Novel coronavirus really is seasonal, study suggests

Findings don't mean that summer weather will eliminate COVID-19; but it may give people a leg up against the disease.

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Stratolaunch flies world's largest airplane on 2nd test flight

Stratolaunch's Roc carrier plane, which is being groomed to haul hypersonic vehicles aloft, conducted its second-ever test flight Thursday morning (April 29).

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First-known pregnant mummy discovered

Researchers have discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy, dating from the first century in Egypt.

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How scientists caught footage of 'the kraken' after centuries of searching

A new study looks at how scientists captured the world's first (and second) recordings of a giant squid in its natural habitat.

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'Untouched' Bronze Age tomb containing human remains and a mysterious stone found in Ireland

An ancient tomb thought to date back more than 3,000 years has been discovered in southwest Ireland by workmen carrying out land improvements on a farm.

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Mysterious 7,000-year-old stone structures may be part of prehistoric cattle cult

Sprawling rectangular structures scattered across northwest Arabia and dating back more than 7,000 years may have been part of a prehistoric cattle cult.

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Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets

Researchers propose learning more about dark matter by looking for its effects inside exoplanets.

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Details of stunning Maya acropolises and sophisticated civilization revealed by laser scans

The Maya managed their resources well for centuries before abandoning their cities.

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Mystery of extinct horned crocodile solved after 150 years

Scientists have solved a 150-year-old mystery surrounding the classification of the extinct horned crocodile from Madagascar, giving it its own evolutionary group.

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Some viruses have a mysterious 'Z' genome

Some bacteria-invading viruses carry around DNA with a different letter — Z — that may help them survive.

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Baby mantis shrimp throw knockout punches at 9 days old

Larvae punch slower than adults can, but still strike far faster than their prey can swim.

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Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say

The increasing number of satellites and space debris orbiting Earth could prevent astronomers from making crucial discoveries.

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Stars made of antimatter could exist in the Milky Way

Astronomers try to solve the mystery of antihelium by searching for antistars.

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Copy of famous Teotihuacan structure discovered in Maya city

A miniature version of Teotihuacan's Citadel has been uncovered in Tikal, raising questions about the diplomatic relationship between the two cities 2,000 years ago.

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SpaceX rocket launches another 60 Starlink satellites, nails its 7th landing at sea

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday evening (April 28) and nailed a landing at sea to top off a successful mission.

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Massive DDT dumping ground found off the Los Angeles coast is bigger than anyone thought

A survey recently mapped a vast industrial dumping ground in the ocean basin between the Los Angeles coast and Catalina Island.

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Woman swallows fish bone, it migrates into her neck

The woman was eating wolf herring when she experienced "excruciating pain over the throat."

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Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dies at age 90

Collins piloted the Apollo 11 command module as his crewmates walked on the Moon.

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Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought

Earth's continents have been leaking nutrients into the ocean for at least 3.7 billion years, new research suggests.

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These 'creativity genes' allowed humans to take over the world

Creativity could be one of the main reasons Homo sapiens survived and dominated over related species such as Neanderthals and chimpanzees, according to a new study.

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Study of nearly every glacier on Earth shows ice loss is speeding up

A new study assessed more than 200,000 glaciers around the world.

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'Plain of Jars', one of the most mysterious archaeological sites, reveals its true age

The mysterious Plain of Jars in northern Laos — a landscape dotted with massive stone jars hewn from sandstone thousands of years ago — was likely used as a burial site for much longer than previously suspected.

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110 ancient Egyptian tombs, including baby burials, found along Nile

Archaeologists have unearthed 110 ancient Egyptian tombs, many holding the remains of humans, including two babies inside pots, along the Nile Delta.

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Climate change has been altering Earth's axis for at least 30 years

Glacial melt caused by climate change is redistributing weight on the planet, leading to a shift in Earth's poles as far back as the 1990s.

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Medieval sword unearthed in Poland might be from Battle of Grunwald

This sword may have belonged to one of the battle's 66,000 troops.

