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February 22, 2024 5:00 AM

Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure'

The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.

by Ari Daniel

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February 20, 2024 11:16 PM

NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year

The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center.

by Ayana Archie

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February 20, 2024 2:17 PM

Watch out, a dead satellite is falling back to Earth

There's a one in a billion chance it could hit somebody on the head. Europe's space agency doesn't know exactly when or where it will land.

by James Doubek

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February 15, 2024 4:03 AM

Japan's space agency says it may now have clues about the origins of the moon

An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing lunar rocks, an achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said

by The Associated Press

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February 10, 2024 1:30 PM

A tiny robot on the space station will simulate remote-controlled surgery up there

A robotic assistant recently arrived at the International Space Station to perform a simulated surgery that will be controlled by a surgeon 250 miles away on Earth.

by Juliana Kim

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February 5, 2024 5:06 PM

Science experiments and endless enthusiasm led a physics professor to TikTok stardom

Videos of Tatiana Erukhimova's enthusiastic teaching style have gone viral on social media. The secret to her success? It didn't happen overnight.

by Emma Bowman

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February 1, 2024 3:20 PM

Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades

The National Park Service suspended the count Tuesday out of concerns that warm weather has left the ice surrounding the island unsafe for the ski-planes the researchers use in their surveys. Regional temperatures have been above freezing for the last week.

by The Associated Press

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February 1, 2024 4:30 AM

Need to track animals around the world? Tap into the 'spider-verse,' scientists say

Spiderwebs can capture environmental DNA, or eDNA, from vertebrate animals in their area, potentially making them a useful tool in animal monitoring, tracking and conservation.

by Ari Daniel

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January 26, 2024 4:20 AM

That giant extinct shark, Megalodon? Maybe it wasn't so mega

The ancient extinct shark that starred in the film The Meg is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it really looked like.

by Ari Daniel

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January 25, 2024 4:01 AM

His spacecraft sprung a leak. Then this NASA astronaut accidentally broke a record

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title.

by Ari Shapiro, Kai McNamee and Justine Kenin

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