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In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov stepped outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history, and his suit ballooned so badly in vacuum that he had to bleed oxygen through a valve to fit back inside before orbital darkness - Space Daily
science 2026/06/04 02:55:00

In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov stepped outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history, and his suit ballooned so badly in vacuum that he had to bleed oxygen through a valve to fit back inside before orbital darkness - Space Daily

On 18 March 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first human to float free in space. His suit ballooned so badly in the vacuum that he had to bleed oxygen out of it, head-first into the airlock, sweating six kilograms in minutes — and he never told mission control …

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NASA says meteor that landed in Cape Cod considered to be made of iron - Yahoo
science 2026/06/04 01:49:00

NASA says meteor that landed in Cape Cod considered to be made of iron - Yahoo

Saturday’s meteor caused quite the commotion, leaving many in the Northeast puzzled over the loud sonic boom that it generated.

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Northern Lights Forecast: 8 States May See Aurora Borealis Wednesday Night - Forbes
science 2026/06/04 00:04:21

Northern Lights Forecast: 8 States May See Aurora Borealis Wednesday Night - Forbes

Some states along the northern U.S. border will have a chance to see the northern lights Wednesday night, with chances improving by Thursday night.

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Fossils found in Scotland just pushed back the origin of land-walking animals by 14 million years and placed them in a stretch of the fossil record where nothing was supposed to exist - Space Daily
science 2026/06/04 00:00:23

Fossils found in Scotland just pushed back the origin of land-walking animals by 14 million years and placed them in a stretch of the fossil record where nothing was supposed to exist - Space Daily

In 1984, an amateur palaeontologist found a small, nearly complete fossil in a quarry in West Lothian, Scotland. The creature, later named Westlothiana lizziae, is about 20 centimetres long and resembles a salamander. It is one of the earliest known examples …

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Psychopathy and Machiavellianism often look identical, but daily behavior suggests otherwise - PsyPost
science 2026/06/03 22:20:33

Psychopathy and Machiavellianism often look identical, but daily behavior suggests otherwise - PsyPost

Are Machiavellianism and psychopathy the same trait? A new 30-day diary study reveals that while these dark personalities look identical on paper, tracking daily behavior shows they operate in completely distinct ways.

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High-pulse-energy integrated mode-locked laser using a Mamyshev oscillator - Nature
science 2026/06/03 21:37:23

High-pulse-energy integrated mode-locked laser using a Mamyshev oscillator - Nature

A Mamyshev oscillator mode-locked laser compactly integrated on a photonic-chip delivers nanojoule, femtosecond pulses.

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