Orcas 'attacking' boats are actually just bored teenagers having fun, experts say

Orcas off the coast of Iberia are spending less time hunting and more time exploring new games thanks to the recent recovery of their favorite prey, Atlantic bluefin tuna. | Continue reading


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Early Celtic elites inherited power through maternal lines, ancient DNA reveals

The early Celts may have inherited power through their mother's side, according to an ancient DNA analysis of lavish burials in Europe. | Continue reading


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32 of the loudest animals on Earth

Some of the world's animals produce ear-splitting sounds — and some the loudest out there may come as a surprise. | Continue reading


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'She is so old': One-eyed wolf in Yellowstone defies odds by having 10th litter of pups in 11 years

Wolf 907F recently gave birth to her 10th litter of pups, which researchers say is likely a Yellowstone National Park record. | Continue reading


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Earth from space: Shapeshifting rusty river winds through Madagascar's 'red lands'

This 2018 astronaut photo shows the rust-colored waters of Madagascar's Betsiboka River winding through a complex series of mangrove islands. Both the river and islands have been altered in recent years by destructive human practices. | Continue reading


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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints

Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests. | Continue reading


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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots galaxy churning out stars in overtime

The James Webb Space Telescope peers into NGC 4449, a small galaxy showing explosive star formation that astronomers can't quite explain. | Continue reading


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Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?

The ancient Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for thousands of years. Why was the necropolis so important to them? | Continue reading


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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

Japan has lost contact with its Akatsuki probe, the only spacecraft currently in orbit around Venus. | Continue reading


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Wreck of WWII 'Hit 'Em Harder' submarine, which sank with 79 crew on board, discovered in South China Sea

The U.S. wreck is the grave site of the 79 crew who died when the sub was sunk in battle in 1944. | Continue reading


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3,500-year-old rock art of wild sheep and double-humped camels revealed in Kazakhstan

Volunteers on an environmental clean-up in Kazakhstan uncovered rock art dating to the Bronze or Iron ages, but archaeologists say they already knew about the site. | Continue reading


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China's secret space plane has released another unknown object over Earth

China's mysterious Shenlong space plane has released an unidentified object in orbit — the seventh such object released in the past six months. The U.S. Space Force is monitoring the situation. | Continue reading


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How many stars in the Milky Way die each year?

Stars die at different rates depending on how they kick the bucket. | Continue reading


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28 'carefully placed' horses in ancient burial in France may have been part of a sacrificial ritual

Based on the positioning of the horses, researchers determined that the animals may have been buried as part of a sacrifice. | Continue reading


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Cutting pollution from the shipping industry accidentally increased global warming, study suggests

A reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions may have caused "80% of the measured increase in planetary heat uptake since 2020." | Continue reading


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Some patients with brain injuries have life support withdrawn too soon, study suggests

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer. | Continue reading


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New genetic cause of intellectual disability potentially uncovered in 'junk DNA'

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability, new research hints. | Continue reading


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The 165-year reign of oil is coming to an end. But will we ever be able to live without it?

Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Here's what that transition may look like. | Continue reading


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Solar power generated enough heat to power a steel furnace

A new proof-of-concept device trapped solar radiation and used it to heat an object to a blistering 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), raising hopes that steel furnaces could be powered by solar energy. | Continue reading


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Will we ever be able to stop using plastic?

While the push to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is spurring alternatives to petroleum in other sectors, phasing out plastic, particularly for medical applications, will be very tough. | Continue reading


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How much oil is left and will we ever run out?

We may never run out of oil, though known reserves are expected to last for about 50 years, current estimates suggest. | Continue reading


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If you thought T. rex had tiny arms, wait until you see this apex predator's ridiculously tiny appendages

Newly discovered dinosaur — the apex predator of its environment — had a weirdly flat skull compared to its contemporaries, along with ridiculously small arms. | Continue reading


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Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano hit by 150 earthquakes in just 5 hours

Europe's awakening Campi Flegrei volcano experienced its biggest seismic swarm in 40 years, with 150 earthquakes rocking the region in southern Italy in the evening of May 20. | Continue reading


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Manduka PRO yoga mat review

Manduka has produced an excellent, environmentally-conscious yoga mat offering exceptional comfort and support. | Continue reading


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GPT-4 didn't ace the bar exam after all, MIT research suggests — it barely passed

