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• New Cassini Image of Saturn’s Moons Janus and Mimas

  31-05-2016 17:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly released image of Saturn’s moons Janus and Mimas from the Cassini Spacecraft. Saturn’s moons Janus and Mimas coast in their silent orbits beyond the rings in this view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The ansa, or outer edge of the rings, is visible at left. Janus hangs above center, while Mimas shines at right. […]
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• 8 fierce animals show just how metal nature is

  11-10-2026 21:00 via popsci.com
  
  Nature. It’s beautiful. It’s awe-inspiring. And it’s really scary. The new book Nature is Metal: It’s A Life-Eats-Life World features full-color photographs and vivid descriptions of the physical features, survival adaptations, and hunting skills innate to 75 of nature’s most metal plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Browse through some of these raw and real images in the gallery below. (Click to expand images to full screen.)A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaet
  
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• Young parrot rescued from grips of invasive boa snake

  11-10-2026 19:09 via popsci.com
  
  In the Maricao State Forest on the western end of Puerto Rico, a biologist encountered a flock of parrots in a panic. Raúl Correa of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service followed the chaotic squawks and found a young bird in the grips of a red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor).The snake had trapped a juvenile Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) on a bamboo stalk. Correa quickly sliced the bamboo, causing the snake to lose its grip and release the bird. USFWS observed the parrot after the incid
  
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• ‘One of the ocean’s best-kept secrets’ spotted near Massachusetts

  11-10-2026 17:17 via popsci.com
  
  As the summer drew to a close, aerial surveyors with the New England Aquarium saw more than 2,000 animals across 15 different marine species in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, southeast of Cape Cod. Among that vast diversity, the team spotted Chilean devil rays (Mobula tarapacana). This ethereal fish is “one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets,” according to the aquarium.“We rarely see Chilean devil rays on our aerial surveys,” Katherine M
  
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• Can carnivorous plants eat people?

  11-10-2026 13:56 via popsci.com
  
  Anyone who’s seen the 1986 musical comedy, Little Shop of Horrors, is familiar with Audrey II. Audrey II looks like a towering, blood-eating Venus flytrap plant, even mimicking the jaw-like, snapping pod of real carnivorous plants. But while Venus flytraps consume insects, Audrey II feeds on humans. Thankfully, people-eating plants are fictional, says Kenny Coogan, the owner of Carnivorous Plants by Kenny Coogan, a well-known nursery in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad area. 
  
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• Scientists Say the Secret to a Happier, Healthier Society May Begin in Childhood

  11-10-2026 04:28 via scitechdaily.com
  How children are raised may matter for social well-being worldwide, with surveys across three culturally different countries linking supportive childhoods to adults’ trust and sense of belonging. At home, a child seeking comfort depends on a caregiver’s response, while time for free play offers room to explore. A University of Nottingham-led study linked these experiences, [...]
  
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• This Crystal Uses Sunlight To Turn Water Into Clean Hydrogen

  11-10-2026 03:17 via scitechdaily.com
  A crystal that uses light to produce hydrogen from water could open a new route to cleaner, more affordable fuel. Hydrogen can power a fuel cell car, yet making that fuel from natural gas releases carbon dioxide before it ever reaches the tank. Water offers another source of hydrogen, but separating its hydrogen atoms from [...]
  
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• This 345-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fooled Scientists for Decades

  11-10-2026 02:06 via scitechdaily.com
  A famous Scottish fossil is forcing scientists to rethink what claw-like feet really reveal about the move onto land. Pressed flat inside two slabs of Scottish rock, a 345-million-year-old skeleton seemed to carry some unmistakable signs of life on land. Its four limbs ended in five-digit feet, and the tips of its fingers and toes [...]
  
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• Your Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Cancer Treatment Will Affect You

  10-10-2026 23:58 via scitechdaily.com
  Gut bacteria may hold clues to cancer survival and chemotherapy side effects before treatment even begins. A tumor can produce large amounts of lactate, a molecule that some gut bacteria consume as food. Mayo Clinic researchers found higher levels of both lactate and one of those bacteria, Veillonella parvula, in adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer [...]
  
