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This ordinary felt-tip pen helped save Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from being stranded on the Moon in 1969, now it has sold at auction for $857,600

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Buzz Aldrin used nothing but a felt-tip pen to fix a broken switch and rocket Apollo 11...

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Scientists create liver and kidney tissues in space for the first time in a microgravity environment: Expected to change the future of biological manufacturing |

Aj Mix Editor July 16, 2026

The biological landscape is no longer just limited to the earthly realms, it has travelled far and...

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Scientists thought this ancient fish had been extinct for 66 million years, until it suddenly appeared in a fishing net in South Africa |

Aj Mix Editor July 16, 2026

For decades, the coelacanth existed in scientific literature as a creature of the distant past. Fossils showed...

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Scientists showed horses silent videos of wolves and found their hearts raced even when they showed no obvious fear, raising new questions for riders and handlers

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When eyeing a predator, horses keep a poker face as their hearts race Horses have a hidden...

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MIT built a 300-gram robot that flies through the sky, dives underwater and takes off again, just like a diving bird |

Aj Mix Editor July 16, 2026

Image Credit: Raphael Zufferey Nature has given us amphibians in various forms, from frogs to other multi-environment...

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Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |

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For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a frozen world...

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In the 1980s, Guam’s kingfisher vanished from the wild after invasive snakes devastated the island’s birds: The last 29 were rescued and four new chicks are now helping rebuild the species |

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The Guam Kingfisher is known as the “sihek” in Chamorro, the native language of the Marianas Archipelago...

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Emperor penguins survive Antarctica’s brutal winters by huddling together, but a maths study reveals the hidden system behind their remarkable teamwork |

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Every winter in Antarctica, emperor penguins gather in large groups called huddles to survive the cold. Temperatures...

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An ancient sea once divided North America from north to south; 70-million-year-old creatures from its waters still shimmer like gemstones

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Fossils from this period are displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. South Dakota is...

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A Maya astronomer studied the movements of Venus and Mars in AD 781, and archaeologists have now discovered his name |

Aj Mix Editor July 16, 2026

For centuries, the ancient Maya have been celebrated for their remarkable achievements in astronomy, mathematics and calendar-making....

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