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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance that our moon may be in trouble.

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Hubble Telescope scientist among new Royal Society of Edinburgh fellows

Cartoonist and artist Kate Charlesworth is also part of the 2025 cohort.

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Would you like to taste fish soup in VR? Me neither, but this electronic tongue does it anyway

It can also replicate cake, lemonade, and fried egg. Mmmm.

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Technology secretary Peter Kyle asks ChatGPT for science and media advice

Strong advocate of AI use in government asks chat tool which podcasts to appear on and to define ‘quantum’

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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

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Eclipse at sea: Best cruises for the total solar eclipse 2026

From Arctic frontiers to Mediterranean shores: The greatest 2026 total solar eclipses to give you the best view of totality.

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Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.

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New study sends nearly 1TB of data per second over 6G network — 9000 times faster than 5G

A new study looking at 6G connectivity managed to send nearly 1TB of data in a second, which would be 9000 times faster than current 5G networks.

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Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.

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Google claims it's been able to simulate 'self-replicating' digital life, but its 'primordial soup' needs a pinch of salt

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Humorous Comics By Tom Gauld For All The Book And Science Lovers Out There (35 New Pics)

Tom Gauld is a talented cartoonist and illustrator whose work combines humor with a touch of philosophy. The post Humorous Comics By Tom Gauld For All The Book And Science Lovers Out There (35 New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Multiple governments around the world have secretly agreed to restrict the export of quantum computers

The move has stumped the scientific community as there's no obvious reason for it.

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Mysterious quantum computing restrictions spread across multiple nations — UK cites national security risks and refuses to elaborate

Four EU states have all issued identical bans on the export of quantum computers with more than 34 qubits and error rates below a certain threshold. The nature of the bans is a mystery, with states declining to elaborate per national security concerns.

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50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses

A new analysis of two skeletons suggests that three modern human viruses infected Neanderthals around 50,000 years ago.

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80% Of Lightning Occurs Over The Land, But The Most Extreme Lightning Happens Over The Ocean

A new class of extreme compact storms that were previously under-appreciated showed that densest lightning occur over the ocean, not land. The post 80% Of Lightning Occurs Over The Land, But The Most Extreme Lightning Happens Over The Ocean first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Scientists Discover Four New Octopus Species, And The Images Are Otherworldly

Octopuses are so tenta-cool! The post Scientists Discover Four New Octopus Species, And The Images Are Otherworldly first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Drug prevents fentanyl overdose for a month in monkeys

An early study in monkeys suggests that an antibody therapy could prevent fentanyl overdose.

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Flu kills hundreds of elephant seals

“If the virus reaches those populations, they are in threat of extinction," one expert told New Scientist

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The sun may be smaller than we thought

New calculations suggest the sun is a few fractions of a percent smaller than previously estimated, and that could change how we study it.

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Did you solve it? Puzzles you can do in the pub

The answers to today’s bam-booze-lers

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Can you solve it? Puzzles you can do in the pub

Test yourself against the readers of New Scientist magazine

Evening Standard

What is the vagus nerve? Research shows stimulation could treat a range of conditions

Vagus comes from the Latin for ‘wandering’, reflecting its nearly 160,000 fibres that run through the body.

The Week

‘Cold tongue’: what the Pacific Ocean cool patch mystery says about climate change

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists.

LiveScience

What is the science behind déjà vu?

Déjà vu, the feeling of having experienced something before, is very common, but why does it happen?

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