Rare Apple iPad Pro deal shaves off $70

Want a tablet to replace your creaking laptop? The iPad Pro might just be the one for you. | Continue reading


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10 of the strangest hybrid animals

Nature doesn't have strict rules for cross-species coupling. | Continue reading


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Save $150 on the best student MacBook

The Apple MacBook Air M2 has $150 off at B&H Photo. | Continue reading


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Ancient Egyptian cemetery holds rare 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient cemetery that has stone sarcophagi, coptic jars and even a "Book of the Dead" scroll. | Continue reading


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Scientists detect fastest-ever fast radio bursts, lasting just 10 millionths of a second

Astronomers have captured ultrafast radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away for the first time ever. | Continue reading


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Collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is 'unavoidable,' study finds

British Antarctic Survey researchers have found that the rate at which ice is melting and contributing to sea level rise will accelerate in the next century, regardless of actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions. | Continue reading


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Perilous expedition to uninhabited island in South Atlantic confirms existence of world's 8th lava lake

A new National Geographic "Explorer" episode follows an expedition to Saunders Island and the first documented ascent of Mount Michael, a volcano hosting the world's eighth lava lake. | Continue reading


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Humans and Neanderthals mated 250,000 years ago, much earlier than thought

A comparison of the genomes of a Neanderthal who lived 120,000 years ago in Croatia with those from modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa has revealed insight into the migratory and interbreeding history of both species. | Continue reading


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How to watch the full 'Hunter's Moon' get eclipsed this weekend

October's full 'Hunter's Moon' will drift into Earth's shadow for a partial eclipse on Oct. 28. | Continue reading


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Falling metal space junk is changing Earth's upper atmosphere in ways we don't fully understand

A research plane that flew through Earth's stratosphere identified more than 20 elements that are linked to the aerospace industry. Experts predict that the problem could become much worse in the future. | Continue reading


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'Ghost' of ancient river-carved landscape discovered beneath Antarctica

Satellite data have revealed an ancient landscape that may have escaped erosion and been preserved beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet since the continent froze over 34 million years ago. | Continue reading


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'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years

The rise and fall of the Garamantes in what is now Libya is a cautionary tale for regions that rely on ancient groundwater. | Continue reading


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Get the fuss-free Sunny Health and Fitness Bike for less than half price today

Amazon is practically giving away the Sunny Health and Fitness Bike — it's been reduced by 57% to just $170 for a limited time. | Continue reading


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We love the Garmin Fenix 6X Pro Solar smartwatch, and today it's just $449.98

An all-round health and fitness tracking powerhouse, the Garmin Fenix 6X Pro Solar is available for less than half price. | Continue reading


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Skulls stolen from Africa a century ago have been genetically linked with living people

Skulls housed in a German hospital's collection for a century were stolen from Africa during the colonial period. They have now been genetically matched with living relatives. | Continue reading


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Distorted crystals use 'pseudogravity' to bend light like black holes do

Researchers have used a special crystal to bend the trajectory of light like a black hole would, a phenomenon known as 'pseudogravity.' | Continue reading


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The Schwinn IC4 Exercise Bike has dipped below $900 at Walmart for a limited time

This popular exercise bike is sturdy, easy to move and has an almost silent flywheel. Retailers are battling to offer the cheapest price, with Walmart winning the race. | Continue reading


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California's supervolcano has a massive lid that causes swarms of earthquakes — and that's a good thing, scientists say

A dormant supervolcano in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains lets off the occasional earthquake swarm, but new evidence suggests it's simmering down. | Continue reading


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What percentage of the ocean have we mapped?

"It's crazy to think that we don't have a complete map of our planet," one researcher involved in a project to map the entire seafloor by 2030 told Live Science. | Continue reading


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Amazon's 'flying rivers' of vapor are drying up in an unprecedented drought. Here's how to save them.