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7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy

What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.

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Arctic sponges crawl around the seafloor and leave bizarre brown trails to prove it

For the first time, researchers have captured images of bizarre brown trails on an Arctic ridge that appear to have been left by sponges crawling across the seafloor.

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Huge Delta IV Heavy rocket launches US spy satellite to orbit

A new U.S. spy satellite launched into space Monday afternoon (April 26) on the mightiest rocket built by the United Launch Alliance.

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Cuckoo bird has crossed the Sahara 10 times in 5 years

Scientists began tracking the bird in 2016.

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Anglerfish are stranger than science fiction

Deep-sea anglerfish are some of the most bizarre animals of the ocean.

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Am I pregnant? 12 early signs of pregnancy

A woman's body goes through a number of changes in the earliest stages of pregnancy. Here are 12 clues to help a woman figure out whether she's pregnant.

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'Crazy worms' have invaded the forests of 15 states, and scientists are worried

Highly invasive jumping worms or 'crazy worms' have been found in 15 states, and they are only poised to spread more, scientists warn.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity goes long distance in 3rd flight on Red Planet

Ingenuity aced its third-ever Martian flight early Sunday morning (April 25), adding to its already impressive resume.

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370-year-old gold ring may have honored beheaded earl

A metal detectorist has discovered a gold ring dating to the English Civil War.

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Vikings carved a massive boat into this volcanic cave to ward off the apocalypse

The Vikings may have carved this mysterious boat structure into an Icelandic cave to ward off Ragnarok, an apocalyptic event in which the gods would be killed and the world engulfed in flames.

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Meteorite that landed in Botswana tracked to its birthplace in the asteroid belt

The space rock fragments originally came from Vesta, scientists concluded.

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Can our brains help prove the universe is conscious?

Leading scientists have long pondered how matter gives rise to our subjective experience of reality and believe consciousness could even permeate space and time.

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Post-apocalyptic, abandoned Chernobyl could become a World Heritage site

Ukrainian officials propose that the desolate exclusion zone around Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, should be added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.

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A piece of space junk zipped by SpaceX's Dragon capsule on its way to the space station

A piece of space debris passed unexpectedly close by SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule as it ferried four Crew-2 astronauts to the International Space Station.

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Does the silent treatment work?

Conflict is healthy.

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Pregnancy diet & nutrition: What to eat, what not to eat

These healthy foods and beverages should be part of a healthy diet to provide a mother-to-be with the important nutrients a baby needs for growth and development.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity snaps epic photo of rover tracks, will attempt 3rd flight Sunday

NASA's history-making Mars helicopter Ingenuity will make its third Red Planet flight this weekend, if all goes according to plan.

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What is the most genetically diverse species?

Genetic diversity helps organisms adapt to environmental changes.

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J&J coronavirus vaccine can resume in US, CDC advisory panel recommends

A CDC advisory panel voted to recommend that the U.S. resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people 18 years of age and older.

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Highly effective malaria vaccine could be a game-changer, early trial suggests

A new malaria vaccine showed to be 77% effective in early clinical trials, the first to pass the World Health Organization's efficacy goal.

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Chernobyl's liquidators didn’t pass on radiation damage to their children

Exposure to Chernobyl radiation increased the risk of thyroid cancer by breaking DNA strands, but the effects didn't carry to the next generation.

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Vaccines neutralize New York coronavirus variant in lab dishes

The studies analyzed antibodies drawn from vaccinated people.

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Proxima Centauri shoots out humongous flare, with big implications for alien life

Scientists have detected the largest stellar flare ever recorded from Proxima Centauri. The finding changes what we know about stellar flares and the potential for alien life around red dwarfs.

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Leonardo da Vinci didn’t carve the notorious 'Flora' bust, experts find

New analysis of a bust attributed to Leonardo da Vinci has determined that the famed artwork wasn't da Vinci's. Rather, it was crafted from sperm whale wax in the 19th century.