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• This Simple Once-a-Week Exercise Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Lower

  10-10-2026 23:23 via scitechdaily.com
  A weekly wall-squat session may help keep blood pressure gains from slipping away. A study published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine found that adults who first completed four weeks of isometric exercise could retain some blood pressure improvements with just one or two sessions a week for another four weeks. Those who continued [...]
  
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• Scientists Restore Limited Vision in Blind Patients Using Gene Therapy and Special Goggles

  10-10-2026 22:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists have demonstrated a promising new approach to restoring limited vision in people with advanced inherited blindness. An experimental treatment combining gene therapy with specialized goggles has helped some people with advanced blindness detect objects and respond to visual cues. Instead of attempting to repair damaged light-sensing cells, the approach gives surviving retinal cells a [...]
  
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• Boomers Didn’t Always Have It So Easy

  10-10-2026 19:13 via nytimes.com
  All generations think they drew the short straw; they’ve really shared the same challenges, just in different eras.
  
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• The 2026 Bentley Supersports is what happens when you combine luxury with on-track performance

  10-10-2026 19:00 via popsci.com
  
  “Less is more” may seem a curious phrase when applied to a half-million-dollar, 199-mph, 657-horsepower twin-turbocharged V8 brute. But in the context of the posh luxury barges we expect from British automotive manufacturer Bentley, it’s applicable to the 2026 Bentley Supersports.That is because this car is as notable for what it lacks as for what it has. The Supersports is a rear-drive, combustion-only version of the Bentley Continental GT. But where that car has always employ
  
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• Scientists Discover a Hidden Hydrogen Pathway That Could Transform CO2 Into Valuable Fuel

  10-10-2026 18:19 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists have uncovered an unexpected pathway for hydrogen transfer during catalytic CO2 conversion. A computer model designed to predict how carbon dioxide becomes useful chemicals produced a surprising error: It identified formic acid as the main product instead of methanol. When scientists expanded the model to account for thousands of previously overlooked reactions, its predictions [...]
  
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• A 171-Year-Old Planetary Mystery Just Took a Surprising Turn

  10-10-2026 17:44 via scitechdaily.com
  Coming up empty in a search for giant planets could help astronomers find smaller worlds in the habitable zones of the nearby two-star system 70 Ophiuchi AB. Two stars circling each other about 16 light-years from Earth have kept astronomers returning to a possibility first raised in 1855: that a planet might be orbiting nearby. [...]
  
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• NASA Hubble Cold Case: A Dead Star May Have Given Birth to a New Planet

  10-10-2026 17:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Astronomers revisiting old observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a clue that may solve a decades-old cold case. A study published October 5 in Nature Astronomy reports evidence that the white dwarf HS 0209+0832 could be orbited by a second-generation planet. A white dwarf is the leftover core of a low-mass star that [...]
  
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• Remnant From Rare Supernova Seen Nearly 850 Years Ago Hides a Zombie Star at its Center

  10-10-2026 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn about the remnant of a historic supernova observed around 850 years ago and the zombie star that has survived at its center. 
  
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• Rare ‘pumpkin spice’ baby sea turtle spotted in Florida

  10-10-2026 16:10 via popsci.com
  
  While fall officially began only a few weeks ago, many of us have come to expect pumpkins and Halloween decorations in stores as early as August. And this year, an adorable baby turtle joined in on the early autumnal festivities.In August, Florida native Michael Landress spotted a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchling making its way toward the water. “This little one, surprisingly, had an earthy tone of autumn. ‘Pumpkin Spice’ sprang to mind as the little orange hatchli
  
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• How to tell if someone is wearing smart glasses near you

  10-10-2026 14:00 via popsci.com
  
  We’re very much in the era of smart glasses now, with the necessary tech components small and light enough to be put into a pair of spectacles. Meta just unveiled a fresh batch of Ray-Ban glasses; numerous smaller companies are producing their own models; and the rumors are that Apple is planning a launch in this category too.In some ways, the appeal is easy to see. These specs can pipe music, audiobooks, and podcasts right into your ears; answer questions about anything (and anything you
  
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• What Killed Europe’s Ancient Wild Cattle? Scientists Find a Disturbing Answer

  10-10-2026 13:50 via scitechdaily.com
  The fate of Scandinavia’s aurochs warns conservationists worldwide that curbing hunting alone may not save species facing depleted genetic diversity and fragmented habitats. The cattle on today’s farms descend from aurochs, wild animals that once roamed much of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. They disappeared from Scandinavia thousands of years before the species became extinct [...]
  
