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10 controversies that 'broke' science in 2023

Get the popcorn ready as we wrap up this year's most hotly debated science stories.

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Why do wrinkles form?

Wrinkles are caused by a loss of structural components in the skin, but what drives this process?

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Live Science's top investigative stories of 2023

In 2023, Live Science reporters took a deeper look into the first Americans, killer whales and the sun's explosive peak.

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Do ears and noses get bigger with age?

Ears and noses do increase in size as we get older, but it's due to how aging affects our tissues, rather than the growth of new tissue.

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Drug could reduce need for insulin in type 1 diabetes, early trial hints

An early trial suggests that a drug commonly used for rheumatoid arthritis could reduce type 1 diabetics' reliance on insulin, but questions remain.

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2,000-year-old 'celestial calendar' discovered in ancient Chinese tomb

It's the first time written slips linked to the ancient calendar have been found in a tomb.

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Why do lips get so chapped in winter?

The reason your lips get chapped in cold weather lies in their unique anatomy.

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Experts divided over claims of 1st 'practical' algorithm to protect data from quantum computers

LaV's creators claim it's the first practical algorithm that can replace current-day encryption as the industry inches closer to creating a large-scale quantum computer.

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Can drinking alcohol really cause hiccups?

"Drunk hiccups" seem to be a real phenomenon, rather than just a gag in classic cartoons, but we know surprisingly little about what actually causes them.

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Which animal is the best hunter? (And which is the worst?)

There are lots of ways to measure predatory prowess, and the animal kingdom is full of worthy contenders.

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10 times animals did weird things in 2023

Animals' strange behaviors frequently made headlines this year, from orcas sinking boats to dogs drowning kangaroos.

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10 scorching-hot discoveries made about the sun in 2023

From a surprisingly active solar cycle to finding evidence of ancient superflares and solar auroras, here are the most exciting discoveries about the sun made this year.

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Science news this week: An ancient 'blue dragon' and atom-size black holes

Dec. 24, 2023: 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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When did Australia become a continent?

After the supercontinent Panagea broke up around 200 million years ago, how long did it take for Australia to emerge as its own continent?

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Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens the same species?

Scientists have been vollying the question back and forth for more than a century.

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Ancient Scythians used human skin for leather, confirming Herodotus' grisly claim

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

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After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery.

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Biased AI can make doctors' diagnoses less accurate

AI systems have the potential to help improve doctors' diagnoses, a new study suggests. But if bias is baked into the system, their diagnostic accuracy falls.

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How many times has the sun traveled around the Milky Way?

Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.

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Science news this week: A dolphin with thumbs and a massive quantum chip

Dec. 17, 2023: 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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AI faces are 'more real' than human faces — but only if they're white

People deem AI faces as being more 'real' than pictures of the people the algorithms are trained on — but only if these AI-generated faces are white.

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What would happen if you drilled all the way through Earth?

Intense pressure and sweltering temperature would accompany a trip down through Earth's layers and out through the other side. However, this trip would be possible only in science fiction.

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1st evidence of nuclear fission in stars hints at elements 'never produced on Earth'

An analysis of 42 ancient stars in the Milky Way reveals the first hints of nuclear fission in the cosmos, hinting at the existence of elements far heavier than anything found naturally on Earth.

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People buried at 'mega' stone tombs in Spain were defleshed and their bones fractured after death

A tomb in Iberia that dates to 6,000 years ago contained bones that were cracked after death.

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Humans could use black holes as batteries, physics paper claims. Here's how.

Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.

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