Sunspot launches 27 solar flares in 24 hours, including strongest outburst in years
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The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since 2024. Auroras are possible later this week.
Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century
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A new study reveals the dramatic decrease in lead exposure in the U.S. following the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency 55 years ago.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled. Researchers using new data from Webb’s MIRI proved that crystalline silicates form in the hottest part of the disk of gas and dust surrounding the star — and may be s
This stellar landscape is reminiscent of a winter vista in a view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (red, green, and blue). Chandra data (red, green and blue) punctuate the scene with bursts of colored lights representing high-energy activity from the
A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the sta
Deep Space Station 15 (DSS-15), one of the 112-foot (34-meter) antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the stars of the Milky Way overhead, in September 2025.
In their first artistic collaboration together, Scott Offen and his wife Grace explore ageing, gender and creativity through a seven-year portrait project shaped by intimacy and play.
MAGA poor sports unveil their awful Super Bowl halftime alternative
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Have you been waiting with bated breath to find out who would perform at Turning Point USA’s halftime show? Lo, these long months where we were promised that this alternative halftime show would be epic, but the lineup was a mystery until Monday, when we le
Let’s all laugh at Fox News anchor’s ridiculous take on ‘Melania’
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Former White House press secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany went into full propaganda mode Monday, hyping first lady Melania Trump’s new documentary and adding to increasingly dubious stories about stellar ticket sales.
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The Recap: Kennedy Center gets a Trump makeover, and a Democrat special election win
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Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’
This will totally change the public’s mind about ICE’s handiwork.
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Republican megadonor Elon Musk spent the weekend trying to change the narrative about his interactions with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after emails surfaced showing Musk arranging to attend a party at Epstein’s notorious private island.
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Wegovy now comes in pill form — here's how it works
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The pill version of Wegovy seems to work just as well as the injectable form, but there are some key differences between the two formulations, experts say.
5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas
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An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Arctic blast probably won't cause trees to explode in the cold — but here's what happens if and when they do go boom
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An exploding tree claim has gone viral as the U.S. brace for an Arctic blast that will send temperatures plunging, triggering a massive and long-lasting winter storm.
'Pain sponge' derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain
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Scientists are developing a «sponge» that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially offering an alternative to painkillers.
Racing Bulls hires former Red Bull, Aston Martin F1 tech chief
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Racing Bulls has hired former Red Bull and Aston Martin engineer Dan Fallows as Formula 1 technical director.Fallows will report to chief technical officer Tim Goss and “take responsibility for the overall technical direction of the team, working across des
Ferrari unveils 2026 F1 car ahead of Fiorano shakedown
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Ferrari has become the latest Formula 1 team to unveil its 2026 car, the SF-26, in a short video ahead of a shakedown at its Fiorano test track.As detailed last month, the Italian team has stuck to its traditional launch plan of revealing its new car on the s
Ferrari unveiled its 2026 F1 livery on Friday 23 January.«We will finish the assembly of the car the day before the launch, the launch will be January 23, which means we will finish the car on the 22nd, and this is to be aggressive,» Ferrari tea
F1 2026 engine loophole won't be resolved before Australian GP
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Here we are and here we go: the status quo will remain as the 2026 F1 season gets under way. Mercedes and Red Bull Powertrains will be able to race with power units which are understood to employ clever metallurgy to increase the compression ratio of the inte
On Friday at 12:30pm CET, just an hour after Ferrari lifted the covers off its new SF-26 [LINK], Alpine is launching its 2026 Formula 1 season.What the Barcelona-based event will exactly consist in is unclear; we know it is taking place on a cruise ship off t
MAGA women think lip filler and having a million babies makes you hot
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MAGA folks are revisiting their beloved argument that conservative women have more children because they’re hotter.
“Conservative women are just factually more attractive than liberal women. It’s why more conservatives than liberals are having ba
'Go f-ck yourself': Hero cop calls out GOP stooge for Jan. 6 lies
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Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone—who was seriously injured while defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack—told Republican Rep. Troy Nehls, “Go fuck yourself” during Thursday’s House committee hearing featuring forme
The Recap: Newsom won’t let up on Trump, and ICE says screw the 4th Amendment
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ICE goons to America: We don’t need no stinkin’ warrants
The lawlessness continues unabated.
Democrat shreds GOP's Trump worship: 'We too
Hey, Republicans: You can’t put the orange genie back in the bottle
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Congratulations, Republicans: Your mentally incapacitated president—who’s running the country without guardrails, constraints, or adult supervision—is burning through nearly a century of international goodwill, with consequences that will echo for decad
