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Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss

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Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant

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From 700 A.D., a Pre-Viking Vessel Rises Into View

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Mountain building linked to major extinction event half a billion years ago

Mountain building linked to major extinction event half a billion years ago As life on Earth rapidly expanded a little over 500 million years ago during the "Cambrian explosion," Earth had tectonic plates slowly crashing into each other, building mountains and starting a series of unfortunate events that led to a mass… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF and DOE partner on new internship opportunity in clean hydrogen energy

NSF and DOE partner on new internship opportunity in clean hydrogen energy The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), have initiated a joint training and professional development opportunity for NSF-supported graduate students in… Read more at nsf.gov

Unconventional Sex Let Anglerfish Conquer the Deep Ocean

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The Textbooks Were Wrong About That Map of the Tongue’s Taste Buds

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Apex, the Largest Stegosaurus Fossil Ever Found, Heads to Auction

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Ancient Skull With Brain Cancer Preserves Clues to Egyptian Medicine

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Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible

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Climate change will make it harder to see the forest for the trees

Climate change will make it harder to see the forest for the trees Individual trees can't move to escape climate change, and new U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that species will be limited in their ability to migrate via seed dispersal and other methods because of a lack of symbiotic fungi… Read more at nsf.gov

How the Tree Lobster Escaped Extinction

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Here Comes Manhattanhenge 2024: When and How to Watch

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Rivers of Lava on Venus Reveal a More Volcanically Active Planet

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Don’t Let a Bird’s Feathers Fool You

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When ‘Prior Authorization’ Becomes a Medical Roadblock

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan From testifying in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing to celebrating new graduates entering the STEM enterprise, this week NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan reinforced the significance of the agency's… Read more at nsf.gov

NASA Astronauts to Wait Another Week for Boeing Starliner Launch

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Navajo Technical University partners with NSF center, creating new opportunities in materials research and education

Navajo Technical University partners with NSF center, creating new opportunities in materials research and education A partnership that began in 2017 between Navajo Technical University (NTU) and the U.S. National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Harvard University is providing Navajo students with new opportunities to pursue… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF invests $36M in computing projects that promise to maximize performance, reduce energy demands

NSF invests $36M in computing projects that promise to maximize performance, reduce energy demands The U.S. National Science Foundation is awarding $36 million to three projects selected for their potential to revolutionize computing and make significant impacts in reducing the carbon footprint of the lifecycle of computers. Funding for the… Read more at nsf.gov

Scanning the Dark Universe, Euclid Finds Scenes of Cosmic Light

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Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan On May 16, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, alongside Former Chair of the National Science Board Chair Dan Reed, testified to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF partners with Micron and GlobalFoundries to invest in semiconductor workforce development at minority-serving institutions

NSF partners with Micron and GlobalFoundries to invest in semiconductor workforce development at minority-serving institutions Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new partnership with Micron Technology, Inc., and GlobalFoundries (GF) to increase access to equitable education and develop the next generation of a diverse, semiconductor-ready science… Read more at nsf.gov

Supernova or Coronavirus: Can You Tell the Difference?

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How the Cockroach Took Over the World

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Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.

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Comet Fragment Flashes in the Night Sky Over Spain and Portugal

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63 Years Later, First Black Man Trained as Astronaut Goes to Space

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When an Eel Takes a Bite, Then an Octopus Might Lose an Arm but Take an Eye

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Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.

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The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone

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NSF planning major infrastructure overhaul to support future research in South Pole

NSF planning major infrastructure overhaul to support future research in South Pole The U.S. National Science Foundation released the draft of its South Pole Station Master Plan (SPSMP), which will inform investments planned under the NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Recapitalization program and ensure that the mission and priorities of… Read more at nsf.gov

The Unusual Evolutionary Journey of the Baobab Tree

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NSF announces pilot phase and anticipated opening date of Arecibo C3 at the site of the NSF Arecibo Observatory Historic District in Puerto Rico 

NSF announces pilot phase and anticipated opening date of Arecibo C3 at the site of the NSF Arecibo Observatory Historic District in Puerto Rico  | En Español | As excitement builds for the grand opening of the new U.S. National Science Foundation Arecibo Center for Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Science Education, Computational Skills, and Community Engagement (NSF Arecibo C3), anticipated… Read more at nsf.gov

Fossil Catches Starfish Cousin in the Act of Cloning Itself

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week was full of celebrations and milestones — including recognizing NSF staff and public servants for their hard work to better the nation; celebrating teachers for their dedication to educating the next generation of scientists, engineers and… Read more at nsf.gov

Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

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‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Investigate?

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Where to See the Northern Lights on Sunday Night

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Can Parrots Converse? Polly Says That’s the Wrong Question.

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Northern Lights Set to Return During Extreme Solar Storm’s 2nd Night

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Northern Lights Glow in the Sky Amid Solar Storm

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A New Tree of Flowering Plants? For Spring? Groundbreaking.

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Get Ready for a Solar Storm to (Maybe) Light Up the Sky

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A Severe Solar Storm Is Hitting the Earth, and Auroras May Be Visible

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From Ancient Charcoal, Hints of Wildfires to Come

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Massive Fossil Donation Helps Brazil’s National Museum Rise From the Ashes

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NSF announces a new EPSCoR Track-1 award to combat climate change in Kentucky 

NSF announces a new EPSCoR Track-1 award to combat climate change in Kentucky  The Commonwealth of Kentucky will receive $20 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). This program aims to support U.S. states and territories, also known as EPSCoR… Read more at nsf.gov

Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water

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The Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley

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Big data helps determine what drives disease risk

Big data helps determine what drives disease risk Working with nearly 3,000 observations across almost 1,500 host-parasite combinations, U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researchers at Notre Dame University have found that biodiversity loss, chemical pollution, introduced species and… Read more at nsf.gov

A Cicada’s Guide to Periodical Romance

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Afraid of Cicadas? This Entomologist Wants to Change That.

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When These Snakes Play Dead, Soiling Themselves Is Part of the Act

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Does NASA need two rides to the space station? Elon Musk says no.

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Who are the astronauts on the Starliner flight?

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NSF-led National AI Research Resource Pilot awards first round access to 35 projects in partnership with DOE

NSF-led National AI Research Resource Pilot awards first round access to 35 projects in partnership with DOE The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy are thrilled to announce the first 35 projects that will be supported with computational time through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, marking a… Read more at nsf.gov

How to Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad

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Our Reporter on the Cicada Lifecycle

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Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, has been actively forwarding science, education and engineering initiatives through meaningful collaborations with congressional leaders and NSF researchers. His… Read more at nsf.gov

Rubin Observatory's newly coated mirror will reflect the ever-changing universe with unparalleled completeness

Rubin Observatory's newly coated mirror will reflect the ever-changing universe with unparalleled completeness The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a research facility under construction in Chile and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, achieved a major milestone on April 27, 2024, with the successful… Read more at nsf.gov

Maps of Two Cicada Broods, Reunited After 221 Years

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How to Watch China’s Launch to the Far Side of the Moon

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Orangutan, Heal Thyself

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