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World's oldest known decimal point discovered in merchant's notes from 1440s Italy

Decimal points are at least 150 years older than historians thought, according to newly unearthed notes from Venetian merchant Giovanni Bianchini, who practiced astrology in the 1440s.

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Are solar flares responsible for the AT&T service outage? Not likely, experts say.

Two X-class solar flares arrived at Earth last night and early this morning. The radiation bursts coincided with massive cellphone service outages across the U.S., but experts urge that the events may not be related.

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The skin microbiome could be harnessed as mosquito repellent, study hints

In a lab study, scientists demonstrated that tweaking the makeup of the skin microbiome could theoretically help repel mosquitoes.

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One-third of trans people taking testosterone may still ovulate, raising chance of pregnancy

In a small study of transgender men and gender-diverse people who take testosterone, scientists found that one-third of the participants still ovulate and could therefore potentially become pregnant.

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The smallest full moon of 2024 rises this weekend. Here's how to see the 'Snow Moon' at its best.

February's 'Snow Moon', the second full moon of 2024, will be the farthest from Earth this year and will appear the smallest in the sky when it rises on Saturday (Feb. 24).

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5,000-pound European satellite burns up over Pacific Ocean after 30 years in orbit

Europe's ERS-2 climate satellite has burnt up over the Pacific Ocean in an uncontrolled reentry after 30 years in orbit. No damage from falling debris has been reported.

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Gut bacteria linked to colorectal cancer in young people

Certain gut bacteria reside in colorectal tumors, but the species differ depending on a patient's age, offering hope that our gut tenants could serve as early warning signs of cancer in young people.

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'A wonderful spectacle': Photographer snaps rare solar eruption as 'magnetic noose' strangles the sun's south pole

A recent solar flare unleashed a massive plasma plume from the sun's south pole, where these stellar eruptions rarely happen. The unusual phenomenon is a sign of the impending solar maximum.

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Forget making coffee — Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work lifting heavy automotive struts in latest flex

Boston Dynamics has released footage showing how its flagship Atlas humanoid robot would cope in a factory environment as it lifts heavy struts and puts them into a flow cart.

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Conjunction! How to see Venus and Mars side by side in the sky tonight

On Feb. 22, Venus and Mars will look like a cosmic colon as they appear side by side in the predawn sky.

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James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way, and it's threatening to upend cosmology

Astronomers believe the first galaxies formed around giant halos of dark matter. But a newly discovered galaxy dating to roughly 13 billion years ago mysteriously appeared long before that process should have occurred.

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FDA approves 1st-of-its-kind treatment for severe food allergies

The FDA has approved the first drug that can reduce the severity of multiple food allergies at once.

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NASA grabbed a whopping 120 grams of rubble from asteroid Bennu, and it may contain the seeds of life

NASA's final tally shows that OSIRIS-REx collected roughly 4 ounces of material from asteroid Bennu. The sample collected from the "potentially hazardous" asteroid is thought to contain some of the earliest precursors for life.

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4 genes' activity could be key to faster appendicitis diagnosis

An analysis of children's gene activity suggests that more severe forms of appendicitis can be distinguished from milder cases based on the activity of four genes.

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'This is weird': Experts 'shocked' by record-breaking longevity of Death Valley's phantom lake

A temporary lake at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park has persisted for more than six months, which is far longer than it has lasted before. And experts say that it could stick around for quite a while yet.

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1st frostbite drug approved by FDA after successful clinical trial

A drug called Aurlumyn has been approved to treat severe frostbite in the U.S. after a successful clinical trial.

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World's 1st PC rediscovered by accident in UK house clearance nearly 50 years after last sighting

Two of the three last-known surviving Q1 microcomputers have resurfaced after they were last known to have been used by an oil drilling company in the 1970s.

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Brightest black hole ever discovered devours a sun's-worth of matter every day

A distant quasar that was initially mistaken for a star is actually one of the brightest and fastest-growing black holes ever seen.

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More than 275 million never-before-seen gene variants uncovered in US population

The newly uncovered gene variants were identified as part of an analysis of the DNA of more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who agreed to participate in the All of Us Research Program.

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'More unzipping of the landscape': Arctic permafrost could crumble into rivers, unleashing devastating feedback loop

Permafrost thaw could result in new rivers forming across the Arctic, potentially unleashing 35 million car journeys' worth of carbon every year.

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Watch this eerily silent vision of the future — where offices are filled with weird, AI-powered robots

In a new video, 1X's EVE robots work together in silence in a test environment, performing actions such as sorting mail, handling objects and tidying up a child's toys.

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Elon Musk's Neuralink has concerning lack of transparency and could be vulnerable to hacking, ethicists warn

Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people's lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues, too.

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CRISPR 'will provide cures for genetic diseases that were incurable before,' says renowned biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys

Live Science spoke with biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys, whose work helped establish CRISPR as a gene-editing system.

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Why are blueberries blue?

We finally understand why blueberries are blue — and the secret lies not in the flesh or skin, but the waxy coating around it.

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Could allergies be 'deleted' someday?

Two studies pinpoint long-lived immune cells that "remember" allergies and likely sustain them through time.

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