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Silver coins unearthed in New England may be loot from one of the 'greatest crimes in history'

A handful of Arabian silver coins found in New England may be the last surviving relics of history's most notorious act of piracy — and perhaps one of the most famous pirates who ever lived.

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'Pizzly' bear hybrids are spreading across the Arctic thanks to climate change

The hybrids may have an advantage over polar bears because their jaws enable them to eat a more diverse range of foods.

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Pink supermoon will light up the night this Monday

The Pink Moon, the second largest full moon of the year, will light up the sky from Sunday through Wednesday.

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An ancient coronavirus swept across East Asia 25,000 years ago

An ancient coronavirus may have infected the ancestors of people living in modern-day East Asia tens of thousands of years ago.

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Ears: Facts, function & disease

The ears are complex systems that not only provide the ability to hear, but also make it possible to maintain balance.

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Hearing aids: How they work and which type is best for you

Hearing aids are small electronic devices that a person wears in or behind their ears. Here's how the different types of hearing aids work and which one might be best for you.

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Woman mistakes nail glue for eye drops, glues eye shut

She kept both bottles together in her purse.

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A student's physics project could make quantum computers twice as reliable

A remarkably simple change in the codes used to correct errors in quantum computers could half the number of destabilizing mistakes in these systems.

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India breaks global record for highest number of daily COVID-19 infections

India reported 312,731 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the highest single-day increase ever reported worldwide.

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US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbit

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked three big space companies for the first phase of a larger project to test nuclear propulsion above low Earth orbit by 2025.

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300 million-year-old 'Godzilla shark' identified as new species, gets a new name

Scientists have finally classified and named the ancient 'Godzilla shark' which was first discovered in 2013 in New Mexico.

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Tweaking the gut bacteria of malnourished kids could help them grow

Gut bacteria may help boost the production of key proteins for bone growth and brain development.

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Dragon mantis females have a Y-shaped sex gland that moves like a tentacle and looks like a maggot

A two-pronged, pheromone-producing gland in female dragon mantises only pops up when they are ready to mate.

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Russia wants to build its own space station to replace the ISS, state officials say

Russia is building modules for a new space station, which could potentially replace the International Space Station by the year 2025, officials said.

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Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the gods

Researchers recently described a new species of amphibious giant centipede in an archipelago in Japan.

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Mysterious second writer of Dead Sea Scroll uncovered by AI

Two scribes wrote the famous Great Isaiah Scroll, researchers found with the help of AI and statistics.

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Pelican rescued from Deepwater Horizon disaster flies hundreds of miles home

Even today, the Gulf Coast still suffers from the effects of the oil spill. But a remarkable cleanup effort has helped the pelican return home.

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Small NASA rocket will study boundary of interstellar space

For a few brief minutes, a suborbital rocket from NASA has an ambitious plan to seek out particles from interstellar space.

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China wants to launch its own Hubble-class telescope as part of space station

China could launch the first module for its own space station this month as the country also prepares to send a large space telescope to join it in orbit within the next few years.

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'Exotic compact objects' could soon break physics, new study suggests

Gravitational wave detectors could soon uncover hints of new physics from exotic compact objects.

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Iron Age warriors bent the swords of their defeated enemies, ancient hoard reveals

A metal detectorist uncovered more than 100 artifacts dating to the Iron Age at a hillfort in Germany.

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Never mind outrunning a T. rex — you could probably outwalk it

New simulations calculated T. rex speed from the motion of its swaying tail, finding that the massive dinosaur was a mighty slow walker.

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Mosasaurus: Apex ocean predator of the dinosaur age

Mosasaurus was one of the largest members of the mosasaur family, which were the top predators in the oceans during the age of dinosaurs.

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Vandals sack Roman-era estate and bathhouse just discovered in UK

Soon after archaeologists unearthed an estate from the Roman Empire in the U.K., vandals broke in and damaged it.

