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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
By María de los Ángeles Orfila published
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.

Man's body crawling with parasitic worms after infected kidney transplant at US hospital
By Anna Rogers published
A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to blame.

Bear's new titanium tooth is world's biggest-ever crown
By Patrick Pester published
Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota announced it has given a brown bear the world's largest dental crown, with the bear now sporting a silver titanium canine.

ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft shockingly well, early tests find
By Paul Sutter published
In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an era of autonomous space exploration may be closer than we think.

Scientists discover never-before-seen part of human cells
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in human cells.

'Puzzling' bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era grave
By Aristos Georgiou published
The bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find remains unclear.

Watch mud volcano erupt beneath a crown of flames in Taiwan
By Patrick Pester published
The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with burning rags.

New blood test detects cancers 3 years before typical diagnosis, study hints
By Kamal Nahas published
Free-floating DNA carrying cancerous mutations was detected in blood three years before any other signs of cancer appeared. If approved as a test, doctors might detect cancers sooner and treat them before they spread.

New viruses identified in bats in China
By Brian Owens published
Bats found near orchards harbor pathogens that could be passed to livestock or humans.

'Never been seen before': First images from new ISS solar telescope reveal subtle 'fluctuations' in sun's outer atmosphere
By Harry Baker published
NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible changes that could help scientists better predict potentially dangerous space weather events.

New liquid metal-infused circuit board can withstand heavy damage and heal by themselves
By Alan Bradley published
New recyclable electronics could be critical to curbing e-waste, scientists argue, especially because these circuit boards can be repaired or reconfigured by simply applying heat.

Drug slashes migraine days by half in early trial — and it may work with completely 'new mechanism'
By Marianne Guenot published
The obesity drug liraglutide cut migraine days in half in a small trial, though more research is needed to exclude the placebo effect, researchers said.

MIT's high-tech 'bubble wrap' turns air into safe drinking water — even in Death Valley
By Damien Pine published
Researchers at MIT have tested a new technology for turning water vapor in the atmosphere into drinkable water, even in extreme environments.

See the stunning reconstruction of a Stone Age woman who lived 10,500 years ago in Belgium
By Aristos Georgiou published
The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Roman army camp found in Netherlands, beyond the empire's frontier
By Laura Geggel published
Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the Netherlands.

Farthest 'mini-halo' ever detected could improve our understanding of the early universe
By Perri Thaler published
Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that could reveal unexpected insights about the ancient universe.
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