Last year, claims that OpenAI's GPT-4 model beat 90% of trainee lawyers on the bar exam generated a flurry of media hype. But these claims were likely overstated, a new study suggests. | Continue reading


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Eye of the Sahara: Mauritania's giant rock dome that towers over the desert

The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat structure, stands out like an oversized ammonite among the sand dunes of the Sahara desert in Mauritania. | Continue reading


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James Webb telescope discovers the 2 earliest galaxies in the known universe — and 1 is shockingly big

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known universe, dating to just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The detection of even earlier galaxies is likely to follow. | Continue reading


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2,000-year-old gold jewelry from mysterious culture discovered in Kazakhstan

Researchers think the artifacts were made during the little-known Kangju state. | Continue reading


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World's 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave

Carved out of ivory, the figurine was created during the Upper Paleolithic. | Continue reading


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Sorry, Spock: 'Vulcan' planet spotted near famous star was just a mirage, NASA says

New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along. | Continue reading


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Scientists may have finally solved the problem of the universe's 'missing' black holes

Primordial black holes are one of the strongest candidates for the universe's missing dark matter. But a new theory suggests that not enough of the miniature black holes formed for this to be the case. | Continue reading


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Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids' immune systems long-term?

Common illnesses spiked in kids as COVID-related social distancing policies were lifted. But experts say this doesn't reflect a long-term change in children's immune systems. | Continue reading


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Elusive 'octopus squid' with world's largest biological lights attacks camera in striking new video

Watch rare footage of deep sea "octopus squid" reveal its bioluminescent photophores as it attacks an underwater camera. | Continue reading


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'Archaeological sensation': Winemaker discovers hundreds of mammoth bones while renovating his cellar

Researchers have excavated over 300 bones from at least three mammoths in an Austrian wine cellar, potentially suggesting they were butchered by humans. | Continue reading


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Meet LocoMan, the quirky robot dog that can stand up on its hind legs like a meerkat and play with objects

Groundbreaking low-cost ‘loco-manipulators’ transform a humble robot dog into a dexterous bot capable of walking and handling objects simultaneously. | Continue reading


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'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms

Researchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh. This is the first 'contact binary' moon ever discovered, scientists say. | Continue reading


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How people without 'inner voices' could help reveal the mysteries of consciousness

The lack of an inner monologue seems linked to a lower ability to recall words and predict their sounds. | Continue reading


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'Vanishing' stars may be turning into black holes without going supernova, new study hints

Stars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests. | Continue reading


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Nightmarish 'footballfish' washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrence

A female Pacific footballfish was found dead on an Oregon beach — potentially for the first time ever. It is currently unclear what killed the alien-looking creature and how it was dragged up from the depths. | Continue reading


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Iceland volcano eruption throws spectacular 160-foot-high wall of lava toward Grindavík

Icelandic authorities said residents and emergency responders should be ready to evacuate Grindavík at short notice after a new and ongoing eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula. | Continue reading


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Mutant blue-eyed cicadas discovered outside Chicago during rare double brood event

Most of the periodical cicadas emerging across the eastern U.S. in this year's rare dual emergence event have blood-red eyes, but sightings of blue-eyed variants have recently been reported. | Continue reading


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Double cicada bloom 2024: Google Doodle celebrates once-in-221-year event with band of bugs

The "cicada-geddon" is the result of the co-emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX, with billions of bugs crawling out of the ground across parts of Eastern U.S. | Continue reading


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AI can 'fake' empathy but also encourage Nazism, disturbing study suggests

AI chatbots and large language models struggle to convey genuine empathy, and in some cases even encourage toxic belief systems like facism. | Continue reading


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Secrets of radioactive 'promethium' — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method. | Continue reading


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Ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer 4,000 years ago, cut-marked skull indicates

Cut marks discovered surrounding cancerous lesions on an ancient Egyptian skull suggest that humans were conducting cancer surgery more than 4,000 years ago. | Continue reading


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Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?

Notable outbreaks of whooping cough, or pertussis, have raised concern in some countries. | Continue reading


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Ramesses II's sarcophagus finally identified thanks to overlooked hieroglyphics

Archaeologists determined that a fragment of a sarcophagus hidden beneath a Coptic building's floor once belonged to Ramesses II. | Continue reading


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Canadian 'super pigs' are likely to invade northern US, study warns

There is "high potential" for hogs that have gone feral in Canada to cross into South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, where the pigs could inflict billions of dollars in damage. | Continue reading


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