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Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks tonight: How to see remnants of Halley's comet in the night sky

The annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower, linked to Halley's Comet, will peak overnight tonight (May 5 to 6).

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'Groundbreaking' ancient DNA research confirms Pueblo peoples' ties to famous Chaco Canyon site

New genetic research confirms what the oral traditions of the Picuris Pueblo people of New Mexico have long described — that they're related to the Indigenous people of Chaco Canyon.

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Ancient zircon crystals shed light on 1 billion-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.K.'s earliest land life.

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Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggests

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.

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Swarm of 30 robots can 'flow like water' and harden up to support the weight of a person

Researchers have discovered a way to make tiny robots act like a material, mirroring embryonic tissue cells to adjust their structure on command.

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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, but that could reverse in an instant.

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'It's huge, and it's been hidden for this whole time': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers

The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at the presence of many previously unseen clouds throughout the galaxy.

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2,300-year-old sword with swastikas unearthed at necropolis in France

A Celtic burial site from the Second Iron Age in France contains two rare, well-preserved swords.

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Humans heal 3 times slower than our closest animal relatives

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we may have evolved slower healing at some point in our ancestry.

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Oldest gold in the universe may finally have an explanation: 'It's answering one of the questions of the century'

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new study hints. Powerful magnetar flares may be the reason.

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Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next week — and it could land almost anywhere

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery reentry to Earth.

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In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on land

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in the water, not on land.

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Climate wars are approaching — and they will redefine global conflict

Climate change's profound reshaping of conflict dynamics is already underway. The question facing humanity now is not whether we will confront these pressures, but how we will choose to do so.

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How related are dire wolves and gray wolves? The answer might surprise you.

Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago and, as far as scientists can tell, never interbred since then.

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T. rex researchers eviscerate 'misleading' dinosaur leather announcement

Companies claim that Tyrannosaurus rex leather could soon be entering the luxury fashion market, but dinosaur researchers say you can't make genuine T. rex skin.

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Robots: Facts about machines that can walk, talk or do tasks that humans can't (or won't)

Discover interesting facts about what defines robots, what they can do, and if they'll replace humans.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A rash 'migrated' across a man's body from his anus

A man being treated with corticosteroids developed a rare complication of an infection.

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What is xeroderma pigmentosum? The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight

People with xeroderma pigmentosum can severely burn within minutes of being in the sun and are thousands of times more likely to develop skin cancer than others.

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China's '2D' chip could soon be used to make silicon-free chips

Advances in materials and architecture could lead to silicon-free chip manufacturing thanks to a new type of transistor.

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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck

The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.

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'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers

Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.

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Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery

Scientists have found evidence for a cosmic collision in the Perseus cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies not far from our own.

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'Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That's when the tortoise seizes its chance': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research

Scientists in China have refuelled a thorium reactor on the fly for the first time. The breakthrough is paving the way for working reactors that are significantly safer than conventional alternatives.

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What is 'induced atmospheric vibration' and did it really cause power outages across Spain and Portugal?

Power blackouts that left millions of people across Spain and Portugal without electricity may have been caused by a bizarre atmospheric phenomenon, though the true cause is yet to be determined.

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'How could it have been allowed to happen?': The threat of 'superbugs' was known from the first antibiotic, but we've failed to stop it.

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares. They are taking lives right now."

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