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Satellite images reveals mangroves rebounding worldwide — but here's why they could still 'drown'A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide, offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience. But other research warns sea level rise could reduce their ability to store carbon.
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James Webb telescope detects most distant dormant black hole ever, invisible in all wavelengths of lightJWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass.
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Microsoft's new quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor — but why is this new chip so controversial?The Majorana 2 quantum processor is built from topological qubits, and its creators claim it can sustain quantum coherence for an average of 20 seconds — orders of magnitude longer than the milliseconds that conventional chips last.
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Mysterious repeating radio signal traced to 'vampire' star that's slowly eating its companionRadio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system.
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First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in BahamasIn a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau.
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'Cannibal' CME from rare 'anti-Hale' sunspot will slam into Earth today, bringing auroras to 23 US statesNorthern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.
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Daddy longlegs may be capturing and devouring frogs in the tropical forests of South AmericaDaddy longlegs have been observed eating frogs in South America, suggesting that these arachnids may be predators of vertebrates.
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NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal behind MarsNASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the probe's rotation speed led to an unexpected loss of power, though the exact cause remains unknown.
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Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here's why scientists are enthusiastic.Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, in an effort to reduce mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus.
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A cheap arthritis drug shows promise treating RSV in early studyAn arthritis drug reduces the amount of RSV in human respiratory cells, but experts say it's too early to say if it will actually treat the common infection.
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'Totally counterintuitive': Scientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets, opening new window in the search for lifeScientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets
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'It was very very good': Ötzi the Iceman's body is covered in ancient yeast — and scientists just used it to make a sourdoughA new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.
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Physicists achieve 'perfect randomness' for the first time everPhysicists used quantum bits to achieve "perfect randomness" in a world-first experiment. The results of their research could strengthen cryptography and other security systems.
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China launches new Long March 12B rocket, reportedly without any safety warningChina's Long March 12B rocket has blasted off on its maiden voyage carrying more Qianfan "Thousand Sails" satellites, during a surprise launch for which there were reportedly no airspace notices.
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17,000-year-old stripes of red in a Welsh cave are the oldest rock art in the UK, study findsOver a century after a red-lined cave wall was discovered, scientists have determined that it represents the U.K.'s oldest rock art.
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NASA confirms meteor exploded over northeastern US with force of 230 tons of TNTNASA shared an initial analysis of a 5-foot-wide fireball meteor that exploded in the sky over the northeastern U.S. on Saturday, May 30.
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Astronauts could use lightning-like plasma jets to kill germs on the moon and Mars, demo hintsA new lab experiment is testing plasma jets as a water-free solution for "space laundry" on future missions to the moon and Mars.
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First whole-genome sequence of a Greenland shark holds clues to their extreme longevityA genomic study of Greenland sharks, thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet, is hinting at the secrets to their epic lifespan and cancer resistance.
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Heading a soccer ball just once is enough to raise levels of proteins associated with brain damageAmateur male soccer players had greater changes in certain blood markers associated with neural damage the harder and more frequently they headed balls.