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Gladiator arena from Roman era unearthed in Turkey

Up to 20,000 people likely cheered and jeered as they watched gladiator and wild animal fights in a newfound Roman-era arena in Turkey.

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One of Earth's nearest stars may be a dark matter factory

A hunt for hypothetical axions streaming from Betelgeuse turns up empty but helps physicists set constraints on their properties.

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'Brazil nut puzzle' cracked by researchers

The research isn't all for nutting; scientists say it will help a number of industries, from pharmaceuticals to mining.

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Enormous Antarctic iceberg that became an internet star finally melts away

Iceberg A68, an enormous hunk of ice that broke off Antarctica in 2017, has finally melted away to nothing in the Atlantic.

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Tarantulas conquered Earth by spreading over a supercontinent, then riding its broken pieces across the ocean

Around 120 million years ago, tarantulas first appeared on the Gondwana supercontinent in what is now the America, and then dispersed into Africa, Australia and India.

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UK researchers will deliberately reinfect people with COVID-19 in new 'challenge study'

All of the participants will be quarantined and monitored closely.

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Scientists created the whitest paint ever

Engineers have created the whitest paint ever, and they think it can help fight a warming planet.

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Oldest American, Hester Ford, dies, leaving 120 great-great-grandchildren

Available census reports give conflicting accounts of Ford's birth year.

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What was the Deepwater Horizon disaster?

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 people. Two days later the rig capsized, and the pipe below began spewing oil.

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Thousands of tons of microplastics are swirling around in the atmosphere, study finds

A new study has measured the number of microplastics in the atmosphere and modeled how the tiny particles get transported around the planet.

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Scientists probe mystery of 'thunderstorm asthma' event that sent thousands to the ER

A new model digs into the mystery of why this occurred.

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Were the first humans superpredators?

A new hypothesis suggests that humans were hypercarnivores more than 2 million years ago, specializing in taking down the largest prey.

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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes off on historic 1st powered flight on another world

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lifted off on the Red Planet early this morning (April 19), performing the first-ever powered flight on a world beyond Earth.

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Wee footprint of baby stegosaur discovered in China

The smallest stegosaur footprint ever found has been discovered in China, and suggests that the baby pranced around on hind feet.

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10 stunning natural wonders of the world you need to visit

Some of the best locations nature has to offer, from an island teeming with dragons to a famous waterfall.

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Watch two black holes bend the daylights out of spacetime in this trippy NASA visualization

A simulated binary system animation shows how extreme gravity warps two black holes locked in a mesmerizing "dance."

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Scientists paint best portrait yet of closest known fast radio burst

Scientists have uncovered more details about perhaps the most famous repeating fast radio burst, a mysterious phenomenon astronomers cannot yet explain.

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Dying white dwarf stars may explode like a nuclear bomb

When a white dwarf star explodes as a supernova, it may be detonating like a nuclear weapon on Earth, a new study finds.

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Can a night owl turn into an early bird?

What steps can night owls take to become early birds?

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Russia is going back to the moon this year

Russia is revisiting its Soviet space heritage for a new series of missions that will take the nation back to the moon.

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Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?

If cats were loved, why were so many sacrificed?

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US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 lockdowns

U.S. overdose deaths surged during the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the CDC.

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How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower

The Lyrid meteor shows will light up the skies from April 16 to April 30. Here's how to watch.

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Tiny Jurassic 'Monkeydactyl' has the oldest pair of thumbs on Earth

Researchers unearthed the fossil of a pterosaur with opposable thumbs, making it the oldest known animal with thumbs on Earth.

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As many as 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes once stalked Earth

Digging deep into T.rex's history helped researchers determine how many of these apex predators ever existed.

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To become queen, these ants shrink their brains and balloon their ovaries (then, they reverse it)

The researchers say that brain plasticity like this may not just be a trick of the ants. Other animals could do it too, and we may only just be noticing.

