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Pentagon Says Extraterrestrials May Have Already Visited Earth
According to a draft document (which is under review) released by the Pentagon, intelligent extraterrestrial beings might have already visited Earth and even be monitoring life here via research devices—or probes. Written by …
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Volcanoes on Venus, the history of reggaeton, gravity-free drinking in space and more from around the web
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NASA’s Space Cup Holds Liquids Without Gravity
Drinking in space is typically tricky, as liquids separate into droplets without Earth’s gravitational pull. However, researchers at NASA have devised a way to drink from an open-top cup without gravity or …
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How ancient grains could be the future of food, responsible use of AI, clean energy ideas and more from around the web
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Useful Secrets Within a 4.2-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid
Three tiny fragments were collected by a Japanese spacecraft in 2005 from a 4.2-billion-year-old asteroid known as Itokawa. Smaller than the diameter of a hair, these components contain information that could help …
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Self-healing concrete, gemstones on Mars, a viable alternative to palm oil and more
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East Coast skate culture, expanding reproductive health access, protein pulled from air and more news
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An Astrophysicist on Why We Haven’t Heard From Extraterrestrials, Yet
In a recent paper penned by Amri Wandel, the astrophysicist aims to explain why extraterrestrials still haven’t made contact with us here on Earth. Wandel dives into numbers to illustrate “the size …
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An "upcycled" skyscraper, a magnet for microplastics, a swimming dinosaur discovery and more