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Something supercharged Uranus with radiation during Voyager flyby 40 years ago. Scientists now know what.

Forty years ago, Voyager 2 flew past Uranus and observed radiation levels that defied explanation. Now, scientists may finally know exactly what happened.

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Only certain types of brain-training exercises reduce dementia risk, large trial reveals

A large, 20-year trial showed that speedy cognitive exercises could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The question is, could these tasks be adapted into video games?

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Scientists infiltrated volunteers' dreams to boost their creative thinking

A small study hints that you can "trigger" memories of specific puzzles while a person dreams and that the dreamer may be more likely to solve the puzzle the next day.

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CT scans reveal the last moments of Inca children sacrificed as 'messengers to the gods'

New CT scans reveal the last moments of the Inca children who were sacrificed and mummified about 500 years ago.

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The largest reservoir of hydrogen on Earth may be hiding in its core

Earth's core contains nine to 45 times more hydrogen than the planet's oceans do, according to a new study that could settle a debate about when and how hydrogen was delivered to Earth.

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Astronaut snaps salty, pink Valentine's Day 'heart' shining in Argentina — Earth from space

A 2024 astronaut photo shows a striking pink, heart-shaped salt lake in the middle of the Argentine lowlands. The endearing photo was originally released to celebrate Valentine's Day.

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Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery

Archaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.

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New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn't destroy it

The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during the day.

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Impossibly powerful 'ghost particle' that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and it could upend both particle physics and cosmology

A supercharged neutrino that smashed into our planet in 2023 may have been spit out by an exploding primordial black hole with a "dark charge." If true, this theory could lead to a definitive catalog of all subatomic particles and unveil the elusive identity of dark matter.

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Sandals of Tutankhamun: 3,300-year-old footwear that let King Tut walk all over his enemies

Among the sandals discovered in Tut's tomb is a pair whose insoles were decorated with images of the boy king's enemies.

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Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover

Archaeological remains on the Kitsissut islands off the coast of Greenland reveal that whole communities regularly journeyed across the dangerous Arctic waters.

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'Night owls' may have worse heart health — but why?

Emerging evidence suggests that "night owls" are more likely to have poor heart health and a higher risk of heart attack or stroke than "morning larks." Why is that?

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Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time

Physicists saw excitons, a type of quasiparticle, undergo a reversible phase transition from superfluid to supersolid for the first time, opening new doors for studying extreme states of matter.

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Dramatic death of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) caught on camera — Space photo of the week

The Gemini North telescope snapped a spectacular view of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart as it emerged from the other side of the sun in October.

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Did ancient Greeks let women compete in the Olympics?

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

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'Maybe they're waiting for something that only happens thousands of years later': The hidden life 'sleeping' deep beneath Earth for millions of years

Deep inside Earth lies a hidden world of "intraterrestrials" that have been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years — what are they waiting to "wake up" for?

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Science history: 'Father of modern genetics' describes his experiments with pea plants — and proves that heredity is transmitted in discrete units — Feb. 8, 1865

Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain fundamental laws of inheritance.

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'A second set of eyes': AI-supported breast cancer screening spots more cancers earlier, landmark trial finds

A clinical trial shows that AI-assisted mammography can detect more cases of dangerous cancer and reduce missed diagnoses.

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'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports

A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.

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Why do kids eat their boogers?

There may be something more than just a bad habit behind this behavior.

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'Invisible scaffolding of the universe' revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

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Extraordinary photo captures first appearance of Siberian peregrine falcon in Australia's arid center

An ecologist has captured a photo of a peregrine falcon subspecies in an unprecedented location.

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Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn't be there

Ancient fossil structures imprinted on rocks that were once deep beneath the ocean suggest the search for the first life on Earth needs to be broadened.

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Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how.

New research shows MDMA and psilocybin may restore neural flexibility in people with PTSD, thereby helping the brain unlearn fear and relearn safety.

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Psychedelic drug ayahuasca could treat PTSD, early studies hint. But exactly how it works isn't clear.

Using methods such as brain scans and symptom tracking, scientists are beginning to study whether a complex psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca can help rewire the brain's response to trauma.

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