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Lasers powered by sunlight could beam energy through space to support interplanetary missions

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.

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'Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.

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Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music maker played for Mesopotamian royalty 4,500 years ago

A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found.

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Antarctica quiz: Test your knowledge on Earth's frozen continent

How much do you know about Antarctica? Take our science quiz to see if you'll freeze up or be as cool as a cucumber.

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How does E. coli get into food?

Dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria can infiltrate the food supply through many different routes, experts explain.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). It is unlikely to get significantly closer to the sun before the end of its mission.

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Everything you need to know about digiscoping

Use your digital camera to take photos through a spotting scope, and you can capture up-close images of faraway subjects (without having to break the bank).

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MIT's massive database of 8,000 new AI-generated EV designs could shape how the future of cars look

An open-source database made by MIT engineers houses over 8,000 aerodynamic car designs and could train future AI models to design EVs in the future.

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'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' sparkling in the galaxy next door

There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in a sparkly new image.

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Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

In 1974, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes could evaporate. But do we understand how this might happen?

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James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets.

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What do you know about psychology's most infamous experiments? Test your knowledge in this science quiz.

From shocking studies to ESP, what do you know about the most infamous and bizarre psychological experiments ever conducted?

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Leaf sheep: The adorable solar-powered sea slug that looks like Shaun the Sheep

Known for its uncanny resemblance to the TV character Shaun the Sheep, this adorable sea slug munches on algae to steal its ability to photosynthesize and become solar-powered.

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Why do iguanas fall from trees in Florida?

Florida's non-native green iguanas become paralyzed and drop from trees when temperatures dip. Climate change could bring this problem to new areas.

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Future robots could one day tell how you're feeling by measuring your sweat, scientists say

Scientists say a phenomenon called "skin conductance," which changes when you sweat, is a surprisingly accurate method for detecting emotions — with future robots that detect this able to tell your emotions.

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What if the Persians had defeated Alexander the Great?

The world we live in might be unrecognizable if Alexander the Great had been defeated by the Persians.

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Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video

Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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Science news this week: Killer squirrels and an unexpected amulet

Dec. 20, 2024: 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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Scientists discover 2 stars orbiting our galaxy's supermassive black hole in lockstep — and they could point to a type of planet never seen before

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them can offer a rare glimpse into how stars can endure — at least briefly — the immense gravity exerted by such cosmic behemoths.

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Syphilis originated in the Americas, ancient DNA shows, but European colonialism spread it widely

Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

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'Mystery disease' in Congo turned out to be malaria — and potentially, another disease

An initially "unknown" illness affecting hundreds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be attributable to malaria, malnutrition and a viral infection. But investigations are ongoing.

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Ancient volcanic ash on Mars could offer new clues in search for extraterrestrial life

Researchers believe volcanic ash created dark rocks at Oxia Planum, the site of a future Mars rover landing mission. The off-color rocks may be protecting signs of life — if there ever was life on Mars.

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188 medieval figurines that held Christian saints' bones unearthed in Berlin's oldest town square

Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy.

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'Murder hornets' eradicated from US — but officials say they'll keep 'an eye out' for more

Officials say they've eradicated northern giant hornets, nicknamed "murder hornets," after years of tracking the invasive giant wasps in Washington state.

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