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doubt that all men are created free and equal."</span></b></p>
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but not limited to paleontology, space sciences, genetics, and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Searching
for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/05/nx-s1-5693856/crocodile-farm-bones-dinosaur-growth-mystery" style="color:blue">https://www.npr.org/2026/02/05/nx-s1-5693856/crocodile-farm-bones-dinosaur-growth-mystery</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Scientists
Found an Ancient Human Relative Where None Was Expected</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-found-an-ancient-human-relative-where-none-was-expected/" style="color:blue">https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-found-an-ancient-human-relative-where-none-was-expected/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">How
a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of
paleontology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/g-s1-107656/how-a-black-fossil-digger-became-a-superstar-in-the-very-white-world-of-paleontology" style="color:blue">https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/g-s1-107656/how-a-black-fossil-digger-became-a-superstar-in-the-very-white-world-of-paleontology</a></span></p>
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Prehistoric Bear Attack Ended in the Gruesome Death of a Teenage Boy Around
27,000 Years Ago</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">World's
oldest known sewn clothing may be stitched pieces of ice age hide unearthed in
Oregon cave</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A
football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land
animals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/science/tyrannoroter-heberti-fossil-discovery" style="color:blue">https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/science/tyrannoroter-heberti-fossil-discovery</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Northern
Britain's oldest human remains are of a young female child, DNA analysis
reveals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-northern-britain-oldest-human-young.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-northern-britain-oldest-human-young.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More
than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in
a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/more-than-43-000-years-ago-neanderthals-spent-centuries-collecting-animal-skulls-in-a-cave-but-archaeologists-arent-sure-why" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/more-than-43-000-years-ago-neanderthals-spent-centuries-collecting-animal-skulls-in-a-cave-but-archaeologists-arent-sure-why</a></span></p>
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rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric
practices</span></p>
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study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-wheat-barley-rye-grew-farmers.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-wheat-barley-rye-grew-farmers.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Did
modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide
answers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-modern-humans-wipe-out-the-neanderthals-new-evidence-may-finally-provide-answers" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-modern-humans-wipe-out-the-neanderthals-new-evidence-may-finally-provide-answers</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Archaeopteryx,
one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen
features, new study reveals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/archaeopteryx-one-of-the-worlds-first-proto-birds-has-a-set-of-weird-never-before-seen-features-new-study-reveals" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/archaeopteryx-one-of-the-worlds-first-proto-birds-has-a-set-of-weird-never-before-seen-features-new-study-reveals</a></span></p>
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star catalog from the dawn of astronomy, revealed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/greek-star-catalog-hipparchus-astronomy" style="color:blue">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/greek-star-catalog-hipparchus-astronomy</a></span></p>
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surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515260-the-surprising-origins-of-britains-bronze-age-immigrants-revealed/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAP5pCpjbGNrA_mkVmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjbCxSi7pXQwCLN1hOZ-dYkZ08AyZO059qe4CKso2juyJHgV3lZs2_1n0frg_aem_FUYx_qdn84_5pF6OhVcFLA&sfnsn=mo" style="color:blue">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515260-the-surprising-origins-of-britains-bronze-age-immigrants-revealed/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAP5pCpjbGNrA_mkVmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjbCxSi7pXQwCLN1hOZ-dYkZ08AyZO059qe4CKso2juyJHgV3lZs2_1n0frg_aem_FUYx_qdn84_5pF6OhVcFLA&sfnsn=mo</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Paleo-Inuit
people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago,
archaeologists discover</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/paleo-inuit-people-braved-icy-seas-to-reach-remote-greenland-islands-4-500-years-ago-archaeologists-discover" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/paleo-inuit-people-braved-icy-seas-to-reach-remote-greenland-islands-4-500-years-ago-archaeologists-discover</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Ancient
DNA suggests hunter-gatherers in Europe's lowlands endured until 2500 BCE</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">3D scanning and
shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to
recover their lost histories</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Medieval tunnel
discovered in Germany were likely used for secret cult rituals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/medieval-germany-tunnel-strange-ritual-b2919721.html" style="color:blue">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/medieval-germany-tunnel-strange-ritual-b2919721.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Ancient
cone-shaped vessels may have served as beeswax lamps during ritual processions,
study finds</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Skull fragments
expand the frontiers of Iberian severed head ritual</span></p>
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grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons,
including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery</span></p>
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archaeologists solve a Roman gaming mystery</span></p>
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earliest known mule died 2,700 years ago — and it was buried with a partially
