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Everything you need to know

Everything you need to know

Find the dark and hoard your wishes, my babies — the annual Perseid meteor shower is upon us. Among the finest sky shows in our solar system, the Perseids will be visible throughout the US and most of the Northern Hemisphere in the days to come. Here’s everything you need to know. Perseid meteor shower 2025 The peak of the Perseids …

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Pulaosaurus Qinglong Changes Jurassic History!

Pulaosaurus Qinglong Changes Jurassic History!

Paleontologists have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a new species of early-diverging neornithischian dinosaur named Pulaosaurus qinglong. Found in the Tiaojishan Formation of northern China, this newly-identified dinosaur species adds significant depth to our understanding of the Middle to Late Jurassic ecosystem of the Yanliao Biota, a fossil-rich formation that has already provided a wealth of information on ancient life in …

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Transient Lunar Phenomena: Mysterious Flashes On The Moon Have Been Documented For Centuries

Transient Lunar Phenomena: Mysterious Flashes On The Moon Have Been Documented For Centuries

For centuries, people have noticed strange, fleeting flashes of light on the Moon. Long pushed aside as optical illusions or observational errors, these eerie bursts eventually captured the attention of the scientific community. While observations of odd light blips on the Moon have been reported since the 17th century with the rise of telescopes, unconfirmed sightings have been chronicled as …

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New bionic knee connects directly with muscles and bone to feel more like the user’s body

New bionic knee connects directly with muscles and bone to feel more like the user’s body

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in the journal Science, connects to a user’s leg via a titanium rod attached to their femur and permanently implanted electrodes in their leg muscles. In addition to improving movement …

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

An illustration of a Neanderthal group preparing food LUIS MONTANYA/MARTA MONTANYA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Neanderthals may have had traditional ways of preparing food that were particular to each group. Discoveries from two caves in what is now northern Israel suggest that the residents there butchered the same kinds of prey in their own distinctive ways. Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, weren’t …

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Largest Black Hole Merger Ever Observed Detected by LIGO–a Universe-Shaking Event

Largest Black Hole Merger Ever Observed Detected by LIGO–a Universe-Shaking Event

An image based on numerical simulations of a black hole merger – credit, NASA/Ames Research CenterC. Henze A collaboration between humanity’s three gravitational wave detectors have identified a black hole merger event that created something 225-times the size of our Sun. It’s the largest such event ever detected in the history of gravitational wave astronomy, and pushed the limits of …

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Predatory marine reptile identified as a completely new species

Predatory marine reptile identified as a completely new species

A fossil found on Vancouver Island in 1988 looked like a typical long‑necked marine reptile, yet every expert who studied Traskasaura sandrae left with new questions. Scientists have now confirmed that the 39‑foot creature, which lived about 85 million years ago, represents an entirely new species with a hunting style never before documented in its family. “It has …

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