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'Lost Colony' of Roanoke may have assimilated into Indigenous society, archaeologist claims — but not everyone is convinced

The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a 16th-century "Lost Colony."

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Star-shaped brain cells may underpin the brain's massive memory storage

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research.

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Why are tropical animals so colorful?

Many animals in the tropics are colorful for a number of reasons, including some you might not expect.

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Which animal has the best sense of smell?

There are multiple contenders for the title of best smeller, but no clear winner just yet.

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Hidden layer beneath Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera may explain why it's so restless

According to new research, the active volcano that sits west of Naples has a "tuff" layer about two miles beneath the surface that traps volcanic gases deep below the caldera's floor.

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Lake Natron: The caustic, blood-red lake in Tanzania that turns animals to 'stone'

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

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3 ancient Maya cities discovered in Guatemala, 1 with an 'astronomical complex' likely used for predicting solstices

Three ancient Maya cities have been discovered by archaeologists in Guatemala.

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People's racial and ethnic identities don't reflect their genetic ancestry

A new study finds the genetic backgrounds of people in the U.S. are "highly complex" and may differ from their self-defined racial or ethnic groups.

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Electronic face 'tattoos' could measure your mental strain at work

A disposable, electronic "tattoo" that measures mental workload could be used to enhance safety in high-pressure jobs, researchers say.

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An 'invisible threat': Swarm of hidden 'city killer' asteroids around Venus could one day collide with Earth, simulations show

A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the future, with potentially devastating consequences. However, there is no immediate threat.

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Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'

Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have to queue.

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The mysterious hill in Sudan that looks like 'landlocked lips' — Earth from space

A 2012 Google Earth photo captured a hill formation in Sudan that bears a striking resemblance to human lips. Not much is known about the unusual landmark, but researchers have guessed how it formed.

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How are you able to read words without vowels?

The human brain can make sense of sentences — even when the vowels are missing.

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Can adults grow new brain cells?

Scientists are still debating whether the human brain is capable of growing new cells past childhood.

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What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?

Look closely at the spots to tell leopards from jaguars: there's a subtle clue.

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Ancient cave burial of 'Jesus' midwife' may actually hold a princess

The site's architecture may indicate the Judaean princess was buried there.

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'No radio astronomy from the ground would be possible anymore': Satellite mega-swarms are blinding us to the cosmos — and a critical 'inflection point' is approaching

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ability to detect important signals from across the universe. If left unchecked, we could reach an "inflection point" beyond which we can no longer properly study the cosmos, researchers warn.

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NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard astronomy from satellite "megaconstellations" — and help scientists unravel more of the radio spectrum.

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How many satellites could fit in Earth orbit? And how many do we really need?

The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will these "megaconstellations" become? And what problems might they cause?

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Not 'Little Red Dots' or roaring quasars: James Webb telescope uncovers new kind of 'hidden' black hole never seen before

By combining data from the Subaru Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered distant quasars that are obscured by dust but which may shed light on Little Red Dots.

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Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the Mesozoic — the age of dinosaurs.

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2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.

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The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

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2 billion people could face chaotic and 'irreversible' shift in rainfall patterns if warming continues

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.

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43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.

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