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What were the top 10 science stories of 2023? 🔭 🔬

Here are our picks. Let us know if we missed anything!

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#Science #YearInReview #ClimateChange #Space

The moon, asteroids and brand new rockets topped the world’s space news in 2023.

AP picks the top space stories of the year: https://flip.it/FB7AFZ

#Space #NASA #SpaceX #Moon #Science #YearInReview

NASA's Voyager probe stopped communicating and there's no quick fix.

Mashable reports: "This legendary Voyager probe — which has traveled farther than any other craft — can receive messages from Earth, but a computer glitch has hindered Voyager from transmitting vital information."

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#NASA #Space #Voyager

As COP28 wraps up, we pick the top climate change stories of 2023.

Do you agree with our list? Anything missing?

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#COP28 #ClimateChange #Climate #YearInReview #Science

The top 10 dinosaur discoveries of 2023. 🦖

Smithsonian Magazine reports: "From uncovering a tyrannosaur’s last meal to unlocking the secrets of a dino with a really long neck, these were the year’s biggest stories."

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#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science

In the profoundly remote Argentina desert, at over 12,000 feet high, and in a place where no roads go, scientists found an exotic world new to science.

Mashable reports: "The unique ecosystem might be a glimpse into Earth, billions of years ago, when primitive organisms first appeared on our planet."

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#Argentina #Ecology #Environment #Science

COP28 is making headlines. Here’s why the focus on methane matters.

A Science News columnist writes: "We’re not meeting the Paris Agreement goals, and methane is a big reason why."

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#COP28 #ClimateChange #Climate #Methane

Dinosaur’s fossilized remains reveal grisly last meal.

The Messenger reports: "This is the first time scientists have discovered the last meal of a juvenile tyrannosaur still preserved inside its stomach."

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And the original study in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi0505

#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science

The world’s oldest living land animal, a tortoise named Jonathan, turns 191. 🎂

Smithsonian Magazine reports: "Even at his advanced age, the Seychelles giant tortoise shows 'no sign of slowing down.'"

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#Animals #Tortoise #Zoology #Science

A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity.

Science News reports: "Gravity might be classical, not quantum, physicist Jonathan Oppenheim suggests."

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#Physics #Quantum #Science #Space

Today marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The Conversation highlights a little-known right nested in Article 27: the human right to science. https://flip.it/QsODas
#Science #HumanRights #UN

From Mashable: “Extinction isn't a relic of humanity's more barbaric past. It's happening now.”
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#Science #Animals #Extinction #ExtinctionCrisis

Whether in salsa, salad or just because they taste good, tomatoes are valuable. Even more so if you lose one in outer space. Live Science has more on the foodie space mystery that began eight months ago when a tomato floated away from the International Space Station. https://flip.it/1WxAHZ
#Science #Space #Food #ISS #NASA #Tomatoes

For 100 years, it was believed that those little “water balloons” on plants protected against dangers like drought and salt. We were wrong. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/Nj8qPy
#Science #Plants #Botany

How is climate change affecting people's health?

Context has curated this collection of stories about the effects of climate change on human health — from air pollution to disease outbreaks linked to extreme weather such as floods.

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#COP28 #ClimateChange #Climate #Health #PublicHealth

Can AI teach math teachers how to improve student skills?

@TheConversationUS explores the question: https://flip.it/vZMtL7

#AI #Math #Maths #Education #Teachers #Tech

Why scientists are making transparent wood.

@KnowableMag reports: "Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the resin-filled material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows and more."

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#Science #Innovation #Wood #Glass #Technology

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions.

AP reports: "The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people along a narrow path stretching from central Asia’s Tajikistan and Armenia, across Turkey, Greece, Italy and Spain, to Miami and the Florida Keys and finally, to parts of Mexico."

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#Astronomy #Eclipse #Space

The world is in danger of hitting several tipping points — moments when Earth has warmed so much that certain side effects become irreversible — for five of the planet’s natural systems. AP reports: https://flip.it/zA99yx
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Earth #TippingPoint

How many species would you find in your backyard? Quite a few, very likely. Three researchers at Australia's University of Queensland share the same home and identified over 1,000 outside their suburban backdoor. Phys.org has the story: https://flip.it/bNFCP1
#Science #Species #Research