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How many weeks are there in a year?

We take our timekeeping rules for granted, but the history of these rules is long and complex.

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Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren't sure why.

At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her burial.

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Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a 'cannonball galaxy' blasting through space

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy under the "ram pressure" inside a massive cluster of galaxies.

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Were the Vikings really that violent?

The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.

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A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.

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New memory chip controlled by light and magnets could one day make AI computing less power-hungry

A new type of ultrafast memory uses optical signals and magnets to efficiently process and store data.

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Northern sea robin: The bizarre fish with crab legs it uses to taste the seafloor

The northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to "taste" the seafloor.

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Can viruses cause cancer?

The far-reaching impact of certain viruses on the body can make cells grow out of control, causing cancer.

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Chemists broke a 100-year-old rule to make extremely unstable molecules

Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.

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'Mind-blowing' discovery reveals 5,000-year-old cultic building in Israel

The remains of a 5,000-year-old structure that likely had cultic purposes is one of the oldest public buildings ever found in Israel.

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Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life

Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin."

Natural selection is unfolding right now in these remote villages in Nepal

Physiological traits that help Tibetan women survive at high altitudes are being selected for within the population, meaning they may be becoming more common, new research hints.

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How does licorice interfere with medications?

Eating licorice regularly, in large quantities or with certain medications can cause serious side effects. But why is that?

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Hang Son Doong: The world's biggest cave, so 'outrageous in size' it fits 2 jungles and the 'Great Wall of Vietnam'

Vietnam's Son Doong cave is so large, you could squeeze 15 Great Pyramids of Giza inside it and fly a Boeing 747 airplane through some of its passages.

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Quantum computers are here — but why do we need them and what will they be used for?

Quantum computers will one day outpace the fastest supercomputers on the planet, but what will they be used to accomplish?

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Black holes could be driving the expansion of the universe, new study suggests

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In a 1st, scientists reversed type 1 diabetes by reprogramming a person's own fat cells

Scientists reprogrammed a woman's fat cells to become insulin-making beta cells, reversing her type 1 diabetes.

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Father-daughter team decodes 'alien signal' from Mars that stumped the world for a year

A father and daughter team based in the U.S. have decoded a mock "alien signal" beamed from ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter a year ago — but the meaning of the extraterrestrial message remains a mystery.

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What is DANA, the strange weather phenomenon that has caused deadly flooding in Spain?

With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year's worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.

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Mammoths

Everything you need to know about mammoths, woolly or otherwise, with the latest news, features and articles from Live Science.

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1st image of Milky Way's 'black hole heart' has errors, study claims

The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

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Trigger for deadly neurodegenerative disorder identified

The discovery of an important enzyme involved in Huntington's disease may pave the way for future treatments to prevent the condition, researchers say.

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Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot can now 'play fetch' — thanks to MIT breakthrough

The future of smarter robots may lie in combining neural networks with advanced computer vision.

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