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Man's energy drink habit lands him in the hospital with heart failure

The findings add to a growing body of evidence linking energy drink consumption with heart problems.

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How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth?

The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts.

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Trained dogs can smell coronavirus in your pee

Dogs can sniff out SARS-CoV-2 in urine samples with 96% accuracy, according to a proof-of-concept study.

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Prehistoric cannibal victim found in death cave ID'ed as a young girl

"The Boy of Gran Dolina," a young individual in the extinct Homo antecessor species found at a site in Spain, is actually female, according to new analysis of dental remains.

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Glowing, red-eyed rat fetus is global photo contest's gorgeously creepy winner

Butterfly wing scales, neurons, dividing cells and more showcased the beauty of microscopy in Olympus' second annual Global Image of the Year Award.

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COVID-19 booster shots may be needed within 12 months, US officials say

People vaccinated against COVID-19 may require booster shots within nine to 12 months of their initial vaccination.

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Part-human, part-monkey embryos grown in lab dishes

The advance brings up some ethical questions.

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Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence?

Physicists have long been unable to describe what happened just after the Big Bang when a teensy blip ballooned into the universe, a process called inflation. We may know why.

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Alphabet's 'missing link' possibly discovered

An alphabetic inscription written on a jar fragment found at the site of Tel Lachish in Israel and dating back around 3,450 years may provide a "missing link" in the history of the alphabet.

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Leaving middle seat empty lowers COVID-19 spread on planes, modeling suggests

Leaving middle seats empty on airplanes helps reduce COVID exposure to passengers, a new CDC study finds.

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Bizarre neck bones helped pterosaurs support their giraffe-size necks and huge heads

Pterosaur neck vertebrae had an incredible internal structure.

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World's largest rabbit missing, presumed stolen

A Flemish Giant rabbit named Darius is missing. He is the largest rabbit on Earth.

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'Magic mushroom' compound may work just as well as antidepressants, small study finds

The study adds to a growing body of research on the potential benefits of psilocybin for people with depression.

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What is an adenovirus?

Find out everything about adenoviruses, from what they are and what symptoms to watch out for to how adenoviruses are used in vaccines, such as those for COVID-19.

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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' close to tipping point, unmanned sub reveals

Thwaites Glacier has lost 595 billion tons of ice since the 1980s. If it collapses completely it could take the rest of the West Antarctic Ice sheet with it, causing a ten-foot rise in global sea levels.

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Is Bigfoot real? You likely already know the answer.

Despite a lack of hard evidence, some people believe that Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch, is a giant ape-like creature that roams North America.

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Knife-wielding spider god mural unearthed in Peru

Archaeologists in Peru are taking steps to preserve and study a 3,200-year-old temple painted with a mural of a spider deity holding a knife.

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Ancient people may have created cave art while hallucinating

Stone age people may have deliberately ventured into oxygen-depleted caves to paint while having out-of-body experiences and hallucinations, researchers say.

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Experts worried after 4 dead gray whales wash up around San Francisco

Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.

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Your most distant cousin doesn't even have an anus

No animal is less related to you than a sea sponge, and they've got the genes and nerveless, anus-less bodies to prove it.

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Telescope lasers could give humanity an edge in war against space junk

Space junk is a growing problem. Scientists want to fight it with lasers that can de-twinkle the stars.

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Pet dog buried 6,000 years ago is earliest evidence of its domestication in Arabia

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered bones at a burial site that reveal the domestication of dogs in the area happened much earlier than previously believed.

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Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea

The Japanese government announced plans to dump more than 1 million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, beginning in two years.

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Long-necked dinosaurs migrated hundreds of miles, 'stomach stones' reveal

During the Jurassic period, long-necked dinosaurs gulped down pink stones and then migrated hundreds of miles across what is now the American Midwest.

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Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operation

A months-long rescue operation transported the last of nine stranded giraffes to their new home in a mainland sanctuary.

