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'We completely freaked out': Orcas are attacking boats in Europe again

Iberian orcas have damaged several boats off the coast of Spain in recent weeks, leaving authorities scrambling to rescue stranded crews.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's severe knee pain reveals 'golden threads' in her joints

A woman went to the hospital for severe joint pain in her knees, and an X-ray showed hundreds of strands of gold thread.

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Scientists taught an AI-powered 'robot dog' how to play badminton against humans — and it's actually really good

Scientists have trained the ANYmal quadruped robot to play badminton, and it's good enough to complete in a 10-shot rally with a human opponent.

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Dozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets'

"Marsquake" data collected by NASA's InSight lander have revealed dozens of mysterious blobs within the Red Planet's mantle. The structures may have been left by powerful impacts up to 4.5 billion years ago.

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1,000-year-old 'king' game piece with a distinctive hairstyle is 'as close as we will ever get to a portrait of a Viking'

A unique game piece from Norway that was crafted during the time of Harald Bluetooth may depict a Viking king.

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1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Republic of Georgia — and it may be earliest evidence yet of Homo erectus

A new fossil find in the Republic of Georgia is expanding our understanding of the earliest humans to leave Africa.

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'Extremely alarming': ChatGPT and Gemini respond to high-risk questions about suicide — including details around methods

Researchers have found that OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude can give direct responses to 'high-risk' questions about suicide. In Live Science's testing, ChatGPT and Gemini responded to even more extreme questions.

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See what would happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted 'without any warning' in new AI-generated video

Japanese government officials have released an AI video to show just how devastating an eruption at Mount Fuji could be. But don't worry, the dormant volcano is currently not at risk of blowing.

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Newly discovered bus-size asteroid will zoom close past Earth today — and will not return for exactly 100 years

Asteroid 2025 QV5, which was first spotted in late August, will make a close approach to Earth on Wednesday (Sept. 3). It will not get this near to us again until Sept. 4, 2125.

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Giant sandy 'slug' crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space

A 2022 astronaut photo shows a peculiar, slug-shaped dune field in the heart of the Kazakh Steppe. Signs of vegetation among the sand suggest these dunes are in the process of being fixed in place.

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'Cannibal' solar storm could paint auroras above 18 US states this Labor Day

Space weather experts warn that a "strong" geomagnetic storm will rock Earth on Sept. 1-2, potentially lighting the skies with vibrant auroras across large parts of North America. The disturbance is being triggered by a rare, cannibalistic ejection from the sun.

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Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the dead

Two cylindrical clay sculptures may represent dancers who performed at a funeral 1,500 years ago.

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Are there any countries with no mosquitoes?

One country has long been a mosquito-free zone, but global warming may change that.

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'Strange' tomb in Peru holds skeletons of people with ropes around their necks, hands tied behind their backs, archaeologists say

Human sacrifices dating back around 2,300 years have been found near an ancient temple in Peru.

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The full 'Corn Moon' rises this week — bringing a 'blood moon' lunar eclipse to most of the world

The Northern Hemisphere's final full moon will be totally eclipsed in some parts of the world. Here's how to see September's full Corn Moon rise.

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The world's first view of Earth from the moon, taken 59 years ago — Space photo of the week

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth that predated Apollo 8's famous color "Earthrise" by over two years.

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There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity

New research has created the first comprehensive effort to categorize all the ways AI can go wrong, with many of those behaviors resembling human psychiatric disorders.

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Which animal has the best hearing?

Ranking who has the best ears in the animal kingdom is a tough task, but some animals push the limits of hearing far beyond what humans can imagine.

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The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover

A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.

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We finally have an idea of how the lifetime supply of eggs develops in primates

Scientists have studied female monkey embryos to map how, when and where the egg supply develops. This can now be used to build realistic models of ovaries in the lab to search for the causes of reproductive health issues that lead to infertility.

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Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable

Solar cells often degrade due to ultraviolet exposure, but scientists achieved 99.9% protection. How? The answer lies in this vegetable.

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What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

Turtles and tortoises are both reptiles with shells, so what exactly are their differences?

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Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there's life on Earth today, new studies hint

Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new studies hint.

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'I would never let a robot incubate my child': Poll on 'pregnancy robots' divides Live Science readers

Live Science readers reveal whether they would use a hypothetical "pregnancy robot" — a humanoid machine fitted with an artificial womb to sustain a human pregnancy from conception until birth.

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2,200-year-old 'complex and delicate' Celtic warrior charm is evidence of sophisticated metalworking in the Iron Age

Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old bronze warrior charm while excavating an ancient Celtic town in Germany.

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