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The magic of the world's rarest blood type
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The magic of the world's rarest blood type
Only one in every six million people have the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it could save lives.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Video: What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place? [2:50]
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What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Never Mind Rogue Planets. Their Rogue Moons Could Support Life
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Never Mind Rogue Planets. Their Rogue Moons Could Support Life
When massive stars explode as supernovae, the powerful blast can send planets off into space where they drift as rogue or free-floating planets. But what happens to their moons? Can their natural sate...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A happy circumstance: Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K to help public TV stations
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A happy circumstance: Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K to help public TV stations
Three paintings from public television legend Bob Ross have sold for over $600,000 at auction. The sales took place Tuesday at Bonhams in Los Angeles.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Art Deco Style: A Photographic Look at the Golden Age of Elegance
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Art Deco Style: A Photographic Look at the Golden Age of Elegance - Rare Historical Photos
A visual journey through the Art Deco era, showing stunning architecture, bold geometry, and timeless elegance from the golden age of design and innovation.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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The Push To Get Invasive Crabs On The Menu
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The Push To Get Invasive Crabs On The Menu | NOEMA
For chefs and fishermen in Maine, green crabs’ proliferation along the coast brings both a challenge and an opportunity.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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'When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong'
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When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
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November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Video: You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That [12:16]
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You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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'Shockingly large' amount of sensitive satellite communications are unencrypted and vulnerable to interception, researchers find
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'Shockingly large' amount of sensitive satellite data is unencrypted and vulnerable to interception, researchers find
'Shockingly large' amount of sensitive satellite data is unencrypted and vulnerable to interception, researchers find
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November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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'It sounded kind of crazy': How ripples in the high atmosphere warned scientists of a tsunami in real time
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'It sounded kind of crazy': How ripples in the high atmosphere warned scientists of a tsunami in real time
Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, scientists watched one unfold as it happened.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?
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Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?
Tearing up, sweating and other bodily functions are all signs that the body is trying to expel spicy foods as quickly as possible. But there is a simple reason why some people enjoy those sensations
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The computers that run on human brain cells
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The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Artist sneaks AI-generated print into museum gallery
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Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery
A visitor who noticed the piece says staff "admitted they had no idea about the piece or when it arrived".
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November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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How a Sea Creature’s Fossils Show All the Colors of the Rainbow
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How a Sea Creature’s Fossils Show All the Colors of the Rainbow
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November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Video: Love Immortal: the man devoted to defying death through cryonics [11:51]
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Love Immortal: the man devoted to defying death through cryonics – documentary
Alan has promised his wife, Sylvia, that they will be cryogenically preserved upon death, and reunited in the future. However, when Sylvia dies all too soon, Alan, now 87, falls in love with another w...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Chameleon’s Eyes Have Been Hiding a Secret
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Chameleon's Eyes Have Been Hiding a Secret
Chameleon's Eyes Have Been Hiding a Secret: Their wandering gaze results from a structural adaptation in their nerves.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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In a Skyscraper City, They Fix Cobblestone Streets by Hand
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In a Skyscraper City, They Fix Cobblestone Streets by Hand
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November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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On this day in 1918, WW1 ended abruptly, as illustrated by the silencing of artillery in this sound ranging tape
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Video: The Printing Press: How This 15th Century Invention Changed The World [58:49]
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The Printing Press: How This 15th Century Invention Changed The World
YouTube video by Progress - Science Documentaries
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November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Colon cancer is rising in young people. Finally, scientists have a clue about why.
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Colon cancer is rising in young people. Finally, scientists have a clue about why.
As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Roman Empire’s ‘road map’ is twice as extensive as previously thought
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The Roman Empire’s ‘road map’ is twice as extensive as previously thought
Modern geographic information systems have identified 186,000 miles of Roman roads and highways, combining all existing historical and archaeological sources
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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'This animal spared my life': Biologist bitten in head by shark hopes to meet it again
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Biologist bitten in head by shark hopes to meet animal again
Despite having worked with sharks for 30 years, Mexican Mauricio Hoyos never thought he would encounter one so close up.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
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ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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What Scientists Are Learning From Brain Organoids
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What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids
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November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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How squirrels actually find all their buried nuts
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How squirrels actually find all their buried nuts
Every fall, squirrels hide hundreds of acorns—and use smell, memory, and even theft to get them back.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM