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Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early agricultural societies.

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Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US

The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.

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Scientists find new way of spotting invisible 'plasma bubbles' lurking in Earth's upper atmosphere

Researchers in China have developed a way of locating giant "equatorial plasma bubbles" in the ionosphere by analyzing the vibrant airglow that forms above them. The findings could help avoid potential disasters in air travel and emergency response situations.

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'City killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with 'bullet-like' meteors if it hits the moon in 2032

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular" meteor shower that will endanger Earth-orbiting satellites.

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Mystery behind cold blob in the Atlantic Ocean finally solved

Scientists have determined that slowing ocean currents are responsible for a cold spot south of Greenland.

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'Thriving and densely-built': Archaeologists unearth 'tower' houses and ceremonial building in ancient Egyptian city of Imet

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated to the goddess Wadjet, a granary and several stunning artifacts.

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You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every 15 years.

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Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warns

In goal-driven scenarios, advanced language models like Claude and Gemini would not only expose personal scandals to preserve themselves, but also consider letting you die, research from Anthropic suggests.

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Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforest

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.

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'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent apart.

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Harlequin ichthyosis: The rare genetic disease that gives babies hard 'scales'

The genetic disease harlequin ichthyosis affects the transport of fats within the skin, resulting in hard, scalelike plaques and an array of other symptoms.

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Thunderstorm 'Ring of fire' erupts around 'heat dome' and Tropical Storm Andrea named in the Atlantic

The "heat dome" hovering over the eastern half of the U.S. now has a thunderstorm "ring of fire" erupting along its edge. Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, the first tropical storm of the season has been named.

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'God-king' born from incest in ancient Ireland wasn't a god or a king, new study finds

A closer look at the burial of a man born of incest 5,000 years ago reveals he was unlikely to have been a god-king.

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Mysterious 'rogue' objects discovered by James Webb telescope may not actually exist, new simulations hint

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2023 may be fiction rather than fact.

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40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.

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James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.

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Fungus that may have caused 'King Tut's curse' shows promise in treating cancer

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.

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Scientists forge path to the first million-qubit processor for quantum computers after 'decade in the making' breakthrough

Scientists in Australia have developed a quantum control chip that removes a key obstacle to getting qubits into practical, real-world computing systems.

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Zombie NASA satellite emits powerful radio pulse after 60 years of silence

Last year, astronomers detected a powerful burst of radio waves from within our galaxy. Researchers now say it came from NASA's defunct Relay 2 satellite — but they're not sure what caused it.

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Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say.

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Sun 'hole' expected to produce intense auroras tonight, potentially visible from 15 US states

A coronal hole in the sun could result in visible auroras over about 15 U.S. states tonight (June 25), with the Space Weather Prediction Center expecting a moderate geomagnetic storm.

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'She is the only person in the world compatible with herself' — scientists discover new blood type but it's unique to just one person from Guadeloupe

After years of study, scientists have discovered a new blood type in a woman from Guadeloupe. They're now searching for more people with the characteristic.

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'A first in applied physics': Breakthrough quantum computer could consume 2,000 times less power than a supercomputer and solve problems 200 times faster

Scientists have built a compact physical qubit with built-in error correction, and now say it could be scaled into a 1,000-qubit machine that is small enough to fit inside a data center. They plan to release this machine in 2031.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man was stabbed through the throat and the base of the skull — by a fish

While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.

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Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike, despite being close enough to see it happen

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico.

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