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. We just got our first look at a prototype for a novel moon-mining machine. “When you’re operating equipment on the moon, reliability and performance standards are at a new …

. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A laser named after the most powerful god in ancient Greece is living up to …

. A seven-planet system some 40 light-years from Earth could be swimming in water, new research shows. In February 2017 scientists announced the discovery of several exoplanets orbiting the red …

. Is it ever okay—or at least, understandable—for one child to bully another? I spend a lot of time speaking to parent groups and students about bullying, and it’s common …

. A chatbot can be more persuasive than a human opponent when it comes to debating.Credit: GCShutter/Getty Chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than people — especially when they …

. A new study reveals overlooked signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet’s mysterious surface is still changing today. These signs, found in giant circular features …

. Capuchin monkeys are abducting baby howlers. But why? – YouTube Watch On Wild capuchin monkeys have been kidnapping infant howler monkeys, putting them on their backs and taking them …

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. Swabs from China’s Tiangong space station reveal traces of a bacterium unseen on Earth, with characteristics that may help it function under stressful environmental conditions hundreds of kilometers above …

. For Fruit Seeds, Humans Are Modern-Day Dinosaurs By physically engineering their environments, megafauna such as dinosaurs curbed fruit seed sizes—a role that now may be filled by humans By …