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'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

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Winter sea ice cover lowest in 47-year satellite record

The Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year history of the satellite record – the warmest March on record for Europe.

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Physicists create hottest Schrödinger's cat ever in quantum technology breakthrough

Physicists have replicated the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment at hotter temperatures than ever before. The breakthrough is a small but significant step toward quantum computers that can work at normal temperatures.

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Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say

Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.

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'Fingerprints of cancer' found after scientists flash infrared light pulses at blood samples

A new, AI-powered test can detect the molecular "fingerprints" of cancer in a patient's blood using flashes of infrared light.

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Quantum computing breakthrough could make 'noise' — forces that disrupt calculations — a thing of the past

Useful quantum networks are hobbled by the problem of decoherence from environmental "noise." But a new breakthrough could change that.

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Scientific research is the lifeblood of our economy. Now, a wrecking ball has come.

DOGE cuts to NOAA Fisheries aren't making anything more efficient — they're stripping the ability of fishers to adapt their businesses to changing conditions. Similar impacts are being felt across different disciplines, and the U.S. science community must choose whether to look inward, hoping for better days, or to fight…

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Diagnostic dilemma: A scientist caught plague from bacteria thought to be 'noninfectious'

A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed noninfectious.

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Scientists finally know how long a day on Uranus is

An 11-year Hubble study has finally revealed how long a day lasts on Uranus.

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'Hairy books' bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

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The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

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Amateur astronomer discovers bright green comet SWAN25F — and you can see it too

Comet SWAN25F was discovered using photos from the European Space Agency's SOHO spacecraft and can currently be spied using backyard equipment — but it could also become visible to the naked eye in the next few weeks.

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NASA rover watches 'fiendish' Martian 'dust devils' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalism

Video footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover shows a small "dust devil" merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.

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6,500-year-old hunting weapons found in Texas cave are among the oldest known in North America

The weapons from a toolkit unearthed in Texas may be the earliest ever found in North America.

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'If it weren't for that asteroid, they might still share this planet': Dinosaurs weren't doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.

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Origins of schizophrenia linked to epigenetics of the placenta

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders.

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These strange, hybrid Earth lifeforms could survive on Mars, new study hints

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

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Starving cannibalistic spiders won't hunt their siblings, but they'll quickly dine on their corpses

Social signals stop young labyrinth spiders from hunting their siblings even when they are starving. However, the cannibalistic spiderlings quickly feed on the corpses of their brothers and sisters.

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Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain

Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains.

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Watch the moon's shadow race across US on first anniversary of historic total solar eclipse — Earth from space

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

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Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences says

Dire wolves, made famous by HBO's Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers at biotech company Colossal Biosciences, these majestic predators are back.

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2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480

Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak.

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AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows — even when people use AI for help

In a study, memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than those created by humans.

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Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning

Tonka bean trees survive lightning strikes — and use the powerful electric shocks to kill their competitors.

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130,000-year-old mammoth calf smells like 'fermented earth and flesh,' necropsy reveals

Researchers have performed a necropsy on a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth preserved in the Siberian permafrost.

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