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Tag: Science

NASA’s 25% Budget Cut Cancels Dozens of Science Projects to Fund Mars Exploration
Space

NASA’s 25% Budget Cut Cancels Dozens of Science Projects to Fund Mars Exploration

June 3, 2025

The atmosphere of confusion and disarray communicated generally from several peripheral government agencies and departments since the second Trump…

Chinese Scientists Successfully Test Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb
World News

Chinese Scientists Successfully Test Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb

April 20, 2025April 21, 2025

According to results published in a Chinese military-science journal last month, chemists have detonated a non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb that…

US Dietary Guidelines Flagged for ‘Critically Low-Quality’ Data, Poor Reproducibility and Inadequate Justifications
Nutrition

US Dietary Guidelines Flagged for ‘Critically Low-Quality’ Data, Poor Reproducibility and Inadequate Justifications

February 4, 2025

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have revealed significant methodological flaws in the systematic reviews used to create the…

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes
Nutrition

Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes

September 2, 2024

One might say the ideological battle over the optimal human diet has devolved into something like a cafeteria food…

What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Fall?
Culture

What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Fall?

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

Depending on where you live in the world, you may be opening this story with every tree in your…

Giant Study Says Increase Native Tree Richness and Control Maritime Ports to Prevent Invasive Species Epidemics
Environment

Giant Study Says Increase Native Tree Richness and Control Maritime Ports to Prevent Invasive Species Epidemics

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

In Northern Italy, every year between May and June, the forests are alive with the humming of bees. Forest…

History’s First Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pure Cannabinol Proves Groundbreaking
Medicine

History’s First Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pure Cannabinol Proves Groundbreaking

July 28, 2023July 31, 2023

Conducted by two private companies beyond the scope of universities, hospitals, or government agencies, the world’s first trial of…

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone
Space

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone

July 27, 2023August 1, 2023

In a fascinating star system 370 light-years from Earth, scientists studying with the James Webb Space Telescope have found…

Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet
Space

Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet

July 4, 2023

In its most recent discovery, NASA’s Perseverance rover is surveying the curvilinear flow of a wild river that bears…

Scientists Find SSRIs and Psychedelics Work in Similar Way, Hope to Create Better Medicines
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Scientists Find SSRIs and Psychedelics Work in Similar Way, Hope to Create Better Medicines

June 6, 2023June 28, 2023

In a mouse study, researchers found that the psychedelics LSD and psilocybin bind to the same neuroreceptor as clinically…

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being
ArchivesMedicine

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being

December 16, 2021July 28, 2023

History’s largest real-world evidence study, consisting of nearly 3,000 participants, has just produced some stunning results on the use…

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China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration

March 10, 2021

PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…

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Australia Blows Science’s Collective Mind by Mapping 3 Million Galaxies in 300 Hours

December 2, 2020

PICTURED: The 36-collective units of the ASKAP telescope system in Australia. WESTERN OUTBACK, Australia, December 1st, 2020. The world-leading…

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Moon’s Surface Safe for Up to 6 Months of Human Habitation — Study

September 30, 2020

PICTURED: The Chang’e-4 Lunar Lander, the first major step in Chinese space exploration, records its environment from the depths…


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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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