with COVID, but they are still allowed to compete
American Science Slips into Dangerous Decline, Experts Warn, while Chinese Research Surges
The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Mathematicians Reinvent the Wheel in Higher Dimensions to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem
A new mathematical technique shows how to build small objects in any dimension that roll like a wheel, expanding our understanding of higher dimensional space
How NASA’s Stranded Starliner Astronauts Could Fly Home with SpaceX
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the ISS since they launched to the station in early June. Now the space agency is close to deciding how to bring them back
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
Moon ‘Spiders’ Suggest Extensive Underground Lunar Caves
Newfound spiderlike features suggest lunar explorers should watch their step