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A new test could flag people at risk for anemia by filming their eyeballs — no needles required

A new needle-free technology isn't ready to replace blood draws, but it could serve as a screening tool to flag people who need a full-blown blood test.

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Toxic plant on Ming dynasty-era surgical tools may be world’s oldest chemical evidence of topical anesthetic

An analysis of residue on centuries-old surgical tools reveals the use of a toxic anesthetic in Ming dynasty-era Chinese medicine.

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Bead net funerary shroud: A 2,500-year-old beaded veil from Egypt depicting the deceased's transformation into Osiris

This funerary shroud was made from thousands of multicolored beads and woven to represent a human face and a large scarab beetle.

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The solar system's largest moon may be heating up — offering clues to its mysterious origins

The largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating up.

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Scientists trained an AI model using an IBM quantum computer — and it answered questions correctly that the base model couldn't

When running an AI model through a quantum computer, scientists have increased accuracy by only adding a relatively small number of parameters.

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China launches 'human artificial embryos' to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world

China's Tianzhou-10 mission just delivered embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to the Tiangong space station. Experiments could shed light on how radiation and microgravity affect human reproduction.

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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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One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope finds — and it could be key to fully understanding the solar system

Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.

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There's a new T. rex from the dinosaur age — and it ruled the seas with a skull-crushing bite

The newly described mosasaur Tylosaurus rex spanned up to 43 feet (13 meters) long and may have been one of the fiercest marine predators of the dinosaur age.

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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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Great Pyramid of Giza is remarkably resilient to earthquakes —‬ and it's due to the ancient Egyptians' 'extraordinary' engineering knowledge

The Great Pyramid of Giza has survived for more than 4,600 years despite nearby earthquakes, and new research reveals why.

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China's real-life 'transformer' mech is a giant humanoid robot that can switch from bounding on 4 legs to walking on 2

The new 'mecha' robot, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands nearly 10 foot tall, is designed for urban mobility.

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How can we prevent AI models from cannibalizing themselves when human-generated data runs out? Scientists say they've found the answer.

Researchers have found that introducing human-made data into AI training can help to prevent AI model collapse.

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Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal."

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Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in Svalbard

Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.

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Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study finds

Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.

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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 Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium.

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800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper discovered in medieval latrine in Germany

Archaeologists recovered the 10-page wax notebook with Latin writing and its leather carrying case from a medieval latrine in Germany.

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China installs world's largest floating wind turbine in deep water test — it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annually

Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the future of floating wind farms.

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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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Deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish discovered in Singapore is a newfound species

Researchers identified a new species of box jellyfish and recorded a surprising range expansion for the Thai sea wasp after analyzing the morphology and DNA of a handful of jellies in Singapore.

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World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D

Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its engineers say these are the first devices of their kind in the world.

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