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Science news this week: Spiders on Mars and an ancient Egyptian sword

Sept. 21, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Humans have long been a 'geophysical force on a planetary scale,' says philosopher Timothy Morton. That's neither good nor bad.

The person dubbed "the prophet of the Anthropocene" talks to Live Science about how they got this title, what the Anthropocene means, and why we need to stop trying to define when it started and accept that we've been in it for millennia.

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Drinking wastewater, building an island from scratch and creating an urban forest: 3 bold ways cities are already adapting to climate change

Climate change will fundamentally challenge the world's urban centers. Three cities — San Diego, Milan and Jakarta — offer lessons for how to adapt to a warming planet.

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Men have a daily hormone cycle — and it's synced to their brains shrinking from morning to night

A month-long study of a man's brain revealed that its volume consistently shrunk over the course of each day and then reset overnight.

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'All it takes is a predator to learn that children are easier prey': Why India's 'wolf' attacks may not be what they seem

Indian authorities believe wolf attacks have killed 10 people in the Bahraich region of Uttar Pradesh in recent months, as fear and confusion grips local villages.

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Record-breaking fires engulf South America, bringing black rain, green rivers and toxic air to the continent

The Amazon fires, fueled by severe drought exacerbated by climate change, have created a toxic smoke cloud spanning about 4 million square miles — an area larger than the entire United States.

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'What is normal today may not be normal in a year's time': Dr. Dinesh Bhugra on the idea of 'normal' in psychiatry

Live Science spoke with leading psychiatrist Dr. Dinesh Bhugra ahead of his appearance at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival in London.

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A passing star may have kicked the solar system's weirdest moons into place

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

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Pregnancy shrinks parts of the brain, leaving 'permanent etchings' postpartum

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and just after one person's pregnancy.

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Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do.

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3,200-year-old ancient Egyptian barracks contains sword inscribed with 'Ramesses II'

The newfound barracks may have been built partly because the Libyans were becoming a growing threat to ancient Egypt.

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What is the dead internet conspiracy?

With the rise of AI models and automated bots, we find out whether there is any weight to the idea that the internet is now mostly dominated by machines or if it’s still a human hangout.

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Which animals are evolving fastest?

The "fastest evolving vertebrate" title is hotly contested, but here are a few contenders.

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'Space trash' will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says

The long-sought evidence of alien life could be lurking in Earth's oceans, says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Here is his plan to find it.

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Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?

When the brain "juggles" information, things can fall through the cracks.

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How did people clean themselves before soap was invented?

Soap has a pretty simple formula and a long history.

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Sahara desert hit by extraordinary rainfall event that could mess with this year's hurricane season

The world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, is being hit with unusually heavy rain. Scientists are unclear why, but it may be linked to a subdued Atlantic hurricane season.

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Ancient relative of 'living fossil' fish reveals that geological activity supercharges evolution

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a "living fossil." A new discovery reveals that it evolved faster when plate tectonics were most active.

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'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction

Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits.

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Scientists invent tool to see how 'healthy' your gut microbiome is — does it work?

A new tool can reveal whether someone has a "healthy" gut microbiome with a simple score — but how does it work?

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Wild gorillas in Gabon eat plants with antibacterial abilities against drug-resistant E. coli

Wild gorillas eat the same tree bark used by traditional healers, which can inhibit the growth of E. coli in petri dishes, according to a new study.

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Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans.

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DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation

Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.

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16,000-year-old skeleton, crystals and stone tools discovered in Malaysian caves

Archaeologists think the earliest skeleton from the Malaysian excavation may be up to 16,000 years old.

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Scientists 'rejuvenate' the aged eggs of mice — is it possible in people?

Researchers have developed a method of reversing the aging process in mouse egg cells.

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