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The Perseid meteor shower is peaking NOW! Here's how to see the most 'shooting stars'.

Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible in the night sky this evening as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Monday (Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.

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32 important scientists you've probably never heard of

These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine.

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Space photo of the week: A cosmic butterfly emerges from a star's violent death

A Hawaii telescope just captured a sun-like star's glowing remains after it collapsed in a supernova explosion. The resulting butterfly-shaped nebula is a sight to behold.

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'Love hormone' oxytocin may be missing link between sleep apnea and high blood pressure

Scientists found that two brain-made chemicals, including oxytocin, may play a role in increasing blood pressure after repeated periods of low oxygen.

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What were the first animals to have sex?

Animals have been reproducing sexually for hundreds of millions of years, but not always like we do it.

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Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's history

Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.

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Pacific geoduck: The large, phallic clam that can live longer than 165 years

The Pacific geoduck is a clam that lives along the shore from Alaska to Mexico, can reach 9 pounds in weight and can outlive humans.

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How many galaxies are in the universe?

If we can see at most 3% of the universe, how can we estimate the total number of galaxies in it?

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3 remarkable trees: A living fossil, a deadly canopy, and the world's biggest seeds that were once mounted in gold by royals

"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted themselves on stormy nights and walked to find female trees, embracing them to pollinate their large flowers."

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Pot overflowing with gold coins discovered in ancient Greek city in Turkey

The coins were found beneath a home and were likely hidden by mercenaries.

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Dangerous strains of 'hypervirulent' superbug detected in US and 15 other countries

A drug-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has been spreading globally, and it's now in at least 16 countries, the WHO warns.

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Meet 'small diver': One of the tiniest penguins ever discovered

A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say.

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Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground

Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.

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James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible

The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive.

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Once-in-a-lifetime nova explosion from T Coronae Borealis will create a 'new star' in the sky

The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon burst into life above our heads for the first time in 78 years.

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Minerals evolve under pressure in the same way life does, researchers find

Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals evolve as life does.

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'Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds

The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification technique, a CT scan revealed.

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Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium reservoir surrounded by volcanoes

The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.

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Auroras to light up the US this weekend in aftermath of 'cannibal' solar eruption

A chain of solar outbursts, including a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection that slammed Earth on Tuesday, will bring lovely auroras to parts of the northern US and most of Canada this weekend. Here's where to look.

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'This is largely uncharted territory': Scientists reveal the brain's 'fear circuit' works differently than we thought

New methods applied in live mice suggest that molecules called neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters, play the main role in our response to danger.

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Scientists uncover microbes that destroy 'forever chemical' pollutants

Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of "forever chemicals."

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USA Basketball doctor shares what it's like to treat athletes at the Olympics

An orthopedic surgeon explains what it's like to support USA Basketball at the Olympics.

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World's largest iron ore deposits formed over 1 billion years ago in supercontinent breakup

Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia.

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World's 'best-performing' quantum computing chip could be used in machines by 2027, scientists claim

New ion-trap chip eschews lasers for an integrated circuit that can be mass produced in existing semiconductor factories.

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3,600-year-old jewelry and weapon hoard found under field in Czech Republic

Archaeologists used metal detectors to find the hoard, which includes several pieces of jewelry and weapons.

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