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'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle
Kristina Killgrove · Live Science
BERLIN — A Roman-era mass grave discovered underneath a soccer field near Vienna holds the skeletons of young men from all over the Roman Empire. And many of th…
Cards Against Humanity wants to erect a monument to 'honor' Elon Musk
Josh Dinner · Space.com
Cards Against Humanity isn't done with its scorched-Earth campaign against SpaceX and Elon Musk, and is planning to erect an "Elon Musk is a Sad Little B----- w…
MIT Technology Review
Job titles of the future: Space travel agent
Linda Childers · MIT Technology Review
Roman Chiporukha has long turned wild travel dreams into reality. Over two decades as co-owner of the luxury lifestyle firm Roman & Erica, he has orchestrated e…
Science Daily
Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time
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Nuclear reactors may go dark, but their fuel continues producing a faint antineutrino “glow” long after shutdown. Researchers have now detected that residual si…
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'If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble': Brazil's drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the world
Sascha Pare · Live Science
New research suggests some of Brazil's most important aquifers, located beneath major agricultural regions, aren't being replenished. What does this mean for th…
6 space board games to channel the political drama of 'For All Mankind' and 'Star City'
Fonte: Space.com
'For All Mankind' was pretty good, wasn't it? Sadly, the show's run has finished now, and while we've got spin-off 'Star City' picking up the mantle, it's still…
MIT Technology Review
Cloning could be used to save species—or make human “organ sacks”
Jessica Hamzelou · MIT Technology Review
This week I spoke to scientists who have found a way to turn male mouse embryos female. They’ve developed a CRISPR-based approach to essentially cut out the Y c…
Science Daily
Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
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Scientists have discovered that the aging human brain may be far less isolated from the rest of the body than once believed. Stanford researchers found that lar…
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Will the new moon race turn Earth's nearest neighbor into a dumping ground?
Tereza Pultarova · Space.com
We need rules to prevent space companies from dumping their old rockets onto the moon's surface in the future, experts say.…
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Total Solar Eclipse in Sunflower Field
HQ Web Team · NASA
This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse…
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US Space Force gives Rocket Lab $397 million to build threat-tracking 'Flatellites'
Josh Dinner · Space.com
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Rocket Lab $397 million to manufacture a new fleet of "Flatellites" designed to detect and track airborne threats from space.…
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Taking the stairs could protect your heart and help you live longer
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Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that reg…
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APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
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Can Venus cast a shadow? Here's how to see it for yourself
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As Venus gets close to its greatest brilliancy in the evening sky, it’s a good time to test one of astronomy’s less believable claims.…
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Women taking estrogen had fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in their brains
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Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, a…
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A Sunflower’s View of Totality
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Skywatchers across a swath of northern Spain witnessed a total solar eclipse when the Moon lined up directly between the Sun and Earth on August 12, 2026. Those…
Water can survive surprisingly close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, James Webb Space Telescope finds
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Water and cosmic dust can survive in the harsh environment near Sagittarius A*, new observations reveal.…
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This common vitamin deficiency becomes far more dangerous when paired with belly fat
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A large study of more than 5,500 adults over 50 found a striking combination of risk factors: abdominal obesity paired with vitamin D deficiency was linked to a…
On this day in space! Aug. 14, 1992: Meteorite shower hits Uganda
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On Aug. 14, 1992, a space rock entered the atmosphere over Mbale, Uganda and exploded into hundreds of pieces!…
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Drinking orange juice every day may change thousands of genes
Fonte: Science Daily
Orange juice may have a much bigger effect on the body than scientists once realized. Drinking it regularly appears to influence genes tied to inflammation, blo…
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