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'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories in rodents

In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led him and his colleagues to discover memories could be artificially controlled in rodents by zapping their brains with lasers.

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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black

A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.

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Sink or swim? What will human migration look like as climate change impacts take hold

In this excerpt from "Sink or Swim," author Susannah Fisher explores the future of human migration, and what that will look like based on the difficult choices we make in the coming years.

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2-mile-tall, naked 'Marree Man' looming over Australian outback is a total mystery — Earth from space

A 2019 satellite photo shows the recently resurrected "Marree Man" geoglyph, which mysteriously appeared in the Australian outback in 1998. Experts are still unsure who created it.

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Science history: Archaeologists discover King Tut's tomb, and rumors of the 'mummy's curse' begin swirling — Nov. 4, 1922

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step. It would lead into the unlooted tomb of King Tut.

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What are the signs that nature is telling us?' Scientists are triggering earthquakes in the Alps to find out what happens before one hits

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks.

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Astronomer reveals first look at Comet 3I/ATLAS as it reappears from behind the sun

An astronomer has snapped comet 3I/ATLAS using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, as well as his own small telescope. The new photos are believed to be the first optical observations of the interstellar visitor since it disappeared behind the sun.

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Memento Mori: A mosaic that predates Mount Vesuvius' eruption in Pompeii and reminds us that we will all die

A famous mosaic from Pompeii holds lessons for today.

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Which animals are tricked by optical illusions?

It's not just humans who notice optical illusions; certain animals do too, and they often use it to their advantage.

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Orcas in the Gulf of California paralyze young great white sharks before ripping out their livers

An orca pod that made headlines last year for gutting a whale shark has struck again, this time perfecting a technique that involves paralyzing young great white sharks to eat their livers.

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French archaeologists uncover 'vast Roman burial area' with cremation graves 'fed' by liquid offerings

A massive Roman cremation cemetery in France is shedding light on diverse burial practices.

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On Saturn's largest moon, water and oil would mix — opening the door to exotic chemistry in our solar system

On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, molecules that would never mix on Earth are mixing together, seemingly defying a fundamental rule of chemistry.

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5,000-year old 'cultic space' discovered in Iraq dates to time of the world's first cities

Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old building that might have been used as a "cultic space" or temple for worship.

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Webb reveals a fiery starburst in the Cigar Galaxy — Space photo of the week

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the blazing heart of an iconic nearby galaxy, where rapid star formation and galactic winds light up the cosmos in infrared light.

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The Bering Land Bridge has been submerged since the last ice age. Will scientists ever study it?

Humans likely left a lot of archaeological evidence along the Bering Land Bridge when they crossed from Asia to Alaska during the last ice age. But will we ever be able to dive down to examine it?

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Chimps 'think about thinking' in order to weigh evidence and plan their actions, new research suggests

Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows.

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Crimean Stone Age 'crayons' were used by Neanderthals for symbolic drawings, study claims

Scientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees.

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Do people dream in color or black and white?

Whether we report having dreams in color or in black and white may be influenced by the media we watch, or perhaps that simply influences the way we remember them.

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Science history: Astronomers spot first known planet around a sunlike star, raising hopes for extraterrestrial life — Nov. 1, 1995

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.

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900-year-old burials of Denmark's early Christians discovered in medieval cemetery

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in the area but still likely harbored pagan beliefs.

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AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new 'survival drive,' study claims

Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they prioritize tasks?

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James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day

This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of our solar system will in the distant future.

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Interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS

Find out everything there is to know about the interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS.

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One molecule could usher revolutionary medicines for cancer, diabetes and genetic disease — but the US is turning its back on it

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that revolutionary treatments for cancer, immune dysfunction and genetic disease may be left on the lab bench.

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