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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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Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment.

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China solves 'century-old problem' with new analog chip that is 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUs

Researchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than the Nvidia H100 and AMD Vega 20 GPUs.

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Beaver Supermoon: The biggest, brightest full moon of the year is about to rise

November's full Beaver supermoon will occur on Nov. 5, but it will be best seen the following evening as it rises into the sky in the east.

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Physicists detect rare 'second-generation' black holes that prove Einstein right... again

Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.

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2,200-year-old Celtic 'rainbow cup' in 'almost mint condition' found in Germany

A rare and unique Celtic coin was discovered in Saxony, Germany, even though the Celts didn't live there.

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Ancient 'frosty' rhino from Canada's High Arctic rewrites what scientists thought they knew about the North Atlantic Land Bridge

Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from analyzing the perfectly preserved fossils of a "frosty" Arctic rhino.

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Nanotyrannus isn't a 'mini T. Rex' after all — it's a new species, 'dueling dinosaurs' fossil reveals

An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled.

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NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sun

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is briefly out of view as it travels around the sun this week, but researchers and amateur astronomers used spacecraft data to track its progress right up until perihelion.

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Astronomers discover surprisingly lopsided disk around a nearby star using groundbreaking telescope upgrade

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling around a mysterious star 162 light-years from Earth. The new technology could revolutionize ground-based astronomy, the researchers claim.

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