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Scientists just created the most lifelike cell ever made in a lab — here's what it could accomplish

SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect re-creation of the real thing.

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Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study finds

Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they may have shared information.

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Heart issues tied to 'microdamage' in the brain might raise risk of memory loss, study hints

When the heart's pumping function gets weaker, areas of the brain linked to memory show early signs of damage, a study finds.

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'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon

Physicists isolated the "last sound" of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Huge mass in woman's stomach was likely caused by Ozempic-style drug — and dissolved with diet soda

A woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a buildup of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.

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James Webb telescope's largest-ever map of the universe unmasks hidden corners

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have created the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever.

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The Stargazer: A 5,000-year-old marble statuette of a Stone Age woman looking skyward

Only a handful of these small, sleek, marble figurines carved by enigmatic Stone Age people are known to exist.

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First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there's a big catch

Researchers recently performed the first scientific test of sea ice thickening in the field, but there remains a big question mark over how scalable this method is.

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NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with red, white and blue snaps of the cosmos — Space photo of the week

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrates the Fourth of July with a dazzling array of red, white and blue space phenomena.

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Alien life on nearby 'super Earth' much likelier than we thought, study claims

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, raising the chances that it has the conditions to support life.

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Science news this week: James Webb telescope finds a never-before-seen substance, China's 'Great Green Wall' grows faster than natural trees, and a Medici murder mystery is solved

July 4, 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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Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal

The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

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Elite families ruled nomadic Scythian society 2,500 years ago, DNA analysis reveals

Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals.

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'Machine-gun sun' could bring auroras to more than a dozen states this Independence Day weekend

The sun launched 10 M-class solar flares over 24 hours, and more could be on the way. Auroras are likely in some US states as a result.

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Hubble telescope spots 'impossible' light from a galaxy that shouldn't have been visible

Researchers say the surprising discovery of the faraway galaxy MXDFz4.4 could help explain how the cosmos went from opaque to transparent billions of years ago.

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The hantavirus outbreak is over, WHO declares

A hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship and prompted an international public health response has now ended. It sickened 13 people and caused three deaths.

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'Uncharted territory': Record high ocean temperatures confirmed for June as El Niño strengthens its grip

Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a newly declared El Niño hits the Pacific Ocean, prompting concerns over extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise and stress to global ocean ecosystems.

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James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan

A new study has identified a very specific wavelength of light missing from both Pluto and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The surprising signal suggests that these worlds harbor an unknown molecule that has not yet been seen anywhere in the solar system or beyond.

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Ancient ring discovered underground in Scotland could be a Stonehenge-like monument

A hidden ring of stones or timbers detected beneath peat at Machrie Moor could represent a previously unknown Neolithic or Bronze Age monument.

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11-year-old boy in Canada dies from rabies after waking up with a bat on his face

After an 11-year-old boy died of rabies, doctors are urging the public to seek medical attention following exposure to bats, even when no obvious scratches or bite marks are visible.

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NASA mission to rescue a space telescope plummeting to Earth launches into orbit

NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft is finally on its way to boost it higher this summer

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Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery of what killed 2 Medici brothers

An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died.

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Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

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Scientists propose launching a giant 'airbag' into space to protect us from solar superstorms ‪— and experts say it's 'quite feasible'

A new study suggests creating a satellite constellation, dubbed StormWall, that could reduce the impacts of the worst solar storms by more than 50%. The novel plan, which involves dumping gas into the magnetosphere, could be the only way to directly protect ourselves from dangerous space weather, experts say.

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Study suggests life on Earth has around 1.8 billion years left — but the biosphere might evolve to survive even longer

Using complex climate models, researchers have pinned down the point at which life will no longer be able to survive on Earth.

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