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'I had never seen a skull like this before': Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic condition, study finds

The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

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Ruptures from 'silent' earthquakes deep in Earth's crust can heal themselves within hours

Researchers re-created the conditions deep inside the Cascadia subduction zone and found that fractured rocks can repair themselves during, or just hours after, slow-motion earthquakes.

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Twin tornadoes tear perfectly parallel tracks through Mississippi during deadly 'superstorm' — Earth from space

A satellite photo from March shows a pair of parallel tornado tracks in Mississippi, leftover from a deadly storm system that spawned over 100 twisters in more than a dozen U.S. states.

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Study links GLP-1 use to some pregnancy risks — but the research has key caveats

A new study hints that pregnant people who have previously taken drugs like Ozempic may face a higher risk of certain poor pregnancy outcomes. But more studies are needed to understand the finding.

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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant supermassive black hole ever seen

The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

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Woolly mammoths fight off attacking saber-toothed cats in stunning new 'Prehistoric Planet' clip

A clip from the upcoming series "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started to melt.

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Neanderthals cannibalized 'outsider' women and children 45,000 years ago at cave in Belgium

Fragmented Neanderthal bones discovered in a cave in Belgium show that one group cannibalized the women and children of another group.

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A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discover

A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and food — does it show why humans go to war?

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler's body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest

Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.

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Has America's obesity rate plateaued?

Some recent national numbers suggest the obesity rate has plateaued or even declined. Experts are skeptical.

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Scientists say they've eliminated a major AI bottleneck — now they can process calculations 'at the speed of light'

A new architecture replaces traditional bottlenecks with a passive, single-shot light-speed operation that could become the foundational hardware for AGI, scientists argue.

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Pectoral with coins: 'One of the most intricate pieces of gold jewelry to survive from the mid-sixth century'

This sixth-century pectoral comprises 14 Byzantine gold coins and a gold disc gathered over two centuries.

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Why do some cat siblings look so different?

Normally, siblings resemble each other. So why does a litter of kittens often come in a variety of colors?

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Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974

On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor. The iconic "Lucy" fossil would reveal much about our species' tangled family tree.

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Why do vultures circle?

Circling vultures aren't waiting for you to die, and seeing them should be a welcome sight because of the benefits they bring, experts say.

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Odd-looking rock on Mars is totally alien to the Red Planet, Perseverance rover finds

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our neighboring world and likely crashed on Mars instead.

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Giant 'diamond ring' sparkles 4,500 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation — Space photo of the week

NASA's SOFIA observatory captured a rare image of a glowing gas ring in Cygnus X — a vast star-forming region 4,500 light-years away.

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Did Neanderthals have religious beliefs?

Whether Neanderthals had religious beliefs is a subject of ongoing debate.

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Dream of quantum internet inches closer after breakthrough helps beam information over fiber-optic networks

Built from a single erbium atom, a hybrid quantum bit encodes data magnetically and beams it through fiber-optic wavelengths.

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Are free radicals really that bad for you?

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that are missing an electron. They get a bad rap, but could they actually have any benefits?

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Scientists find rare tusked whale alive at sea for the first time — and shoot it with a crossbow

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in doing so solved the mystery of an odd echolocation pulse in the North Pacific.

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A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late?

Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend.

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Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds

Leading AI models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down.

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Mysterious galaxy trapped in 'the void' keeps churning out stars without fuel. Scientists are stumped.

Researchers are puzzled as to how the dwarf galaxy NGC 6789 continues to make new stars, despite being stuck in the gas-famished Local Void.

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See a rare conjunction of Mercury and Venus late tonight

The inner planets Mercury and Venus will both be visible in the east-southeast sky before sunrise on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

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