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Study detects water, methane and a rare ammonia signal in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a large planet 500 light-years away astro.umd.edu/news-events/ne…

New Study Detects Ammonia and Unexpected Chill on a Distant Giant Planet

A UMD-led team found water, methane and a rare ammonia signal in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a large planet orbi

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Scientists Solve Mystery of When Black Holes "Burp." Dr Adelle Goodwin, an astrophysicist at Curtin University in Western Australia, says black holes are "very messy eaters." theguardian.com/science/2026…

‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover

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Tilcayo Tiger Cat (Leopardus tilcayo) - new wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years nbcnews.com/science/environm…

New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.

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Apple Introduces Foldable iPhone Duo shoppersshop.com/iphone-duo-…

Apple Introduces Foldable iPhone Duo

Apple has introduced its first foldable phone called the iPhone Duo. When unfolded the phone has a 7.6-inch display.

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One Billion Robots: Elon Musk predicts there will be 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years finance.yahoo.com/video/musk…

Musk predicts there will be 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years

Elon Musk predicted that robot manufacturing and advances in AI software would lead to the production of 1 billion humanoid robots in 10 years during his remarks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in...

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New Wasp Species Named After Aphrodite sciencespacerobots.com/wasp-…

New Wasp Species Named After Aphrodite

Five new parasitoid wasps were discovered in Cyprus. One of the wasps was named after the goddess Aphrodite.

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Apple Announces Mac mini M6 and M5 Pro. They will be available on September 22. shoppersshop.com/apple-mac-m…
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New store in Hong Kong is run by a humanoid robot named Xiao Gai futurism.com/robots-and-mach…

A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

A new 24 hour convenience store in Hong Kong will be run and managed entirely by a single and supposedly friendly humanoid robot.

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New from Google: The Google Fitbit Air - Screenless Activity Tracker with Fitness, Heart Rate, and Sleep Tracking for $99.99 #ad amzn.to/4nVgNE5

Fitbit Google Air - Screenless Activity Tracker - Obsidian | Fitness, heart rate, & sleep tracking,...

Meet the invisible power of effortless tracking. The new Google Fitbit Air is the unbelievably comfortable, exceptionally smart activity tracker designed to transform your health.[1] The lightweight,...

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Scientists challenge hypothesis that climate change results in massive agricultural pest populations ucdavis.edu/news/scientists-…

Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations

The widespread hypothesis that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and cause food insecurity worldwide is oversimplified, according to a new study by a team led...

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The 2025 Tracy Arm tsunami in Alaska reached over 1,500 feet high and moved over 70 mph. Tsunami modeler and researcher Patrick Lynett created an animation of the event. cnn.com/2026/05/06/climate/s…

Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science | CNN

The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to...

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Japanese researchers think the asteroid Ryugu was once bombarded by micrometeorites. They say the evidence is a thin layer of sodium on the surface of the asteroid's fragments. space.com/astronomy/asteroid…

Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

"Over the past thousand years, the asteroid has passed through a particularly intense swarm that has profoundly altered the chemical properties of its surface."

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Researchers at Hokkaido University say fossil evidence suggests that the earliest known octopuses were giant predators that hunted at the very top of the food chain eurekalert.org/news-releases…

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

Fossil evidence suggests that some of the earliest octopuses were enormous, powerful predators in the Cretaceous oceans.

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Robots being trained on videos of people folding laundry washingtonpost.com/technolog…

See why tech companies are paying people to do chores

Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.

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135g Mini Drone that Follows You. DJI Neo features a 4K UHD Camera and Built-in Propeller Guard, Weighs 135 grams #ad amazon.com/dp/B07FTPX71F?ref…

DJI Neo, Mini Drone with 4K UHD Camera for Adults, 135g Self Flying Drone that Follows You, Palm...

* Due to platform compatibility issue, the DJI Fly app has been removed from Google Play. DJI Neo must be activated in the DJI Fly App, to ensure a better product usage experience, please go to the...

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Fauna Robotics has unveiled its new soft robot named Sprout. The 3.5 foot tall bipedal robot features a rectangular head. It will cost $50,000 according to the AP sciencespacerobots.com/video…

Fauna Robotics Unveils Soft Robot Named Sprout

Fauna robotics has unveiled its soft robot called Sprout. The robot was designed without pinch points and is describged as safe by Fauna.

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World's oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia. It dates back to at least 67,000 years ago. barrons.com/news/world-s-old…

World's Oldest Cave Art Discovered In Indonesia

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia.

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China is closing in on having 200 million one-person households. One of their most popular apps is Are You Dead? where people press a button each day to indicate they are alive. gizmodo.com/an-app-called-ar…

An App Called 'Are You Dead?' Is Climbing the Apple Charts

The simple app is now the top paid app on China’s Apple App Store and has reached the sixth spot in the U.S.

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Lemon-shaped exoplanet dubbed PSR J2322-2650b orbits a pulsar engadget.com/science/space/a…

Astronomers find mysterious lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA's Webb telescope - Engadget

Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy.

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Chinese robotics company EngineAI released a video about its T800 robot kicking the CEO interestingengineering.com/a…

EngineAI CEO takes a kick from T800 humanoid to silence CGI rumors

Chinese robotics frim EngineAI shows CEO being kicked by T800 robot to prove real-world capabilities amid CGI speculation.

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