cremated woman</span></p>
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the last moments of Inca children sacrificed as 'messengers to the gods'</span></p>
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upon ancient Roman shipwreck while on routine patrol</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/italy-roman-shipwreck-amphora-b2917269.html" style="color:blue">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/italy-roman-shipwreck-amphora-b2917269.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">How did ancient
Vietnamese people get such black smiles?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-ancient-vietnamese-people-get-such-black-smiles" style="color:blue">https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-ancient-vietnamese-people-get-such-black-smiles</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Archaeologists Say
They’ve Identified Traces of a 2,000-Year-Old Love Note Still Etched Into a
Wall in Ancient Pompeii</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-identified-traces-of-a-2000-year-old-love-note-still-etched-into-a-wall-in-ancient-pompeii-180988163/" style="color:blue">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-identified-traces-of-a-2000-year-old-love-note-still-etched-into-a-wall-in-ancient-pompeii-180988163/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Rich medieval
Christians bought graves 'closer to God' despite leprosy stigma, archaeologists
find</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-rich-medieval-christians-bought-graves.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-rich-medieval-christians-bought-graves.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Neolithic Cultural
Revolution</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/" style="color:blue">https://archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in
Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years</span></p>
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to Report</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NASA
begins mission to map the boundaries of our heliosphere</span></p>
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will need to be updated': Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought, Juno
spacecraft reveals</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NASA
delays the launch of Artemis II lunar mission by at least a month</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">He
witnessed the sun’s power ‘like nobody else before or since.’ Now his first
portrait has been found</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Astronomers
detect a solar system they say should not be possible</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/science/solar-system-inside-out-planets" style="color:blue">https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/science/solar-system-inside-out-planets</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On
their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space
Station</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-largest-ever-satellite-of-its-kind-just-unfurled-its-wings-in-low-earth/?utm_campaign=sprinklr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&fbclid=IwVERTSAP9-bZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5jStrEqx3diuedxxVIdI5P8IHpPv0W0aBcvD5YzPliH9JnCLlW5I9A4jKXPw_aem_LdQdiBbSM8D9fGGt3XNWtg&sfnsn=mo" style="color:blue">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-largest-ever-satellite-of-its-kind-just-unfurled-its-wings-in-low-earth/?utm_campaign=sprinklr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&fbclid=IwVERTSAP9-bZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5jStrEqx3diuedxxVIdI5P8IHpPv0W0aBcvD5YzPliH9JnCLlW5I9A4jKXPw_aem_LdQdiBbSM8D9fGGt3XNWtg&sfnsn=mo</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">America’s
Largest Particle Collider Just Shut Down. Here’s What Happens Next</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/americas-largest-particle-collider-just-shut-down-heres-what-happens-next-2000720696" style="color:blue">https://gizmodo.com/americas-largest-particle-collider-just-shut-down-heres-what-happens-next-2000720696</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Something
supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago.
Scientists now know what.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/something-supercharged-uranus-with-radiation-during-voyager-flyby-40-years-ago-scientists-now-know-what" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/something-supercharged-uranus-with-radiation-during-voyager-flyby-40-years-ago-scientists-now-know-what</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Uranus'
moon 'Miranda' seems to have an ocean and possibly life</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.earth.com/news/uranus-moon-miranda-may-have-hidden-ocean-possibly-extraterrestrial-life/" style="color:blue">https://www.earth.com/news/uranus-moon-miranda-may-have-hidden-ocean-possibly-extraterrestrial-life/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Radio
signal discovered at the center of our galaxy could put Einstein's relativity
to the test</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/radio-signal-discovered-at-the-center-of-our-galaxy-could-put-einsteins-relativity-to-the-test" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/radio-signal-discovered-at-the-center-of-our-galaxy-could-put-einsteins-relativity-to-the-test</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">New
experiments suggest Earth's core contains up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-earth-core-oceans-worth-hydrogen.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-earth-core-oceans-worth-hydrogen.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NASA
Thinks Boeing’s Starliner Can Fly in April, Which Is Hilarious</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/nasa-thinks-boeings-starliner-can-fly-in-april-which-is-hilarious-2000720614" style="color:blue">https://gizmodo.com/nasa-thinks-boeings-starliner-can-fly-in-april-which-is-hilarious-2000720614</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Can
life begin on a moon without a sun?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-life-moon-sun.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-life-moon-sun.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interstellar
comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the
process</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-survived-its-flyby-of-the-sun-and-gave-up-some-secrets-in-the-process" style="color:blue">https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-survived-its-flyby-of-the-sun-and-gave-up-some-secrets-in-the-process</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Vulcan
