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'Night vision lenses' could give you power to see in the dark using simple eyeglasses

Super-slim night-vision tech could be within reach thanks to a new material breakthrough that can capture infrared and visible light at the same time.

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Predator or prey? This 'switch' in the brain toggles when you're hunting or being hunted

The hypothalamus, a brain region that helps control our hormones and sleep cycles, is also responsible for our ability to switch between predator- and prey-like behavior.

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H5N1 bird flu can remain infectious in raw milk for at least an hour, study finds

Scientists found that contaminated milking equipment can harbor the H5N1 virus for more than an hour, increasing the risk of dairy farmers getting infected.

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn't very hungry during the dawn of time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an improbably huge black hole near the dawn of time, which doesn't seem to be eating near as much as it should.

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2,000-year-old funerary urn found in Spain contains the world's oldest known liquid wine

Scientists discovered the oldest known wine in liquid form inside a Roman-era tomb in Spain.

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Viking Age ship burial may be hiding beneath Norwegian farm, iron rivets hint

A scattering of rivets found in a field in Norway could be evidence of a Viking Age ship burial.

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Ancient Egyptian 'office workers' had terrible posture just like us, disfigured skeletons reveal

The development of osteoarthritis was more common among scribes than their ancient Egyptian peers, a study finds.

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Mystery 'random event' killed off Earth's last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims

Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island for 6,000 years after their mainland cousins had perished. A new genomic study has revealed that this final population likely died from a sudden, mysterious event.

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Secret to lifelong memories sticking is molecular 'glue'

A new study has uncovered the role that a specific molecule in the brain plays in maintaining long-term memory.

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OpenAI shuts down AI agent that was 'running for mayor' in Wyoming

An AI candidate running in the Wyoming mayoral race has been disabled by the company that developed the technology. But its creator says he has not given up.

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Milky Way's black hole 'exhaust vent' discovered in eerie X-ray observations

A gargantuan "exhaust vent" may be channeling hot gas away from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole at millions of miles per hour — and filling up two enormous bubbles that tower over the galaxy.

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Neutron star collisions could briefly trap a bunch of cosmic ghosts

New research suggests that colliding neutron stars can briefly "trap" ghostly particles called neutrinos, which could reveal new secrets about some of space's most extreme events.

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Florida family files claim with NASA after ISS space junk crashes into home

A falling piece of space junk from the ISS crashed through two floors of a Florida family's house in March. The family has now asked NASA to pay for the damages.

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'Exceptional' discovery reveals more than 30 ancient Egyptian tombs built into hillside

The more than 30 tombs include family burials, including of children buried with their parents, in a hillside in Aswan, Egypt.

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Americans face a higher risk of dengue this year, CDC warns

The CDC has issued a new health alert as global cases of dengue fever soar.

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'Space potato' spotted by NASA Mars satellite is actually something much cooler

The starchy-looking moon Phobos, destined to crash into Mars' surface, has been revealed in new detail by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 'space potato' image was recently shared on NASA's Instagram.

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No, NASA hasn't warned of an impending asteroid strike in 2038. Here's what really happened.

Experts from NASA and other international organizations recently simulated their response to a hypothetical asteroid impact scenario. The test was deemed a success. However, several media outlets have misreported the group's findings.

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Boiling rocks from Earth's crust tore an ocean into Mongolia 410 million years ago

An ocean that opened up in what is now Mongolia 410 million years ago was created by a hot upwelling of rock known as a mantle plume.

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Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before

Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight.

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'It's like we opened a buffet': Sharks in Gulf of Mexico learn to steal food from fishing nets

Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico are learning to associate boat engines with food, leading to more and more cases of depredation, experts say.

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How many extra calories does a person need during pregnancy?

Scientists estimate that a person needs tens of thousands of extra calories to support a pregnancy — but there's no one-size-fits-all answer.

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Scientists discovered the oldest termite mounds on Earth — and they're 34,000 years old

The world's oldest termite mounds have been collecting carbon from the atmosphere for thousands of years.

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US man gets kidney transplant while awake

Being able to transplant kidneys using only local anesthetic could shorten patients' hospital stays and make the procedure accessible to more people, doctors say.

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China rover returns historic samples from far side of the moon — and they may contain secrets to Earth's deep past

China's Chang'e-6 lunar module has returned from the moon's far side with samples in a historic mission. Its success is a key step toward understanding our planet's early history, and a milestone in the race with the U.S. to reach the moon's south pole.

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Stunning photos show 44,000-year-old mummified wolf discovered in Siberian permafrost

Scientists perform necropsy on an ancient wolf pulled from Russian permafrost that may still have prey in its stomach.

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