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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female

A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding.

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'Weirdos of the sperm whale world' appear to be evolving 2 different dialects, audio recordings suggest

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.

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60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps the most detailed photo of the Milky Way ever taken

Planet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations.

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'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.

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Drug-induced 'brain freeze' may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests

By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report.

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NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Niño

This year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded.

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We've spent decades looking for the wrong type of alien radio signals, new paper claims — and there's an easy way to fix it

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

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Bizarre 'bull's-eye' cloud rings appear above erupting volcano on Atlantic island — Earth from space

A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.

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One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study

Autoantibodies may be disabling one of the body's anti-inflammatory brakes in some IBD patients, a new study finds.

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Never-before-seen shark that 'walks' on land discovered off Papua New Guinea

Divers in Papua New Guinea recently discovered a new species of carpet shark that can traverse low-lying reefs.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's infertility may have been caused by rare semen allergy

A woman and her partner had been trying to conceive for some time. It turned out that a rare allergy may have been hindering their attempts.

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Hanging lamp in the form of a sandaled right foot: A 1,600-year-old bronze lamp with multilayered Christian symbolism

This rare, foot-shaped oil lamp had multiple layers of meaning in early Christianity, including symbolizing enlightenment and Christian pilgrimage.

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James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of time — and it could preview the death of the Milky Way

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds.

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James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week

A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets and newborn stars lurking within the giant cosmic cloud OMC-2, located in the Sword of Orion.

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Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature'

June 20, 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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Diagnostic dilemma: A fish stabs a man through the throat and the base of the skull

While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.

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Watch bison herd defend a newborn calf from wolf attack in a primeval Polish forest

Researchers have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a wolf attack on European bison in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest. The recording shifts our understanding of predator-prey interactions in this region.

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Estrogen levels in both the male and female brain may shape memory's resilience in face of stress

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds.

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'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim

Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a new study of rare fossils found near Chicago.

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Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure why

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

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Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal

Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less active — especially at night — during the Russian occupation, highlighting the war's immediate impact on wildlife.

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5,000-year-old 'prototype' Stonehenge aligning with solstices discovered near the famous Stone Age monument

The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago.

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'It's a huge deal': Archaeologists discover second cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo, and it was likely fired by Texans

Archaeologists have discovered a second cannonball from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and now they have one from each side.

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'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists split apart a photon — and ended up with an improbable swarm of particles

Physicists have found that splitting a photon would lead to a complex state that may change the way we think of particles.

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Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia — and many of them were children

The oldest known evidence of the plague killing people has been found in Siberia, and it carried a gene that may have made it particularly deadly for children.

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