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James Webb telescope peers into 'Eye of God' and finds clues to life's origins — Space photo of the week

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.

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Why does the moon look larger when it's on the horizon?

The moon looks enormous when it's near the horizon — why is that?

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2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study finds

A study of dog bones across several Iron Age sites in Bulgaria has shown that people ate dog meat.

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480,000-year-old ax sharpener is the oldest known elephant bone tool ever discovered in Europe

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a million years ago.

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AI can develop 'personality' spontaneously with minimal prompting, research shows. What does that mean for how we use it?

When large language models (LLMs) are allowed to interact without any preset goals, scientists found distinct personalities emerged by themselves.

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Why the rise of humanoid robots could make us less comfortable with each other

Living with robots could lead to plenty of societal improvements, but they also pose risks to how we socialize and co-exist with other human beings.

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Why don't you usually see your nose?

Our nose is right in front of us. So why don't we normally notice it?

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People, not glaciers, transported rocks to Stonehenge, study confirms

A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.

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Astronomers discover a gigantic, wobbling black hole jet that 'changes the way we think about the galaxy'

Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, 'wobbling' black hole outburst that's as wide as an entire galaxy.

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Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

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'Earthquake on a chip' uses 'phonon' lasers to make mobile devices more efficient

A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less power-hungry devices. scientists say.

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Chocolate Hills: The color-changing mounds in the Philippines that inspired legends of mud-slinging giants

The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.

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An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

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'Pain sponge' derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially offering an alternative to painkillers.

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Arctic blast probably won't cause trees to explode in the cold — but here's what happens if and when they do go boom

An exploding tree claim has gone viral as the U.S. brace for an Arctic blast that will send temperatures plunging, triggering a massive and long-lasting winter storm.

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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

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Wegovy now comes in pill form — here's how it works

The pill version of Wegovy seems to work just as well as the injectable form, but there are some key differences between the two formulations, experts say.

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Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects

EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.

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Californians have been using far less water than suppliers estimated — what does this mean for the state?

Flawed assumptions about water demand mean suppliers in California overestimated future demand by an average of 74% over 20 years — positive news for the drought-embattled state.

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Scientists may be approaching a 'fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics' — if dark matter and 'ghost particles' can interact

Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.

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Lab mice that 'touch grass' are less anxious — and that highlights a big problem in rodent research

Mice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that never leave their cages, a study hints.

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2,400-year-old Hercules shrine and elite tombs discovered outside ancient Rome's walls

Archaeologists have unearthed tombs and a shrine dedicated to Hercules from the time of the Roman Republic.

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Coyote scrambles onto Alcatraz Island after perilous, never-before-seen swim

Experts have reacted to a viral video of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island in what is a surprising first for the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Stunning time-lapse video captured using 'artificial eclipse' shows 3 massive eruptions on the sun

ESA's Proba-3 mission, made up of twin spacecraft capable of aligning to create artificial eclipses, has captured "rare" footage of three solar prominences erupting from the sun's mysteriously hot atmosphere.

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Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years

An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, scientists are starting to understand when and how it formed.

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