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Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokersA genetic mutation that raises lung cancer risk was much more common among those born in Southeastern states than elsewhere in the U.S.
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Giant 'baby' exoplanet is the youngest alien world scientists have ever seenAstronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far.
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'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problemOpenAI's controversial claim to have cracked the Navier-Stokes existence-and-smoothness problem has sent shock waves through the mathematics community.
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Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a centuryThe South American tiger cat is not one species but five distinct species, a new study finds.
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1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in RussiaArchaeologists discovered the two-sided pendant, which features a snake-slaying saint and a snake-haired woman, during an excavation in northwestern Russia.
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'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brinkLive Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Niño could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point.
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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch libraryAn expert in ancient Greek literature identified a fragment of the "Odyssey" among a collection of manuscripts in a Dutch university library.
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New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount VesuviusUsing X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at Herculaneum in A.D. 79.
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Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood — and it was as hot as oursTooth analysis has revealed that the king of the dinosaurs was as warm-blooded as a human or an elephant
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Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids'Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research.
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'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footageResearchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.
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New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' — it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expectThis first-of-its-kind concept laptop integrates near-silent cooling technology to remove waste heat.
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Strange ringed object beyond Saturn looks even stranger in new James Webb telescope studyJames Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes.
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US military confirms weapons in orbit: Why a space 'arms race' could be extremely hard to stopAnalysis Despite the U.S. announcing it has weapons in orbit, nuclear arms have been banned from space for nearly 60 years. A new detection method could help verify whether nations are keeping that promise.
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Did 'all roads lead to Rome'? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected.Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road.
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Fossils of iconic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus found in Europe for first time — and it may have traveled there via land bridgeFossils of the long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus have been discovered in Spain, marking the first time remains of this iconic Jurassic-period dino have been found outside the U.S.
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South American 'Pompeii': Volcanic eruption 22 million years ago preserved a snapshot of the Andes formingAn enormous volcanic eruption buried a snapshot of the baby Andes mountains, revealing a slow-and-steady growth rate.
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We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of LA are the most at risk from 'The Big One'A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake.
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Does estrogen protect against dementia? And if so, who should take it?Analysis Recent research hints that systemic hormone replacement therapy for menopause may reduce the risk of dementia. But more data is needed to reach a definitive conclusion, experts told Live Science.
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