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Astronauts could use lightning-like plasma jets to kill germs on the moon and Mars, demo hints

A new lab experiment is testing plasma jets as a water-free solution for "space laundry" on future missions to the moon and Mars.

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First whole-genome sequence of a Greenland shark holds clues to their extreme longevity

A genomic study of Greenland sharks, thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet, is hinting at the secrets to their epic lifespan and cancer resistance.

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Heading a soccer ball just once is enough to raise levels of proteins associated with brain damage

Amateur male soccer players had greater changes in certain blood markers associated with neural damage the harder and more frequently they headed balls.

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Scientists got mouse eyes to perform photosynthesis ‪—‬ and no, they didn't turn green

Special eye drops containing photosynthetic machinery from spinach leaves have helped combat dry eye, a new mouse experiment reveals.

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Science news this week: Exploding rocket overshadows NASA's next steps to the moon, 'Doomsday Glacier' faces big loss, quantum computer AI hybrid shows impressive results, and war deepens Iran's water crisis

May 30, 2026: 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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Controversial 'JuMBO' planets discovered by James Webb telescope may not be an illusion after all

Two pairs of "rogue" Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new study claims. The findings suggest the weird objects actually do exist, and are not an illusion.

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The Romans and Vikings left few genetic traces of their occupations of Britain, research suggests

Despite their occupations of Britain, the Romans and Vikings didn't leave much of a genetic mark on Britons. The Anglo-Saxons, though, were a different story.

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Science news this week: Laotian 'death jar,' climate change threatens rice crops, and an asthma drug treats tough cancer

May 23, 2026: 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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Landmark finding that showed brains of kids with ADHD mature later was actually a mirage in the data, new research finds

A "foundational" study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.

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Seal pups were dying from a 'corkscrew killer' on a Canadian island. It turned out to be cannibals.

Dead seal pups on a Canadian island have been found with mysterious spiral-shaped injuries for years. The wounds were thought to be the work of sharks or boat propellers, but new research confirms a different cause.

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800-year-old 'hugging skeletons' are genetically confirmed as Poland's only medieval same-sex double burial

Two skeletons found in an embrace next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral were both women, an ancient DNA analysis confirms, but their relationship remains a mystery.

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Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real by asking the atoms themselves

A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so.

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'The system is likely to reach a breaking point': Major Italian volcano is speeding toward a transition, and a major eruption could be on the way

Campi Flegrei, a volcanic caldera near Naples, is speeding toward a transition, a new study suggests, but there are still a lot of questions as to whether it will erupt in the near future.

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1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains generations of human skeletons

Excavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition.

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950-year-old burial of a pet dingo reveals unique archaeological evidence of humans ritually 'feeding' a grave

Archaeologists have excavated the remains of a dingo that was buried by ancestors of the Australian Aboriginal Barkindji people and "fed" for the next 500 years with river mussels.

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Science news this week: PCOS has a new name, Neanderthals were the world's oldest dentists, and the first nuclear bomb explosion spawned an 'alien' crystal

May 16, 2026: 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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'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years ago

A hole found in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth was likely made by a stone drill, making the discovery the oldest evidence of intentional dentistry to date.

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The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bones

Astronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago.

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Homo erectus genetic material sequenced for the first time, and it shows 'deep genetic links' with modern humans

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans.

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'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholes

Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays.

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'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile

Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown.

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James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about 'little red dots'

A peculiar object dubbed an 'X-ray dot' could help solve the mystery of the 'little red dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Are we more closely related to cats or dogs?

The answer of whether humans are more closely related to cats or dogs depends on how you look at the question.

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Science news this week: The latest on the cruise ship hantavirus infections, a shortcut to Mars, and a fast-charging quantum battery

May 9, 2026: 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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If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.

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