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Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week

Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.

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Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

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Science history: Norwegian explorer wins the treacherous race to the South Pole, while British rival perishes along with his crew — Dec. 14, 1911

In December 1911, Roald Amundsen and his crew reached the South Pole, beating his rival, Robert Falcon Scott, by 35 days. Scott and his crew didn't survive the return trip.

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2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohs

Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" from the time of the Ptolemaic period.

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Brutal lion attack 6,200 years ago severely injured teenager — but somehow he survived, skeleton found in Bulgaria reveals

Extremely rare evidence of a lion attack on a teenage boy's remains suggests the teenager survived the initial trauma but became severely disabled, requiring support from his community.

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How are 'traumatic tattoos' made, and do you have one?

Traumatic tattoos aren't like regular ones, and they often involve pencils.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal

New images taken with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii confirm that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has gotten brighter and greener since its close flyby of the sun in October.

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'Unprecedented': Woman delivers full-term abdominal pregnancy while also having 22-pound cyst removed

A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ectopic pregnancy.

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James Webb telescope uncovers a new mystery: A broiling 'hell planet' with an atmosphere that shouldn't exist

James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile chemicals.

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16th-century gallows and dozens of skeletons discovered in France

Archaeologists have identified a 16th-century gallows structure and nearly a dozen mass burial pits in Grenoble, France.

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'Necessary for the future of humankind': Who was honored at the first-ever Global Space Awards?

The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London's Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and sustainability, while also celebrating the life of a late NASA astronaut.

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Cassius the giant crocodile died from sepsis after 40-year-old dormant infection burst from 'abscess,' necropsy reveals

Cassius was an 18-foot-long saltwater crocodile living in captivity in Marineland Crocodile Park in Australia. He died last year at the age of about 120, and we finally know why.

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Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda is unlike anything else on Earth

A thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.

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'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant

A new study reveals an unknown species of whiplash squid burying itself upside down in the deep sea — a first-of-its-kind behavior for cephalopods.

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New 'DNA cassette tape' can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone — and the data can last 20,000 years if frozen

Scientists have discovered that over half a mile of DNA could hold over 360,000 terabytes of data.

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China's Great Green Wall: The giant artificial forest designed to slow the expansion of 2 deserts

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the next 25 years to complete its "Great Green Wall."

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'A scale almost too big to imagine': Scientists spot monster black hole roaring with winds at more than 130 million mph

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

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'They had not been seen ever before': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds

Fingerprints on a Roman burial hold new clues to an unusual liquid gypsum funeral ritual.

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Killer whales are teaming up with dolphins on salmon hunts, study finds — but not everyone agrees

There are eye-opening claims that orcas and dolphins are working together on salmon hunts and sharing food — but not everyone is convinced.

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James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe — and they could help solve a major mystery

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.

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Einstein was right: Time ticks faster on Mars, posing new challenges for future missions

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed missions.

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Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system — a new study starts to unravel why

People with anxiety or insomnia tend to have weaker immunity. The decline of a key immune cell may be a culprit.

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Breakthrough 3D wiring architecture enables 10,000-qubit quantum processors

The novel 3D wiring architecture and chip fabrication method enable quantum processing units containing 10,000 qubits to fit in a smaller space than today's 100-qubit chips.

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When does winter start? Your guide to the 2025 winter solstice.

Astronomical winter begins Sunday, Dec. 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how the solstice works.

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Stunningly preserved Roman-era mosaic in UK depicts Trojan War stories — but not the ones told by Homer

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from "Phrygians," a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits and pieces.

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