A record drought, combined with a strong El Niño, is wreaking havoc on the Amazon. If steps aren't taken to curb illegal mining and deforestation, the ecosystem could collapse. | Continue reading


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Jurassic pliosaur 'megapredator' was a giant 'sea murderer'

The earliest pliosaur 'megapredator' helped rule the oceans 170 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs. | Continue reading


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Moon is 40 million years older than we thought, tiny crystals from Apollo mission confirm

A new analysis of zircon crystals from the Apollo 17 mission has revealed that the moon formed around 40 million years earlier than past geological evidence suggested. However, our cosmic companion may be even older than that. | Continue reading


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Air purifiers aren't enough to rid homes of gases from wildfires. Here's what to do

Harmful gases from wildfire smoke can hang around in the walls and floors of your home for weeks. Thankfully, cleaning helps. | Continue reading


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Caterpillars evolved their weird chubby little 'prolegs' from ancient crustaceans

The extra legs caterpillars have appear have origins in the primitive crustaceans that insects evolved from during the Ordovician period over 400 million years ago. | Continue reading


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James Webb telescope spots enormous jet stream faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Jupiter

New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal a never-before-seen jet stream near Jupiter's equator moving twice as fast as a Category 5 hurricane . | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 year ago

When did humans start burying their dead?

Ancient caves mark the beginning of recorded burial rituals, but there's still so much we don't know about the history of human graves. | Continue reading


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Science news this week: Horned comet and a mystery blob

Oct. 22, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading


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Space photo of the week: Jupiter's seething volcano moon gets a close-up

Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system, was imaged from just 7,260 miles away. | Continue reading


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11 ways orcas show their terrifying intelligence

Orcas have their own dialect, greeting ceremonies and even wore salmon as hats in a weird fad during the 1980s. | Continue reading


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Orcas are learning terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?

From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors. | Continue reading


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What's the deepest-occurring gemstone on Earth?

Very few gems can withstand the intense pressure of Earth's mantle, but some require it to crystallize. | Continue reading


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'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan

A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan. | Continue reading


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Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct

Researchers used DNA analysis and traditional knowledge to learn about an orca named Old Tom and his family's remarkable relationship with humans. | Continue reading


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Takins: Strange, mountain-dwelling mammals with mythical golden fleeces

These weird-looking stocky mammals roam Alpine zones and forested valleys in Asia, using their specially adapted split hooves help them traverse the steep, rocky terrain. | Continue reading


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Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? 7 experts weigh in

Experts across public health, microbiology and biochemistry agree that we'll still have antibiotics in 50 years, but the drugs may take a different form than those we have today. | Continue reading


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Which group of animals has the most species?

The leading group is so diverse that it represents one in every three animal species on Earth. | Continue reading


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Why is it hard to hear when you have a cold?

Coming down with a cold or the flu can muffle your hearing, but why? | Continue reading


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Strange anomaly in sun's solar cycle discovered in centuries-old texts from Korea

Aurora records in royal chronicles from Korea show that during the 'Maunder Minimum' between 1645 and 1715, the sun's solar cycles became several years shorter than they are today. | Continue reading


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Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be linked to ancient gold and platinum that arrived from space

The gold and platinum that came from giant space rocks should have sunk into Earth's core instead of rising to the crust. Scientists have now worked out how this happened — and it may explain some really weird blobs deep in our planet's mantle. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 year ago

Big, healthy great white shark washes up dead on Canada beach in latest of string of mystery strandings

Scientists have performed a necropsy on a great white shark that washed up in Nova Scotia — the fifth unexplained stranding of its kind in a year — but were unable to determine the cause of death. | Continue reading


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10 phallic flora and fauna that look just like penises

Nature must think willies are funny, too. | Continue reading


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James Webb telescope detects alien planet with clouds made of quartz

The exoplanet WASP-17b's atmosphere is full of quartz clouds, according to a new James Webb Space Telescope observations. | Continue reading


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Earthquake reveals giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City university

Researchers are conserving a rare snakehead from the Aztecs that still retains its painted colors from hundreds of years ago. | Continue reading


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Scientists unveil 'atlas' of the gut microbiome

A new computational tool has allowed scientists to map how microbes interact in the gut, and it could one day be used to develop more-targeted therapies for diseases. | Continue reading


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Ancient Egyptian papyrus describes dozens of venomous snakes, including rare 4-fanged serpent

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll. | Continue reading


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Man digs up 1,000-year-old sword from Swedish Crusades in his yard in Finland

In addition to finding a Crusader sword, archaeologists in Finland have discovered a cemetery that could potentially contain hundreds of graves. | Continue reading


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More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why?

A large population of snow crabs in the eastern Bering Sea collapsed after a marine heat wave in 2018 and 2019 that multiplied the crabs' caloric needs and drove them to starvation. | Continue reading


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Oldest radio-wave explosion ever found could be used to weigh the universe, astronomers say

Astronomers traced a mysterious radio source to three merging galaxies 8 billion light-years away. Studying it could help uncover the universe's missing matter. | Continue reading


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