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NASA collaborates with related agencies to investigate missing scientists

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Composite image of three scientists associated with reports of death or disappearance.

White House investigates scientist’s death and disappearance, lawmakers call for FBI involvement Brian Kilmeade reports on the White House investigation into the deaths and disappearances of 10 highly skilled scientists since 2023. Rep. Eric Burlison, a member of the House Oversight Committee, is calling for an urgent FBI investigation. Scientists involved in important nuclear and … Read more

Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak, but that didn’t prevent him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion

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A gray and green parrot looks at the camera, its beak open with the top of its beak missing. Grasses and trees sit behind it.

A New Zealand parrot that lost the top half of its beak has developed a unique jousting technique to achieve the highest social status, researchers report in a new study. During jousting, this parrot, named Bruce, uses its exposed lower beak to aim at the opponent’s head, wing, beak, or leg, but usually without making … Read more

Half of the universe’s ordinary matter is missing, astronomers say they’ve found it in a vast hydrogen cloud

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Map of space microwave background. The circles indicate spots where ionized hydrogen scattered radiation.

Ordinary matter, the atoms that make up stars, planets, and living things, make up only about 15% of the total matter in the universe. The rest is thought to be due to dark matter, but it has not been directly detected. However, more than half of that 15% remains unexplained, leaving gaps in cosmological models. … Read more