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Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tails

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic copepods feasting on the head of a deep sea rattail fish.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man had hiccups for 5 days — and a virus may have been to blame

In an unusual case, a man's multiday bout of hiccups was triggered by a respiratory infection.

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Ancient 'military outpost' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

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NASA rover discovers out-of-place 'Skull' on Mars, and scientists are baffled

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin.

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A long-lost ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are 'perpetually submerged'

Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

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Watch boozing chimps share alcoholic fruit. Is this how social drinking started?

Videos of chimpanzees sharing alcoholic fruit suggest that this behavior could have led to feasting in humans, a new study finds.

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'An up-tempo version of Darwinian evolution': How a mega freeze in Florida may have caused Burmese pythons to evolve at a blindingly fast speed

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted to spread beyond the northern boundaries of its current range."

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New benchmark will reveal when quantum computers overtake the fastest supercomputers, scientists say

A new benchmark performed on chips from five different vendors has indicated how we can measure QPU performance as quantum computers become more advanced and useful.

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Pair of 'glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously — Earth from space

This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo.

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Simple blood test could reveal likelihood of deadly skin cancer returning, study suggests

A new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma recurrence.

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Nearly 3 million extra deaths by 2030 could result from HIV funding cuts, study suggests

A modeling study looked at how anticipated cuts to international HIV funding would affect the rate of new cases and HIV-related deaths in low- and middle-income countries.

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Schrödinger's cat-inspired quantum computing now 160 times more reliable thanks to new discovery

A new technique improves the reliability of cat qubits by squeezing their probabilistic states. This could improve their reliability and lifetime, and pave the way for accurate quantum computing.

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Dyson spheres could really exist — but there's a catch

Is it possible to build a Dyson sphere that isn't catastrophically unstable? New research says yes, but only in one type of star system.

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Why do cats bring home dead animals?

Cats sometimes catch and leave a "gift" for their humans. But why do cats give us dead mice, birds or other prey?

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Life on Mars could survive — so long as you're one of these strange, hybrid lifeforms

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

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See Venus at its 'greatest brilliancy' this week — or wait until Sept. 2026

Early on April 24, Venus will be at its brightest in the morning sky — just 67 days after it was at its brightest in the evening sky. Here's why.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the 'Crystal Ball Nebula'

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.

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Lviv pysanka: World's oldest Easter egg

A decorated duck egg discovered in a trash pit is the world's oldest "pysanka."

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Why is yawning contagious?

Scientists have identified some reasons why yawns spread from person to person.

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'Beauty' particle discovered at world's largest atom smasher could unlock new physics

Why matter dominates over antimatter in our universe has long been a major cosmic mystery to physicists. A new finding by the world's largest particle collider has revealed a clue.

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'Secrets of the Penguins' will take penguin observations 'to another level,' executive producer James Cameron

A three-part documentary on penguins' hidden lives will reveal a number of never-before-seen moments. Here's what executive producer James Cameron said about what to expect.

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Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rock

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced by biological processes.

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Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity

A new stretchable hydrogel battery can withstand extreme conditions and still operate effectively, scientists say.

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Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal

The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time.

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What's the oldest known recipe?

Cooking is an essential part of human culture, but people haven't always written down recipes the way we do now.

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