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Rare illusion gives 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years

New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint "anti-tail" pointing away in the wrong direction. The puzzling extra limb is the result of a rare illusion that is only possible when our planet is in a certain position.

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5,000-year-old jade 'dragon' unearthed in tomb in China

Archaeologists have found the largest ever jade "dragon" made by the Neolithic Hongshan culture on record.

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5,000-year-old cemetery in Spain has twice as many females as males, and nobody knows why

There are more than twice as many females as males buried in an ancient cemetery in Spain, a new study finds — but no one knows why.

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Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land

The Heiltsuk of British Columbia are using a mix of traditional principles and modern implementation to protect salmon and bears in their territory.

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How many times does a heart beat in a day? What about in a lifetime?

Celine Dion sings that "my heart will go on," but how many times does it actually beat in a day or even a lifetime?

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Why does meat have more protein than vegetables?

The biological needs of plants and animals affect their cells' protein content, but the story goes deeper than that.

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Parasitic worms cause terrible diseases — could the viruses they carry be to blame?

Roundworms harbor viruses, which could be responsible for these parasites' painful symptoms in humans, scientists theorize.

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Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.

Hurricane Milton captured by NASA's GOES-East satellite as it made landfall on Florida's west coast.

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Study reveals how the brain divides days into 'movie scenes'

A recent brain-scan study sheds light on how people's brains divide continuous experiences into meaningful segments, like scenes in a movie.

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'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation

Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams.

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Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle

An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form.

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How strong can hurricanes get?

There's a theoretical limit to the maximum sustained wind speeds of hurricanes, but climate change may increase that "speed limit."

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New 'biological aging' test predicts your odds of dying within the next 12 months

A new test uses a cheek swab to predict your risk of death within one year — how does it work?

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'Any protein you can imagine, it can deliver': AI will help discover the next breakthrough in RNA, says Nobel Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman

Live Science spoke with Nobel laureate Dr. Drew Weissman and engineer Daeyeon Lee about a new RNA research center they're helping to launch.

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Why do cats 'chatter'?

Some cats chatter, oftentimes when they see prey. But why?

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Life expectancy is increasing at a slower rate this century — and it may be because we're reaching our human limit

Human life expectancy in high-income countries is no longer climbing at the rate it did in the 20th century, a new study suggests.

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How far away is the moon?

The moon's distance from Earth changes depending on where it is in its elliptical orbit.

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Alligator gar: The 'living fossil' that has barely evolved for 100 million years

This living fossil can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it survived predatory dinosaurs.

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Why does drinking water feel so good when you're thirsty?

Drinking water triggers a variety of complex biochemical reactions that reward rehydration and help satiate our thirst.

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'Extraordinary' burial of ancient Egyptian governor's daughter discovered in a coffin within another coffin

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter.

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Neanderthals and modern humans interbred 'at the crossroads of human migrations' in Iran, study finds

A new ecological model suggests Neanderthals and modern humans interbred in the Zagros Mountains in what is now Iran before going their separate ways 80,000 years ago.

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Did Neanderthals wear clothes?

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

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Who was the last Neanderthal?

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.

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Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

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Flu shots have changed this year — here's why

Unlike past flu shots, flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season don't contain the "Yamagata lineage" of influenza viruses because evidence suggests that type of flu no longer exists.

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