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July 22, 2023
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A herd of orphan elephants could be the key to bringing back the woolly mammoth

Orphaned elephants in Botswana are about to receive some help thanks to a pioneering collaboration between wildlife foundation Elephant Havens and biotech company Colossal. The collaboration will see AI used to study elephant behavior, to aid the …

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Space.com

Watch SpaceX launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit tonight

SpaceX plans to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (July 22), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight …

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Livescience.com

Scientists just made the largest quasicrystal ever — because one of them bet it couldn’t be done

The quasicrystal, a type of non-repeating crystal once deemed impossible, was made by jiggling thousands of metal balls in a tray for over a week.

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Phys.Org

Mammal bites dinosaur in ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ fossil find

A badger-like mammal was sinking its teeth into the ribs of a dinosaur three times its size when they were buried in volcanic ash 125 million years ago, capturing the pair in a deadly embrace. The fight scene, preserved in a fossil discovered in China, …

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Lake County News

Space News: New study reveals NASA’s Roman could find 400 Earth-mass rogue planets

This artist’s concept shows an ice-encrusted, Earth-mass rogue planet drifting through space alone. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. New research by scientists from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University suggests that rogue planets — worlds that …

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CTV News

Poor eyesight is a barrier for long-term space missions. So what causes it?

Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — When astronauts are in space for long periods of time, the impact of no gravity can weigh on their bodies, including their eyes. Often when they return to …

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Phys.Org

Hubble images a starstruck galaxy

The irregular galaxy Arp 263 lurks in the background of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but the view is dominated by a stellar photobomber, the bright star BD+17 2217. Arp 263—also known as NGC 3239—is a patchy, irregular galaxy …

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NASA releases image from James Webb Telescope showing close-up on birth of Sun-like stars

“In just one year, the James Webb Space Telescope has transformed humanity’s view of the cosmos, peering into dust clouds and seeing light from faraway corners of the universe for the very first time. Every new image is a new discovery, …

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Wicked Local

See Earth’s closest planetary neighbors aligned in the sky through Saturday night

Through Saturday night, stargazers will be able to see the three planets closest to Earth — Mercury, Venus and Mars — aligned in the evening sky. “We have a nice planetary alignment — or conjunction — right after sunset,” said Tim Brothers, …

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Phys.Org

New study uncovers potential risk of arsenic release from sediment under organic matter influence

Researchers from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences have conducted a study to assess the impact of environmental factors and microbial communities on the mobilization of arsenic (As). The findings, published in the journal …

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