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  • Dino Named After Egyptian God Fills Gaps

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    Dino Named After Egyptian God Fills Gaps #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #titanosaur #dinosaur #fossil #Egypt #desert #vertebrae #sauropod #Cretaceous #extinct #ancient This just in: scientists discovered a new 75 million year old, 10 meter long titanosaur dinosaur species in Egypt’s Western Desert and named it after an ancient Egyptian god. Though small…

  • Rare Blue Rock From Way Down Under

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    Rare Blue Rock From Way Down Under #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #diamond #blue #rare #earth #boron #mine #tectonic #plate #subduction #carbon #impurity A crazy blue diamond called the Okavango was just found in a Botswana mine. This sucker came from way down under thanks to plate tectonics pushing it up over three…

  • Why Some Deserts are Colder than a Confessional

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    Why Some Deserts are Colder than a Confessional #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #desert #climate #temperature #cold #polar #dry #rain shadow From scorching sand dunes to frigid tundras, deserts come in hot and cold varieties. Blame it on rain shadows, high altitudes, and distance from warm ocean breezes. The Gobi Desert hits -38C…

  • Bonehead Bone Wars: Sciences Most Ridiculous Rivalry

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    Bonehead Bone Wars: Sciences Most Ridiculous Rivalry #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #rivalry #ego #vanity #discovery #bones #history #science In the late 1800s, paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh engaged in a bitter rivalry to discover and name dinosaur fossils in the American West. Their feud led to…

  • Asteroids Unusually High Density Hints At Exotic New Elements Beyond The Periodic Table

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    Asteroids Unusually High Density Hints At Exotic New Elements Beyond The Periodic Table #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #asteroid #density #elements #periodic table #superheavy #unobtainium #exotic #space #mining #physics A new study finds that asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense it likely contains superheavy elements beyond the periodic table. Physicists say these exotic…

  • Space Probe Breaks Speed Record

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    Space Probe Breaks Speed Record #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #space #NASA #Parker #probe #solar #sun #Venus #fastest #orbit #flyby Folks, NASA’s Parker probe just became the fastest human-made object ever, clocking nearly 400,000 miles per hour during its closest flyby of the sun last month. Like my driving on the Jersey Turnpike,…

  • Bigfoot Caught Chillin On Camera In Colorado Mountains

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    Bigfoot Caught Chillin On Camera In Colorado Mountains #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #bigfoot #sasquatch #cryptid #colorado #train #video #footage #hairy #ape #mountain This just in: new video allegedly shows America’s favorite cryptid, Bigfoot, just chillin’ and relaxing while on a stroll in the Colorado mountains. A couple claims they filmed the footage…

  • NASAs Journey To Metal-Rich Space Nugget Blasts Off Today Despite Bad Weather Delay

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    NASAs Journey To Metal-Rich Space Nugget Blasts Off Today Despite Bad Weather Delay #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #NASA #Psyche mission #asteroid #spacecraft #launch #Falcon Heavy #livestream #science #exploration #discovery What’s happening in space, folks? NASA is finally launching its mission to the metal-loaded asteroid Psyche today after bad weather postponed the blastoff…

  • Whats The Only Five-Limbed Land Critter?

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    Whats The Only Five-Limbed Land Critter? #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #kangaroo #tail #walking #animal #vertebrate #earth #australia #creature #study #science Aussie researchers say roos use their tails as a fifth limb when walking. Turns out the tails have the same oomph as their four other limbs combined. So the red kangaroo is…

  • Feeling the Love in Body and Mind

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    Feeling the Love in Body and Mind #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #love #emotion #relationships #science #biology #neuroscience #psychology #map #head #heart Folks, Finnish scientists mapped where people feel 27 kinds of love in the body. Romantic loves lit up the whole body while wisdom love was just in the head. So next…