Scientists win $3M 'Breakthrough Prize' for mRNA tech behind Covid-19 vaccines

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Strange, repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way

It's not a fast radio burst, pulsar or low-mass star. So what in the heavens is it? | Continue reading


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Why is the color blue so rare in nature?

Feeling blue? That color isn't as common as you may think. | Continue reading


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Who will buy 'Big John,' the biggest triceratops ever found?

The massive fossil will be on display in Paris from Sept. 16 to Oct. 15. | Continue reading


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Cannibal toads eat so many of their young, they're speeding up evolution

Here's how the young are fighting back. | Continue reading


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Man can change his pupil size on command, once thought an impossible feat

Some people can wiggle their ears, some can fold their tongues ... this man can dilate and constrict his pupils on demand. | Continue reading


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New cracks found on International Space Station

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Six mysterious structures hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet

Nearly 2 miles thick in places, the ice sheet hides a landscape of canyons, mountains, fjords and gem-like lakes. | Continue reading


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Traversable wormholes are possible under certain gravity conditions

If you want to come back from a trip through a wormhole, you'll need some weird gravity. | Continue reading


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What Is Multiverse Theory?

Do we live in a multiverse? Maybe, maybe not. | Continue reading


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Starlink satellites cause 1,600 close passes a week

Starlink satellites might soon be involved in 90% of close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit. | Continue reading


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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is fighting invisible battle against inner Earth

Underground heat is cooking the Thwaites Glacier from below, and could push it closer to collapse. | Continue reading


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Fusion experiment breaks record, blasts out 10 quadrillion watts of power

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Extinct 'Hobbit' creature the size of a house cat discovered in Wyoming dig site

Meet Beornus honeyi — but you can call him Beorn. | Continue reading


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Famous Einstein equation used to create matter from light for first time

The particles used were spooky virtual particles, conjured from a disturbance between two electromagnetic fields. | Continue reading


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Shape-shifting fish that confounded scientists 100 years spotted off CA coast

The metamorphoses the creature undergoes are so dramatic, it took scientists a century to figure out its different forms belonged to the same zoological family. | Continue reading


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Origin of dinosaur-ending asteroid possibly found. And it's dark

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Synthetic brain cells that store 'memories' are possible, new model reveals

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Machu Picchu was built decades earlier than thought

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'Massive melting event' strikes Greenland after record heat wave

One estimate suggests that 13 billion tons (12 metric tons) of ice made its way into the ocean on a single day. | Continue reading


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Was Lord Kelvin wrong? 3D-printed shape casts doubt on his 150-year-old theory

Isotropic helicoids are meant to rotate as they move through a fluid. Now physicists are not so sure. | Continue reading


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Why do nuclear bombs form mushroom clouds?

What forms this iconic shape? | Continue reading


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China is gearing up to activate the first 'clean' commercial nuclear reactor

Plans for thorium reactors have been around since the 1940s, but Chinese scientists believe they are finally close to creating a working prototype. | Continue reading


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Society is right on track for a global collapse, new study of 1970s report finds

A steep downturn in human population and quality of life could be coming in the 2040s, the report finds. | Continue reading


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Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut

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Curiosity rover discovers evidence of past life on Mars may have been erased

The findings from the Curiosity rover could help the Perseverance rover decide which samples to collect for later analysis. | Continue reading


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What are the chances that Jeff Bezos won't survive his flight on New Shepard?

The risk of failure for New Shepard is comparable to other rockets. | Continue reading


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Neanderthals carved chevrons into a giant deer toe

Neanderthals carved chevrons into a giant deer toe. | Continue reading


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Microbes that feast on crushed rocks thrive in Antarctica's ice-covered lakes

It could provide clues to how extraterrestrial life might develop on other planets. | Continue reading


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Possible shaman's snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake

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Microbes in cow stomachs can help recycle plastic

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Earth is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 2005

"The trends we found were quite alarming in a sense." | Continue reading


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Metal detectorist unearths rare gold coins from Black Death period

The hoard belonged to a wealthy person in England. | Continue reading


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Single bee is making an immortal clone army thanks to a genetic fluke

The worker bees' ability to clone themselves can be as destabilizing to the hives of other species as it is to their own. | Continue reading


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Weird gadget may cure hiccups, early study suggests

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The edge of the solar system is a blob, 3D map reveals

Solar wind repels 70% of cosmic radiation, but it doesn't protect every side of the solar system equally. | Continue reading


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Will humans ever learn to speak whale?

What do those clicking sounds mean? | Continue reading


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AI drone may have 'hunted down' and killed soldiers in Libya with no human input

A UN report suggests that AI drones attacked human targets without any humans consulted prior to the strike. | Continue reading


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Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for first time in 3k years

It's a major step in reintroducing the species to the mainland. | Continue reading


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China reports first known human case of H10N3 bird flu

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Satellites may have been underestimating the planet's warming for decades

A new comparison of measurements finds that some don't add up. | Continue reading


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What Are Homo Sapiens?

Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living Homo species. But we haven't always been alone. | Continue reading


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A weird theory of gravity could break cause-and-effect

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Facts About Tardigrades

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Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids?

It wasn't aliens or even people from the 'lost' city of Atlantis. | Continue reading


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Never-ending detonations could blast hypersonic craft into space

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A hidden continent birthed a new subduction zone near New Zealand

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