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Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why.

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.

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NASA spacecraft snaps eerie image of eclipsed sun with an extra moon overhead. What's going on?

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is expected to start science operations June 9.

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The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

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Scientists solve mystery of how orange cats got their coats — and why so many are male

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a genetic mutation on the X chromosome of orange, calico and tortoiseshell cats.

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'Yet another miracle save': NASA engineers complete nail-biting maneuver to resurrect Voyager 1's long-dead thrusters

More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA engineers brought them miraculously back to life.

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'Very rare' African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert

Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ancestors.

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North America's 'broken heart': The billion-year-old scar from when the continent nearly ripped apart

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North America's "broken heart," it is filled with solidified magma and lava.

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What is Moore’s Law and does this decades-old computing prophecy still hold true?

Moore's Law was an off-hand prediction that came to be one of the prevailing laws of modern computing — but what did it predict, and can we still rely on it?

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Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills on its butt

Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods were more diverse than previously thought.

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US baby receives first-ever customized CRISPR treatment for genetic disease

A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific mutation.

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New CRISPR alternative can 'install' whole genes, paving the way to treatment for many genetic disorders

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

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World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees

Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided.

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Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal

A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.

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The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth

The sun has released several powerful M- and X-class solar flares over the past few days, resulting in radio blackouts around the world.

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New theory could finally make 'quantum gravity' a reality — and prove Einstein wrong

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

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Dinosaur age tsunami revealed from tiny chunks of Japanese amber, study finds

Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, giving paleontologists a new way to identify past tsunamis.

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Scientists use AI to encrypt secret messages that are invisible to cybersecurity systems

Scientists say that hiding secret messages using AI chatbots could lead to a world of iron-clad encryption.

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Quantum computing: What is quantum error correction (QEC) and why is it so important?

Quantum computers can one day be vastly more powerful than the most powerful supercomputers on the planet — but only if scientists find ways to fix the extremely high error rate in qubits.

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Prader-Willi syndrome: A rare disease that causes insatiable hunger

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease that causes poor feeding in infancy but later triggers insatiable hunger.

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James Webb telescope reveals 'impossible' auroras on Jupiter that have astronomers scratching their heads

Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they can't fully explain.

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Death of the universe predicted to arrive much sooner using Stephen Hawking-inspired theory

Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are decaying much faster than previously thought. The estimate of stellar remnant decay is based on Stephen Hawking's famous black hole radiation theory.

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'Truly miraculous': Common gut microbe shows promise as fatty liver disease treatment

Researchers shed light on the "dark matter" of the gut, revealing a species of fungus that could potentially help counter fatty liver disease. The research is in its early days, though.

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'Quite enigmatic': Rare stone carving of Assyrian king surrounded by gods discovered in Iraq

A massive stone carving featuring an Assyrian ruler and several deities has been found in Iraq.

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Immune genes linked to bigger brains and longer lifespans in mammals — including humans

The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts speculate that these genes may affect longevity.

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Lights on Mars! NASA rover photographs visible auroras on Red Planet for the first time

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured a photo of green auroras shining in the Martian sky for the first time. The alien light show, previously assumed to be impossible, could be visible to future astronauts.

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