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James Webb telescope previews the death of the sun in glorious new 'Eye of God' image - Live Science
science 2026/01/25 11:00:00

James Webb telescope previews the death of the sun in glorious new 'Eye of God' image - Live Science

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.

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40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned - NPR
science 2026/01/25 10:05:00

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned - NPR

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.

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Welcome to post-Darwinism: AI fires silver bullet for creating new life - The Times
science 2026/01/24 23:30:00

Welcome to post-Darwinism: AI fires silver bullet for creating new life - The Times

In a breakthrough experiment, molecular biologists and tech entrepreneurs have teamed up to write the genetic code of a virus that destroys killer bacteria

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Field Notes: Ancient Star Map, New Cat Cafe, San Jose’s Batman, and Disquiet in Suburbia - sfist.com
science 2026/01/24 23:18:17

Field Notes: Ancient Star Map, New Cat Cafe, San Jose’s Batman, and Disquiet in Suburbia - sfist.com

This week: Polynesian dance in Fremont, a new cat cafe in SF, a South Bay Batman, book clubs of the Peninsula, and California pollinators. Also, examining an ancient Greek star map using physics; supporting stroke survivors; and highlighting the unsettling pa…

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Artemis II astronauts train in Iceland for lunar geology - WRAL
science 2026/01/24 21:29:53

Artemis II astronauts train in Iceland for lunar geology - WRAL

Lunar like landscapes in Iceland and Canada provide training grounds for astronauts.

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A Biologist Explains Why Humans Have Chins. Hint: Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer - Forbes
science 2026/01/24 19:30:00

A Biologist Explains Why Humans Have Chins. Hint: Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer - Forbes

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we know about it so far.

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