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People all over the world believe they've seen or heard a ghost, but there's no scientific evidence for spirits, hauntings or the paranormal. So what's behind these "encounters"? | Continue reading
A photograph of the arched stone bridge that William Rowan Hamilton scratched his equation into. | Continue reading
The well-preserved remains of a baby boy who died 17,000 years ago in what is now Italy reveal that he had blue eyes, dark skin and curly hair. | Continue reading
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Scientists extract DNA from hair embedded in the Tsavo lions' jaws that reveals the species of prey they ate while they were alive. | Continue reading
The boot containing a sock bearing Irvine's name and the remains of a foot. | Continue reading
Doctors describe "breakdance bulge," a unique head injury among dancers, in a new case report. | Continue reading
Roundworms harbor viruses, which could be responsible for these parasites' painful symptoms in humans, scientists theorize. | Continue reading
A new "atlas" of early embryonic development in mammals suggests that the process is highly chaotic — but there is some method to the madness. | Continue reading
Experiments on Google's 67-qubit Sycamore processor showed operations entering a new "weak noise phase" in which calculations were complex enough to outperform supercomputers, based on benchmark testing. | Continue reading
Scientists identified more than 600 viruses in samples taken from bathrooms in the United States. The viruses infect bacteria — not people — and scientists say they may provide more benefits than causes for concern. | Continue reading
A new study captured never-before-seen footage of hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining to form a miniature water droplet out of "thin air." The newly improved reaction could one day help astronauts make water in space. | Continue reading
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Hurricane Milton captured by NASA's GOES-East satellite as it made landfall on Florida's west coast. | Continue reading
The discovery of a building that the Assyrians likely tore down in the eighth century B.C. reveals the political dynamics of that age in Jerusalem. | Continue reading
A powerful solar outburst hit Earth Thursday, triggering a "severe" geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be visible as far south as California and Alabama, NOAA predicts. | Continue reading
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The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. Here are some of the most baffling. | Continue reading
A new test uses a cheek swab to predict your risk of death within one year — how does it work? | Continue reading
A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" is a viable means of carbon storage. | Continue reading
Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world. | Continue reading
Scientists were able to treat a "macular hole" in a monkey, helping to restore the animal's vision thanks to human stem cells. | Continue reading
Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth's skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun. | Continue reading
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The Nobel Committe for Physics announces John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics. | Continue reading
An image of Hurricane Milton moving towards Florida taken with the GOES satellite at 22:30 UTC on 10/07/24. | Continue reading
One of the latest smartwatches around is already discounted, with Amazon knocking over $100 off the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra fitness tracker. | Continue reading
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Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system of three tightly bound stars that could fit between the sun and Mercury. | Continue reading
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This 2014 satellite photo shows a cloud of haze sitting in the Kashmir Valley in the Himalayas. The ethereal "lake" consists mainly of smog and other pollutants from nearby factories. | Continue reading