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Meet The Extremely Metal Spike-Toothed Salmon

2024-04-25 01:34 AM

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In 1964, paleontologists unearthed the skull of a giant ancestor of the sockeye salmon at a quarry near the town ...

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Cancer Can Arise Without Genetic Mutations

2024-04-25 12:33 AM

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Researchers have discovered that cancer can originate solely from epigenetic changes, not just genetic mutations. This revelation, demonstrated through experiments ...

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Earth got hammered by cosmic rays 41,000 years ago. Here’s why

2024-04-24 11:32 PM

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Earth is under constant bombardment by high-energy charged particles called cosmic rays. We’re normally shielded from this barrage by Earth’s ...

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SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch

2024-04-24 10:31 PM

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Enlarge / SpaceX landed its 300th booster on Tuesday. SpaceX webcast SpaceX launches have become extremely routine. On Tuesday evening, ...

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How NASA fixed a problem on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles away

2024-04-24 09:30 PM

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Working from more than 15 billion miles away, NASA engineers have solved a computer problem aboard Voyager 1, allowing the ...

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NASA is officially headed to Saturn moon as it greenlights $3.35 billion space rotocraft mission

2024-04-24 08:29 PM

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It’s scientifically ambitious. It’s aeronautically daring. And it’s unflinchingly expensive. It’s NASA’s newly approved mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan, where ...

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I live with my brother’s ex. Suddenly that’s a problem.

2024-04-24 07:28 PM

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Every week, Dear Prudence answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members. Submit questions here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, “Clare” is the ...