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Science news this week: James Webb telescope finds a never-before-seen substance, China's 'Great Green Wall' grows faster than natural trees, and a Medici murder mystery is solved

July 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal

The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

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Study suggests life on Earth has around 1.8 billion years left — but the biosphere might evolve to survive even longer

Using complex climate models, researchers have pinned down the point at which life will no longer be able to survive on Earth.

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Rise in cancer in younger adults may be explained by faster 'biological aging,' early study hints

Researchers report that younger adults with older‑than‑expected biological ages are more likely to develop early‑onset lung, gastrointestinal and uterine cancers, but more research is needed.

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Science news this week: Life on Mars, weird water and a curious human cousin

June 27, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Why scientists are worried about Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier': How dangerous could disintegration of 'Great Britain-sized' ice shelf be for Earth and humanity?

Antarctica Doomsday Glacier: West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," Thwaites, faces imminent danger as its eastern ice shelf nears collapse. While not an overnight disappearance, this event could significantly accelerate ice loss, contributing to rising sea levels over decades. Scientists warn that warmer ocean waters are weakening the shelf, which acts as…

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Scientists infected a 'vagina on a chip' with gonorrhea — then cured it with a new antibiotic found by AI

To sift through 6 million molecules in pursuit of new gonorrhea treatments, researchers trained AI to select the best drug candidate and then tested it in a "vagina on a chip."

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Some of the last surviving Neanderthals were remarkably diverse ‪—‬ suggesting inbreeding didn't doom them

Some Neanderthals living in northwestern Europe after 52,500 years ago were surprisingly diverse, suggesting that they didn't all go extinct due to inbreeding.

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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say

For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular level.

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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female

A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding.

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'Weirdos of the sperm whale world' appear to be evolving 2 different dialects, audio recordings suggest

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.

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Drug-induced 'brain freeze' may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests

By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report.

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We've spent decades looking for the wrong type of alien radio signals, new paper claims — and there's an easy way to fix it

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

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Bizarre 'bull's-eye' cloud rings appear above erupting volcano on Atlantic island — Earth from space

A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.

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One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study

Autoantibodies may be disabling one of the body's anti-inflammatory brakes in some IBD patients, a new study finds.

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Science news this week: Goblin shark filmed for first time, California close to a major quake, physicists split photon, and inside China's plans to 'tame nature'

June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Estrogen levels in both the male and female brain may shape memory's resilience in face of stress

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds.

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'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim

Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a new study of rare fossils found near Chicago.

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Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure why

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

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5,000-year-old 'prototype' Stonehenge aligning with solstices discovered near the famous Stone Age monument

The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago.

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Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia — and many of them were children

The oldest known evidence of the plague killing people has been found in Siberia, and it carried a gene that may have made it particularly deadly for children.

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A secretive Chinese probe has just arrived at one of Earth's 'quasi-moons' and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind landing

China's Tianwen-2 mission has arrived at the quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa, which orbits the sun alongside Earth. The secretive probe will scoop up samples from our temporary companion to help uncover its mysterious origin, experts say.

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The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise clocks and new ways to search for dark matter.

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Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed

Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of rainfall each year, started to form more than 40 million years ago ‪—‬ 20 million years before the Andes.

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Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location

Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice.

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