NASA's Sun Probe Just Spotted Something Entirely New
Our Sun is vitally important to our continued existence, but it's also a volatile object with a spicy personality. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are…
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Foxconn Shutdown Over Coronavirus Threatens iPhone Production
As the new strain of coronavirus continues to spread across huge chunks of China, the outbreak's impact on the world at large is growing more…
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Potential HIV Vaccine Hits Major Snag In Testing
It was only a couple of months ago that news of potential HIV vaccines generated excitement in the medical community, with several promising developments and…
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Scientists Say Mars Had Salty, Comfortable Lakes
Of all the planets scientists have studied over the years, Mars is the one that we know the most about. We've sent orbiters, probes, and…
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Scientists Invented An 'Anti-Solar Panel' That Generates Power In The Dark
Solar power technology shows promise in helping humanity wean itself off of power sources that are far more damaging to the planet. It's already used…
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Watch As Earth Loses All Of Its Water In This New Video
Earth is covered in water. It's the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface... but what if they didn't? What if Earth's oceans were…
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Construction Workers Uncovered 42 Skeletons And Nobody Knows Where They're From
Construction workers in Buckingham, England got a disturbing surprise when they began clearing land for new residential development recently. The housing development includes 72 flats…
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It's Pretty Weird That Smelling This Particular Flower Can Give Your Brain A Boost
What if you could enhance your ability to learn and retain information with something as simple as a specific odor? Apparently, that's a very real…
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Fake 'Cures' For Coronavirus Are Spreading On Facebook
All around the world, health officials are scrambling to come up with solutions to the coronavirus. The outbreak popped up in China weeks ago, and…
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NASA Kills One Of Its Most Trusted Satellites
With so many pieces of high-tech hardware at its disposal, it's easy to forget that some of NASA's most impressive machines are rapidly aging. The…
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Scientists Estimate Nearly 100,000 People Are Infected With Coronavirus
If you've been keeping a close eye on the progress of the coronavirus outbreak over the past month or so, one thing that probably gave…
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The Space Junk Problem Just Keeps Getting Worse
Skywatchers spent much of Wednesday watching the progress of two satellites which were rapidly approaching each other. A collision seemed unlikely earlier in the day,…
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Life Expectancy In The US Is Finally On The Rise Again
For several years in a row now, life expectancy in the United States has seen a small but steady decline. This unfortunate trend has been…
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This Is Actually What The Surface Of The Sun Looks Like
The Sun rises and falls every day, giving us plenty of opportunities to see it. From Earth, we can't really make out what it is…
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Two Satellites Are About To Make An Incredibly Close Pass In Earth Orbit
It's easy to imagine the area around Earth being so incredibly large that there's no way we could ever clog it with manmade debris. Unfortunately,…
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Voyager 2 Is Acting Strange, And It's Up To NASA To Figure Out Why
It's not often that a NASA mission is still up and running over four decades after launch, but the space agency's Voyager twins are anything…
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No, The Coronavirus Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Beer
With all the news about the scary new coronavirus coming out of China, you'd have to be completely cut off from the daily news cycle…
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Coronavirus Has Now Been Confirmed In People Who Haven't Been To China
It didn't take long for the first cases of coronavirus in people who haven't been to China to appear. Before you panic, however, that's a…
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The FDA Just Had To Scold Purell For Claiming It Can Prevent Ebola
With the bizarre and undeniably scary situation happening in China right now with the new coronavirus, you might be tempted to reach for your nearest…
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Americans Stuck In Wuhan, China Are Looking For An Escape From The Coronavirus
The scary new strain of coronavirus that is spreading across parts of China and beginning to pop up in other areas, including the United States,…
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SpaceX Is About To Launch 60 New Satellites, And You Can Watch It Live Right Here
After Monday's planned launch was delayed due to high upper-level winds, SpaceX is about to try one again to launch its newest batch of Starlink…
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'Hot Jupiter' Exoplanets Are Super Weird
In the hunt for planets outside of our own solar system, scientists have spotted a number of interesting planet types that we simply don't have…
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5th Coronavirus Case Confirmed In US As China Warns Of Rapid Outbreak
A total of five people in the United States are now confirmed to have the coronavirus which originally popped up in China several weeks ago.…
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NASA's Kepler Spots A Star Slurping Up A Planet
NASA's Kepler space telescope is extremely good at spotting the subtle hints of distant exoplanets. It does this by detecting slight drops in the brightness…
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China Is Building An Entire Hospital In A Week To Treat Virus Outbreak Patients
The coronavirus outbreak that began in China weeks ago is now growing by the hour. The tally of infected individuals has skyrocketed in the past…
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China Just Released The Most Stunning Images From The Far Side Of The Moon
China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth's moon. It was a monumental achievement, and the months since…
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Scientists Found Ancient Never-Before-Seen Viruses Locked In A Glacier
You can find a lot of interesting things if you start digging around in ice that's been frozen for thousands and thousands of years. For…
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