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Record-breaking piles of sargassum seaweed wash up on Caribbean beaches, with more on the way

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but scientists aren't sure why there's so much of it in the first place.

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'Meth is what makes you able to do your job': AI can push you to relapse if you're struggling with addiction, study finds

In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit them, a new study has revealed.

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Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than scientists expected — and now researchers worry they might lose the means to figure out why

For reasons still unknown, Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than models can account for. Now, scientists are calling for long-term investment in monitoring capability, so that they can make informed predictions about climate change.

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Watch 'superorganism' created by tiny worms — the first time it's ever been spotted in the wild

The bizarre behavior had previously been observed in experimental settings and was thought to be a competitive attempt to escape from the rest of the group. But new research suggests a more cooperative motivation.

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Nuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energy

Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean energy one step closer to reality.

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Electronic face 'tattoos' could measure your mental strain at work

A disposable, electronic "tattoo" that measures mental workload could be used to enhance safety in high-pressure jobs, researchers say.

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'Cone-headed' skull from Iran was bashed in 6,200 years ago, but no one knows why

The skull of a young woman found at a Copper Age cemetery in Iran has revealed evidence of cranial modification along with a serious traumatic injury.

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Human evolution: Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

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Long, dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought

A set of dark streaks that regularly wind across the Martian surface are more likely to be formed by dust and wind than by water, a new artificial intelligence analysis has revealed.

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Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous group from Colombia that disappeared 2,000 years ago

A new analysis of ancient DNA reveals a previously unknown lineage of hunter-gatherers who lived in what is now Colombia.

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College student discovers psychedelic fungus that eluded LSD inventor

A West Virginia University student has identified an elusive fungus that contains psychedelic chemicals similar to LSD.

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Ginormous planet discovered around tiny red star challenges our understanding of solar systems

Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it. The discovery could further challenge theories of planet formation.

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An 'invisible threat': Swarm of hidden 'city killer' asteroids around Venus could one day collide with Earth, simulations show

A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the future, with potentially devastating consequences. However, there is no immediate threat.

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'Alien's language' problem that stumped mathematicians for decades may finally be close to a solution

The Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory, an infamous proof that has confounded mathematicians for over a decade, has been partially solved.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A rare genetic disease stained a woman's heart black

An older woman had a relatively common heart problem, but it had a very rare cause.

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'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype — here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is

"Unfortunately, the goal of creating artificial general intelligence isn’t just a project that lives as a hypothetical in scientific papers. There’s real money invested in this work, much of it coming from venture capitalists."

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Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'

Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have to queue.

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Weed may be bad for your heart, whether you smoke or consume edibles

Smoking cannabis and consuming THC edibles are both linked to impaired blood vessel dilation, possibly through separate mechanisms, a study finds.

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NASA spacecraft finds solar 'cannonballs' may have stripped Mars of its water — proving decades-old theory

After nearly a decade in orbit, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has, for the first time, directly observed the process that scientists had long suspected was responsible for stripping Mars of its atmosphere.

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Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle colliders instead of building new ones on Earth

New calculations have revealed that the super-energetic jets produced by spinning black holes could be a source for elusive dark matter particles.

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Mount Etna eruption in images: See Europe's largest active volcano blow from different angles

The latest Mount Etna eruption triggered an avalanche of volcanic material and sent ash miles into the air. Spectacular photos and videos capture the eruption of Europe's largest active volcano.

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Braided gold Viking arm-ring discovered by amateur metal detectorist on Isle of Man

Around 1,000 years ago, this Viking Age arm-ring from the Isle of Man was likely used not only to display its owner's wealth but also to serve as currency in financial transactions.

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The mysterious hill in Sudan that looks like 'landlocked lips' — Earth from space

A 2012 Google Earth photo captured a hill formation in Sudan that bears a striking resemblance to human lips. Not much is known about the unusual landmark, but researchers have guessed how it formed.

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Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the entire world for 9 days revealed by satellite

A new satellite has captured the first direct evidence of a mysterious nine-day seismic signal that shook the world in 2023.

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