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  1. ESA still seems shy about sharing news on Ariane 6 rocket testing

    Officials don't plan to broadcast a key Ariane 6 test-firing on its launch pad.

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  2. Ryugu samples reveal traces of rock from before the Sun existed

    Small bits of material in the asteroid contain isotopes made in specific stars.

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  3. A flawless Cygnus launch brings eras to a close

    A once-perfect example of US-Russian space collaboration now highlights its loss.

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  4. Infrared light reveals hidden portrait beneath 1943 René Magritte painting

    Research is part of broader collaborative project to study Magritte's materials and methods.

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  5. The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. What’s going on?

    Can wind shear and sinking air hold historically high sea temperatures at bay?

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  6. That time an Air Force sergeant spotted pulsars months before astronomers

    Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: "He happened to be a very observant person."

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  7. End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry

    Northrop Grumman just can't seem to settle on a rocket for its Cygnus supply ships.

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  8. GPT-3 aces tests of reasoning by analogy

    Undergrads get beaten on questions like those that helped get them into college.

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  9. Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works

    "The spacecraft will soon reach its final position."

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  10. A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work

    Want to really understand large language models? Here’s a gentle primer.

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  11. European satellite plunges back to Earth in first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry

    "This is quite unique, what we are doing here."

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  12. When it comes to keeping the fizz in your champagne, bottle size matters

    A 3-liter jeroboam can age for as long as 132 years before going flat.

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  1. Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice

    "I’ve never seen anything like this."

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  2. NASA temporarily loses contact with one of its most distant spacecraft

    The Voyagers were launched nearly half a century ago.

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  3. Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

    There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.

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  4. Increasing levels of humidity are here to make heat waves even worse

    This summer's heat is only a preview of what's in store for our future.

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  5. Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark

    The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.

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  6. Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared

    Cause of Guillain-Barré cases is under investigation, but gut microbe suspected.

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  7. Namibian fairy circle debate rages on: Sand termites or Turing mechanism? [Updated]

    Study offers four-point rebuttal to 2022 claim that they're a kind of eco-Turing pattern.

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  8. The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion

    "NASA is looking to go to Mars with this system."

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  9. Boeing has now lost $1.1 billion on Starliner, with no crew flight in sight

    "We're not really ready to talk about a launch opportunity yet."

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  10. Dinosaurs and the evolution of breathing through bones

    Dinosaurs' hyper-efficient breathing system also evolved in two other lineages.

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  11. Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout

    The death gap between Democrats and Republicans was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates.

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  12. Mass extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from climate change, studies say

    Ocean stagnation, ecosystem collapses, and volcano eruptions all played a role.

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  1. Climatologists: July’s intense heat “exactly what we expected to see”

    Deadly temperatures will become common unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut fast.

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  2. SpaceX teases another application for Starship

    "SpaceX could itself become a large commercial LEO destination."

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  3. After bopping an asteroid 3 years ago, NASA will finally see the results

    "Every sample here has a story to tell."

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  4. Understanding the octopus and its relationships with humans

    A new book tracks the human fascination with octopuses across centuries.

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  5. Long-forgotten frozen soil sample offers a warning for the future

    Ancient soil was buried under a mile of ice until excavated during the Cold War.

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  6. A promising Internet satellite is rendered useless by power supply issues

    "The mission of providing Internet connectivity in Alaska will be delayed."

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  7. New legged robots designed to explore planets as a team

    Even if one robot fails, the rest of the team can offset its loss.

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  8. Rocket Report: Space Force to pick three; Pythom strikes back

    "With this mission we’ve made big strides toward reusability."

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  9. Could there be upsides to being a psychopath?

    It may be that all of us have a little psychopathology inside—with some positives.

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  10. “Church of Bleach” family guilty on all counts, plans to appeal

    The family, who represented themselves, did not speak during the trial.

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  11. DART asteroid impact created a 10,000-kilometer debris field of boulders

    The asteroid-smashing planetary defense mission knocked some large rocks free.

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  12. This white dwarf star has two “faces”

    One side is all helium, and the other side is all hydrogen, baffling astronomers.

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