Science & Engineering
August 2026
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Life on Titan may be too sparse to ever detect, study suggests
Universe
Voyager 1's backup instrument became its window to interstellar space
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Earth's closest approach to the Sun happens in winter, not summer
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Endangered blonde capuchins spotted using stone tools for first time
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Bell Labs astronomers find cosmic microwave background while cleaning pigeon droppings
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The cosmic void so vast it might have hidden the universe from us
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Soviet space dogs' descendant later lived in Kennedy White House
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Webb finds salt clouds in a pink world's atmosphere for the first time
Human Factors
Famous Camus quote on freedom has no verified source in his work
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Webb reveals giant planets must form before their nurseries empty
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Rubin Observatory poised to settle Planet Nine mystery this summer
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Rare Iberian lynx caught on camera drowning prey before eating
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Volvo gave away the seatbelt patent to save more lives than it could have sold
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Extreme alkalinity supports sparse microbial life in deepest ocean trenches
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