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How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?

Frogs can breathe and drink through their thin skin — but how does that work?

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AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?

The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?

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Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds

A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

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Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments

Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human threats are killing these tiny organisms.

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First-of-its-kind footage captures bizarre sea creatures flourishing in extreme depths of the ocean

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping out of faults on the seafloor.

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Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain, study finds

Researchers have mapped out the neural pathway that humans use to perceive cool temperatures and found that it's separate from the one for sensing heat.

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What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded?

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

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515-mile-long lightning bolt that spanned 5 states is the longest on record

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

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People who see society as cutthroat value antagonistic leaders, study finds

Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic leaders.

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Caffeine may help E. coli resist antibiotics — but more research is needed

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

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Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

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See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

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After 54-year wait, Australia's first attempt at an orbital rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt since 1971.

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Shroud of Turin wasn't laid on Jesus' body, but rather a sculpture, modeling study suggests

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was not based on a real person.

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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show

A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy.

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'Sleeping giant' fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggests

A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

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2,300-year-old arm tats on mummified woman reveal new insights about tattooing technique in ancient Siberia

A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron Age Pazyryk culture.

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Experimental HIV vaccines show promise in early safety test

Several vaccines for HIV have been tested in animal studies and an early safety trial in people, showing promising results in both.

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Russian volcano explodes in 'powerful' eruption, likely intensified by 8.8 magnitude earthquake

Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region.

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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests

A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.

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'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event

A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

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Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old Roman watchtower built to protect the empire during Marcus Aurelius' reign

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the Danube River.

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Archaeologists discover 'Land of the White Jaguar,' centuries-old stronghold of rebel Maya in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico have finally discovered the 'Land of the White Jaguar,' a stronghold for Maya rebels for nearly 110 years in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Teen at Yellowstone suffers severe burns after ground breaks over scalding thermal pond

A 17-year-old badly burned his foot and ankle on Monday (July 28) while hiking off trail near the Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park representatives said.

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'Universal' cancer vaccine heading to human trials could be useful for 'all forms of cancer'

A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It's now in early human trials.

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