WeatherNext Did Not Give Jamaica an Extra Warning Day
Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext did not give Jamaica a documented extra day of official warning before Hurricane Melissa. The National Hurricane…
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What Are the Large Metal Balls Washing Up on Beaches?
Large metal balls found on beaches can have very different origins. Australia’s 2026 Forrest Beach spheres were likely rocket pressure vessels, while Japan’s 2023 sphere matched a hollow mooring buoy.
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SpudCell Completes a Full Synthetic Cell Cycle With a 90,000-base-pair Genome
SpudCell is a bottom-up synthetic cell that can feed, grow, replicate a roughly 90,000-base-pair genome, divide, and pass through multiple…
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The Best Place to Watch the 2026 Solar Eclipse Is Inside the Path of Totality
The best place to watch the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse is anywhere inside the narrow path of totality,…
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Japan Moved Eastward by up to 5.3 Meters in the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
Japan moved eastward by up to 5.3 meters in the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake, with the largest shift measured…
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Some Microbiome Products Help Selected Ageing Outcomes, but Broad Anti-ageing Benefits Remain Unproven
Prebiotics and probiotics can help some specific outcomes in older adults, but there is no good evidence yet that prebiotics,…
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Times Beach Became the Abandoned-town Case That Defined Superfund
Times Beach, Missouri is still the classic example of a town that had to be abandoned because dioxin contamination, amplified…
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The Milky Way Has a Thin Disk, a Thick Disk, and a Huge Halo
The Milky Way’s thin disk is about 700 light-years high, its thick disk is about 3,000 light-years high, and its…
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Historical Mysteries Are Past Events With Incomplete Evidence
A historical mystery is a past event, person, or claim that cannot yet be fully explained from the surviving evidence.Historiography…
