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'Like they were demon possessed': Geomagnetic super storms are causing tractors to dance from side to side across US farms — and the sun is to blame

Powerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America. But some U.S. farmers also witnessed unusual activity from their high-tech machinery, which started boogying back and forth as a result of the geomagnetic disturbances.

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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds

The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.

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Nearby exoplanet has grown a tail 44 times longer than Earth — and it's acting like a giant 'stellar windsock'

Researchers have detected a giant tail of gas leaking from an exoplanet near Earth. The giant structure, which is up to 350,000 miles long, is being blown away from the alien world by stellar gusts, allowing researchers to use it like a windsock.

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Marble Caves: Chile's ethereal turquoise caverns with 'mineral ice cream' on the walls

The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, creating a magical, ever-changing display inside the caverns.

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Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent

The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers will mounted with experimental hypersonic weapon systems, but what makes this technology so lethal?

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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars

China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the punch.

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Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have discovered where 28 of them were buried.

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How does fluoride prevent cavities?

Whether delivered in water or toothpaste, fluoride can help guard teeth against decay. But how?

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Satellites reveal stunningly detailed maps of Earth's seafloors

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

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Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns

A conceptual image of the sun launching a massive fiery plume toward Earth.

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Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long 'pulse,' 2 new studies reveal

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago.

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Scientists spot 'L-shaped structures' and 'weird things' near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope images

New Hubble Space Telescope images of a black hole-powered quasar reveal 'weird' structures and gigantic jets of energy that scientists are just beginning to explain.

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Flesh-eating human parasite sweeping across Central America is raising concerns in US — what to know

New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the potentially fatal parasite is starting to make a comeback, U.S. officials say.

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4 biologists awarded Germany's most prestigious scientific award, worth 2.5 million euros

The Leibniz Prize is awarded annually to scientists for their "outstanding achievements in the field of research."

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What are 'attachment styles,' and is there science to back them up?

Attachment styles are real, but there are a lot of misconceptions about how they work.

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Comets played a 'major' role in making life on Earth possible, new study hints

A reanalysis of the data from the "rubber-ducky" comet 67P, collected nearly a decade ago, suggests comets may have deposited a lot more water on Earth than scientists previously thought.

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Angelman syndrome: A disorder that stops people walking and speaking

Angelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous system, leading to severe developmental delays and learning disabilities.

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'We know so little': Bizarre 'runaway' planets discovered by James Webb telescope may be failed stars in disguise

A new theory explains how dozens of mysterious planet pairs discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, dubbed "JuMBOs," may have formed.

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Stone Age 'CSI': Archaeologists identify a family killed in a house fire nearly 6 millennia ago

Human bones discovered in a house that burned down 5,700 years ago are providing archaeologists "CSI"-style clues about the deaths of seven people in prehistoric Ukraine.

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Black hole paradox that stumped Stephen Hawking may have a solution, new paper claims

As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a new theory suggests.

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'Medicine needed an alternative': How the 'phage whisperer' aims to replace antibiotics with viruses

"Both understood phages as medicinal agents, which the rest of the medical field viewed as nonsensical."

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New mRNA injection is step forward in 'quest' to find preeclampsia cure

A new mRNA therapy tested in mice may target the root cause of the potentially fatal pregnancy disorder preeclampsia.

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Watch Chinese security robot with wheels for feet scramble down hills and perform acrobatics

Footage shows the DEEP Robotics 'Lynx' model traversing on two wheels and four across tough terrain.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got 'broken heart syndrome' after eating too much wasabi

The patient was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken heart syndrome," which had an unusual cause.

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