Science & Engineering
May 2026
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Space & Missions
A drilling expedition off Nantucket has confirmed a massive freshwater reservoir…
Science & Engineering
The paper that explained why every living thing on Earth exists was rejected by 15…
Space & Missions
A genuine "once in a blue moon" event arrives this Sunday, May 31
Deep Space
A space telescope orbiting Earth just picked up the same strange signature buried…
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A research vessel mapping the Mediterranean floor off the coast of Sicily has just…
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The human body replaces almost all of its cells over a roughly 7-10 year period
Human Factors
Microsoft built an anechoic chamber quieter than the threshold of human hearing…
Space & Missions
For decades two spacecraft drifting out of the solar system were being nudged off…
Space & Missions
The Opportunity rover's famous last words
Science & Engineering
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth
Science & Engineering
When the Soviet Union sent the dog Laika into orbit in 1957, the public was told…
Earth & Life
On 22 October 2017, a single lightning flash crossed five US states in 7.39…
Constellations
A 36-year sweep of orbital debris has found the solar threshold where Earth’s upper…
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Deep beneath Antarctica, researchers drill ice cores filled with tiny bubbles of…
Science & Engineering