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2026-04-02 @ 10.56.50 ∈ In English

Study suggests people are losing 338 spoken words every year and have been for at least 15 years
When we plotted the daily spoken word counts against the year each study was collected, we found a consistent linear decline. Every year, the estimate of daily spoken words dropped by 338. That is how you get from around 16,000 in 2005 to around 12,700 by 2019.
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2025-09-29 @ 18.08.58 ∈ In English

How to see comet C/2025 A6 (LEMMON) this autumn | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
It's shining at around 8th or 9th magnitude and is visible in binoculars and small telescopes, though not visible with the naked eye yet. [If] it keeps brightening as it has been doing, [that] would make it visible to the naked eye for those blessed with good eyesight and dark, light pollution-free skies[.]
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2025-09-05 @ 19.29.10 ∈ In English

Current extinction rates haven’t reached level of ‘mass extinction’ just yet, study suggests
These findings suggest that modern extinction rates remain relatively low at the genus level and that these rates have not been increasing over the past century, contrary to some previous studies.
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2024-10-10 @ 12.17.51 ∈ In English

The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View | Quanta Magazine
Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.
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2024-01-26 @ 18.47.21 ∈ In English

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID’s future
Four largely ignored coronaviruses circulate in humans without causing great harm and may portend the future for SARS-CoV-2