

Comb Jellies Merge: Implications for Evolution and Consciousness
Researchers discovered that comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) can merge into single organisms, completely fusing their nervous and digestive systems; this challenges understanding of animal evolution and allorecognition.
Comb Jellies Merge: Implications for Evolution and Consciousness
Researchers discovered that comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) can merge into single organisms, completely fusing their nervous and digestive systems; this challenges understanding of animal evolution and allorecognition.
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16% Bias Score


200 Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire
A "dinosaur highway" of nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, 166 million years old, has been unearthed in Oxfordshire's Dewars Farm Quarry, revealing details about sauropods and a Megalosaurus, and offering insights into dinosaur interactions and their environment.
200 Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire
A "dinosaur highway" of nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, 166 million years old, has been unearthed in Oxfordshire's Dewars Farm Quarry, revealing details about sauropods and a Megalosaurus, and offering insights into dinosaur interactions and their environment.
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16% Bias Score


200 Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire
Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, including those of sauropods and a megalosaurus, have been discovered in a 166-million-year-old rock formation at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England, revealing details about dinosaur locomotion and potential interactions between species.
200 Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire
Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, including those of sauropods and a megalosaurus, have been discovered in a 166-million-year-old rock formation at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England, revealing details about dinosaur locomotion and potential interactions between species.
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16% Bias Score


2024 Scientific Breakthroughs: Hope and Challenges for Humanity
2024 witnessed remarkable scientific progress in diverse fields, including AI, renewable energy, genetic engineering, and medicine, offering solutions to global issues like disease, hunger, and climate change, but also raising ethical concerns.
2024 Scientific Breakthroughs: Hope and Challenges for Humanity
2024 witnessed remarkable scientific progress in diverse fields, including AI, renewable energy, genetic engineering, and medicine, offering solutions to global issues like disease, hunger, and climate change, but also raising ethical concerns.
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48% Bias Score


Severe H5N1 Case in Canadian Teen Highlights Risk of Human-to-Human Transmission
A study of 46 confirmed US H5N1 human infections reveals mostly mild cases, but a severely ill Canadian teen, infected with a mutated variant (D1.1), raises concerns about human-to-human transmission. The source of the teen's infection remains unknown, highlighting the need for improved surveillance...
Severe H5N1 Case in Canadian Teen Highlights Risk of Human-to-Human Transmission
A study of 46 confirmed US H5N1 human infections reveals mostly mild cases, but a severely ill Canadian teen, infected with a mutated variant (D1.1), raises concerns about human-to-human transmission. The source of the teen's infection remains unknown, highlighting the need for improved surveillance...
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48% Bias Score


US and China Extend Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
The US and China renewed their 45-year-old science and technology cooperation agreement for five years, signifying continued collaboration despite political tensions, and widely welcomed internationally.
US and China Extend Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
The US and China renewed their 45-year-old science and technology cooperation agreement for five years, signifying continued collaboration despite political tensions, and widely welcomed internationally.
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52% Bias Score

Florida Manatees: Not Native, Recent Arrivals, Study Finds
Researchers found Florida manatees migrated north in significant numbers only after the Little Ice Age, challenging previous assumptions and potentially influencing conservation efforts focused on creating new warm-water refuges as fossil fuel plants close.

Florida Manatees: Not Native, Recent Arrivals, Study Finds
Researchers found Florida manatees migrated north in significant numbers only after the Little Ice Age, challenging previous assumptions and potentially influencing conservation efforts focused on creating new warm-water refuges as fossil fuel plants close.
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40% Bias Score

Largest UK Dinosaur Footprint Site Discovered in Oxfordshire
Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, dating back 166 million years, were discovered this summer at Dewars Farm quarry in Oxfordshire, England—the largest such UK site, possibly globally—by quarry worker Gary Johnson, leading to excavations involving over 100 people studying the Middle Jurassic-era lagoon...

Largest UK Dinosaur Footprint Site Discovered in Oxfordshire
Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, dating back 166 million years, were discovered this summer at Dewars Farm quarry in Oxfordshire, England—the largest such UK site, possibly globally—by quarry worker Gary Johnson, leading to excavations involving over 100 people studying the Middle Jurassic-era lagoon...
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20% Bias Score

University R&D Spending in Social Sciences and Psychology
In Fiscal Year 2023, US universities spent over \$108.8 billion on R\&D, with the University of Michigan leading in social science research spending at \$217.5 million, followed by Harvard at \$169.2 million; UNC Chapel Hill led in psychology research spending at \$56.6 million.

University R&D Spending in Social Sciences and Psychology
In Fiscal Year 2023, US universities spent over \$108.8 billion on R\&D, with the University of Michigan leading in social science research spending at \$217.5 million, followed by Harvard at \$169.2 million; UNC Chapel Hill led in psychology research spending at \$56.6 million.
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28% Bias Score

2025: A Pivotal Year for Global Space Exploration
In 2025, NASA's Artemis program, including the Blue Ghost Mission One, and SPHEREx, along with China's Tianwen-2, ESA's Space Rider and JUICE, and private companies' contributions, will drive significant advancements in lunar, asteroid, and planetary exploration, furthering our understanding of the ...

2025: A Pivotal Year for Global Space Exploration
In 2025, NASA's Artemis program, including the Blue Ghost Mission One, and SPHEREx, along with China's Tianwen-2, ESA's Space Rider and JUICE, and private companies' contributions, will drive significant advancements in lunar, asteroid, and planetary exploration, furthering our understanding of the ...
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12% Bias Score

DeSci Gains Momentum: \$750 Million Market Cap and Growing Investor Interest
Decentralized Science (DeSci), a \$750 million market cap movement leveraging blockchain for scientific research, is gaining momentum with increased funding from major Web3 investors like Binance Labs and Vitalik Buterin, driven by public demand for transparency and the potential to accelerate innov...

DeSci Gains Momentum: \$750 Million Market Cap and Growing Investor Interest
Decentralized Science (DeSci), a \$750 million market cap movement leveraging blockchain for scientific research, is gaining momentum with increased funding from major Web3 investors like Binance Labs and Vitalik Buterin, driven by public demand for transparency and the potential to accelerate innov...
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44% Bias Score

Svalbard Seed Vault Receives Record Number of Seed Samples in 2024
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, opened in 2008, currently holds over 1,331,458 seed samples from 6,297 crop species, acting as a global backup for national seed banks to ensure food security in a changing climate; 64,331 new samples were added in 2024.

Svalbard Seed Vault Receives Record Number of Seed Samples in 2024
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, opened in 2008, currently holds over 1,331,458 seed samples from 6,297 crop species, acting as a global backup for national seed banks to ensure food security in a changing climate; 64,331 new samples were added in 2024.
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32% Bias Score