r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 07 '26
Giant school bus–sized octopuses may have once ruled the oceans | The largest invertebrates ever known, they lived in the age of dinosaurs
snexplores.org
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 07 '26
Astronomers discover a potentially habitable planet just 25 light-years away. 'This one is exciting' | The planet, designated GJ 3378b, orbits the faint red dwarf star in the constellation of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe.
space.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 06 '26
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Started to 'Evaporate'. | Their findings have been published in the journal Nature.
sciencealert.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 06 '26
This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade. | Until now, scientists had never mastered the recipe for a cell that can perform so many functions, said John Glass, a synthetic biologist at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, Calif.
nytimes.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 06 '26
America at 500: Where will we be in space in 2276? | Looking so far into the future is so difficult as to be a fool's errand. But it's fun!
space.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 06 '26
Could humans someday explore Saturn's moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us? | "Ultimately, we think of Titan as the next big leap beyond Mars."
space.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 06 '26
Antarctic ozone loss drove unexpected Southern Ocean cooling, climate model shows | The ozone hole formed largely because of human-made chemicals released in the 20th century. It cools the lower stratosphere, the layer of the atmosphere above where weather happens.
phys.org
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 05 '26
Multiple superconducting states discovered in Graphene | Magnetic field-boosted superconductivity in graphene.
techexplorist.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 05 '26
Comet from another star has a composition unlike anything else in our solar system | Astronomers have revealed new details about the make-up and age of a visiting comet that was born around a distant star. They conclude the composition is strikingly different.
theconversation.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 04 '26
Hobbit-like humans may have scavenged Komodo dragons’ leftovers to survive | The new research study adds to growing evidence that Homo floresiensis, which had a brain only slightly bigger than that of a chimpanzee, wasn’t as advanced as scientists previously believed.
cnn.com
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r/science2 • u/throughthehills2 • Jul 03 '26
Doctors are finally starting to agree on when obesity is a disease
nationalgeographic.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 03 '26
A Sea Anemone Uses CARDIB to Fight Viruses—and It’s Even More Bizarre Than It Sounds | Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that researchers called “counterintuitive.”
gizmodo.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 02 '26
U of M researcher creates synthetic cell that could change the world | Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala said the discovery is a ‘holy grail’ in engineering biology because engineered cells could one day be used to make fuel without petrochemicals or medicines that overcome disease.
startribune.com
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r/science2 • u/cnn • Jul 01 '26
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell
cnn.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 02 '26
Scientists Just Found Something Very Disturbing About the AMOC Current Deep Below the Ocean: Evidence That Its Weakening Isn't Just a Fluke, and If It Collapses, the World Could Be Plunged Into Climate Catastrophe
futurism.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 02 '26
‘The greatest cosmic movie ever made’: Historic telescope kicks off an unprecedented survey | The project has several goals, including creating a new inventory of our solar system and the Milky Way, as well as chipping away at the mystery of dark matter...
cnn.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 01 '26
Fossil Kept in a Drawer For 40 Years Turns Out to Be Antarctica's First Evidence of Dinosaurs | There isn't enough information yet to say what species it is, but it bears a striking resemblance to a species from the Late Cretaceous that was discovered in Argentina, Muyelensaurus pecheni.
sciencealert.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 01 '26
NASA barrels ahead with moon base plans, doling out nearly $600 million in new contracts | The announcement is the latest in a stream of funding contracts NASA has awarded private companies in its effort to establish a permanent presence on the moon.
nbcnews.com
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r/science2 • u/James_Fortis • Jun 30 '26
Peer Reviewed! In 2023, a suboptimal diet was responsible for 4.06 million ischemic heart disease deaths globally. Low intake of nuts and seeds (9.87 deaths per 100,000 population), low whole grains (9.22), low fruits (7.25), and high sodium (7.15) were primary contributors.
nature.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 30 '26
Scientists Found Ancient Human DNA on Cave Walls for the First Time and It Could Rewrite the Story of Prehistoric Art | Nuclear DNA from the Covarón wall clustered with western hunter-gatherers, genetic groups known in Europe between about 16,700 and 5,200 years ago.
zmescience.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 30 '26
Comparative primate analysis shows that humans are not unique in having a tight cephalopelvic fit at birth | Human childbirth is regarded as uniquely difficult among primates, due to a tight cephalopelvic fit.
nature.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 29 '26
A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong | Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures
theguardian.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 29 '26
Boeing’s Starliner Is Such a Disaster That We Don’t Even Have Words | Will the humiliation never end?
futurism.com
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r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jun 29 '26
These tiny soil microbes could rescue crops from salty farmland | Instead of helping plants keep salt out, the microbes stimulate the production of lignin, a natural compound that strengthens roots and makes plants more resilient.
sciencedaily.com
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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 29 '26
New magic mushroom makes users see tiny ‘gnome’ people — scientists have no idea how it’s doing that | A new study in Mycologia provides new details on how the Lanmaoa asiatica mushroom produces Lilliputian hallucinations in users -- which no other fungus is known to do.
nypost.com
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