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After 48-year search, physicists discover ultra-rare 'triple glueball' particle

A never-before-seen particle known as the odderon has revealed itself in the hot guts of two particle colliders, confirming a 48-year-old theory.

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Fireball meteor burns up over South Florida

The meteor was spotted at about 10 p.m. local time on April 12.

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A third of Antarctic ice shelves could collapse at current pace of warming

A third of Antarctica's vast offshore ice shelves would risk collapse into the ocean if the world warms by 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

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US may pause J&J coronavirus vaccines due to rare cases of blood clots

The CDC and FDA are recommending a pause in administering the J&J vaccine to investigate reports of 6 cases of rare blood clots.

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100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand

Fossilized footprints on a beach in Spain were made about 100,000 years ago by a family of Neanderthals, including children who jumped about as if playing in the sand.

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Can vaccinated people still spread COVID-19? Huge study tackles question

The trial will take place at 21 U.S. universities.

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Strange blue structures glow on Mars in new NASA image

A lovely new image of the Martian north pole shows the Red Planet streaked with blue.

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UK coronavirus variant not more deadly, just spreads more easily, studies find

The findings contradict some early research from U.K. health officials.

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5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall on Earth each year

Each year, 5,200 tons of space dust fall to Earth, far outweighing larger meteorites that hit the planet.

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Antibody cocktail helps prevent coronavirus infections in same households

A monoclonal antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron reduced risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 81% in household contacts living with a positive case, company said.

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Baby born with three penises

A baby boy born in Iraq with three penises is the first reported human case of triphallia. He's doing well after surgery.

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Yuri Gagarin: How the first man in space sparked a conspiracy theory

Gagarin became the first of humankind to blast off into space on April 12, 1961, but rumors continue to circulate that another cosmonaut had beaten him to the punch days before.

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NASA delays Mars helicopter Ingenuity's 1st flight to April 14

NASA has delayed the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the vehicle's last test ended earlier than planned.

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World's largest recorded sawfish washes up dead in Florida

The longest sawfish ever measured washed up in Florida, not far from another large specimen.

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Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake'?

No, the misquote is an example of French revolutionary propaganda.

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NASA to land 1st person of color on the moon with Artemis program

NASA will land the first person of color in addition to the first woman on the moon with the Artemis program, NASA's Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed today (April 9).

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NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is 'go' for historic 1st flight on Sunday

Humanity's first helicopter on Mars has been cleared for a historic takeoff.

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Why do cats have belly 'pouches'?

Cats have swinging "pouches" on their bellies, but that doesn't mean they're fat.

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NASA detects rare 'double quasar' in ancient corner of the universe

Astronomers just detected two pairs of rare 'double quasars' about 10 billion light-years away. They are the oldest in the known universe.

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3,000-year-old 'Lost Golden City' discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have found what may be the greatest Egyptian discovery since King Tut's tomb.

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Pfizer requests FDA authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in kids 12 to 15

The company hopes to make the vaccine available to the age group before the start of the fall school year.

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A woman's debilitating chronic itch disappeared after she started using marijuana

"These findings are promising, but randomized clinical trials are needed to confirm the results," her doctors said.

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Two satellites might collide at 32,000 mph over the Arctic today

There's a one-in-five chance of two large satellites colliding at a relative velocity of 32,679 mph (52,592 kph) over the Siberian Arctic Friday (April 9) — an event that would spew 2.1 tons (1,900 kilograms) of debris across Earth's orbital space.

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Explosive volcanic eruption rocks Caribbean island, as evacuations continue

La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted explosively Friday, spewing ash tens of thousands of feet into the air.

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Astronomers detect a bright-blue bridge of stars, and it's about to blow

Astrophysicists think a newly discovered region of the Milky Way could provide hints about the evolution of our galaxy and its potentially violent past.

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The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 is just 3 years away

Three years from today, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than half a billion people across North America have the chance to see another Great American Solar Eclipse.

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These endangered monkeys kept getting hit by cars. Scientists had a clever solution.

