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Topic: Science (page 25)

This artist’s impression shows a two-star system where micronovae may occur. The blue disc swirling around the bright white dwarf in the centre of the image is made up of material, mostly hydrogen, stolen from its companion star. As the material falls on the hot surface of the star, it triggers a micronova explosion, contained by the magnetic fields at one of the white dwarf’s poles. (ESO/M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada)

The supernova's tiny counterpart

Nicole Karlis
Thermal images of Neptune taken between 2006 and 2020. (ESO/M. Roman, NAOJ/Subaru/COMICS)

Neptune's seasons are broken

Nicole Karlis
Easter eggs in the decorative nest (Getty Images/Vikusha)

What makes bird eggs so colorful

Matthew Rozsa
A part of complex Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is seen underground during the Open Days at the CERN particle physics research facility on September 14, 2019 in Meyrin, Switzerland. The 27km-long Large Hadron Collider is currently shut down for maintenance, which has created an opportunity to offer access to the public. (Ronald Patrick/Getty Images)

The particle that could break physics

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
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A bright comet with large dust and gas trails (Getty Images/solarseven)

The most massive comet ever found

Matthew Rozsa
Omphalotus nidiformis, or ghost fungus (Getty Images/Louise Docker Sydney Australia)

Are mushrooms talking to each other?

Eric Schank
Orangutans (Getty Images/Photo by James Keith)

Orangutans have their own "dialects"

Eric Schank
(Getty/puchan)

The dinosaur that died on extinction day

Nicole Karlis
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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 1963 (Imagno/Getty Images)

The USSR's golden age of science

Matthew Rozsa
A biohazard symbol on the entrance door of the microbiology laboratory (Getty Images/zmeel)

Do IBCs benefit biomedical research?

Michael Schulson - Undark
Tired man sitting at his computer (Getty Images/Eugenio Marongiu)

Remote work could benefit night owls

Krishna Sharma - KFF Health News
Iceberg melting in Disko Bay in Greenland (Getty Images/Paul Souders)

Arctic greening won’t save the climate

Donatella Zona - The Conversation
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A captured fisher is released after undergoing sedation and physical examination, a part of the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s longstanding efforts to monitor the culturally important species. (Elizabeth Miller / Undark)

The quest to monitor a rare carnivore

Elizabeth Miller - Undark
A scientist in front of a blackboard filled with formulas and equations (Getty Images/nicolas_)

Academia is failing future scientists

Paul M. Sutter - Undark
Pumpjack at oil industry against cloudy sky during sunset in North Dakota, USA (Getty Images)

SEC requires public emissions disclosure

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators wave their signs outside the United States Supreme Court Building during the former group's annual March for Life, Washington DC, January 22, 1989. Among the visible signs are 'Equal Rights Begin in the Womb,' 'Life Begins at Conception,' and, on the other side of the issue, 'Keep Abortion Legal.' (Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why no one can define when "life" begins

Nathan Nobis
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Megachile pluto, aka Wallace's Giant Bee (WikiCommons/Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

The parable of the world’s largest bee

Oliver Milman - Undark
Dakota Access Pipeline (Getty Images)

Dakota Access Pipeline breaks the law

Joseph Lee - Grist
(Getty/kosmos111)

Mosquitoes are happy with climate change

Melissa Bailey - KFF Health News
The RV Thomas G. Thompson, a research vessel owned and operated by the University of Washington. (Mark Harris for Undark)

Allegations on ill-fated science cruise

Mark Harris - Undark
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The Pfizer logo is seen reflected in a drop on a needle (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly Covid shots

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Washington DC Capitol Line Graph (Getty Images/traffic_analyzer)

How political polling got all messed up

Matthew Rozsa
Satelite footage of Hurricane Dorian (NOAA/Getty/Sean Gallup)

5G could be bad for weather forecasting

Chad Small - Grist
Woman's hands holding an empty dish bowl (Getty Images/Marinela Malcheva)

Why fasting makes you feel "high"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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