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Mystery of the sun's mind-bogglingly hot atmosphere may finally be solved

Scientists have spotted elusive "magnetic waves" in the sun's atmosphere that may explain why the sun's corona is much hotter than its surface.

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2,000-year-old Celtic teenager may have been sacrificed and considered 'disposable'

Archaeologists have recovered three unusual burials of Celtic women and girls who may have been sacrificed in England.

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Why don't teeth count as bones?

Teeth and bones may appear alike, but they actually have more differences than similarities.

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Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?

Authorities have killed several lab monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi. The rhesus macaques were initially thought to be diseased and dangerous, but that's not necessarily the case.

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Gene on the X chromosome may help explain high multiple sclerosis rates in women

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are higher in women than in men, scientists suggest.

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Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthrough 'artificial muscle'

Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they say it could be used in future humanoid robots.

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Exceptionally rare iron saber, arrowheads and jewelry discovered in seventh-century warrior's tomb in Hungary

Archaeologists in Hungary have found the 1,300-year-old burial of a warrior who was buried with a rare iron saber.

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22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act

Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.

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First-ever 'mummified' and hoofed dinosaur discovered in Wyoming badlands

Researchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fish

A boy would stink of fish after eating certain dishes, and doctors found that the noxious odor likely stemmed from a rare genetic quirk.

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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet.

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Building blocks of life detected in ice outside the Milky Way for first time ever

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around a star outside our galaxy. This cosmic first hints that the stuff of life may be widespread throughout space.

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'Miracle' photo captures Comet Lemmon and meteor seemingly entwined over Earth

An astronomer in Italy caught a fortuitous image of the bright comet Lemmon seemingly entwined with the glowing trail of a "shooting star."

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Watch Air Force fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn 'storm of the century' will be catastrophic for Jamaica

The U.S. Air Force's "Hurricane Hunters" have flown inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, capturing eerie footage of the historic storm that has caused widespread devastation in Jamaica.

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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe

While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.

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'This is a completely different level of anti-vaccine engagement than we've ever seen before,' says epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley

Epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley spoke to Live Science about the importance of vaccine equity and the obstacles undermining it, as well as the political challenges to vaccines being raised in the U.S.

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Future pandemics are a 'certainty' — and we must be better prepared to distribute vaccines equitably, says Dr. Seth Berkley

Months before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, efforts were already underway to ensure low-income countries would get access to future vaccines against the infection. The book "Fair Doses" tells that story and discusses the ongoing fight for vaccine equity around the world.

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Glowering 'skull' stares upward from a giant volcanic pit in the Sahara — Earth from space

A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large volcanic caldera in Chad.

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Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests

Gene variants in red blood cell function may have doomed the hybrid babies of Neanderthals and modern humans.

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Being mean to ChatGPT increases its accuracy — but you may end up regretting it, scientists warn

Being curt or outright mean may make a newer AI model more accurate, a new study shows, defying previous findings on politeness to AI.

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There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

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Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty South American god

The Moche made human sacrifices to their gods, including Ai Apaec, the Decapitator.

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Why can pumpkins grow so large, but blueberries can't?

Most fruit is pretty small, so why do pumpkins grow to such enormous sizes?

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'Extremely rare' and 'highly unusual' Roman-era tomb in Germany is completely empty

An unusual stone circle that's likely a tomb is providing archaeologists with more information about life in Roman Bavaria.

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Indigenous Americans dragged, carried or floated 5-ton tree more than 100 miles to North America's largest city north of Mexico 900 years ago

Researchers have determined the age and origin of a massive tree that was found at the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia in what is now Illinois.

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