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Endurance athletes that carry Neanderthal genes could be held back from reaching their peak

A Neanderthal variant in an enzyme involved in energy production has been linked to a 50% lower probability of achieving elite athletic performance.

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Mysterious migraines after heart surgery may finally be explained

Short-lived lesions sometimes appear in the brain following heart surgery — and now, a new trial hints that they might be linked to migraines and visual auras. More work is needed to know if they signal more serious risks, like stroke.

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Watch first-of-its-kind robot elephant go bowling

Researchers have unveiled a miniature robot elephant with special 3D-printed "tissues" that allow for more complex and natural movements. A video shows the elephant grasp a flower with its trunk and kick a bowling ball.

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MIT's new AI can teach itself to control robots by watching the world through their eyes — it only needs a single camera

The new training method doesn't use sensors or onboard control tweaks, but a single camera that watches the robot's movements and uses visual data.

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Mount Thor: The mountain with Earth's longest vertical drop

Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a terrifying escarpment with an average overhang of 15 degrees from vertical.

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2,200-year-old Celtic settlement discovered in Czech Republic — and it's awash in gold and silver coins

A 2,200-year-old Celtic settlement containing coins and jewelry has been discovered in the Czech Republic.

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Thousands of leather shoes, bags and sword scabbards discovered during dig in medieval harbor in Norway

Thousands of pieces of leather discovered in an Oslo harbor are giving archaeologists insight into everyday life in medieval Norway.

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Giant meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.

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Nor'easters have become 20% more destructive in the last 80 years, scientists warn

Nor'easters are becoming more destructive as the climate warms, a new study finds, with a 20% increase in storm intensity recorded from 1940 to now.

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Why giant moa — a bird that once towered over humans — are even harder to de-extinct than dire wolves

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target for de-extinction.

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600-year-old amethyst 'worthy of a duke' found in medieval castle moat in Poland

The amethyst was set in high-quality silver and probably once formed part of a brooch.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS transforms into a giant 'cosmic rainbow' in trippy new telescope image

New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it shoots toward us through the solar system.

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The 'gender gap' in math is not innate — something about school drives it

A new study of schoolchildren in France suggests that boys are not innately better at math. Some aspect of schooling appears to drive the "gender gap."

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Scientists make 'magic state' breakthrough after 20 years — without it, quantum computers can never be truly useful

Scientists demonstrate a process called "magic state distillation" in logical qubits for the first time, meaning we can now build quantum computers that are both error-free and more powerful than supercomputers.

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New bionic knee connects directly with muscles and bone to feel more like the user's body

A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like a part of the body, a new study finds.

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8 babies spared from potentially deadly inherited diseases through new IVF 'mitochondrial donation' trial

A groundbreaking trial in the U.K. has released data on eight babies born through a special IVF procedure to lower their risk of mitochondrial DNA disease.

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'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our galaxy's black hole last erupted.

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Why do cats like concrete slabs?

Cat owners have noticed their pets seem to go crazy for concrete blocks. Why?

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Largest known Martian meteorite on Earth sells for $5.3 million at auction

The largest known Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, has been sold at auction for $5.3 million. The hefty chunk of the Red Planet, which weighs 54 pounds, could help unravel new secrets about Mars — if it's allowed to be studied.

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Behold, 'The Beast': Gigantic animal-like plasma plume 13 times wider than Earth hovers over the sun

Astrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.

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Do sloths fart? Cute new video finally settles age old question

For years, it's been assumed that sloths don't fart. But new footage has thrown this theory into question.

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Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

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Lava erupts from gigantic fissure in Iceland following earthquake swarm — and the photos are epic

A lava-spewing fissure has opened up along Iceland's Sundhnúkur crater row as the Reykjanes peninsula experiences another volcanic eruption.

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Why is color blindness so much more common in men than in women?

About 1 in 12 men is color-blind. Why doesn't this condition affect women as often?

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Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747

Skydweller is a solar-powered drone that can fly for up to three months without landing, with researchers hoping to one day achieve much longer flight times.

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