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NASA's Roman Space Telescope achieves nearly 30% better-than-required optical performance

A user says engineers sharpened Roman's view by moving a mirror one-sixteenth the width of a human hair.

3 Sources, 4h ago, updated 4h ago

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Museum specimens may help explain Brazil's 50-year-old frog mystery

Using museum specimens, scientists are tracing a deadly fungus linked to mysterious frog disappearances in Brazil decades ago, SciTechDaily says.

2 Sources, 16h ago, first seen 16h ago

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Fires and smoke reportedly surged across central and eastern Amazon since September 2026

SciTechDaily's NASA Earth Observatory article cites Douglas Morton attributing most fires then burning in the Brazilian Amazon to people.

4 Sources, 19h ago, first seen 19h ago

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Lasers Transform Ordinary Plastic into Billions of Nanodiamonds

A post says laser pulses on PET film produce roughly 10 trillion nanodiamonds each, about 3 nanometers wide.

2 Sources, 1d ago, first seen 1d ago

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Researchers Develop 'Super Ice' Claimed to Be 10× Stronger Than Regular Ice

A post says the material rivals concrete in strength and points to Arctic construction as a possible use.

3 Sources, 1d ago, updated 1d ago

Technology

WIRED revisits the doubts behind its 2014 Elizabeth Holmes interview

Former editor Adam Rogers recalls Theranos’s lack of published peer-reviewed data; interviewer Caitlin Roper believes the Q&A helped promote Holmes.

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“There’s a lot of weird things about her. She was speaking in this strange, low voice. She was wearing a Steve Jobs outfit—black turtleneck. She seemed like she was very precisely trying to project something.” - Caitlin Roper, a WIRED editor at the time and now Executive Producer for Scripted Film and TV at the New York Times

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Japan’s MMX Phobos sample-return mission launches on October 20

New Scientist reports that the mission aims to return a sample that may reveal how Phobos and Deimos formed.

63 Sources, 5h ago, updated 5h ago

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345-million-year-old fossil reportedly fooled scientists for decades

A post shares a headline describing the fossil as a decades-long source of confusion for scientists.

1 Source, 10d ago, first seen 10d ago

Science

AI skin scanner is claimed to spot hidden cancer

A post says the scanner can spot cancer before it becomes visible.

1 Source, 11d ago, first seen 11d ago

Science

Oyster reefs have a claimed $12 trillion potential

An October 2026 post presents the figure as a finding by scientists about reefs worldwide.

1 Source, 12d ago, first seen 12d ago

Science

Penguin poop feeds algae that darken Antarctic snow

NSIDC says the light-absorbing waste melts snow, while rising temperatures expand habitats for the algae it fertilizes.

3 Sources, 10d ago, updated 10d ago

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Perseverance rover reportedly finds a more complicated water history on Mars

HITpol says the NASA rover’s findings point to a Martian water history that was far more complicated than expected.

1 Source, 16d ago, first seen 16d ago

Science

Giant circular Rydberg atoms reportedly set three records without costly cooling

A post says University of Stuttgart scientists set records for the atoms’ lifetime, size and time held in a laser.

2 Sources, 16d ago, first seen 16d ago

Science

Analysis suggests Mars’ north-polar water ice is less dusty than expected

Sci.News reports that exposed ice may contain less than 3% dust, versus earlier estimates of up to 25%.

9 Sources, 18d ago, updated 18d ago

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NASA's Curiosity rover marks 5,000 Martian days with a Mars 'postcard'

ScienceDaily describes the image as a blend of morning and afternoon views, with Curiosity and its tracks visible.

2 Sources, 20d ago, first seen 20d ago

Science

NASA’s Roman telescope powers up its 300-megapixel camera

SciTechDaily says the camera’s first sweeping views are getting closer. A LiveScience headline describes neon-green stars in the telescope’s first test image.

2 Sources, 23d ago, first seen 23d ago

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Nearly 3,000 supernovae hint dark energy may change over time

SciTechDaily describes the dataset as the biggest yet and reports that it challenges dark energy theory.

2 Sources, 29d ago, first seen 29d ago

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope achieves nearly 30% better-than-required optical performance

Museum specimens may help explain Brazil's 50-year-old frog mystery

Fires and smoke reportedly surged across central and eastern Amazon since September 2026

Lasers Transform Ordinary Plastic into Billions of Nanodiamonds

Researchers Develop 'Super Ice' Claimed to Be 10× Stronger Than Regular Ice

WIRED revisits the doubts behind its 2014 Elizabeth Holmes interview

Japan’s MMX Phobos sample-return mission launches on October 20

345-million-year-old fossil reportedly fooled scientists for decades

AI skin scanner is claimed to spot hidden cancer

Oyster reefs have a claimed $12 trillion potential

Penguin poop feeds algae that darken Antarctic snow

Perseverance rover reportedly finds a more complicated water history on Mars

Giant circular Rydberg atoms reportedly set three records without costly cooling

Analysis suggests Mars’ north-polar water ice is less dusty than expected

NASA's Curiosity rover marks 5,000 Martian days with a Mars 'postcard'

NASA’s Roman telescope powers up its 300-megapixel camera

Nearly 3,000 supernovae hint dark energy may change over time

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope achieves nearly 30% better-than-required optical performance

Museum specimens may help explain Brazil's 50-year-old frog mystery

Fires and smoke reportedly surged across central and eastern Amazon since September 2026

Lasers Transform Ordinary Plastic into Billions of Nanodiamonds

Researchers Develop 'Super Ice' Claimed to Be 10× Stronger Than Regular Ice

WIRED revisits the doubts behind its 2014 Elizabeth Holmes interview

Japan’s MMX Phobos sample-return mission launches on October 20

345-million-year-old fossil reportedly fooled scientists for decades

AI skin scanner is claimed to spot hidden cancer

Oyster reefs have a claimed $12 trillion potential

Penguin poop feeds algae that darken Antarctic snow

Perseverance rover reportedly finds a more complicated water history on Mars

Giant circular Rydberg atoms reportedly set three records without costly cooling

Analysis suggests Mars’ north-polar water ice is less dusty than expected

NASA's Curiosity rover marks 5,000 Martian days with a Mars 'postcard'

NASA’s Roman telescope powers up its 300-megapixel camera

Nearly 3,000 supernovae hint dark energy may change over time