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Diagnostic dilemma: A man went to the doctor for a bad UTI and learned he had an extra kidney

A man being treated for a urinary tract infection turned out to have a rare "supernumerary kidney."

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Colorectal cancer is now the most common cause of cancer deaths in the US for people under 50

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 55,000 people will die from colorectal cancer in the U.S. this year. Of those, 7% will be under 50.

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'We got evidence of boars, deer, bears, aurochs': Ancient DNA reveals sunken realm Doggerland had habitable forests during the last ice age

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people for millennia before the landmass was flooded, a new study suggests.

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Rainbow-colored phantom lakes emerge around Namibia's 'Great White Place' — Earth from space

A 2011 astronaut photo shows off a series of colorful mini-lakes that appeared around the edge of a giant salt flat, known as the Etosha Pan, following a major flooding event.

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'Super El Niño' could push global temperatures to unprecedented highs, forecasters say

A "super El Niño" could emerge by the end of the 2026 hurricane season, with forecasters predicting that the ongoing La Niña is about to finish.

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A single injection of mRNA-like treatment healed heart muscle after a heart attack in mice and pigs. Could it work in humans too?

Researchers boosted levels of a heart-healing hormone in mice and pigs with a single injection of a new, experimental form of self-amplifying RNA that prolonged hormone synthesis for many weeks.

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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius: The only surviving larger-than-life-size statue of a pagan Roman emperor — a rarity that Michelangelo refurbished

The giant, one-of-a-kind statue of a Roman emperor on horseback depicts him addressing his troops.

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In physics first, Chinese scientists create rare 'hexagonal diamond' that's harder than natural diamond

Researchers made small, pure samples of the elusive mineral lonsdaleite – also known as hexagonal diamond — and tested its material properties to show it's harder than diamond.

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Hubble and Euclid capture the final act of a dying star — and it's glorious: Space photo of the week

Astronomers combined Hubble's small-scale details of stellar death with Euclid's wide view of cosmic environments to take a closer look at the iconic Cat's Eye Nebula.

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Will the Indus Valley script ever be deciphered?

The Indus Valley script dates back around 4,000 years but has yet to be deciphered. Can AI help decode it?

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Pi has been calculated to trillions of digits ‪—‬ is that completely irrational?

A single server smashed the pi world record, churning out 314 trillion digits in 110 days.

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Roman military fort discovered in Scotland far north of Hadrian's Wall

The newly found fortlet was a good lookout point for Roman soldiers stationed along the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

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Science news this week: AMOC's collapse signal, the sun's galactic migration, the world's smallest QR code and oil's dying days

March 14, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Reading AI summaries makes people more likely to buy something — despite alarming 60% hallucination rate

A project that found AI summaries are likely to majorly influence buying decisions raises interesting and potentially disturbing questions about how much we trust AI-generated content.

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Can you see Earth's shadow?

Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing this silhouette cast on objects ranging from satellites to the moon.

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'A collision within a collision': Neutron star merger hiding in mini-galaxy could answer 2 big astrophysics questions

A powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a collision" could help answer multiple astrophysics questions, researchers say.

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Sørvágsvatn: The lake that 'floats' above the ocean thanks to a unique optical illusion

Sørvágsvatn, also called Leitisvatn, is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands. Viewed from a certain angle, one side appears to hover above the Atlantic Ocean.

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1,900-year-old double Scythian burial in Ukraine contains toxic red mineral

A double burial in Ukraine of two women from the Late Scythian culture contains a toxic red mineral, but exactly why it was used remains a mystery.

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Exceptionally rare sighting of planets colliding may shed light on the crash that formed the moon

Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon.

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Children wearing bronze 'warrior' belts discovered in 2,500-year-old cemetery in Italy

Archaeologists have uncovered the graves of two pre-Roman children who were buried like male warriors.

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'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.

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Scientists use 'negative light' to send secret messages hidden inside heat

Using a phenomenon called "negative light," scientists invisibly transferred data disguised as background thermal radiation.

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'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations reveal

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.

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Bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, but there's a key difference — the female bonobos

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

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Early warning indicator hidden within the Gulf Stream could signal the collapse of key Atlantic currents, study finds

Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

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