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Science • Mar 26

18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place

The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink.

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Science • Mar 26

VIDEOS: Another apparent fireball spotted over northwest Ohio early Thursday

TOLEDO, Ohio — Another apparent fireball was spotted in northwest Ohio, as well as other locations, early Thursday, adding to what was already a busy few...

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Science • Mar 26

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

We're now back to square one on understanding how ancient insects were able to grow so monstrously large.

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Science • Mar 26

New Satellite Images Reveal Antarctica’s Ice Changing Color…It’s Turning Green

Satellite images have captured something unexpected in Antarctica, its ice has turned green. What's behind this bizarre color change?

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Science • Mar 26

You’ve Never Seen Saturn Like This

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope joined forces to deliver the most comprehensive view of Saturn ever captured.

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Science • Mar 26

For First Time, A Tiny Comet Has Been Caught In The Act Reversing The Direction Of Its Spin

The spin of a small comet was seen to slow before reversing as the object approached the Sun.

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Science • Mar 26

Simulated microgravity alters sperm navigation, fertilization and embryo development in mammals

As human space exploration extends toward long-duration missions and off-Earth settlements, understanding the impact of microgravity on reproduction is...

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Science • Mar 26

Why cells respond 'incorrectly' in old age

Some of the signs of aging in human cells originate in the cell nucleus, because the packaged form of DNA changes with age. This has now been demonstrated...

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists make rare Ice Age discovery in a Texas cave

Ice Age fossils found in a Texas cave are giving scientists new insight into the state's ancient past.

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Science • Mar 26

Astronauts may struggle to reproduce in outer space, study suggests — what does that mean for the future of space colonization?

A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development ‪—‬ findings that have serious...

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Science • Mar 26

Human sperm get lost in space, pioneering study finds

Researchers put human sperm inside a uteruslike simulation under microgravity conditions. It did not go well.

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Science • Mar 26

Sperm Get Lost in Microgravity, And It Could Seriously Impact Space Travel

A trip to space could very well leave human male sperm stumbling about in the dark, chasing their tails.

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Science • Mar 26

Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests

Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an egg.

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Science • Mar 26

Sperm Get Lost in Space and Scientists Finally Know Why

Having a baby in space may be far more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to find their way in microgravity.

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Science • Mar 26

Sperm loses its sense of direction in space

Some of the world's wealthiest and most influential people remain deadset on leaving Earth behind for a new life in outer space. But despite what they may...

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Science • Mar 26

NASA's Curiosity Rover Appears To Be In A Spot Of Trouble, And May Need A Sharp Rock To Deal With It

New raw images returned to Earth from Curiosity on Mars show that NASA's rover may be in a spot of trouble, with extensive damage appearing on one of its...

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists Have Found a Massive Water Reservoir 700 Kilometers Below, Holding More Water Than Earth’s Entire Surface

Researchers have found a hidden reservoir beneath the Earth, holding more water than the planet's oceans combined. A breakthrough that could reveal secrets...

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists Successfully Unfroze Part of a Mouse Brain—and It Still Worked

Reviving a frozen brain sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but a new study gives clues to how scientists might one day do that.

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Science • Mar 26

NASA's make-or-break moon shot

NASA's Artemis return-to-the-moon program is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Could a successful mission quiet its critics?

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Science • Mar 26

Quantum experiment shows events may have no fixed order

For the first time, a team of physicists in Austria has carried out an experiment that appears to verify the principle of indefinite causal order: an idea...

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