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A single gene mutation could enable H5N1 to spread between people, study finds

A new laboratory study pinpoints a way H5N1 could evolve to spread from person to person.

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'It looks like smoke': Mysterious chimneys spewing shimmering liquid discovered at the bottom of the Dead Sea

The strange structures could serve as early warning signs of life-threatening sinkholes, scientists say.

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A third of Earth's species could become extinct by 2100 if climate change isn't curbed

An analysis of research on most known species around the world finds climate change puts many species at risk of extinction, and the risk increases with more global warming.

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Scientists make 1-of-a-kind immune cells to guard transplants from attack

Scientists have designed special immune cells that protect transplanted pancreatic cells from attack in mice.

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Miniature black holes could be hollowing out planets and zipping through our bodies, new study claims

An artist's illustration of primordial black holes.

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Scientists discover revolutionary method that makes fuel from water and sunlight — but it's not finished yet

The hydrogen fuel tank of a Toyota vehicle on display.

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What's the difference between a cold and the flu?

Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.

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Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone — rather than needing 1000s of servers to run — after breakthrough

Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an hour.

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Rare gold 'Brutus' coin minted after Julius Caesar's murder is up for auction

An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar's assassination, is up for auction in December.

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Acromegaly: A disease that causes adults to grow uncontrollably

Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.

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The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight! How to see the year's last big display of 'shooting stars' before it's too late.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and 14. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing.

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Early Americans ate tons of mammoth, 13,000-year-old bones from Clovis culture baby reveal

Radioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths.

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'Spectacular' asteroid blazes over Siberia just hours after it was detected

Asteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia.

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WHO is investigating mystery illness behind 12 dozen deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Between 67 and 143 people in the DRC have died of an unknown, flu-like disease, officials have said.

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Strange pile of Stone Age skulls unearthed in Italian village baffles archaeologists

At least 15 human skulls at a Neolithic site in Italy may represent the group's collective ancestors, although archaeologists aren't certain.

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We are fast approaching the sun's 'battle zone' — and it could be even worse than solar maximum, experts warn

Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone."

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Babies' brain activity changes dramatically before and after birth, groundbreaking study finds

New brain scans have shown that neurons in several regions of the brain become significantly more active across birth.

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Extremely rare, black 'anti-auroras' paint luminous 'letter E' above Alaska

A "bizarre" E-shaped aurora was recently photographed dancing in the sky above Alaska. The unusual light show was caused by rare black auroras, a.k.a. anti-auroras, which catapult charged particles from the sun back out of Earth's atmosphere and into space.

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'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds

A polar bear stands on floating sea ice in the Arctic. The bears rely on sea ice to move throughout their hunting grounds.

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'Accidental discovery' creates candidate for universal memory — a weird semiconductor that consumes a billion times less power

A chance discovery by researchers could drastically lower the energy needed for next-generation memory technologies.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman cleaned her fish tank and ended up in the hospital

A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.

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Dramatic photo captures moment giant bird closes hidden 3rd eyelid while snatching locust from mid-air

The secretary bird photograph was among the winners of the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize.

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5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world's 1st governments

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

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James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed

James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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