A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their experiments helped make D-Day possible.

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A diver from the British Royal Navy wore a self-contained suit without a cable attaching him to a ship in 1944.

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NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military

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Bill Nelson, now administrator of NASA, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Bill Nelson, now administrator of NASA, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Cloud seeding probably didn't cause Dubai's floods. The UAE has been trying to control its weather for years, and the US does it too.

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A cloud-seeding rocket is launched in an attempt to make rain in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China.

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Government investment into research and development has helped the UK become a leader in life sciences, engineering biology, and artificial intelligence.

Photos of torrential Dubai flash floods show the downsides of trying to control the weather

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Vehicles hardly move on flooded streets due to heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024.
Vehicles hardly move on flooded streets due to heavy rain in Dubai on April 16, 2024.

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Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund

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Messier 74, nicknamed "the Phantom Galaxy" for its dimness, comes to life when Chandra revealed its X-ray activity (purple) alongside observations from Hubble and Webb.

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US-Russia collaboration has long endured in space. The Ukraine war could ruin it.

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NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, members of the International Space Station Expedition 70-71 main crew, on September 15, 2023.

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NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life

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A rock core is visible inside the Perseverance rover's sample tube.

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Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them

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In 2014, a fishing vessel caught a colossal squid, which New Zealand researchers dissected.

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Scientists solved the 70-year-old mystery of an insect's invisibility coat that can manipulate light

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Leafhoppers (left) are a common backyard insect that secrete amazingly complex nanoparticles called brochosomes (right).

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