World's largest acidic geyser erupts again in Yellowstone after years of silence - CBS News
Echinus Geyser is about 66 feet wide and is surrounded by rocks that resemble sea urchins.
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Tiny Purgatorius fossils in Denver Basin hint at early primate spread southward - Phys.org
New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a more southern region of North America than ever before, and the breakthrough is providing paleontologists with fresh clues about evolut…
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NASA Uses Mars Global Localization As GNSS Replacement For The Perseverance Rover - Hackaday
Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers tried something with the Perseverance…
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Europe's answer to Starship - Phys.org
In the summer of 2023, something happened that engineers had talked about for decades but few genuinely expected to see in their lifetimes. SpaceX's Starship, a stainless steel tower taller than a 30-story building, lit its 33 engines simultaneously and lifte…
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Physicists discover long-predicted 'clock magnetism' in an atomically thin crystal - Phys.org
Strange things happen to materials when you peel them down, layer by layer, from thick chunks all the way to sheets just an atom thick. Reporting in the journal Nature Materials, a team led by physicists at The University of Texas at Austin has experimentally…
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Quantum dynamics show 'memory' depends on whether states or observables evolve - Phys.org
An international group of researchers have investigated the role of memory in quantum systems and dynamics. Their findings show that a quantum process can appear memoryless from one perspective while retaining memory from another. The discovery opens new rese…
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This New Cancer Breakthrough Sounds Impossible—Until You Hear How It Works - inc.com
Using bacteria to attack cancer cells is not a new idea, but the Waterloo researchers have engineered a solution to one of the biggest challenges inherent to the method.
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Large land predators were hunting big plant-eaters more than 280 million years ago, study finds - Phys.org
A study examining fossil evidence shows that large land predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago. University of Toronto Mississauga researchers Jordan M. Young, Tea Maho, and Robert Reisz studied bite marks on th…
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First 3D reconstruction of the face of 'Little Foot' completed - Phys.org
Identified as the most complete Australopithecus fossil discovered to date, "Little Foot" was buried in sediments whose movement and weight caused fractures and deformations, making analysis of its skull—and more particularly its face—difficult. This anatomic…
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Rescued pocket-sized owl turning heads in Mass. - Boston.com
The little saw-whet owl is now receiving care “to get her tiny little self back in the air again,” wildlife rescuers said.
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Trees cover rock, eventually: Study maps how bare Georgia bedrock turns into forest - Phys.org
In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that often in the Southeast, they'll emerge from the green tunnel.
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Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive - Gizmodo
Tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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NASA, JAXA to Cover HTV-X1 Spacecraft Departure from Space Station - NASA (.gov)
On Thursday, March 5, flight controllers will use the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach HTV-X1 from the Harmony module’s Earth-facing port on
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NASA announces a big shake-up of the Artemis Moon program - The Conversation
NASA’s new plans for its Artemis moon exploration program reduces risks and increases the likelihood of a successful human mission to the moon’s surface in 2028.
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Neanderthal DNA Is Missing From Our X Chromosome. This Could Be Why. - ScienceAlert
NEW YORK (AP) – Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago.
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Worm Moon 2026: When can you see March's full Moon and why is it special? - BBC
This month's full Moon is expected to peak across the UK on Tuesday 3 March and is set to appear as a Blood Moon in some parts of the world. Find out more here.
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SpaceX rocket launching from Florida will be visible in CT on Sunday night - CT Insider
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Sunday night and it will be visible from Connecticut shortly after launch.
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Past climate change: First indicators show resilience in tropical life—up to 1.5°C - Phys.org
New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist at Utrecht University, discovered that tropical algae were largely unaffected by a number of periods of global warming of up to 1.5 d…
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