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top 52%Ancient DNA reveals cacao was consumed in present-day Georgia 1,000 years ago
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold27 Aug 2026
Ancient DNA reveals cacao was consumed in present-day Georgia 1,000 years ago Paul Arnold Author One of the world's favorite sweet treats, chocolate, may have been enjoyed in eastern North America...
NASA's Webb telescope rules out two new Dyson sphere candidates
Phys.orgby Bruce Dorminey27 Aug 2026
NASA's Webb telescope rules out two new Dyson sphere candidates The latest Swedish-led search for technosignatures in the form of Dyson spheres has again come up empty-handed.
A space telescope was falling from orbit. Its rescue mission fell apart too
Science Newsby Marina Koren27 Aug 2026
A space telescope is falling out of orbit, and a rescue mission showed up just in time—but both are doomed.
Star Trek at 60: the secret of this pioneering series was its exploration of humanity, not aliens
The Conversation UKby Stephen McVeigh, Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University27 Aug 2026
When Star Trek first appeared on television screens 60 years ago, audiences expected science fiction to offer aliens, monsters and futuristic technology.
A Massive Iceberg Broke off Greenland. New Images Show What Led up to It
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie27 Aug 2026
A massive slab of ice has broken away from one of Greenland’s largest remaining floating glacier tongues, creating a Manhattan-sized iceberg in the Arctic Ocean.
Degraded DNA reveals two extinct Galapagos giant tortoise lineages
Phys.orgby Karen Guzman27 Aug 2026
Degraded DNA reveals two extinct Galapagos giant tortoise lineages Using a new combination of computational tools to analyze ancient DNA, Yale researchers have discovered two ancient, extinct giant...
AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
ScienceDaily27 Aug 2026
AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy - Date: - August 27, 2026 - Source: - Washington State University - Summary: - Researchers used AI to...
AI helps uncover oyster DNA changes linked to climate resilience
Phys.orgby Katya Poltorak27 Aug 2026
AI helps uncover oyster DNA changes linked to climate resilience While a colleague traveled along the East Coast from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico collecting oysters, Northeastern University...
Venus's mysterious clouds may hide an exceptionally strong light absorber
Phys.orgby Institute27 Aug 2026
Venus's mysterious clouds may hide an exceptionally strong light absorber Venus appears pale yellow in visible light, but ultraviolet images reveal dramatic dark and bright patterns moving with the...
This Tree Has Sap So Toxic It Causes Blurred Vision And Can Kill You
ScienceAlertby Starre Vartan27 Aug 2026
The Socotra variety of the desert rose (Adenium obesum) looks like a tree that a child might draw.
“I jumped from my chair” – Astronomers spot Betelgeuse’s hidden companion
ScienceDaily27 Aug 2026
“I jumped from my chair” – Astronomers spot Betelgeuse’s hidden companion - Date: - August 27, 2026 - Source: - ESO - Summary: - Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of Betelgeuse’s...
New clues about how space travel may affect women's health
Phys.orgby Dave Scheiber27 Aug 2026
New clues about how space travel may affect women's health As space missions become longer and ambitions for deep-space travel grow, scientists are working to understand how life beyond Earth may...
Stop Giving Your AI Agent a Search Box and Start Giving It Typed Tools, Hard Bounds, and a Gate It Cannot Talk Past | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Miodrag Cekikj27 Aug 2026
In the second article of this series, I retired the query router and made retrieval a fixed, fused pipeline where every question runs hybrid search and typed graph traversal.
Two decades of fieldwork produce the first complete guide to the native reptiles of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Phys.orgby Pensoft Publishers27 Aug 2026
Two decades of fieldwork produce the first complete guide to the native reptiles of the Turks and Caicos Islands A researcher from the University of North Carolina Asheville has published the first...
Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old
ScienceDaily27 Aug 2026
Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old Ancient teeth and human DNA are revealing a surprising history of insect eating.
How a ‘psychic’ horse named Clever Hans changed the way we do science
The Conversation UKby Matyáš Moravec, Lecturer in Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast27 Aug 2026
Do you sometimes wish that you had telepathic or other supernormal powers? Around a hundred years ago, some of the greatest minds in philosophy thought there were people who had such abilities.
Climate change is ‘very visible from space’, France's Sophie Adenot tells RFI
RFI Englishby RFI27 Aug 2026
Climate change is ‘very visible from space’, France's Sophie Adenot tells RFI In an exclusive interview with RFI and sister TV channel France 24 from the International Space Station, French...
NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors
The Conversation (US)by Don Figer, Professor and Director of the Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology27 Aug 2026
NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America’s spy program and decades of research into...
Mars rovers give scientists a ground-level view of the red planet – peek inside their NASA control room
The Conversation (US)by Ashwin R. Vasavada, Project Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA27 Aug 2026
Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a.m. I’m the first to arrive, even though I already feel late.