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Scientists just overturned a 100-year-old rule of chemistry, and the results are “impossible” - ScienceDaily
science 2026/01/23 08:35:13

Scientists just overturned a 100-year-old rule of chemistry, and the results are “impossible” - ScienceDaily

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By creating bizarre, cage-shaped molecules with warped double bonds—structures long considered impossible—the team is opening the door to …

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Earthquake Sensors Detect Sonic Booms From Incoming Space Junk - ScienceAlert
science 2026/01/22 23:38:11

Earthquake Sensors Detect Sonic Booms From Incoming Space Junk - ScienceAlert

Scientists have just found a new way to track the uncontrolled reentry of falling space junk.

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Scientific-Integrity Theft by Artificial Intelligence - Avi Loeb – Medium
science 2026/01/22 23:16:29

Scientific-Integrity Theft by Artificial Intelligence - Avi Loeb – Medium

The saga to preserve my scientific integrity against deception by artificial intelligence (AI) started two months ago and was described…

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Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed completely isolated for 50,000 years - ZME Science
science 2026/01/22 23:03:59

Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed completely isolated for 50,000 years - ZME Science

Something like this would seem unimaginable for our Homo sapiens species.

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A black hole 'feeding frenzy' could help explain a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope - Space
science 2026/01/22 22:00:00

A black hole 'feeding frenzy' could help explain a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope - Space

“It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe.”

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Hubble uncovers the secret of blue straggler stars that defy aging - Phys.org
science 2026/01/22 21:53:40

Hubble uncovers the secret of blue straggler stars that defy aging - Phys.org

Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbors, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddities have puzzled astronomers for more t…

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