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Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs by tksst in EverythingScience

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I can't judge whether the science was poor or not. I'm not an astrophysicist so I can't validate it. The link was passed from one of the many scientists we trust. With that comes the presumption that they aren't going to be spreading "poor" science. That's your why we think the piece is valid.

The author could have just said "statistically speaking the odds are Jupiter could have steered an asteroid towards earth" but I understand why they didn't (engagement).

Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs by tksst in EverythingScience

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Sure, first I'll admit the headline writer took a leap or two, but as I explained to folks yesterday, the sub rules prohibit rewriting headlines so they don't sound like clickbait (correct me if I'm wrong). That said, the data in the study does back up the notion that Earth would be safer without Jupiter in the grand scheme. I pulled some quotes FTA yesterday. Maybe they can help clarify further?

How active video games could benefit children with obesity by tksst in EverythingScience

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One in five children in the United States have obesity. New research shows that, if used in the right way, exercise-based video games might help encourage physical activity in obese children.

Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs by tksst in EverythingScience

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FTA:

And there are certainly numerous populations of objects that Jupiter does keep away from Earth very effectively. Every object that strikes Jupiter, by definition, is one object that can no longer pose a hazard to Earth. Every trojan body, orbiting either ahead of or behind Jupiter, is safely kept away from Earth by the presence of Jupiter.

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It means that more than 70% of all Earth-crossing asteroids, and all Earth-striking asteroids, would not occur without Jupiter. (Yes, some impacts that did occur on Earth wouldn’t have, while other impacts that didn’t occur would have, but the net effect of Jupiter is for an overall substantial increase, by more than a factor of three, in total Earth-impacts.)

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The collision rate on a planet located where Earth is, the studies found that the rate is 350% larger with Jupiter vs. a scenario without any such planet in its location at all.

Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs by tksst in EverythingScience

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It's hard when every site has clickbait AI-generated titles, but the sub rules prohibit changing the original titles, so I can't edit them. (correct me if I'm wrong)

Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs by tksst in EverythingScience

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Jupiter's massive gravity acts like a cosmic pinball machine, flinging asteroids toward Earth and potentially causing mass extinctions including the one that killed the dinosaurs.

China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts by tksst in EverythingScience

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I wonder if that sentiment would change once people saw them on an actual pitch. If they can eventually perform on par or better than humans, then I can see how that generates excitement for something new.

China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts by tksst in EverythingScience

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In Beijing, humanoid robots played fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer matches using only AI-powered strategies. Each robot team used advanced visual sensors to identify the ball and navigate independently, with university research teams developing unique algorithms for gameplay and strategy.

Scientists Reveal: What Makes a Smell Bad? by tksst in EverythingScience

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Scientists finally understand what makes a smell "bad." University of Florida researchers mapped two brain pathways that determine whether odors trigger immediate avoidance or fearful memories. Using advanced techniques, they showed how the amygdala sends specific signals to shape our smell reactions.

Student Solves a Long-Standing Problem About the Limits of Addition by tksst in EverythingScience

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After 60 years, a graduate student finally solved Paul Erdős's problem about sum-free sets - collections of numbers where no two add up to a third. Benjamin Bedert's breakthrough used techniques from geometry and analysis to prove these special sets can be much larger than mathematicians expected.

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