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Are dinosaur fossils hogging top journals? Analysis sparks debate over ‘charismatic’ finds 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Discoveries of some species, such as this Pleurobranchaea britannica mollusc (left), are often seen as less enticing than others, such as the fossil dinosaur Spinosaurus mirabilis (artist’s impression, right).Credit: Turani, M. et al./Zoosyst. Evol. CC BY 4.0, JA Chirinos/SPL In February, a study in Science1 described a new species of Spinosaurus — a group of
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Patrick Stewart dies: how Captain Picard inspired today’s science leaders 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Actor Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.Credit: RGR Collection/Alamy Researchers have joined the chorus of Star Trek fans expressing grief at the death of actor Patrick Stewart, who played the legendary Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Stewart, who died on 28 October aged 86, portrayed Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994 and
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Somewhere over the transcontinental burrito tunnel 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Lenny fell in love with Bea around burrito number five. He recognized that dizzying jolt to his brain the instant the tunnel’s mouth sighed with a sweet pneumatic hiss and the vacuum-sealed burrito glided in. Three hours and twenty-one minutes earlier, 2,553 miles away, at her end of the tunnel in the East Bay facility,
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I built the UK government’s metascience unit — here’s what countries need to know 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Science funding agencies are increasingly setting up their own units to conduct metascience — using the scientific method to study how research is funded, performed and evaluated. In July, Michael Kratsios, the director of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy, called for every federal science agency to create such a unit. A similar
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APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon – NASA Science 0
- APOD, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night — and the time. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon on Earth, documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years
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Record-breaking retraction: scholarly publisher pulls 1,400 conference papers on one day 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- November 1, 2026
Credit: Pawel Kacperek/Getty One of the world’s top professional societies for scientists and engineers has retracted 1,417 conference papers in one go. The move was announced in a 28 October statement by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in New York City. It is the largest single bulk retraction issued by any scholarly
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