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Why do some people grow 'chemo curls' after cancer treatment?

After chemotherapy, some people get "chemo curls" and other changes to their hair texture and appearance. But why?

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Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process

Exposure to a sunlight-activated catalyst broke down 99% of a forever chemical, leaving behind recyclable fluoride.

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Meet the 'neglectons': Previously overlooked particles that could revolutionize quantum computing

When mathematicians revived ignored mathematical structures, they found that overlooked particles, called "neglectons," could complete the quantum computing puzzle.

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Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds

Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab.

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What was the first human species?

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on record?

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Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland

Archaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.

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Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time

Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus.

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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

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Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo

Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particles."

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Robots awkwardly race, fight and flop around in China's first World Humanoid Robot Games

The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events.

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San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

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A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved

Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree.

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'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species

As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.

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China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy

Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.

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Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it

The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

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Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees

Three Whale Rock is a geological formation and tourist attraction in Thailand's Phu Sing Forest Park that looks remarkably like a small family of whales.

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Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.

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DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA.

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A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.

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Would you board a spacecraft that takes 400 years to reach Alpha Centauri?

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us know in our latest poll.

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Ancient predatory whale with big eyes and razor-sharp teeth was 'deceptively cute'

Researchers have unveiled the fossils of a juvenile ancient whale that hunted off ancient Australia with large forward-facing eyes and razor-sharp teeth.

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115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods

While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.

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Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation

An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

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Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe

We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

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Prominent medical journal refuses RFK's call to retract a vaccine study

A recent study that confirmed that aluminium in vaccines doesn't pose a risk to children has sparked a war of words between the RFK, Jr. and a U.S. medical journal.

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