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Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found
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Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found
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February 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Video: What if you made a jetpack using rifles? [4:37]
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What if you made a jetpack using rifles?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Scientists Find Genes That Are Actually Older Than the Ancestor of All Living Things
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Scientists Find Genes That Are Actually Older Than the Ancestor of All Living Things
Universal paralogs are helping scientists rewrite the history of early life on Earth
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February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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These Parasitic Beetles Mimic the Smell of Flowers So They Can Trick Bees and Raid Their Nests, New Research Suggests
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These Parasitic Beetles Mimic the Smell of Flowers So They Can Trick Bees and Raid Their Nests, New Research Suggests
They might be the first animals known to fake a floral scent
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February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
Incarcerated in rough barracks surrounded by barbed wire and armed soldiers, Japanese Americans made functional and beautiful items to ease their suffering.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade
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Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zone of occupied Minneapolis. What do you know about cities inside economic blockades? I know about the Prussian siege of Paris, when the trapped Parisia…
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February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Why Scientists Just Shot Lasers at Charles Darwin’s Priceless Specimens
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Why Scientists Just Shot Lasers at Charles Darwin’s Priceless Specimens
Museums around the world hold more than 100 million fluid-preserved specimens, many of which are too fragile or dangerous to open.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Mathematicians discover new ways to make round shapes
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Mathematicians discover new ways to make round shapes
A new proof solves a long-standing problem about the doughnut-shaped torus
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February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
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February 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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The National Gallery of Art Acquires 17th-Century Masterpiece by Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi
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The National Gallery of Art Acquires 17th-Century Masterpiece by Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi
"Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" is the gallery's first work by the Italian artist, who was one of the most influential female painters of her time
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February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.
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Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.
The first in a wave of legal cases alleging that social media is dangerously addictive is now on trial.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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How do birds stay warm in winter?
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How do birds stay warm in winter?
Puffing up is just the start.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Video: When Flowers Made Earth Super Flammable [12:12]
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The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants
YouTube video by PBS Eons
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February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Study: AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
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AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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This Carved, Painted Zapotec Tomb Is Mexico’s Most Important Archaeological Discovery in a Decade
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This Carved, Painted Zapotec Tomb Is Mexico's Most Important Archaeological Discovery in a Decade
The tomb features the carvings of a huge owl head and at least three probable ancestors
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February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Is it illegal to make online videos of someone without their consent? The law on covert filming
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Is it illegal to make online videos of someone without their consent? The law on covert filming
In the UK, filming someone in public – even covertly – is not automatically unlawful.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Why Some People Think in Words, While Others Think in Pictures
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Why Some People Think in Words, While Others Think in Pictures & Feelings
The age of social media has shown humanity a fair few truths about itself, not all of them flattering. But once in a while, one of the waves of discourse that roll through the internet really does hel...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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See a Rare, Bus-Sized Giant Phantom Jelly Wade Through Ocean Waters Off the Coast of Argentina
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See a Rare, Bus-Sized Giant Phantom Jelly Wade Through Ocean Waters Off the Coast of Argentina
A recent deep-sea expedition along the country's entire length documented the jellyfish, along with a surprising number of other species
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February 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Video: The System That Punishes Beautiful Design [26:40]
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The System That Punishes Beautiful Design
YouTube video by Design Theory
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February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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'In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests. What we hear matters more than ever'
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In the Australian outback listening for nuclear tests is more important than ever
As the New START treaty curbing the US and Russian nuclear weapons programs expires, the work we do here in the red centre has become more important than ever before.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Can current space law handle the new space age?
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Can current space law handle the new space age?
The question is no longer if space governance must evolve, but how quickly it can keep pace with the realities of the new space age.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Some People Are Allergic to Coldness, and It Can Be Deadly
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Some People Are Allergic to the Cold, and It Can Be Deadly
It’s safe to say most people don’t love cold weather, but for those with this rare allergy, the cold can actually kill.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Video: “Television Makeup” in the 1930s was… odd. [20:53]
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Following a 1933 Guide for “Television Makeup”
YouTube video by Swofford
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February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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The Monstrous Appetite of Japanese Giant Salamanders
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The Monstrous Appetite of Japanese Giant Salamanders
The Monstrous Appetite of Japanese Giant Salamanders: Body size pushes these river monsters to become apex predators.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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A Night-Club Map of Harlem by E. Simms Campbell, 1932 [NSFW]
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A Night-Club Map of Harlem by E. Simms Campbell, 1932 - Flashbak
In 1932, Elmer Simms Campbell drew his map of night-clubs in Harlem, NYC - a scene of music, drink and drugs.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM