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Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the East China Sea — Earth from space

A recent satellite photo captured a series of clouds sculpted by von Kármán vortices from a volcano on South Korea's Jeju Island. A giant multicolor plume, ejected by China's Yangtze River, is also visible in the image.

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1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in Turkey may be the location of the First Council of Nicaea — but other experts disagree

A small church discovered beneath a larger one may have hosted one of the most important meetings in the history of Christianity, but some scholars not involved with the excavation disagree.

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$Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet$

Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet

Dozens of fractures in a medieval skeleton found buried near a castle suggest the person may have been killed by a direct trebuchet hit.

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Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in Japan

Archaeologists aren't sure why prehistoric people in Japan made these elaborate vessels decorated with flames.

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4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one that had been used in a 'lemur yoga' class

Researchers recently confirmed cases of human herpesvirus infection in four lemurs, which died of the infection after having close contact with humans.

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'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

A new analysis of skulls from a 14th-century battle in Sweden reveals a spiked club inflicted the death blow.

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Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convinced

A strange-sounding treatment may offer relief for people with a little-understood type of excessive belching.

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'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle

A new analysis of skeletons recovered from an ancient mass burial has revealed a surprising number of groin injuries.

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Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds

A new study induced artificial hibernation in lab mice and may have revealed something fundamental about the nature of memory.

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Saving old trees may protect people's health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds

A study tracking tree cover in Chicago over 11 years found that neighborhoods losing canopy saw death rates climb, especially in the city's hottest areas.

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'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plague

Archaeologists have analyzed dozens of skeletons from a mass burial in a well. The lack of injuries suggests the people may have died from a plague rather than a battle.

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New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them 'think ahead'

A new AI system lets robots plan their next move while they're in motion — removing reaction delays and doubling task speeds without any extra computing overhead.

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James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, closest pair of black holes in the early universe

The dual black hole system, dubbed LID-1166, is the first close-separation pair of its kind confirmed this early in the universe. The discovery could help to explain how the earliest black holes grew so large, so fast.

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Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?

While parasitic Cyclospora infections have reached record-breaking numbers this year, experts have criticized coverage that has created the appearance of "one massive outbreak." The reality is more nuanced.

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Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 billion years ago, oldest-known Martian meteorite suggests

The oldest known rock from Mars was discovered on Earth in 2022. Scientists are beginning to reveal its mysteries.

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Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines

A distinctive growth ring in fossilized bones is revealing how an ancestral species in the mammalian family reproduced.

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Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers reveal a better way to beat 'the bends'

A new study submerged pigs in a high-pressure tank and uncovered a potential new way to beat "the bends."

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New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron

Researchers build a new memory device following a single-electron storage breakthrough. It could make transferring data faster and more energy-efficient.

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Totality! See incredible photos ofthe Aug. 12 total solar eclipse from across Europe

From Baily's Beads, a bright-pink prominence to awe-struck eclipse-watchers from across the European continent, check out these stunning images from yesterday's total solar eclipse.

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Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too close

A new study shows that octopuses act differently around territorial fish species, displaying a unique body pattern.

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Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird

Researchers continue to rage against the dumb-dodo myth with more evidence that the iconic flightless bird was smarter than early accounts suggest ‪—‬ and might have even been nocturnal.

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New 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices

A magnetoelastic tent concept could one day turn wind, movement and fabric flexing into usable electricity.

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Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds

A wild cannibalistic sexual behavior in spiders has a simple genetic explanation, new study finds.

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Astronomers drop one of the largest-ever maps of the universe, charting 4 billion objects

A new celestial map not only catalogs a variety of cosmic objects but also serves as a pointer for other telescopes on Earth and in space.

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Watch now! The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse has begun (live stream)

Today (Aug. 12), a total solar eclipse will swoop across a narrow path of totality, while millions of people in North America and Europe will be treated to a partial eclipse. Watch it live right here.

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