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Carly Cassella
Brain Scans Reveal a Surprise About Neanderthal Intelligence - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert
In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never seen before – not in "existing European stocks", he wrote, or "even in the most barbarous races." The curious cranium had been unearthed…
date: 2026-04-28T03:40:30Z See News
Universe Today
NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert
The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.
date: 2026-04-28T02:00:29Z See News
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A Stark Image of the Destruction of the Night Sky - Daily Kos
Dailykos.com
This is a pic of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), trapped in a celestial cage of light streaks formed by LEO satellites racing across the sky in this 10-minute exposure image. It is a stark example of how…
date: 2026-04-28T01:43:44Z See News
Stephen Clark
Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027 - Ars Technica
Ars Technica
SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.
date: 2026-04-28T00:14:09Z See News
Haosu Tang
An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead - Phys.org
Phys.Org
In the middle of the Antarctic winter, during months of darkness when temperatures often dip below −30°C, the continent warmed dramatically. In July and August 2024, temperatures in parts of East Antarctica rose by up to 28°C above average and stayed high for…
date: 2026-04-27T23:40:04Z See News
Kay Pettigrew
This ultracold quantum device turns electricity into something far stranger that could unlock sound-based lasers - Phys.org
Phys.Org
Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications in communications and medical …
date: 2026-04-27T23:00:04Z See News
Elizabeth Howell
NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the 'most diverse collection' ever seen - Live Science
Live Science
Curiosity found organic molecules on Mars that were so compelling that scientists used a rare process to analyze them.
date: 2026-04-27T21:17:33Z See News
Robert Lea
Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes? - Space
Space.com
"With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation."
date: 2026-04-27T21:00:00Z See News
University of Minnesota
At just four nanometers thick, this metal starts behaving in a way physicists did not expect - Phys.org
Phys.Org
Researchers in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have discovered a powerful new way to control the electronic behavior of a metal—by manipulating the atomic properties of materials where they meet. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstr…
date: 2026-04-27T20:40:04Z See News
Neuroscience News
Abdominal Movement Flushes Neural Waste - Neuroscience News
Neurosciencenews.com
Researchers discover a hydraulic link between abdominal muscles and brain health, showing how core movement flushes neural waste.
date: 2026-04-27T19:48:36Z See News
University of Göttingen
Single X-ray photons reveal hidden light-matter interactions in 50-nanometer double slits - Phys.org
Phys.Org
A rainbow reveals with colors what otherwise remains hidden: light is "refracted" by transparent matter, in this case water droplets. This same physical effect underlies many everyday technologies, like LCD screens and broadband connections based on fiber-opt…
date: 2026-04-27T19:20:05Z See News
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Mitochondria can spawn new ‘organelles’ — hinting at how modern cells evolved - Nature
Nature.com
Discovery bolsters theory that ancient mitochondria formed brand-new, specialized ‘sacs’ in cells by shedding their outer membranes.
date: 2026-04-27T19:20:04Z See News
Michigan State University
How giants that vanished 10,000 years ago triggered ripple effects that are still felt today - Phys.org
Phys.Org
Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed cats with 7-inch fangs and elephant-sized sloths. Woolly mammoths whose curved tusks grew longer than 12 feet. Even a three-ton wombat t…
date: 2026-04-27T19:00:11Z See News
Anthony Wood
Watch comet PANSTARRS 'switch on' its second tail as it makes closest approach to Earth - Space
Space.com
The ion tail appeared as Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS was about 45 million miles from Earth (72 million kilometers) during its closest approach.
date: 2026-04-27T18:48:31Z See News
Nicholas Werner
NASA Completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget - Jalopnik
Jalopnik
Our understanding of our universe will grow in bounds and, very likely, change forever.
date: 2026-04-27T18:25:00Z See News
Lydia Amazouz
World’s Darkest Skies Now Under Threat as Light Pollution Reaches Chile’s Astronomy Capital - The Daily Galaxy
The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
The Atacama Desert’s unmatched night skies are facing growing threats that could reshape the future of global astronomy.
date: 2026-04-27T17:45:00Z See News
Lydia Amazouz
Astronomers Capture Rare Quasar Pair Colliding Just 1 Billion Years After Big Bang - The Daily Galaxy
The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
A rare pair of merging quasars observed less than a billion years after the Big Bang offers new clues about black hole growth and cosmic evolution.
date: 2026-04-27T16:45:00Z See News
Victor Tangermann
Video Shows NASA Astronaut Struggling to Walk After Journey Around the Moon - Futurism
Futurism
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who traveled around the Moon and back, demonstrates that getting used to Earth's gravity isn't exactly easy.
date: 2026-04-27T16:41:11Z See News
University of Central Lancashire
Two suns are better than one—planets thrive around binary stars - Phys.org
Phys.Org
Planets may actually form more easily around double stars than around single stars like our sun, according to new research from astrophysicists at the University of Lancashire. Binary stars are common in our galaxy, yet for a long time astronomers believed th…
date: 2026-04-27T16:40:01Z See News
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Invasive plant helps mosquitoes grow faster and live longer - Earth.com
Earth.com
A study shows how an invasive plant can increase mosquito populations. Its decaying leaves help microbes grow, which feed mosquito larvae.
date: 2026-04-27T16:30:00Z See News