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Is China behind California’s 2017 catastrophic rain? New study finds a surprising 'climate teleconnection' linking the Rocky Mountains and Tibetan Plateau

Is China behind California’s 2017 catastrophic rain? Recent studies indicate that unusually warm temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau have a direct correlation with extreme rainfall occurrences in California. This climatic teleconnection plays a crucial role in the formation of atmospheric rivers along the Pacific Coast. By linking distant warming patterns…

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A Bone Turned Up Inside a Man's Heart, Right Where the Electrical Signals Pass Through

Medical examiners found a boomerang-shaped bone with working marrow in a 39-year-old man's heart, right where its signals pass through.

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An ancient 'supervolcano' has been found hiding beneath eastern England. But experts say there's not enough evidence to call it that.

Geologists recently identified a 454.4 million-year-old volcano on England's east coast, but whether the structure can be considered a "supervolcano" remains an open question.

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What happens to your brain when you are sleep deprived: Science behind this phenomenon will leave you surprised

Staying awake for over twenty-four hours results in involuntary micro-sleeps, highlighting how crucial sleep is to our health. After just sixteen hours without rest, cognitive abilities suffer, while motor skills and coordination dip to levels seen in intoxication. Going beyond thirty-six hours awake can disrupt hormonal balance and metabolism. It's…

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Strange 'hobbit' species walked more like us than like 'Lucy,' hip bones reveal

Anthropologists studying the hip bones of Homo floresiensis have discovered that its pelvis was human-like, raising new questions about the origin of the enigmatic species.

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Scientists invent a gel that creates neurons from other cells, which could help treat Alzheimer's

Scientists found a way to convert brain cells called astrocytes into neurons. In theory, this could replenish neurons lost in neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

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Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tonight's partial lunar eclipse

Moderate G1 and G2 geomagnetic storms are forecast during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse, with the northern lights potentially visible across several northern U.S. states and parts of Canada alongside the reddened full moon.

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Severe COVID-19 may wake up dormant viruses and lead to lasting physical disability, study finds

Nearly half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had a dormant virus flare back to life, and one family of viruses found in the majority of people was tied to lasting symptoms from long COVID.

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18 tombs dating back 2,000 years revealed 24 golden tongues inside the mouths of the dead — In 2026, archaeologists uncovered the bizarre purpose behind the ancient Egyptian ritual

The burials date to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of ancient Egypt, spanning roughly 322 B.C. to A.D. 395. This places the ritual more than 2,000 years in the past.

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Secret 'messages' in cat pee let felines identify each other — and scientists just cracked the code

Cats can identify each other by the scent of their pee. We now know why.

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Scientists just discovered a big limitation in lab-grown minibrains — they have a skewed 'sense of time'

Miniature models of the brain don't seem to follow the same developmental timetable as real brains, which matters for research.

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Body found at bottom of Scottish well may be from rare ritual burial performed centuries ago

An Iron Age grave has been discovered in the Scottish Highlands. The person was buried within what may have been a ritual well.

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Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible

Stone tools from a lakeside site in Saudi Arabia hint that Neanderthals were adapted to the arid Arabian interior, not just to cold places.

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1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in Turkey may be the location of the First Council of Nicaea — but other experts disagree

A small church discovered beneath a larger one may have hosted one of the most important meetings in the history of Christianity, but some scholars not involved with the excavation disagree.

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Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet

Dozens of fractures in a medieval skeleton found buried near a castle suggest the person may have been killed by a direct trebuchet hit.

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'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

A new analysis of skulls from a 14th-century battle in Sweden reveals a spiked club inflicted the death blow.

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'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle

A new analysis of skeletons recovered from an ancient mass burial has revealed a surprising number of groin injuries.

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'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plague

Archaeologists have analyzed dozens of skeletons from a mass burial in a well. The lack of injuries suggests the people may have died from a plague rather than a battle.

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New AI technique helps robots complete tasks twice as fast by letting them 'think ahead'

A new AI system lets robots plan their next move while they're in motion — removing reaction delays and doubling task speeds without any extra computing overhead.

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James Webb telescope just spotted the oldest, closest pair of black holes in the early universe

The dual black hole system, dubbed LID-1166, is the first close-separation pair of its kind confirmed this early in the universe. The discovery could help to explain how the earliest black holes grew so large, so fast.

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Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?

While parasitic Cyclospora infections have reached record-breaking numbers this year, experts have criticized coverage that has created the appearance of "one massive outbreak." The reality is more nuanced.

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Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines

A distinctive growth ring in fossilized bones is revealing how an ancestral species in the mammalian family reproduced.

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Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too close

A new study shows that octopuses act differently around territorial fish species, displaying a unique body pattern.

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Airless Graves Can Preserve Human Brains for Thousands of Years, and Scientists Finally Know Why

Oxford researchers found oxygen-starved graves flip decay into preservation, welding brain proteins together. The chemistry echoes neurodegeneration.

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Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on more muscle — but only a few people have it

Neanderthals passed along a gene variant to modern humans that can make some people buff, a new study finds.

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