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China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean energy.

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Homo erectus wasn't the first human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago, fossils suggest

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago.

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Giant sunspot that triggered recent solar 'superstorm' shot out nearly 1,000 flares and a secret X-rated explosion, record-breaking study reveals

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a new paper reveals. The study sets a record for the longest continuous observation of a single active region on our home star.

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Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild.

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Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is "beyond convincing" evidence this ape was bipedal.

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Avenue of the Baobabs: Madagascar's natural monument with dozens of 'mother of the forest' trees

The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.

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1,100-year-old mummy found in Chile died of extensive injuries when a turquoise mine caved in, CT scans reveal

The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a tragic occupational accident.

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Jupiter will outshine every star in the sky this weekend — how to see the 'king of planets' at opposition

Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, when it will shine all night at its brightest as Earth moves between the giant planet and the sun.

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Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816

Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect her work.

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Hubble telescope discovers 'Cloud-9,' a dark and rare 'failed galaxy' that's unlike anything seen before

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy.

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NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew

NASA has announced the early return of Crew-11 from the International Space Station after an unidentified astronaut experienced a medical problem.

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James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers say

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.

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Orbiting satellites could start crashing into one another in less than 3 days, theoretical new 'CRASH Clock' reveals

Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would start colliding if they lost the ability to avoid each other, such as during a powerful solar storm. And its value is rapidly decreasing.

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observations

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record.

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New US food pyramid recommends very high protein diet, beef tallow as healthy fat option, and full-fat dairy

The federal government has released new dietary guidelines, introducing an emphasis on consuming meat and dairy and avoiding highly processed foods.

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Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England

Archaeologists have announced their discovery of a metal hoard that contained an extremely rare example of a Celtic battle trumpet.

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60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired prey during long hunts.

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Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be sure that the genetic material belongs to the Italian polymath.

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NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into one dazzling mosaic.

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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

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Huge ice dome in Greenland vanished 7,000 years ago — melting at temperatures we're racing toward today

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of the century.

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One of the last Siberian shamans was an 18th-century woman whose parents were related, DNA study reveals

A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest.

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'Mitochondrial transfer' into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints

A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point to a new way of treating nerve pain.

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Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Giant 'stone' in a man's bladder looked like an ostrich egg

A man visited a hospital because of bladder discomfort, and his doctors discovered a remarkably large bladder stone.

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