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The clock is officially ticking.
George Dvorsky
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George is a senior staff reporter at Gizmodo.
Nov 12
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting this Saturday for the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, in…
Nov 12
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Why leave Earth in search of aliens when you can just dive right into our oceans? No doubt, the seas are filled with…
Nov 11
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An extensive survey of deep waters off the coast of Australia has resulted in a trove of bigfin squid sightings. And…
Nov 10
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Using radar and other ice-penetrating instruments, scientists have detected a “fossil lakebed” preserved beneath the…
Nov 10
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Recent experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that some microbes can harvest valuable rare-ea…
Nov 9
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Jim Bridenstine will reportedly step down soon from his top role at NASA, saying he would be a poor fit for the job…
Nov 9
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Another cable has fallen onto the reflector dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, in yet another…
Nov 6
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Voters in Colorado have approved Proposition 114, forcing the state government to reintroduce the gray wolf. It’s…
Nov 5
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The world’s biggest iceberg—called A68a—is heading directly towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, where…
Nov 4
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Conventional thinking in anthropology has it that prehistoric hunting was an activity reserved for males, while…
Nov 4
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For the first time ever, astronomers have linked an actual object to those mysterious radio bursts they’ve been…
Nov 3
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Mission operators have been unable to send radio transmissions to the Voyager 2 space probe since mid-March, but a…
Nov 2
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Free-floating planets are not bound to any star, having been dumped from their original home systems. New research…
Oct 30
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A gigantic pool of magma emerged beneath Earth’s surface following the impact event that wiped out all non-avian…
Oct 30
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The platypus is nature’s crazy quilt, as this strange creature looks like about a half-dozen different animals all…
Oct 29
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Black biologist Charles Henry Turner was doing groundbreaking research into animal cognition at the turn of the 20th…
Oct 29
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Octopuses, with their eight suction-cup-covered arms, can taste objects simply by touching them. A team of…
Oct 28
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A re-analysis of two fossils found in the 1980s has led to the discovery of an absolutely enormous Antarctic seabird.
Oct 28
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An isolated coral reef measuring 1,640 feet tall has been discovered off the coast of Australia. Known as a detached…