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We now know why tarantulas are hairy — to stop army ants eating them alive

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say.

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50,000 'knots' scattered throughout our DNA control gene activity

The mapping of 50,000 mysterious "knots" in the human genome may someday lead to the development of new cancer drugs, researchers say.

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Ancient Egyptian head cones: Mysterious headgear that could be related to sensuality and fertility rituals

Archaeologists remain uncertain about the purpose of these head cones, but it appears that ancient Egyptians associated them with "sensuality, sexuality and related notions."

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Possible 'mega' fort found in Wales hints at tension between Romans and Celtics

The fort would have contained multiple buildings and was built sometime between the first and third centuries.

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Silver is being buried beneath the sea, and it's all because of climate change, study finds

For the first time, researchers have linked the amount of silver being buried in marine sediments to human-made climate change.

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Kamikaze termites blow themselves up with 'explosive' backpacks — and scientists just figured out how

Kamikaze termites in French Guiana carry highly volatile toxic "rucksacks" that are ready to be deployed in an instant, when the termite needs to defend its colony.

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Sunspots surge to 23-year high as solar maximum continues to intensify far beyond initial expectations

The average number of visible dark patches on the sun's surface in August was higher than any other month since September 2001. The final count was also more than twice as high as experts initially predicted it would be, demonstrating once again that the current solar maximum will be much…

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Prototype quantum processor boasts record 99.9% qubit fidelity

IQM's quantum processor achieved 99.9% fidelity in recent tests, the company says. Here's what that actually means.

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Earth from space: Warped 'double rainbow' glory appears next to rare cloud swirls over Mexican island

A 2012 satellite photo captured an unusual "double rainbow" glory appearing next to an unconnected chain of rare vortices in the clouds above Mexico's Guadalupe Island.

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A really big shark got gobbled up by another, massive shark in 1st known case of its kind

A pregnant porbeagle shark is believed to have been eaten by a great white, with the larger predator swallowing its tracking device off the coast of Bermuda, scientists report.

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Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds

Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.

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Saturn at opposition: How to see the ringed planet at its biggest and brightest this week

Saturn will enter opposition on Sept. 7 and 8, orbiting on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Here's everything you need to know to spot Saturn at its peak size and brightness this week.

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World's biggest battery coming to Maine — and it could store 130 million times more energy than your laptop

The battery storage system will be able to store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy — which is 130 million times the capacity of the best laptops today.

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Are people more honest when they're drunk?

Drinking can change the brain in a way that makes people more likely to speak their mind, but the effects aren't always straightforward.

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Defense system common to all life came from 'Asgard'

Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.'

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Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin captured by Dark Energy Camera

NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’.

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What happens to meat as it's cooked?

Heat triggers a series of complex chemical reactions that change the color, flavor and texture of meat.

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The universe had a secret life before the Big Bang, new study hints

The secrets of black holes and dark matter could lie before the Big Bang, a new study of "bouncing" cosmology hints.

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World War I British warship that sank in a surprise U-boat attack 110 years ago discovered in North Sea

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

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Thorny devil: The spike-covered lizard that sucks water from sand through its skin

Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk.

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Why is everything in space always moving?

From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?

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See a jaguar shattering a crocodilian's skull and a 'David Bowie' spider in this sneak peak of the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The photos will be displayed in October at London's Natural History Museum.

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Burmese python eats even bigger reticulated python alive, in 1st-of-its-kind encounter

When two top predatory animals come into contact, anything can happen. One eating the other whole, though, is certainly unexpected.

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Why does heat cause headaches?

The trigger behind summertime headaches may not be heat itself, but all of the things that come along with it, an expert said.

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Tasmanian tiger: Facts about the extinct thylacine

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

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