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2,000 years ago in Scotland, people removed a corpse's brain and fashioned the arm bones into tools

A new analysis of 2,000-year-old skeletons found in northern Scotland has revealed an unusual funeral ritual involving the manipulation of dead bodies.

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3 new Ebola vaccines are being fast-tracked amid the current outbreak — when could they be ready?

The Bundibugyo virus driving the current Ebola outbreak has no approved vaccine, but researchers are leveraging decades of vaccine innovation in an effort to change that.

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What is PMOS (formerly PCOS)? What to know about the hormonal syndrome

Learn about the hormonal disorder polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), formerly called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

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2 giant 'super Earths' once orbited near Uranus and Neptune, messed up a bunch of moons, then vanished, new study hints

Our solar system may have hosted up to six giant planets in its first hundred million years, a new study suggests. The findings paint a more crowded picture of the early outer solar system than previously thought.

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Artemis III crew revealed: NASA announces astronauts for 'one of history's most complex missions'

NASA's Artemis III crew has been revealed. The astronauts will launch into low Earth orbit next year to test docking with commercial lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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China unveils first-of-its-kind 'dual-core' quantum computer — its makers say it improves stability and efficiency

A new Chinese quantum computing system pairs two independent neutral-atom arrays in one processor, aiming to boost stability, efficiency and scalability.

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Ditch full of 7,000-year-old headless human skeletons discovered in Slovakia, baffling archaeologists

Archaeologists are unsure why people in Stone Age Slovakia removed corpses' heads before burying them in a neighborhood ditch.

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Trio of drastically different US lakes straddles the border between states — Earth from space

A 2020 astronaut photo shows three uniquely colored lakes — Tahoe, Walker and Mono — straddling contrasting biomes on either side of the California-Nevada border.

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Physicist Richard Feynman's forgotten notes on 'the restaurant problem' finally deciphered after 50 years

Researchers cracked a 50-year-old math problem scribbled by Richard Feynman over lunch. The equations show that humans are better decision-makers than scientists once thought.

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Thanks to natural selection, Indigenous Andeans may digest potatoes better than anyone else in the world, study finds

After domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene involved in digesting starch.

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Sea ice loss in the Arctic has triggered a critical tipping point that's destroying the food chain

Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly started dropping due to a drastic reduction in sea ice extent.

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This yeast-based 3D printed biomaterial could one day replace your wallpaper and drapes

Researchers have made a new biomaterial that has a similar tensile strength as a fruit roll-up and could help reduce waste produced from indoor decor.

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Roman bath clog: The world's oldest shower shoes were found at a fort along Hadrian's Wall

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better navigate slippery surfaces.

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'Crystals' of space-time could be the origins of certain rare black holes, theoretical study hints

By taking general relativity into higher dimensions, a trio of physicists has proven that a mathematical pattern of ripples in space-time geometry could give rise to naked singularities and microscopic black holes.

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Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA's Maven probe

June 6, 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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World's largest scorpion had 6-inch pincers, and prowled UK land and waters 415 million years ago

Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a remarkable body size because most life on land at that time was small.

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Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts

A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the strongest ever measured.

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NASA astronauts briefly shelter in 'safe haven' procedure following worsening leaks on International Space Station

A brief leak scare on the International Space Station complicates NASA and Congress' plans to extend the station's lifespan to at least 2032.

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Flu drugs might fight cognitive decline seen in HIV, early study hints

A very early study suggests flu antivirals might help reverse certain signs of accelerated aging in people with HIV. But more research is needed to confirm these effects.

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Look up tonight: Jupiter and Venus will almost touch in one of 2026's best skywatching events

A close conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky will take place over several evenings, with the best time to look being June 8-11.

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Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild.

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'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI can learn violent tendencies from each other despite zero references to violence in training data

Scientists found that AI models can inherit a taste for murder (or owls) from other models' training data.

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New Velociraptor cousin was a '4-winged' dragon that hunted prey from the trees of ancient China, fossil find hints

A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds.

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Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas cows and dog. Are humans at risk?

USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state's first confirmed cases in decades.

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Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym

After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum.

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