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'Sexy Mantis,' obscene orangutan and prancing sparrowhawk feature in 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife AwardsPhoto gallery The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards has unveiled its finalists for 2026, so let's all have a good laugh at nature.
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The Draconids, an unpredictable shower that can bring hundreds of meteors per minute, has begunPeaking on Oct. 8-9, the unpredictable Draconid meteor shower is one of the few that's best seen just after dark. Could it produce another meteor storm?
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'Zombie cells' may drive aging, and scientists are devising new ways to get rid of themAnalysis Immune cells that clear old and dying cells get sluggish with age. Scientists think that rejuvenating these cells could help combat aging.
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Roboticists showcase tiny, frog-like robot that can hop across wet surfaces and swimA palm-sized robot inspired by frogs uses snapping rods to jump, swim and navigate an obstacle course.
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Earth is in the firing line of a strange new type of cosmic object, astronomers sayAstronomers may have discovered the first known microblazar, a long-theorized object firing a powerful beam of particles directly at Earth.
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Archaeologists discover a child's skull built into the floor of a 2,500-year-old Scandinavian houseA study of nearly 200 individuals buried in domestic contexts in ancient and Viking Age Scandinavia has revealed unusually high levels of violence.
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'She knew she had something really important on her hands': Rosalind Franklin figured out DNA's helical structure before Watson and Crick, study suggestsRosalind Franklin knew about DNA's helical structure ahead of Watson and Crick, a new study of her photos and notes reveals.
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Mpox is still spreading in the US — here's what to know about vaccines, symptoms and treatmentExplainer Mpox continues to circulate in many countries, including the United States. Here's what to know about the infection and the vaccines that protect against it.
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'Mpox has not disappeared': Why the infectious disease is still spreading in the US and may be here to stayAnalysis Mpox (formerly monkeypox) continues to circulate in the U.S. Can it be stopped?
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The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big?Analysis The ozone hole above Antarctica is unusually large right now, and it might signal a shift in how the gap in Earth's protective layer behaves.
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Jupiter will disappear behind the moon in a once-in-a-decade alignment tomorrowSkywatchers in the U.S. and eastern Canada can see a rare lunar occultation of Jupiter early on Oct. 6. Here are the exact times to see the giant planet vanish and reappear.
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Ancient Egyptians sacrificed pharaohs' servants so they could continue to serve their king in the afterlife, new study findsThe ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a new study finds.
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1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in GermanyArchaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment.
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New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distancesScientists have developed a new type of architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing.
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Scientists recreate the universe's first moments and find something they didn't expectA particle collider experiment just revealed something unexpected about how the fiery soup of particles that filled the universe after the Big Bang coalesced into the protons and neutrons that make up matter today.
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1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts sayFour pathogens account for most infection-related cancers, a new study highlights, but the tools to prevent them range from well-established vaccines to treatments still under development.
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Rare two-headed turtle hatchling discovered on Cape CodA two-headed turtle hatchling is one of three bicephalic terrapins that have been found on Cape Cod over the past five years.
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Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert in wake of 'super' El NiñoPHOTO GALLERY Chile's Atacama Desert is full of brilliant wildflower blooms thanks to this year's super El Niño.
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Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggestsAfter using a technique called molecular clock analysis, researchers have proposed that the origin of animals could be 200 million years earlier than thought.
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