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New tech allows parents to 'score' IVF embryos for desirable traits — and it's in desperate need of regulation

Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously underregulated.

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Bungled Boeing Starliner mission was the highest order of mishap that put stranded astronauts at risk, report says

The 2024 Starliner mission, which left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded in space for nine months, has received NASA's worst mishap classification in a damning report.

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In a 'race against time,' archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away

Archaeologists raced against the tide to record a unique set of footprints made 2,000 years ago on a Scottish beach.

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95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head crest and waded through the Sahara's rivers like a 'hell heron'

Researchers have identified a new Spinosaurus species with a blade-like crest in Niger, changing our understanding of dinosaur evolution and behavior.

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Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims

Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

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Saturn's largest moon may actually be 2 moons in 1 — and helped birth the planet's iconic rings

A new study hints that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was created around 400 million years ago, when two massive moons smashed into each other. This hypothesis could also help to solve several other mysteries surrounding other moons and the planet's iconic rings.

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China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine — it generated enough energy to power a house for 2 weeks

A pioneering energy-generating device utilizes reliable wind speeds at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters).

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2,500-year-old 'primitive prosthetic' found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery

Researchers used CT scans to peer inside a partially mummified skull and discovered the woman survived jaw surgery 2,500 years ago.

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Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy

Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after the Big Bang

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'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia

A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached eastern Asia.

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City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a glowing 'snail shell' after major explosive outburst

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral and is now shining 100 times brighter than normal.

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NASA starts countdown clock for second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal after rocky first attempt

NASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis II rocket again tomorrow after hydrogen leaks derailed the first wet dress rehearsal and delayed what is scheduled to be a historic crewed flight around the moon.

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Microsoft can now store data for 10,000 years on everyday glass thanks to laser breakthrough

Improvements to data writing and reading techniques, alongside a new way to store data, mean the technology is more accessible than before.

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The biggest trees in the Peruvian Amazon store the most carbon — and they also face the greatest threat from humans

The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest.

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Supercomputers simulated the orbits of 1 million satellites between Earth and the moon — and less than 10% survived

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a cislunar orbit between Earth and the moon. Less than 10% of these orbits remained stable throughout the simulations, but this is not as disastrous as it may sound.

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Research group claims preeclampsia doomed the Neanderthals, but experts say it's just a 'thought experiment'

Preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that involves high blood pressure, could have led to a decline in Neanderthals' fertility, a new study suggests.

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Diagnostic dilemma: 83-year-old man's unusual form of syphilis had an 'uncertain' source

A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation for his illness.

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5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals

A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.

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Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China

Improvements to the AI that powers Unitree's H2 and G1 humanoid robots, alongside mechanical upgrades, have resulted in a dazzling kung-fu demonstration.

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Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals

New research reveals that sleep deprivation sends aberrant signals through the vagus nerve, triggering a serotonin surge that can kill gut stem cells.

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Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal

The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.

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Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.

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Mineral sunscreen leaves an annoying white cast on skin — this new formula could change that

Scientists have developed a new approach to formulating mineral sunscreen that could prevent it from leaving a white cast on the skin.

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Vanishing lakes in Tibet may have triggered earthquakes by awakening faults in Earth's crust

Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link between climate change and earthquakes

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