Botswana Science News API

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            "title": "Light-powered spaceships could get to our nearest star in 20 years. Fiction? Scientists say it could become fact",
            "description": "A team of researches say they've demonstrated a form of light-driven propulsion that could one day get us to Alpha Centauri in 20 years.",
            "content": "In about 5 billion years, the Sun will begin to die. As it does so, it will expand and likely swallow the inner planets of the Solar System, including Earth.\nWhile that may not seem like an imminent problem, it does suggest that, should humanity stil... [3155 chars]",
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            "content": "Cells continually decide when to grow, divide, or slow down their activity for proper functioning. A protein called TOR (Target of Rapamycin) plays a vital role in this decision-making.\nFound in complex living organisms, TOR acts as a conductor, inte... [2825 chars]",
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            "title": "Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago",
            "description": "Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their evolutionary past. By uncovering exquisitely preserved fossil jaws hidden inside rock, scientists revealed that early octopuses from the age of dinosaurs weren’t shy, soft-bodied drifters—they were massive apex predators, possibly stretching up to 20 meters long and crushing prey with powerful bites.",
            "content": "Tracing the origins of octopuses has long been difficult because their soft bodies rarely fossilize. Unlike animals with bones or shells, they leave behind very little physical evidence. To overcome this, researchers focused on fossilized jaws, a par... [3739 chars]",
            "url": "http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260424233206.htm",
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