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'Severe' geomagnetic storm will bring widespread auroras this weekend after gigantic sunspot spits out 5 solar storms

Space weather experts warn that Earth could experience one of its worst geomagnetic storms in years after a gigantic, frenzied sunspot released five back-to-back solar storms directly at our planet. The explosive event could trigger vibrant auroras across large parts of North America.

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Lab-made universal blood could revolutionize transfusions. Scientists just got one step closer to making it.

Enzymes produced by gut bacteria can remove long sugar chains in type A and B blood, leading to improved compatibility with type O.

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Feral cats ate critically endangered baby crocodiles in Cuba, study suggests

Two biologists say 145 young Cuban crocodiles that were taken by predators in fall 2022 were killed by feral cats.

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Master regulator of inflammation found — and it's in the brain stem

Research in mice suggests that specific neurons within the brain stem act like the dial on a thermostat — fine-tuning inflammation as and when required.

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Elephants say 'hello' to friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly noises

Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests.

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Is hippo milk really pink?

Hippos don't produce pink milk, but they do produce a pink, sweat-like secretion.

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Fairy Chimneys: The stone spires in Turkey that form 'the world's most unusual high-rise neighborhood'

Turkey's magical "fairy chimneys" in Cappadocia were carved out of an ancient volcanic landscape over millions of years before humans turned them into hiding dens.

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New invention transforms any smartphone or TV display into a holographic projector

Scientists have developed a method for creating 3D holograms using "incoherent light" emitted from mobile devices — turning iPhone 14 Pro into a projector.

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Weird blobs lurking near Earth's core may have been dragged from the surface

A new study of seismic data from Antarctica finds that the mantle may be stranger and more variable than previously believed, with pieces of ancient crust that have been dragged down by tectonic forces.

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Gargantuan sunspot 15-Earths wide shoots powerful X-class flare toward Earth, triggering radio blackouts

A sunspot so big it rivals the gigantic sunspot responsible for the Carrington Event in 1859 has unleashed another X-class solar flare, triggering radio blackouts on Earth.

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Collapse of Earth's magnetic field may have fueled evolution of life 600 million years ago

The planet's magnetic field may have collapsed around 600 million years ago, enabling a major oxygenation event and perhaps supercharging evolution.

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The Gulf Stream stopped pumping nutrients during the last ice age — and the same could be happening now

Atlantic currents slowed dramatically during the Younger Dryas period. By reconstructing those ancient ocean conditions, scientists think they can forecast changes over the next century.

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NASA details plan to build a levitating robot train on the moon

NASA's plan to build a train track on the moon is part of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, which aims to develop "science fiction-like" projects for future space exploration.

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Horned 'SpaceX spiral' photobombs auroras over Europe in 1st-of-its-kind sighting

Aurora-hunting photographers were surprised to spot a misshaped SpaceX spiral with ethereal horns over Europe during a recent geomagnetic storm.

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Dice snakes fake their own death, smearing themselves with blood and poop to make the performance extra convincing

Dice snakes theatrically stage their own deaths, using blood and feces to convince predators they've shuffled off their mortal coils.

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See stunning reconstruction of ancient Egyptian mummy that languished at an Australian high school for a century

The forensic facial reconstruction is based on a precise 3D model of the skull created with medical scans.

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Scientists map the lost 'Atlantis' continent that lies off Australia

A new simulation reveals how Australia's first inhabitants migrated across Sahul, before it became modern-day Australia.

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Scientists discover new type of cell in the liver

The newly-discovered cells help shed light on how the liver repairs itself after damage.

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New mRNA vaccine for deadly brain cancer triggers a strong immune response

COVID-19 vaccine development paves way to a new class of cancer immunotherapy.

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30,000 years of history reveals that hard times boost human societies' resilience

Human societies that experience downturns do a better job of recovering from later disasters, new research finds.

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James Webb telescope measures the starlight around the universe's biggest, oldest black holes for 1st time ever

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light of its surrounding stars, offering unprecedented insight into how the universe's oldest black holes grew.

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Molecule responsible for robbing Venus of its water may finally have been identified

A new water loss mechanism on Venus explains how the planet lost all its water, turning the planet from a potentially habitable world into the parched hellscape we know today.

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Remains of vast 7,000-year-old farming settlement found in a 'huge void' in Serbia

Archaeologists discovered a previously unknown Neolithic settlement in Serbia and then fully mapped the "exceptional" site.

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65 million-year-old cow relative looked like a chinchilla and weighed only a pound

Militocodon lydae, a mammal that looked like a chinchilla but is more closely related cows, roamed what is now Colorado after the nonavian dinosaurs went extinct.

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'A dream come true': Nuclear clock breakthrough could revolutionize study of the universe's fundamental forces

By nudging a thorium-229 nucleus into a higher energy state, physicists have made it possible to develop a nuclear clock that could probe the most fundamental forces in physics. However, there is still a long way to go.

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