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The moon is turning red tomorrow night — here's why, and how to watchThe partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27 will be the deepest lunar eclipse anywhere in the world until Dec. 31, 2028.
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2 people die of measles in Pennsylvania as vaccination rates drop across the nationPennsylvania health officials have reported two recent deaths from measles, marking the United States' first deaths from the highly infectious disease in 2026.
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Ritual solstice structure 1,000 years older than Stonehenge unearthed in Czech RepublicArchaeologists have discovered a prehistoric ritual structure oriented to the sun and moon in the Czech Republic.
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As cervical cancer rates fall, HPV is causing more throat and mouth cancers in men — why?Analysis HPV vaccination is helping knock back cervical cancer rates, but meanwhile, mouth and throat cancers caused by the virus are up in men. Here's what to know.
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Ocean 'under unprecedented strain' as El Niño helps supercharge warming to record levelsThe Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that the daily global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level since records began.
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Severe COVID-19 may wake up dormant viruses and lead to lasting physical disability, study findsNearly half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had a dormant virus flare back to life, and one family of viruses found in the majority of people was tied to lasting symptoms from long COVID.
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Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problemsSuperfast 6G has a major problem — signals struggle to pass through physical barriers. But scientists have invented a $2 wall tile that can fix that.
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Why is AI going on a hacking spree?Explainer AI models are finding software flaws, carrying out cyberattacks during security tests and reaching systems they weren't supposed to access. But does that mean AI is "going rogue"?
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Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in RussiaA rare example of a wooden chamber tomb reveals connections between medieval Norse and Old Russian burial styles.
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Scientists finally know why astronauts struggle to poop in space — and reveal a hidden risk of long-haul spaceflightA new NASA-backed study has pinpointed why astronauts often experience constipation in space and how that might affect their health on long-haul missions to Mars and beyond.
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'This is not the outcome we were working towards': $30 million mission to save NASA's Swift telescope failsNASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.
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Black hole star? Solar-system-size 'dot' from the early universe is our best evidence yet of a brand-new type of cosmic objectThe James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a typical star, could shed light on the origins of the mysterious "little red dots."
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Cave sanctuary in Spain has highest number of Latin inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire — and many of them mention mysterious 'Lady'Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.
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Mini 'arteries-on-a-chip' could help predict a person's risk of strokeNew models of the carotid artery can be personalized for different people, revealing subtle differences in stroke risk.
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1,400-year-old skeleton found in underground channel in Peru may have belonged to human sacrifice victimA mysterious burial in an underground water channel may help archaeologists understand a pre-Inca ritual in Peru.
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Secret 'messages' in cat pee let felines identify each other — and scientists just cracked the codeCats can identify each other by the scent of their pee. We now know why.
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IBM's new 'quantum fridges' are nearly 200 times colder than deep spaceIBM's new modular cryogenic system links quantum chips to overcome major infrastructure hurdles and pave the way for a powerful system by 2029.
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Scientists just discovered a big limitation in lab-grown minibrains — they have a skewed 'sense of time'Miniature models of the brain don't seem to follow the same developmental timetable as real brains, which matters for research.
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Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy's monster black holeA star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ever observed
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