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Infamous boat-sinking orcas spotted hundreds of miles from where they should be, baffling scientist

Orcas that attack and sink boats in southwestern Europe have been spotted circling a vessel in Spain, hundreds of miles from where they should currently be. And scientists can't explain why.

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6 strange things observed during the April 8 solar eclipse: From doomed comets to 'diamond rings'

During the recent total solar eclipse on April 8, scientists and other observers spotted some strange things in the sky and on the ground. Here are some of our favorites.

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AI-powered 'digital twin' of Earth could make weather predictions at super speeds

An AI-driven supercomputer dubbed Earth's 'digital twin' could help us avoid the worst impacts of climate catastrophes headed our way.

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Pluto's huge white 'heart' has a surprisingly violent origin, new study suggests

Tombaugh Regio — the large, pale heart that dominates Pluto's terrain — is made of nitrogen ice that accumulated after a huge, slow-motion impact, new research suggests.

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Tired of your laptop battery degrading? New 'pulse current' charging process could double its lifespan.

Using pulse current charging, or a constant current divided with a few short breaks, lithium-ion batteries hold up better over hundreds of charging cycles and can last twice as long.

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Most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way discovered 'extremely close' to Earth

Astronomers found the most massive stellar-mass black hole in the galaxy after spotting a star "wobbling" nearby. The baby monster is the 2nd-closest black hole to Earth ever detected.

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2,000-foot-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid has just made its closest approach to Earth — and you can see it with a telescope

The 2,000-foot-wide asteroid 2013 NK4 just made its closest approach to Earth in recorded history, sailing by at about eight lunar distances. You can still see the massive rock with a backyard telescope.

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Tube-tying surgeries and vasectomies skyrocketed post-Roe

A new study suggests that the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 prompted a surge in young people undergoing sterilization procedures, especially women.

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World's fastest camera captures footage at 156 trillion frames per second

This camera can generate clips of breathtakingly quick processes — and could help scientists create ultrafast magnetic memory and pioneering ultrasonic medical treatments.

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32 astonishing ancient burials, from 'vampire' decapitations to riches for the afterlife

Archaeologists have discovered lavish and grisly burials the world over.

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Drowned land off Australia was an Aboriginal hotspot in last ice age, 4,000 stone artifacts reveal

The landscape features in the dreamtime stories of Australia's Indigenous people.

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What is artificial intelligence (AI)?

This exciting field of computer science focuses on technologies that mimic human intelligence — with AI systems becoming way more prevalent in recent years.

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'Most of Gorongosa's large animals had died': How an African paradise for nature recovered from the ravages of war

In this excerpt from the beautiful book "Rewild the World at Bedtime" by Emily Hawkins and illustrator by Ella Beech, we discover how one of Mozambique's most diverse national parks recovered from the devastating effects of war.

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Space photo of the week: NASA spots enormous pink 'flames' during total solar eclipse. What are they?

Fiery pink towers could be seen erupting from the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8. What are they?

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Can you hear yourself snore?

Are snorers immune to the sounds of their own snores?

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Are we in a 6th mass extinction?

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

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There's 5 times as many bull sharks off Alabama now — but don't worry about shark bites

Juvenile bull shark numbers have significantly increased in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as waters warm — but swimmers don't need to worry, researchers say.

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Is the Javan tiger back from extinction? New study ignites controversy.

Geneticists have critiqued a study suggesting extinct Javan tigers are still alive, but the search is just beginning.

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'Jailbreaking' AI services like ChatGPT and Claude 3 Opus is much easier than you think

AI researchers found they could dupe an AI chatbot into giving a potentially dangerous response to a question by feeding it a huge amount of data it learned from queries made mid-conversation.

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Why did Europe's hunter-gatherers disappear?

There are many mysteries surrounding Europe's hunter-gatherers, but farming played a role in their demise.

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Exercise may reverse sign of aging by 'flushing' fat from muscle

Researchers say they've identified a kind of fat that plays a major role in aging and can be controlled with short-term exercise.

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There's a baby star 'sneezing' in the constellation Taurus — and it could solve a longstanding cosmic mystery

In a rare observation, scientists found a baby star "sneezing" gas, dust and magnetic energy out of its disk. This behavior could help solve a longstanding mystery about how stars form without tearing themselves apart.

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Ancient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA reveals

A new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people from the last ice age.

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Mass die-off half a billion years ago caused by shifting tectonic plates, ancient rocks reveal

A large extinction in the midst of the expansion of life during the Cambrian period was caused by the tectonics of a supercontinent, new research argues.

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Prehistoric henge accidentally discovered in England in search for Anglo-Saxon hermit

Excavations near Crowland Abbey in eastern England have unearthed a prehistoric henge that may have become a "holy island" for Christian hermits in the early medieval period.

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