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32 optical illusions and why they trick your brain

Artists and scientists have been creating optical illusions for centuries. Here are 32 mind-bending examples that prove you can't always trust what your eyes are telling you.

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Reaching absolute zero for quantum computing now much quicker thanks to breakthrough refrigerator design

Using a more efficient method than current approaches, researchers promise the coldest temperatures in the world at just a fraction of the cost and time.

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How do fireflies light up?

Fireflies use a glowing chemical reaction to signal to one another in the dark of dusk and night.

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Earth from space: Ethereal algal vortex blooms at the heart of massive Baltic 'dead zone'

In 2018, satellite images captured a stunning spiral of cyanobacteria blooming in the Baltic Sea. The swirling mass of microbes helped to create a massive "dead zone" the size of West Virginia that starved the surrounding water of oxygen.

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'A force more powerful than gravity within the Earth': How magnetism locked itself inside our planet

"As the magma cooled to form what is today the world's solid outer crust, magnetism was locked into minerals containing iron, such as magnetite."

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'When you improve nutrition, you reduce violence': Psychologist Kimberley Wilson on working in Europe's largest women's prison

Kimberley Wilson has worked in prisons and with patients from all walks of life. Her years of providing therapy suggest improved nutrition could be key to mental health and brain function.

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Space photo of the week: NASA sees a 'Platypus' move on Jupiter's moon Europa

The Juno spacecraft, which orbits Jupiter, has been imaging the giant planet's moon Europa and spotted apparent movement in its icy crust.

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Why did Homo sapiens emerge in Africa?

Our human ancestors arose in Africa due to many factors, including climate.

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10 surprising things that are made from petroleum

From chocolate to toothpaste, many surprising household products and everyday items are made from petroleum.

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James Webb telescope sees 'birth' of 3 of the universe's earliest galaxies in world-1st observations

The James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the birth of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe for the first time ever, new research hints.

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Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each night

Aardwolves — the "weird cousin" of the hyena world that has peg teeth and only eats insects — are an evolutionary mystery, stemming from a ghost lineage that scientists haven't been able to figure out.

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NASA spots 16 'Death Star' black holes blasting powerful beams at multiple targets

Researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope have found that a group of "Death Star black holes are swiveling around and pointing at new targets, like the fictional space station in Star Wars."

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32 stunning photos of auroras seen from space

Auroras (also called the northern and southern lights) are visible from the ground after powerful solar storms, but these natural light shows look even more majestic from above. Here are 32 spectacular photos of auroras taken from space.

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What's the highest place on Earth that humans live?

Inhabitants of the world's highest settlement, La Rinconada, in the Peruvian Andes, face a unique set of challenges.

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Parasitic worms infect 6 after bear meat served at family reunion

Parasitic worms infected a family who'd shared a meal that included undercooked bear meat kabobs.

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Google's AI tells users to add glue to their pizza, eat rocks and make chlorine gas

Social media has been flooded with bizarre and dangerous advice that appears to have been made by Google's new AI overview feature. The company continues to defend the 'high quality' search tool.

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No, a 'planetary parade' will not be visible from Earth on June 3. Here's what you can really see.

Despite a flurry of online reports about a "planetary parade" of six worlds aligning on June 3, only two planets will be clearly visible from Earth. (And they've been visible all month.)

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In a 1st, scientist grow mini brains with functional blood-brain barriers

New "assembloids" grown from stem cells offer a tiny, working model of the blood-brain barrier.

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Crows can count out loud, startling study reveals

This is the first time an animal other than humans has been seen performing the feat of vocal numeracy.

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China's 'heavenly pits': The giant sinkholes that have ancient forests growing within

China's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like they were made with a cookie cutter — and scientists keep finding new ones.

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DeepMind's AI program AlphaFold3 can predict the structure of every protein in the universe — and show how they function

AlphaFold3 uses AI to helps scientists more accurately predict how proteins interact with other biological molecules.

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Black hole spin speed revealed in new study of churning space-time

Scientists have calculated the speed of a spinning supermassive black hole by studying the 'spaghettified' remains of a star it destroyed.

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Mysterious 'puffy' planet may finally be explained by James Webb Space Telescope

The exoplanet WASP-107 b is one of the least dense planets ever discovered. New James Webb telescope observations may reveal how the mysterious world got so 'puffy'.

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This year's hurricane season could see 25 named storms, NOAA says in record-breaking forecast

Unusually high temperatures combined with the abatement of the El Niño could lead to more major hurricanes this year.

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Grave robbers looted lavish 1,800-year-old tombs in China — but missed this one

Archaeologists think the people in the tombs, dated to the Han dynasty, were all from the same wealthy family.

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