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Scientists Engineered Tobacco Plants to Produce Five Mind-Altering Psychedelic Compounds 4 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 13 4 1127

'I Literally Don't Know a Word You're Saying': Anderson Cooper Mystified by Neil deGrasse Tyson 12 question everything Apr 11 Apr 13 11 1646

An interesting post in LBN reveals how Trumpworld is planning to bring more 'truthiness' to that boring sciencey stuff. 4 eppur_se_muova Apr 11 Apr 13 16 1048

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Civil war among wild chimpanzees 3 Eugene Apr 9 Apr 11 5 820

An Interesting "Off Target" Inference for a Long Acting Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of Elevated LDLs. 6 NNadir Apr 8 Apr 11 2 1341

Mammal ancestors laid eggs--and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it 4 erronis Apr 9 Apr 11 13 948

FINALLY! Lots of fantastic images from the Artemis 2 astronauts! 7 Gaugamela Apr 8 Apr 10 23 1470

'We all pretty much broke down right there': Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts' emotional moment near the moon 7 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 81 2524

Diabetes rates are lower in high-altitude environments & scientists may have discovered why 14 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 55 2475

NASA's online Artemis II Tracker 2 cayugafalls Apr 6 Apr 6 8 996

NASA's Artemis II crew readies for Monday's lunar flyby. Here's what you need to know 3 Dulcinea Apr 6 Apr 6 12 980

What an underground oil reservoir looks like. 2 Emile Apr 6 Apr 6 6 1120

Surprising links between autism, Alzheimer's could change how we treat both 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 5 Apr 5 25 1292

Why Is CERN Making Antimatter? 0 Uncle Joe Apr 5 Apr 5 6 1143

Artemis astronauts glimpse Moon's 'Grand Canyon' ahead of historic lunar flyby 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 5 Apr 5 9 774

I Spent 32 Years Believing I Was Male. Then A Shocking Phone Call Exploded Everything I Knew. 9 Jilly_in_VA Apr 4 Apr 4 56 2664

How 0.7 Grams of Matter Destroyed Hiroshima 5 NNadir Apr 3 Apr 4 10 1335

Gambling Is Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought, Rewriting Human Evolution ( 404 Media, 4/4) 2 highplainsdem Apr 4 Apr 4 2 762

The Missions Bringing Us Back to the Moon - StarTalk 2 BootinUp Apr 4 Apr 4 5 883

Artemis II crew to launch to the moon on 43 years of shuttle parts 5 BootinUp Apr 3 Apr 4 9 1170

Can brain cells run computers? This startup powers data centre using human neurons 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 4 Apr 4 2 544

Artemis crew eating 4:00 , exercising 3:00 and shammy bathing 7:00 in very tight quarters 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 3 Apr 3 8 834

How the human brain builds our sense of time 6 erronis Apr 3 Apr 3 9 1148

The Universe has changed by the time you finish this sentence. 0 BootinUp Apr 3 Apr 3 7 793

PBS Terra: The Cascadia Megaquake Is Inevitable. And It Will Reshape America Forever 1 catbyte Apr 3 Apr 3 32 2373

How Do Snakes 'Stand' Upright Nearly Stick-Straight? New Research Points to How They Pull Off the Gravity-Defying Feat 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 973

Watch Unprecedented Footage of Sperm Whales Helping a Newborn Calf Take Its First Breaths 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 720

Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 11 791

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In a First, an Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin--Then Reverse Its Rotation 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 8 757

'Magic mushroom' may boost brain flexibility for weeks 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 17 1065

Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo 6 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 52 2135

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope is mapping previously invisible spaces between galaxies - and it's found 60 new cosmic 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 14 937

NASA Artemis II Launch (9min video) - And off to the Moon!! 3 KelleyKramer Apr 1 Apr 1 8 809

Link to NASA feed of Artemis II launch 2 QED Apr 1 Apr 1 9 822

This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful winds topping 2 million mph 11 Judi Lynn Apr 1 Apr 1 15 1306

We're about to send people to the moon! 7 lastlib Apr 1 Apr 1 9 1027

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once 5 erronis Apr 1 Apr 1 13 1029