Centaur rocket launches 'neighborhood watch' satellites for the US military</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/ula-vulcan-centaur-ussf-87-launch-space-surveillance-satellites" style="color:blue">https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/ula-vulcan-centaur-ussf-87-launch-space-surveillance-satellites</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Caught
in the act: Astronomers watch a vanishing star turn into a black hole</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115742" style="color:blue">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115742</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">China
banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This 'nuclear' option appears to
be working.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/china-banned-fishing-in-its-biggest-river-and-species-are-starting-to-recover" style="color:blue">https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/china-banned-fishing-in-its-biggest-river-and-species-are-starting-to-recover</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">EPA
reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to
regulate emissions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/epa-reverses-endangerment-climate-change-finding-rcna258452?fbclid=IwVERTSAP7AepleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7Z011DK9XQua_yaEANTTfXgCyPyQ5qy25eSG-mEQ-sPEHUMA9OVDFxUDnTHA_aem_lexdiF8NtXiby7MrOcTuLA&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&sfnsn=mo" style="color:blue">https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/epa-reverses-endangerment-climate-change-finding-rcna258452?fbclid=IwVERTSAP7AepleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7Z011DK9XQua_yaEANTTfXgCyPyQ5qy25eSG-mEQ-sPEHUMA9OVDFxUDnTHA_aem_lexdiF8NtXiby7MrOcTuLA&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&sfnsn=mo</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hospitality
executive gets Trump nod to lead national parks</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/hospitality-executive-gets-trump-nod-to-lead-national-parks/" style="color:blue">https://www.eenews.net/articles/hospitality-executive-gets-trump-nod-to-lead-national-parks/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">China's
emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-china-emissions-policies-climate-problem.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-china-emissions-policies-climate-problem.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Astronomers
Are Closing In on the Kuiper Belt’s Secrets</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-are-closing-in-on-the-kuiper-belts-secrets/" style="color:blue">https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-are-closing-in-on-the-kuiper-belts-secrets/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Life
on Earth is lucky: A rare chemical fluke may have made our planet habitable</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/life-on-earth-is-lucky-a-rare-chemical-fluke-may-have-made-our-planet-habitable" style="color:blue">https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/life-on-earth-is-lucky-a-rare-chemical-fluke-may-have-made-our-planet-habitable</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">New
generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/new-generation-cancer-preventing-vaccines-wipe-tumors-form?utm_campaign=Science&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwY2xjawPw9EBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRMzh3aVJWZ1hFSkFxVTBvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHj93-4vYiQu9nGcKPX0Rqq5JepzKSoFvc0BDjOq4VhFBK2kNNo7L4QYHm_Ar_aem_Hynbroj2fJrzO5RLkKW59w" style="color:blue">https://www.science.org/content/article/new-generation-cancer-preventing-vaccines-wipe-tumors-form?utm_campaign=Science&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwY2xjawPw9EBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRMzh3aVJWZ1hFSkFxVTBvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHj93-4vYiQu9nGcKPX0Rqq5JepzKSoFvc0BDjOq4VhFBK2kNNo7L4QYHm_Ar_aem_Hynbroj2fJrzO5RLkKW59w</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Unique
structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing “intelligence”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/unique-structure-of-elephant-whiskers-give-them-built-in-sensing-intelligence/" style="color:blue">https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/unique-structure-of-elephant-whiskers-give-them-built-in-sensing-intelligence/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NIH
redefines ‘clinical trials,’ dividing researchers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/02/12/nih-clinical-trial-definition-research-transparency/" style="color:blue">https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/02/12/nih-clinical-trial-definition-research-transparency/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Gene
editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514925-gene-editing-that-spreads-within-the-body-could-cure-more-diseases/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAP6zjdjbGNrA_rOYmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpu0EUmA-ipKtweQTq3Q-dKmH6rYb2NAg8mAi3K6zSfNHl7X1jvG64KkUoH5_aem_iFEKrv1OWsrVygFYuyhJNA&sfnsn=mo" style="color:blue">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514925-gene-editing-that-spreads-within-the-body-could-cure-more-diseases/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAP6zjdjbGNrA_rOYmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpu0EUmA-ipKtweQTq3Q-dKmH6rYb2NAg8mAi3K6zSfNHl7X1jvG64KkUoH5_aem_iFEKrv1OWsrVygFYuyhJNA&sfnsn=mo</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Study
of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/study-of-buddhist-monks-finds-meditation-alters-brain-activity/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_021526&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_021526&bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashc=74eb9308055fd2296514323600108b997526be68a69044cf3fc1e2fbb0496447&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active" style="color:blue">https://www.wired.com/story/study-of-buddhist-monks-finds-meditation-alters-brain-activity/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_021526&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_021526&bxid=5bd6790424c17c1048020acb&cndid=41291302&hasha=3ed15b3d4270f52ce4da5de4e5031836&hashc=74eb9308055fd2296514323600108b997526be68a69044cf3fc1e2fbb0496447&esrc=twitter-newsletter-c&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amino
acid 'stickers' help decode spider silk's strength and flexibility</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-amino-acid-stickers-decode-spider.html" style="color:blue">https://phys.org/news/2026-02-amino-acid-stickers-decode-spider.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Eleven
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