Meta’s Threads is finally available on desktop.

Threads users, rejoice: the app is rolling out its highly anticipated web version Tuesday. The update — perhaps the most requested by users since Threads’ mobile-only launch last month — puts the new platform one step closer to recreating the functions offered by rival X, th…

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New study challenges Einstein and Newton's theories of gravity.

Gravity is the force that attracts objects toward the Earth and maintains the orbital motion of planets around the Sun. Our scientific understanding of gravity was established by Isaac Newton in 1687. Newton's theory of gravity stood the test of time for two centuries un…

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Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon.

The Luna-25 probe, Russia’s first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57 pm (1157 GMT) on Saturday, Roscosmos said. Ac…

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Archaeologists uncover Maya dish depicting wahyis spirit

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY (INAH) HAVE UNCOVERED A MAYA DISH DEPICTING A WAHYIS PROTECTIVE SPIRIT DURING EXCAVATIONS AT CANSACBÉ IN THE MEXICAN STATE OF CAMPECHE. The dish was deposited in a burial as a funerary offering and depict…

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‘Pibot,’ the humanoid robot that can safely pilot an airplane.

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is making groundbreaking advancements in aviation with the development of “Pibot,” a humanoid robot designed to fly aircraft using its own dexterity and advanced AI capabilities. Pibot’s ability to manipulate …

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Chandrayaan-3 gets closer to Moon after fourth orbit reduction manoeuvre.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 14 successfully carried out another orbit reduction manoeuvre of India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3. The manoeuvre was performed from ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru. The spacecr…

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127 Million Years Old – First Side-Necked Turtle Ever Discovered in UK.

An amateur fossil enthusiast, in collaboration with paleontologists from the University of Portsmouth, has uncovered the UK’s first side-necked turtle fossil. These ancient remains represent the earliest known instance of a side-necked pan-pleurodiran turtle, named as such b…

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World's largest radio telescope gets help from smart maintenance robots.

Chinese authorities announced recently that a handful of "smart" robots have been inspected and approved for use in the upkeep of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) — currently the largest single-dish radio telescope in the wo…

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Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover had a ringside seat for the latest flight of its little exploration partner. The agency's Ingenuity helicopter took to the Martian skies for the 54th time on Aug. 3, performing a simple up-and-down hop that lasted just 24 seconds.  Perse…

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UT researchers develop way for VR headset to measure brain activity.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a way for a virtual reality, or VR, headset to monitor brain activity. The research team modified a VR headset by creating a noninvasive electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor that they installed in a Meta VR headset…

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India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover enters lunar orbit.

India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has returned its first images from the moon after entering orbit around our nearest neighbor. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released the images on Sunday (Aug. 6), showing that the spacecraft had reached its destination …

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500 million-year-old worm with 'shuriken' spikes named after gigantic 'Dune' sandworms.

A newfound, 500-million-year-old fossilized sea worm has been unearthed in northern Utah. This ancient worm would have glided through the ocean during the Cambrian period (541 million to 485.4 million years ago), which was marked by a surge of new life on Earth sometimes du…

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Indian lunar landing mission enters Moon's orbit.

India's latest space mission has entered the Moon's orbit ahead of the country's second attempted lunar landing, as its cut-price space programme seeks to reach new heights. The world's most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace programme t…

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NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2.

NASA has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said. Last month, the spacecraft - exploring the universe since 1977 - tilted its antenna to point two degrees away fr…

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Antares rocket makes its final launch, sending cargo to the International Space Station.

An Antares rocket launched to the International Space Station Tuesday Aug. 1, marking the final flight for this vehicle as we know it. The 19th commercial resupply service mission from Northrop Grumman (NG-19) lifted off at 8:31 p.m. EDT (0031 GMT on Aug. 2) from NASA's …

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Euclid space telescope sends back amazing first images of the cosmos.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has released its first test images. These pictures of sparkling stars and galaxies show that the new space telescope is beginning its daunting task of mapping a huge portion of the sky. Euclid launched from Cape Canave…

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X logo officially replaces Twitter’s famous bird on mobile app.

X, formerly known as Twitter, has officially retired its famous blue and white bird logo. The icon on the mobile app changed to an “X” late Friday night in the latest phase of a sweeping rebrand the platform’s owner Elon Musk announced earlier this month. The company previou…

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Astronomers spot 'horns' coming out of a comet after sudden massive outburst.

The comet, which takes up to 71 years to complete one cycle around the Sun, has recently shown some odd behavior.  Named 12P/Pons-Brooks (12P), it is a type of active cryovolcanic comet (cold volcano) that releases volatiles such as water, ammonia, or methane. The gas and ic…

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A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in Siberia.

Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth. The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters (131.2 feet) below the surface in the Siberian per…

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Ancient Heart-Shaped Skulls Discovered.

Skulls that may have been intentionally deformed into the shape of hearts have been discovered among human remains at an archaeological site in Mexico. Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) made the unusual discovery at La Ferrer…

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