An audio simulation of the gentle twinkling of a star sounds much more menacing than you think

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Stars photographed from the nature reserve of the Sierra Mariola in Bocairent, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe.

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2 meteor showers will peak Monday and last into August. One could produce dazzling fireballs.

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A clear photo of the Delta Aquariids meteor shower over Mount St. Helens. The Milky Way, with its grey white clouds, lies in a vibrant streak against the indigo night sky. Streaks of bright white light criss cross the sky.
The Delta Aquariids meteor shower and Milky Way over Mount St. Helens, at Windy Ridge in Washington State with Mt. Hood, Oregon visible in the lower left corner.

How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon

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A woman dancing in front of an atomic bomb explosion with the Atomic Energy Commission logo to the left and a snippet of a document stating that the use of explosives is
A composite image showing a nuclear blast, and a logo and promotional writing from the US Atomic Energy Commission.

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The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

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An annotated map of Egypt and Israel shows the placement of the existing Suez Canal and an approximation of plans for a canal through Israel that the US considered in the 1960s.

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Scientists have revived 'zombie' bugs and viruses before that were trapped in ancient ice. One may have been 8 million years old.

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A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.
A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.

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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.

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Two reserachers, Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway, lean over a grey-brown piece of core with engrossed looks on their faces. The man on the left is pointing with a gloved hand to something on the core we can't see, he appears to be saying something.
Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway inspecting the sub-ice core from the Project Iceworm drilling.

Photograph by David Atwood, U.S.

China is installing offshore wind turbines as tall as 30 Rock in the Taiwan Strait

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A boat sails past wind turbines north of Pingtan Island, opposite Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 10, 2023.

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The remains of long-lost climbers are appearing as climate change melts glaciers

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Ice on a glacier melting into dripping water.
A melted glacier revealed the remains of a long-lost German mountain climber this month.

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Scientists say they have induced 'virgin births' in fruit flies for the first time by switching on the right genes

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Fruit fly, Drosophila mercatorum
Fruit fly, Drosophila mercatorum

Jose Casal and Peter Lawrence

They were slaughtered for their blubber, and nearly wiped out in Brazil. Decades later, humpback whales are making a comeback.

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A humpback whale breaches off in the coast of Ilhabela, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil July 22, 2023.
A humpback whale breaching off in the coast of Ilhabela, an archipelago in South-East Brazil, at the end of July.

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