Roman-era silver 'toilet spoon' discovered in Wales

The silver spoon was used to scoop out cosmetics and medications.

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45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central Europe

The finding suggests that 'successive pulses of small groups' of humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe starting around 45,000 years ago.

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How do fevers kill germs?

You may have heard that fevers help fight infections. But how, exactly, do they do it?

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Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system

Team "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity.

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'Mind-blowing' James Webb telescope images reveal 19 spiral galaxies in the greatest detail ever seen

New James Webb telescope images reveal 19 Milky Way-like spiral galaxies in more intricate detail than has ever been seen before.

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Have we found sonar evidence of Amelia Earhart's lost plane? Not so fast, experts say.

Sonar images could reveal the location of Earhart's fatal crash, but some experts say the object can't be her aircraft.

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Early medieval sword fished out of Polish river is in 'near perfect' condition

A sword dredged from a Polish river could be of Viking origin.

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A perfect storm of factors is causing major East Coast cities to sink. What are they, and can we do anything about it?

Cities along the Atlantic coast — including New York, Boston, and Miami — are sinking into the ground.

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Undetected brain infections may explain some SIDS cases

A new study points to brain infection and inflammation as a possible explanation for some cases of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.

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Pinpoint landing: NASA orbiter spies Japan's revived SLIM moon lander on lunar surface

NASA's images show SLIM's landing site both before and after the probe's touchdown.

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Mysterious virus-like 'Obelisks' found in the human gut and mouth

Scientists have uncovered a unique group of virus-like entities in the human gut and mouth.

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'This might be the seeds of life': Organic matter found on asteroid Ryugu could explain where life on Earth came from

Organic matter found in samples of asteroid Ryugu suggests that ancient comets may be responsible for bringing the 'seeds of life' to Earth.

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How could this new type of room-temperature qubit usher in the next phase of quantum computing?

The qubit attained quantum coherence for 100 nanoseconds, which an expert described as an "important milestone" in quantum computing research.

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What was the typical life span of a dinosaur?

What was the typical life span of a dinosaur? It depends on the size and species, of course.

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Space photo of the week: Ancient 'labyrinth of night' on Mars, one of the biggest mazes in the solar system

Take a trip through the maze-like valleys and canyons of a unique place in the solar system: Mars' 'labyrinth of night.'

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Do any animals keep pets like humans do?

Humans have all kinds of pets, but do any other animals have them too?

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Indian giant squirrel: The 'rainbow' rodent that is also the world's largest squirrel

Indian giant squirrels, with their extraordinarily colorful fur, are found in forests and woodlands of India.

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1.6-billion-year-old fossils push back origin of multicellular life by tens of millions of years

Researchers uncovered fossils of multicellular eukaryotes that are over a billion years old.

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Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that will discover the faintest ripples in space-time

The new LISA gravitational wave detector, which will be launched into orbit in 2035, promises to detect cosmic collisions from the earliest moments after the Big Bang.

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Can humans sense wetness?

Yes, we know the feeling of getting stuck in a rainstorm. But can we really sense the wetness on our skin?

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