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Meet Moya: The World's First Biomimetic Robot That Can Bend, Smile and Holds Eye Contact With Chilling Human-Like Accuracy - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/05/04 10:45:00

Meet Moya: The World's First Biomimetic Robot That Can Bend, Smile and Holds Eye Contact With Chilling Human-Like Accuracy - The Daily Galaxy

This robot from Shanghai moves, smiles, and holds eye contact in a way that made thousands of viewers deeply uncomfortable, and that was entirely the point.

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
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Astronomers explore the surface composition of a nearby super-Earth - Phys.org
science 2026/05/04 09:00:01

Astronomers explore the surface composition of a nearby super-Earth - Phys.org

Using MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of researchers led by former MPIA (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany) Ph.D. student Sebastian Zieba (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithson…

Phys.Org
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Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier - NASA Science (.gov)
science 2026/05/04 04:01:00

Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier - NASA Science (.gov)

Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

NASA
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We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now - Jalopnik
science 2026/05/03 22:25:00

We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now - Jalopnik

The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it’s going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.

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New discovery suggests existence of 60-foot, kraken-like octopus - Yahoo
science 2026/05/03 21:00:00

New discovery suggests existence of 60-foot, kraken-like octopus - Yahoo

“It challenges the common view of an ‘age of vertebrates’ in marine ecosystems.”

Yahoo Entertainment
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High-tech 'animal vision' camera shows humans a world of colors we've never seen - Earth.com
science 2026/05/03 19:59:57

High-tech 'animal vision' camera shows humans a world of colors we've never seen - Earth.com

High-tech camera system makes it possible for humans to see colors in the way animals do, adding vivid new perspective to the natural world.

Earth.com
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