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Where on Earth is safest from global catastrophe?Researchers have worked out the safest, most resilient country to be in during an apocalyptic event.
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Arctic warming fuels 2 distinct climate regimes in Siberia that could wake up a methane 'sleeping giant'New research finds that western Siberia is becoming wetter as the world warms, while eastern Siberia seems to be getting drier. And both these conditions are fueling a rise in methane emissions, spelling trouble for the climate.
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Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at homeXpeng's engineers have designed a humanoid robot that they say is the first in the world that will walk itself off the production line.
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Are there nuclear weapons hidden in space? Why a 60-year ban on space nukes has been impossible to enforceAnalysis Nuclear weapons 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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Ancient Egyptian tomb holding the king's 'keeper of secrets' unearthed at SaqqaraThe tomb of a pyramid-age official has been found at Saqqara in Egypt.
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AI's water use is a problem, but shifting from electricity to solar or wind power could helpThough water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it's a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help.
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Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dogA cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.
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'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of more than 1,000 degrees F — priming it for use in Venus-bound probesA new silicon carbide transistor is designed to avoid low controllability and current leakage, which typically become problematic at high temperatures.
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Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the worldA team of mathematicians discovered that five 60-sided dice, arranged with exactly the right numbers, can determine a perfectly fair turn order for any group of players, with zero chance of a tie.
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Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records broken at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China.Humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have outpaced and out-jumped human athletics benchmarks, but the event also revealed how much work remains before they can operate reliably in the real world.
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Excavation in Poland reveals Stone Age man buried with decapitated heads and a tooth necklaceA Stone Age burial of a man with a toothy necklace and human skulls surprised archaeologists excavating in Poland.
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Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the USWhen a New Glenn rocket blew apart at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May, it released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that reached as far as Texas. Researchers estimate that the blast was roughly equivalent to the Chernobyl reactor explosion of 1986.
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3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses IIAn inscription written in the time of Ramesses II may indicate the location of a lost ancient Egyptian city.
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Aging doesn't look the same for everyone at the molecular level — it's 'individualized and context-dependent'People's bodies may reflect their ages very differently at the molecular level, even when they are the same chronological age, according to a new study.
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'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North PoleAn image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.
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Psilocybin may protect against a common, debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, early study findsA psychedelic best known for its effects on the brain may also protect peripheral nerves from chemotherapy damage, early research suggests.
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Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn's south poleThe Hubble Space Telescope spied a large atmospheric phenomenon on Saturn: a decagon surrounding the south pole.
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Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in SerbiaThe ancient bath complex was tucked in a tower in the corner of the royal palace and reveals unique architecture.
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Physicists put Einstein's 'happiest thought' to the test in an experiment that unites relativity and quantum mechanicsPhysicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at quantum scales.
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