Adding speed bumps to a road in a national park in Zanzibar has reduced the number of collisions between cars and one of Africa's rarest primates.

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'Dark sirens' could solve one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology

A team has offered a way for gravitational wave events called dark sirens to resolve a crisis in cosmology

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Europe's oldest map, a stone slab, unearthed in France

The map likely represents an area along the River Odet in western France.

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People are taking an animal deworming drug for COVID-19, and it's a really bad idea

Misinformation about ivermectin has led some people to take the drug for COVID-19.

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Turtles complete seemingly impossible journey thanks to a hidden 'corridor' through the Pacific

Loggerhead turtles survive the journey using temporary "thermal corridors."

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First 'Homo' species left Africa with ape-like brains

Early members of the genus Homo didn't have advanced brains.

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Black holes: The darkest objects in the universe

Find out what black holes are, who discovered them, how we know they exist and what would happen if you fell into a black hole.

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Earth nearly lost all its oxygen 2.3 billion years ago

The permanent oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere took twice as long as previously believed and finally finished up to 100 million years later than expected.

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Masquerading, deadly snake discovered and named after shape-shifting Chinese goddess

Scientists in China have discovered a new species of deadly snake and have named it after a shape-shifting snake goddess from Chinese mythology.

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'Ghost forests' are invading the North Carolina coast

Thousands of acres of greenery in North Carolina were converted to 'ghost forests' in the last three decades, and the trend is expected to continue with climate change.

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Cells age prematurely in those with depression, study suggests

People with major depression had accelerated cellular aging by an average of two years compared to healthy controls.

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Rare autoimmune disorder caused a woman's nose to collapse

The bridge of the woman's nose collapsed and a hole formed in her septum.

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A tiny, wobbling muon just shook particle physics to its core

But this may not be the end of the story.

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine causes very rare blood clots, EU regulator says

Other COVID-19 vaccines have not been linked to such clotting disorders.

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Medieval gold coin hoards and skull ring discovered in Wales

Metal detectorists have uncovered a handful of medieval and post-medieval treasures in Wales.

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Chimpanzees: Intelligent, social and violent

Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives and share many of the same traits as humans. They are highly intelligent and social creatures, but they are also capable of extreme violence.

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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity snaps 1st color photo on Red Planet

The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper captured its first color photograph on Saturday (April 3), shortly after being lowered to the Martian dirt by the Perseverance rover.

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SpaceX identifies cause of Starship SN11 prototype's crash

The stainless-steel SN11 didn't stick its landing last week because of a plumbing problem, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.

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HIV vaccine stimulates 'rare immune cells' in early human trials

A new vaccine approach to HIV that stimulates a set of rare immune cells showed 97% success at targeting those cells in its first tests in humans.

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These viruses are the most likely to trigger the next pandemic, according to scientists

The tool essentially creates a "watch list" of newly discovered animal viruses that pose the greatest threat to human health.

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Arctic walrus that drifted to Ireland is now hitching rides on passing ships

Wally has been stirring up mischief by lounging on lifeboat slipways and capsizing passing dinghies, but conservation groups have warned tourists not to get too close.

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Glitzy parade of 22 mummified pharaohs fills Cairo streets

The 22 mummies included 18 kings and four queens.

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What's up with this weird green rock on Mars? Perseverance rover is trying to find out.

Perseverance's laser hasn't yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover's new digs.

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'Chaos of clicks and sounds from below' as 70 orcas kill blue whale

A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.

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Hungry baby sea stars eat each other in unexpected case of underwater cannibalism

Baby sea stars may look innocent and adorable, but they're teensy little cannibals and eat their own siblings for their own survival.

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Researchers can now collect and sequence DNA from the air

For the first time, researchers have collected animal DNA from mere air samples.

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Florida officials race to drain huge wastewater reservoir before potential collapse

To avoid a collapse, regulators are dumping the reservoir water into Tampa Bay.

