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08-08-2025
Southern Ocean mystery: Satellites reveal a strange glow
For years, scientists have puzzled over a strange patch of...
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08-08-2025
Intense UV rays from the Sun may have killed off the Neanderthals
Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic...
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08-08-2025
Nearly 30 million Americans are using weight-loss drugs
Ozempic, Wegovy, and their sister drugs have leapt from pharmacy...
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08-08-2025
Apple snails regrow their eyes - and may help humans do the same
Human eyes are masterpieces of biological engineering, but once damaged,...
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08-08-2025
Hidden lake explodes under the Greenland ice sheet, creating a massive crater
A hidden lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet at Harder...
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08-07-2025
Red blood cells found to squeeze clots tight using physical force
Ever since William Harvey outlined the circulation of the blood,...
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08-07-2025
Sea spiders discovered on the ocean floor that survive without light and eat methane
A dull stretch of silty seafloor off Southern California hides...
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08-08-2025
Scientists detect the heaviest antimatter nucleus ever observed, helping dark matter search
Physicists working on the STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory...
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08-07-2025
Moths to millipedes: Why are arthropods declining in untouched forests?
Thinking of the rainforest, you probably picture parrots, orchids, maybe...
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08-07-2025
New theory suggests dark matter came from a hidden 'mirror world'
Physicists can map its gravity, tally its cosmic abundance, and...
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08-07-2025
This weekend's Sturgeon Moon marks a turning point in summer
The full moon this August is more than just a...
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08-07-2025
Robotic crab named 'Wavy Dave' stirs up courtship drama with a real fiddler crab
On a summer tide-flat in southern Portugal, a 3D-printed intruder...
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08-07-2025
New VR glasses are credit-card thin and create lifelike holographic visuals
Virtual reality keeps improving, yet most headsets still clamp a...
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08-07-2025
Great white sharks survived the Ice Age - but it changed them forever
Great white sharks almost didn’t make it. Around 25,000 years...
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08-07-2025
How giant dinosaurs turned their skulls into weapons
Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull like a sledgehammer. The skulls...
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