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A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Alleg 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2025 May 21 3 691

Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year 1 k_buddy762 May 21 May 21 4 347

Favorite Neurotransmitter/Peptide (Poll) 12 mr715 May 20 May 20 4 725

Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective 2 NNadir May 18 May 19 5 524

14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenar 4 nitpicked May 19 May 19 8 682

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 5 nitpicked May 19 May 19 32 1311

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' 0 nitpicked May 19 May 19 2 356

What scientists have learned from Mount St. Helens' devastating eruption, 45 years later 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 May 18 13 697

Your Brain: Who's in Control? Full Documentary NOVA PBS 2 Uncle Joe May 18 May 18 12 654

The film version of Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" can be watched on line for free. 4 NNadir May 15 May 17 5 551

This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark 8 sl8 May 17 May 17 12 1149

Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study 5 erronis May 17 May 17 19 849

Mars: A Study in Blue (APOD) 0 SorellaLaBefana May 17 May 17 2 333

There's likely a test. Would you really want to know the result? 9 NNadir May 16 May 16 13 945

Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior: Research hints at an underlying architecture 6 erronis May 16 May 16 7 729

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 2 355

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 k_buddy762 May 16 May 16 0 131

Hmm...Anyone with enough chemistry kmowledge to guess why some scientists think Mars water broke down into.... 12 electric_blue68 May 15 May 16 2 884

Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 9 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 619

Another view of our Home from Gaia: This from the Top Down (APOD) 2 SorellaLaBefana May 13 May 15 11 531

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon? 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 15 6 395

Have astronomers found Planet Nine? 2 William Seger May 15 May 15 12 688

Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria 0 canetoad May 14 May 14 7 456

The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History - Veritasium (teflon and "forever chemicals") 1 sl8 May 14 May 14 7 757

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Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 0 Jilly_in_VA May 14 May 14 10 363

Flamingos Make Tiny Tornadoes In Water To Trap Their Prey 1 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 441

JWST Captures Jupiter's Auroras 'Fizzing And Popping With Light' 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 6 375

Chimpanzees are practising first aid--and not just on themselves 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 853

Brain activity of slumbering bees may inform human sleep and memory disorders 0 erronis May 13 May 13 4 324

Science Continued...

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Versatile fungi-based living material is tear-resistant and can even be safely eaten 2 erronis May 13 May 13 7 493

Stepping Way Back from how our World is seen: Our Galaxy from the outside on the side (APOD) 3 SorellaLaBefana May 12 May 13 32 1292

Parrot-to-Parrot Video Calls 9 CloudWatcher May 12 May 12 10 767

First surface rupture ever filmed..3.28.25. Seeing the Earth moving in different directions 3 Demovictory9 May 12 May 12 29 2177

Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought 9 erronis May 12 May 12 13 865

Wily parasite kills human cells and wears their remains as disguise 3 erronis May 12 May 12 8 668

Eric Topol: *multiple* studies show a relationship between shingles vaccine and reduced dementia 3 scipan May 11 May 12 4 460

A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years - Smithsonian Magazine 11 Rhiannon12866 May 2 May 11 17 1112

Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language 0 Jim__ May 9 May 9 6 436

'Big One' coupled with rising ocean could leave many in Northwest living in flood zones, study finds 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 9 4 458

Would a musical triangle of any other shape sound as sweet? -- phys.org 3 erronis May 6 May 9 7 510

Mile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 9 May 9 18 1042

Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry 0 erronis May 9 May 9 4 425

'The parasite was in the driver's seat' 7 Bayard May 9 May 9 9 978

Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye 5 milestogo May 9 May 9 7 671

Prescription Drug Combinations May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Suggests 1 Bayard May 9 May 9 13 653

And the winner of this year's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest is 4 cbabe May 8 May 8 8 522

The History behind Hyper-Catalan Series Solutions to Polynomial Equations -- with Dean Rubine 2 xocetaceans May 7 May 7 4 401

New study shows that birds form bonds that look a lot like friendship 2 erronis May 7 May 7 6 496

After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom 5 Ponietz May 6 May 6 10 684

Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space -- phys.org 1 erronis May 6 May 6 12 667

Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove -- Quanta Magazine 1 erronis May 5 May 6 8 537

Possible evidence found of cuttlefish waving to each other as a form of communication 1 erronis May 5 May 6 3 458

New quantum theory of gravity developed 1 jgo May 6 May 6 10 706

Huge fossilised claws discovered by scientists belong to mysterious new species 8 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 32 1264

Who is Nancy Grace Roman? 0 turbinetree May 4 May 4 17 519

New theory about spinning universe could be the answer to "Hubble tension" 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 466

Scientists Direct Cyborg Cicadas to Play a Horrendous Droning Rendition of "Pachelbel's Canon" 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 2 664

Cell division myths busted: What we've taught for 100 years is wrong 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 11 671

New data from NASA's Juno mission shows winds beneath Jupiter and Io surfaces 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 399

Science Continued...

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More people are permanently changing their eye color. How risky is it? 4 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 609

Surprisingly simple method makes a low-cost, tuneable liquid lens 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 392

New research traces heavy elements to collapsing stars 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 4 306

Mobi & Kisumu: A Silverback's Gentle Love for His Daughter 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 May 4 23 977

Expect Increases in Foodborne Illness -- Christopher J. Harrison - Medscape 4 erronis May 2 May 3 6 538

Exoplanet discovered in 2020 has the coldest temperatures ever measured, scientists say 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 May 2 2 401

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences 7 Jim__ May 1 May 2 16 1154

A science joke for your Sunday 3 PJMcK Apr 27 May 1 5 633

This continent is slowly splitting apart, creating a new ocean 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 30 Apr 30 9 772

Experiment using AI-generated posts on Reddit draws fire for ethics concerns -- Retraction Watch 6 erronis Apr 28 Apr 29 4 502

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City 3 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 29 4 529

For the first time, wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing 'boozy' fruit 6 erronis Apr 21 Apr 29 10 710

Open-access AI tool makes biomedical image analysis accessible to non-experts 0 erronis Apr 29 Apr 29 3 427

Amazon set for launch of Starlink-rival satellites 5 Jim__ Apr 28 Apr 29 2 499

Google Is Training a New A.I. Model to Decode Dolphin Chatter--and Potentially Talk Back 0 Judi Lynn Apr 28 Apr 28 6 425

Theranostic Nuclear Medicine With Radioactive Isotopes: Looking at the Pictures 2 NNadir Apr 27 Apr 27 2 457

Defying 60 Years of Physics - "Strange Metals" Break the Rules of Electricity 3 erronis Apr 27 Apr 27 35 1400

Rice-sized robot could rewrite the neurosurgery playbook 2 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 6 438

Head Injuries Are a Growing Risk for Anesthesiologists, Experts Warn 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 38 1626

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