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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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Giant 10-person 'flying taxi' passes first flight test in China

China's massive Sky Dragon and Matrix aircraft are suitable for up to 10 passengers, or more than one ton of cargo.

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AI hallucinations work both ways, study shows — using chatbots can amplify and reinforce our own delusions

Research reveals the sycophantic nature of generative AI is inadvertently creating a form of distributed delusions.

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AI just verified a proof that earned one of math's most prestigious prizes. Math will never be the same

The introduction of AI into mathematics represents a seismic shift in what it means to do math.

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A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago.

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'Rectal garlic insertion for immune support': Medical chatbots confidently give disastrously misguided advice, experts say

AI chatbots are seduced by misinformation that is delivered in medical jargon, leading them to give potentially dangerous advice.

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Russian Revolution gold coin hoard worth over $500,000 discovered during house construction

Archaeologists excavating the foundation of a historic house in Russia discovered 409 coins buried before the revolution in 1917.

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Europe's oldest handgun may date to 14th-century siege at German castle

The discovery of a handgun from 1390 found in Germany reveals that portable firearms were used earlier than thought in late medieval Europe.

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Scientists squished microbes into a steel 'sandwich' — and made a profound discovery about life in space

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

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Man in Czech Republic accidentally finds Bronze Age spearhead mold in his backyard

A stone being used in the foundation of an old barn in the Czech Republic turned out to be a Bronze Age spearhead mold.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman born without a vagina or cervix went on to conceive a son naturally

A woman's rare condition made it unlikely for her to conceive without reproductive assistance, but in her case, she eventually bore a child without fertility treatment.

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