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• A Giant Insect on the Brink of Extinction Is Making an Extraordinary Comeback

  10-10-2026 13:15 via scitechdaily.com
  Captive breeding has helped New Zealand’s largest giant wētā establish new wild populations, with at least four generations now born on two islands. As early European settlers cleared land for farms and introduced rats, stoats, and other pests, wētāpunga disappeared from every wild refuge except Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island. Moving these giant insects elsewhere offered [...]
  
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• Penguin Poop Is Turning Antarctica Green, and Scientists Are Concerned

  10-10-2026 12:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Penguins are playing an unexpected role in Antarctica’s changing landscape. Penguin droppings are helping turn parts of Antarctica’s snowy coastline green, and the resulting algae blooms could be accelerating the loss of coastal snow. A new study has found that nutrients deposited by penguins support dense growths of microscopic algae that absorb more sunlight, potentially [...]
  
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• Sharper vocals, cleaner sound — machine learning is cutting out ’noise’ at the Hollywood Bowl

  10-10-2026 00:51 via nbcnews.com
  Proprietary technology now in use by a growing number of major acts, recently took the stage at the famous Hollywood Bowl as part of the venue’s major sound upgrade. As NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports, audiences love it.
  
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• Just 1,000 More Steps a Day Linked to Better Mental Health in Teens

  10-10-2026 00:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Even 1,000 to 2,000 more daily steps were linked to better adolescent mental health and brain structure in an observational study, with no plateau across measured activity levels. Walking to school or chasing a ball around a park adds to adolescents’ daily movement in ways that may be connected to their mental health a year [...]
  
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• COVID-19 Cases Are Picking Up Again — These Are the Variants That Health Officials Are Watching

  09-10-2026 23:42 via discovermagazine.com
  
  From Stratus to Cicada, several variants are on the radar as COVID-19 activity rises, impacting how the virus spreads, its severity, and how it interacts with the immune system.
  
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• Scientists Find a Surprising Blood Sugar Benefit to Eating With a Loved One

  09-10-2026 23:32 via scitechdaily.com
  Eating a carbohydrate meal with a companion led to smaller blood sugar spikes and faster recovery than eating alone, suggesting a metabolic benefit to sharing the table. When managing blood sugar, people often focus on the carbohydrates on their plates. The body’s response to a meal may also depend on who is sitting at the [...]
  
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• Wild Elephants Use 41 Different Gestures to Tell Others to "Move Away" or "Stop That" 

  09-10-2026 23:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how elephants use their trunks and ears to get a response from others, and why they keep gesturing when ignored.
  
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• Jonathan the Tortoise Is 194 Years Old, Flu Cases Are Already Spiking, and Night Sky Events to Catch in October

  09-10-2026 22:45 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Discover the top stories from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, 2026, including the hidden dangers of marathon running, a hoard of ​Celtic coins, and ​Jonathan the Tortoise. 
  
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• A Diarrhea-Causing Bacterium Spread Through Sex is Resisting Five Common Antibiotics 

  09-10-2026 22:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how Shigella spreads between sexual partners and why growing antibiotic resistance is leaving fewer treatment options.
  
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• Why Too Much Cannabis Can Flip an Anxiety Switch in the Brain

  09-10-2026 22:19 via scitechdaily.com
  For the first time, researchers have identified brain cells that help drive anxiety in mice exposed to cannabinoids. Confronted with a scent derived from fox urine, mice given a synthetic cannabinoid froze more often and spent less time investigating the odor than mice given a placebo. The drug belongs to the same class of substances [...]
  
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