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Science • Mar 29

Binding to RNA is not enough—changing its shape is what makes a drug work, study reveals

Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) serve as messengers between DNA and protein production, and perform a wide variety of regulatory functions across different...

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Science • Mar 29

UPDATE: SpaceX makes early morning rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base

SpaceX plans to launch another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning, March 30.

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Science • Mar 29

TESS discovers an Earth-sized planet orbiting nearby M-dwarf star

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting TOI-4616—a...

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Science • Mar 29

Novel protocol reconstructs quantum states in large-scale experiments up to 96 qubits

Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers on some computationally...

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Science • Mar 29

Embryo-like fossils from Southern China offer new clues about ancient life

Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ranging from around 635 to 541...

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Science • Mar 29

The moon that tipped a planet

Neptune is the solar system's most distant planet, a cold, blue ice giant sitting nearly 30 times further from the sun than Earth. At that remote distance,...

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Science • Mar 29

Scientist Thawing Out Fragments of His Friend’s Cryogenically Preserved Brain

A cryogenics researcher was surprised to find chunks of his buddy's brain had survived a decade-long deep freeze.

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Science • Mar 29

Extraordinary Fossil Reveals Fatal Duel Between Ocean Titans 80 Million Years Ago

A fossil discovery from Alabama reveals a rare and dramatic glimpse into the dangers of Cretaceous oceans, where even top predators were vulnerable.

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Science • Mar 29

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky—for everyone on Earth

More than 10000 Starlink satellites currently orbit Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through...

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Science • Mar 29

Early Miocene Fossil Fills Gap in Ape Family Tree

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of fossil ape that lived about 17-18 million years ago in northern Egypt.

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Science • Mar 29

America's nuclear spacecraft is heading to Mars, and it's bringing helicopters

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the...

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Science • Mar 29

When did plate tectonics begin? Scientists find new clues

The puzzle pieces of Earth's rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving \u2014 a process known as plate tectonics.

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Science • Mar 29

The JWST finds more overmassive black holes. This time in dwarf galaxies

One of the things astronomers find when they look around at galaxies is a correlation between a galaxy's mass and the mass of its supermassive black hole.

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Science • Mar 29

Seals use whisker movement to follow underwater trails—an approach that could improve robotic sensing

Seals are carnivorous marine mammals that are well adapted to hunting for fish underwater, where visibility is poor. In such conditions, seals rely on their...

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Science • Mar 29

This quantum computing breakthrough may not be what it seemed

A team of physicists set out to test some of the most exciting claims in quantum computing—and found a very different story.

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Science • Mar 29

Researchers Just Detected Unexpected Deformation in Earth’s Mantle That They Once Thought Was Rare

Something unusual is happening deep inside Earth, hidden within one of its most common minerals. Scientists have picked up signals that do not quite match...

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Science • Mar 29

Quadratic gravity theory reshapes quantum view of Big Bang

Waterloo scientists have developed a new way to understand how the universe began, and it could change what we know about the Big Bang and the earliest...

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Science • Mar 29

Black hole mergers test the limits of general relativity

General relativity stands as one of the bedrock theories in modern physics. Its strange view of relative time and space has been confirmed by countless...

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Science • Mar 29

How a little-known salmon species is thriving while others struggle

Humpies, or pink salmon, are among the world's so-called climate winners. They have become the top salmon in the North Pacific, fueled in part by ocean...

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Science • Mar 29

Scientists Discovered This Massive 7,000-Pound Dinosaur Fossil With Skin Still Intact

High above the ground in a difficult-to-reach location, a fossil dinosaur has been uncovered under unexpected conditions.

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