A newly discovered sungrazer comet was photographed approaching the sun during last week’s solar eclipse before it evaporated into dust particles.
Covid-19 cases discovered on one US Navy ship in Middle East, suspected cases on a second
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Washington About a dozen sailors and Marines onboard the USS San Diego tested positive for Covid-19 while the ship was deployed to the Middle East, the Navy said in a statement Thursday. The amphibious transport shi...
Hoe 2 teenagers discovered 4 scientifically valuable exoplanets
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Kartik Pinglé and Jasmine Wright haven't graduated from high school yet. But they've already discovered four new exoplanets and co-authored a peer-reviewed paper. Their paper about the newly discovered planets, wat ...
CNN exclusive: A solar panel in space is collecting energy that could one day be beamed to anywhere on Earth
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Scientists working for the Pentagon have successfully tested a solar panel the size of a pizza box in space, designed as a prototype for a future system to send electricity from space back to any point on Earth. Th ...
Antarktiese sponse wat onder die ysrak ontdek is, is wetenskaplikes verbaas
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Die toevallige ontdekking van vreemde lewensvorme op 'n rotsblok onder die ysrak van die Antarktika het wetenskaplikes in die war gebring.. Navorsers het deurgedring 900 meter ys in die Filchner-Ronne-ysrak, s ...
A newly discovered chameleon less than an inch long could be the world’s smallest reptile
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The smallest known reptile in the world can fit on your fingertip. It's known as Brookesia nana, of "nano-chameleon," and it's a blotchy brown lizard that usually doesn't surpass an inch in body length. Voorheen 2012...
Mysterious untreatable fevers once devastated whole families. This doctor discovered what caused them
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It's an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague -- but until 20 jare terug, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn't explain why those afflicted, often in the same ...
Capitol Police investigating after congressman discovered carrying a gun when attempting to go on the House floor
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US Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was stopped from bringing a concealed gun onto the House floor on Thursday, bronne aan CNN gesê, the first time a member of Congress has be...
Inside Joe Biden’s newly decorated Oval Office
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Washington The press got its first glimpse of President Joe Biden's Oval Office on Wednesday, showing how in a matter of hours the office has visibly transformed in both dramatic and subtle ways to reflect the taste ...
Massiewe data-oortreding is moontlik ontdek as gevolg van 'ongedwonge fout’ deur vermeende Russiese kuberkrakers
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Amerikaanse amptenare en kundiges in die private sektor wat die massiewe data-oortreding ondersoek wat Washington geskok het, glo toenemend dat die aanvallers uiteindelik ontdek is omdat hulle 'n meer aggressiewe "bereken ...
New ‘sea dragon’ species discovered by amateur fossil hunter off English coast
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A British fossil hunter has found a previously unidentified "sea dragon" on the southern English coast. Steve Etches unearthed the well-preserved ichthyosaur fossil in limestone on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. He t...
New whale species discovered in Mexico
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Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say they have found a previously unknown species of whale. Three beaked whales were spotted last month by a team of scientists working with the Sea Shepherd Conserv...
Iridescent snake with shimmering scales discovered in Vietnam
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In 2019, American and Vietnamese scientists were researching biodiversity in the jungles and mountains of Vietnam when they stumbled upon a strange-looking snake. It was dark and iridescent, its scales shifting thro...