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Mysterious X-rays are flaring out of Uranus

Astronomers detected X-rays flaring out of Uranus for the first time. It could be a case of solar scattering, or some as-yet unknown process.

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Spooky 'spiders on Mars' finally explained after two decades

Enormous "spiders" cover the Martian south pole, and scientists finally have experimental evidence to show how they're created.

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Debris from SpaceX rocket launch falls on farm in central Washington

A piece of debris from a SpaceX launch has turned up on someone's farm in central Washington, local authorities reported Friday (April 2).

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Interstellar interloper 2I/Borisov may be the most pristine comet ever observed

The first known interstellar comet to visit our solar system may be the most pristine ever found, never passing near a star until visiting our own, researchers say.

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China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captures stunning crescent Mars photos

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has captured stunning images of Mars as a bright red sunlit crescent in deep space.

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Was Manhattan really sold for $24 worth of beads and trinkets?

In 1626, native people purportedly sold Manhattan to the Dutch for a pittance. But there are problems with this story that we shouldn't overlook.

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How long would it take to walk around the moon?

Walking around the moon could be faster than we originally thought, but actually doing it would require some serious planning.

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Explorers dive to deepest known shipwreck

The team reached the USS Johnston, a U.S. Navy destroyer that sank on Oct. 25, 1944 after an intense battle with the Japanese during World War II.

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Mysterious 'blobs' near Norway are full of squid mucus and embryos, study finds

At least 90 mysterious blobs of underwater jelly have been sighted near Norway and the Mediterranean Sea, and researchers finally know what they are.

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Coyotes: Facts about the wily members of the Canidae family

The coyote is a clever animal that has adapted well to growing human populations and habitat loss.

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Lab-made hexagonal diamonds are stronger than the real thing

The scientists used a soundwave and a laser beam to measure the diamonds before they disintegrated.

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Lava tubes in Hawaii could be a dress rehearsal for Mars colonies

Exploring volcanic lava tubes in Hawaii helps researchers understand how humans should prepare for living and working on worlds other than Earth.

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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover snaps scenic selfie at 'Mont Mercou'

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity posed for a selfie in front of a beautiful Martian rock outcrop called "Mont Mercou" after probing the area for clues about the Red Planet's past.

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These weird lumps of 'inflatons' could be the very first structures in the universe

An ultra-high-resolution simulation of a tiny slice of the universe — a million times smaller than a proton — has revealed the very first structures to ever exist.

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Mysterious brain infection makes bears act 'like friendly dogs'

A mysterious disease affecting young Californian black bears is causing them to become fearless when interacting with humans and is preventing them from developing properly.

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1st Americans had Indigenous Australian genes

A new genetic study finds connections between Indigenous South Americans and Indigenous people in Oceana.

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Woman gives birth to twins conceived three weeks apart

A woman in England became pregnant while already pregnant.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine effective after 6 months and works against problem variant

The developers gave an update from their ongoing clinical trial.

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Antimatter cooled to near absolute zero by laser beam

The scientists trapped the antimatter in a magnetic field to stop it from annihilating, before blasting it with a cooling laser.

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Dark matter could be made of black holes from the beginning of time

Evidence of collisions between black holes and neutron stars suggests dark matter might consist of concentrations of primordial black holes.

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Iron Age warriors were buried lying on feather-stuffed cushions, near a headless owl

In Iron Age boat burials, 1,400-year-old feathers filled comfy cushions under warriors' bones. Down in the bedding belonged to different birds and may have had symbolic importance.

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Dark matter 'annihilation' may be causing the Milky Way's center to glow

A new study suggests that annihilating dark matter particles may explain the Milky Way center's mysterious glow.

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What causes COVID-19 vaccine side effects?

Here's why the COVID-19 vaccine causes side effects, and why we shouldn't worry about them.

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Chemical found in 1,000 processed foods may harm the immune system

The food preservative is found in Pop-Tarts, Cheez-Its and many other processed foods.

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