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9 ways people have modified their bodies since the dawn of time, from foot binding to castration

Many types of body modification date back hundreds or thousands of years, revealing our ancient ancestors were not that different from us.

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Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world’s first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range

The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say.

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Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hints

Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are using oracle bones, archaeological evidence and climate modeling to find out why.

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'Truly extraordinary': Mega-laser shooting at us from halfway across the universe is the brightest 'cosmic beacon' we've ever seen

Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward Earth from 8 billion light-years away and was spotted thanks to a weird space-time trick first predicted by Einstein.

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Chewed-up orca fins on Russian beach point to cannibalism, and scientists say it may explain why some pods are so tight-knit

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might explain some complex orca societies.

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NASA fixes Artemis II rocket for April launch to take astronauts around moon

NASA's Artemis II is on track to shoot for the moon in April after engineers fixed the helium issue that grounded the mission's rocket last month.

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Birds are declining faster and faster in 3 US hotspots, new study finds

Researchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots associated with intense agriculture.

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'Humans can't be considered to be separate from the environment': Award-winning scientist Meha Jain on using satellites and real world experiences to help farmers in India facing a precarious future

Agriculture in India is under threat from extreme weather events linked to climate change. We speak to Meha Jain, an associate professor of geospatial data sciences, food systems at the University of Michigan, who has spent nearly 20 years working with farmers in India to understand the threats they are…

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Meet the world's smallest AI supercomputer — it packs 'doctorate-level intelligence', its makers say, and can fit into your pocket

The portable computing powerhouse is capable of running 120-billion-parameter LLMs, roughly three times larger than GPT-3, without needing to access the internet or the cloud.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A doctor discovered the gene mutation behind his family's mysterious missing-teeth condition

A doctor who had a genetic condition that prevents teeth from forming searched for the DNA mutation that had affected his family for over 150 years.

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Prehistoric water-dwelling weirdo with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw was already a 'living fossil' 275 million years ago

Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ago and had a bizarre twisted jaw with sideways-facing teeth.

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Mysterious 'little red dots' discovered by James Webb telescope may be the first stars in the universe on the verge of collapse

A new study suggests that "little red dots" spied by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the universe's short-lived first generation of gigantic stars, challenging an existing theory.

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Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in Hungary

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

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'Collective hum' of black holes could mend our broken understanding of the universe, physicists say

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

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Gold coin discovered by a metal detectorist in the UK may have been dropped by a Viking invader from the Great Heathen Army

A gold coin featuring the son of Charlemagne may have been a keepsake from a Viking invader who fought in the Great Heathen Army.

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'Blood moon' total lunar eclipse dazzles millions around the world (photos)

Here are the first images of the March 3 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse visible over North America, Australia, and eastern Asia.

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Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

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Vanuatu's 'barefoot volcanologist' stands at ash- and sulfur-spewing Mount Yasur in award-winning photograph

Elle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026.

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3 rivers merge into striking half-and-half waterway in Guyana — Earth from space

A 2023 satellite photo highlights the point where a trio of rivers converges in Guyana. One of the waterways has been significantly altered by mining waste, creating a striking color contrast.

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Lady of Elche: A 2,400-year-old bust of a mysterious 'highborn' woman from pre-Roman Spain

The mysterious Lady of Elche was crafted from a large limestone block before the Romans ruled Spain.

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Ancient Greek mystery cult priestesses may have chemically tweaked fungus to induce psychedelic hallucinations

Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during their rituals, a new chemical analysis suggests.

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March could be the best month for the northern lights for nearly a decade — if the sun stays active

March 2026 could be the best month for the northern lights until the mid-2030s, as celestial mechanics and solar activity combine for potentially potent results.

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NASA telescope spots first alien 'astrosphere' around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week

The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away.

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Do you weigh more when an elevator goes up or when it comes down?

Your weight doesn't change because of gravity but because the floor pushes back. Physicists explain why elevators briefly make you feel heavier or lighter.

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Science history: Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974

In 1974, physicist Stephen Hawking described the potential for tiny, primordial black holes that existed at the dawn of time to explode — and reshaped what we knew about these cosmic behemoths.

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