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'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a 1.2% chance of smashing into our planet, scientists estimate.

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1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it's tiny

A miniature gold lock dated to the third to fourth centuries was found by a metal detectorist in Germany.

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Chinese company Alibaba says its AI model trounces its DeepSeek and OpenAI competitors

Alibaba claims that its Qwen2.5-Max artificial intelligence model outperformed its rivals at OpenAI, Meta and DeepSeek.

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Climate change is speeding up, study of ocean warming reveals

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address climate change, scientists find.

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Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its kind 'artificial photosynthesis'

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The technology could be utilized in China's planned moon base.

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1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

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Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu.

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Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area

A minor earthquake has hit Yellowstone National Park, and some people in the region experienced a tremor. The magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near Norris Geyser Basin, which has a history of quakes.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman injected herself with venom from a black widow spider

Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

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Chinese scientists created mice with 2 dads — and they survived to adulthood

By modifying 20 regions of the genome, scientists successfully bred mice with two male parents and raised them to maturity.

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Massive tuberculosis outbreak sickens dozens in Kansas

An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024.

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier — becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US history

By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger travel.

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DeepSeek stuns tech industry with new AI image generator that beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released a new image generator, Janus-Pro-7B, which the company says is better than competitors.

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Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, the closest yet to catastrophe

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock closer to Armageddon than ever before.

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New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say

An artificial intelligence model has created a new protein that researchers say would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature — if nature were capable of producing such a thing.

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Last ice age quiz: How much do you know about Earth's frosty past?

How did woolly mammoths survive the last ice age? And how thick was the ice over New York City? Test your knowledge by taking our quiz.

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People who can't 'see with their mind's eye' have different wiring in the brain

People with aphantasia still generate brain activity when attempting to visualize, but that image may be getting lost in translation, a new study suggests.

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Earth from space: Italy's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds

This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up through a strange gap in the clouds.

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Over 400 gold and silver Roman-era coins unearthed in the Netherlands depict rulers from Rome, Britain and Africa

A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money.

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Sperm cells carry traces of childhood stress, epigenetic study finds

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more research is needed.

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We may finally know what causes Mars' gigantic, planet-wide dust storms

Mars' southern hemisphere absorbs a lot of the sun's energy during the Red Planet's spring, and that may be causing Mars' dust storms, a new study suggests.

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1,200-year-old remains of dismembered pregnant woman in Ecuador hint at 'enigmatic' sacrifice to thwart El Niño

The unusual burial of a woman and fetus in prehistoric Ecuador may reflect the community's fear of her power.

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Bayeux Tapestry: A 1,000-year-old embroidery depicting William the Conqueror's victory and King Harold's grisly death

A long roll of cloth embroidered with key scenes from British history is a unique medieval chronicle.

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If humans could fly, how big would our wings be?

Humans don't have hollow bones like birds do, so how big would our wings have to be to lift us off the ground?

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Can cold weather make you sick?

Exposure to low temperatures for prolonged spells can trigger an array of different health conditions, some of which may be life-threatening.

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