Who built the Artemis II vehicle? Bezos? 2 question everything Apr 1 Apr 1 0 806

Your WiFi Can See You. Here's How. 0 Uncle Joe Apr 1 Apr 1 14 912

Giant Dragonflies With 2-Foot Wingspans Ruled the Skies 300 Million Years Ago -- But Oxygen May Not Explain Why(Discover) 1 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 4 710

11,000-Year-Old Volcanic Ash Layer Could Rewrite Early Human History in the Americas (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Apr 1 Apr 1 13 763

Forest soil on doormats rebalances urban homes' indoor microbiome, study suggests 3 erronis Mar 31 Mar 31 13 929

Professor Brian Cox: How To Find Your Place In The Universe 0 BootinUp Mar 31 Mar 31 4 908

Rheumatic Fever Is An Autoimmune Syndrome Leading to Heart Disease: Strep Throat and Antibiotic Access. 4 NNadir Mar 28 Mar 31 10 1050

In case you want to see just how stupid I look when talking about science.... 4 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 996

NASA's Lead Electrostatics Scientist claims hes discovered a "new force" that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary 14 Mr. Sparkle Mar 30 Mar 30 9 1779

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cab67 Mar 30 Mar 30 5 562

A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder 9 usonian Mar 29 Mar 29 13 1171

Video of Sperm Whale Birth 1 milestogo Mar 29 Mar 29 9 701

The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card 3 Uncle Joe Mar 28 Mar 29 19 1413

Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute 30 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 86 4941

The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties 0 erronis Mar 25 Mar 25 4 661

Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 24 Mar 25 7 712

90-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a Fully Grown Dinosaur That Weighed Less Than 2 Pounds (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 24 Mar 24 15 983

Galileo's Handwritten Notes Found in Ancient Astronomy Text 5 GreatGazoo Mar 2026 Mar 24 20 1270

Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers 1 nitpicked Mar 24 Mar 24 8 643

Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all] 54 Sancho Feb 2026 Mar 23 81 8636

Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack (Scientific American) 6 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 12 997

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Energy Department merges nuclear and particle physics programs, unsettling researchers (Science.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Mar 23 Mar 23 8 818

A 25-Inch Crocodile Relative Walked on Two Legs in Late Triassic Forests 225 Million Years Ago (Discovermagazine) 3 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 23 21 964

A Hidden Fossil Tooth Reveals How a Giant Predatory Fish Attacked a Plesiosaur in Prehistoric Alabama (Discovermagazine) 0 eppur_se_muova Mar 22 Mar 22 11 660

Possible meteorite crashes into Houston area home, officials say 5 question everything Mar 22 Mar 22 14 1055

Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds 3 erronis Mar 2026 Mar 22 14 1036

The seven hour explosion nobody could explain 1 highplainsdem Mar 21 Mar 21 19 938

Culture Shift - Asimov Press 2 BootinUp Mar 20 Mar 20 10 751

This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50 3 Uncle Joe Mar 20 Mar 20 7 1328

NASA Confirms Loud Boom Triggered By Asteroid Seen Over At Least 10 States 3 Dulcinea Mar 18 Mar 19 10 973

Interview With A Real Psychopath 2 BootinUp Mar 18 Mar 18 10 1278

A Mind on Strike - Remembering John Nash 2 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 18 5 821

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 17 Mar 17 8 684

Sonic boom from a meteor shakes Ohio and Pennsylvania 1 werdna Mar 17 Mar 17 8 774

Brain scans reveal link between thinner brain cortex regions and higher psychopathic traits 8 erronis Mar 15 Mar 17 12 1287

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Mar 16 Mar 16 0 393

A Scientist's View of War - StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson 1 BootinUp Mar 13 Mar 16 11 794

The Closest Real Images of Jupiter - What Have We Found? 6 BootinUp Mar 2026 Mar 16 44 1930

So I did a thing (new fossil crocodile that ate our ancestors) - 4 cab67 Mar 2026 Mar 2026 19 997

The Amazing Women Radio Pioneers 0 orangecrush Mar 2026 Mar 2026 1 598

Artemis II: Nasa targets early April for Moon mission 2 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 700

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