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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, due to launch in August 2026, is expected to discover around 100,000 exoplanets in a single mission — more than every telescope in the history of astronomy combined - Space Daily
science 2026/07/07 18:00:38

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, due to launch in August 2026, is expected to discover around 100,000 exoplanets in a single mission — more than every telescope in the history of astronomy combined - Space Daily

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now listed by NASA for launch on August 30, 2026, a little earlier than the September 2026 timing that has

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Unlikely cave discovery suggests Neanderthals and humans shared a common culture - CNN
science 2026/07/07 16:55:53

Unlikely cave discovery suggests Neanderthals and humans shared a common culture - CNN

Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted the same animals and both collected shells.

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Scientists Thought Royal Jelly Made Queen Bees. They Were Wrong - SciTechDaily
science 2026/07/07 16:16:41

Scientists Thought Royal Jelly Made Queen Bees. They Were Wrong - SciTechDaily

Honeybee queens are made not just by royal jelly, but by an entire colony engineering the perfect royal nursery.

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Researchers Argue Saturn's Moon Titan Is Perfect for Human Exploration - Yahoo
science 2026/07/07 15:43:29

Researchers Argue Saturn's Moon Titan Is Perfect for Human Exploration - Yahoo

What makes Titan more viable than other, closer bodies in our solar system?

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Self-generated hydrogel ejects bacterial cells for localized biofilm dispersion - Nature
science 2026/07/07 15:36:36

Self-generated hydrogel ejects bacterial cells for localized biofilm dispersion - Nature

Bacillus subtilis biofilms locally disperse by ejecting motile cells through osmotic pressure generated by their poly-γ-glutamic acid hydrogel, a mechanism resembling that through which Cnidaria eject nematocysts.

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SpaceX launches Transporter-17 amid concerns about rideshare program’s future - SpaceNews
science 2026/07/07 15:31:35

SpaceX launches Transporter-17 amid concerns about rideshare program’s future - SpaceNews

SpaceX launched the latest Transporter rideshare mission July 7 as concerns about its future reach what one rival company executive called a panic.

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