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SpaceX prepares to launch next-generation Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever builtStarship V3's maiden spaceflight is scheduled for next week as SpaceX prepares to launch the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built.
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'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years agoA hole found in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth was likely made by a stone drill, making the discovery the oldest evidence of intentional dentistry to date.
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The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bonesAstronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago.
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Homo erectus genetic material sequenced for the first time, and it shows 'deep genetic links' with modern humansA new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans.
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AI self-replication hacks 'no longer purely theoretical,' study finds — but experts say it's too soon to panicResearchers say AI models can now replicate themselves across vulnerable systems, but experts warn the real threat is not rogue machine intelligence but cybercriminals weaponizing AI agents.
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Hantavirus outbreaks could become more likely as virus-carrying rodents expand their range, model findsNew models chart how virus-carrying rodents may spread across Argentina as climate change reshapes weather patterns.
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Physicists find possible errors in 100-year-old model of the universeThe universe may not be perfectly uniform after all, a new series of papers hints. If confirmed, this could upend a nearly 100-year-old model of cosmology.
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'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholesHitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays.
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Eruption blows hole in sun's atmosphere, unleashing solar flare and potentially triggering northern lightsThe sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display.
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A SpaceX rocket is going to hit the moonPart of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is likely to crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds. It poses no danger, but it does highlight a worrying trend.
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Once-in-a-century 'super' El Niño in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in AprilClimate scientists have revealed that last month's sea surface temperatures were the second-warmest for any April on record, reflecting the emergence of El Niño.
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'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in ChileDozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown.
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Microplastics absorb heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming — as if they weren't bad enoughClimate scientists have discovered that microplastics and nanoplastics are helping to drive global warming by absorbing sunlight and radiation in the atmosphere.
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'The name was inaccurate': PCOS gets a new name after years-long effortPolycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, has just been given a new name that experts say better reflects the nature of the condition.
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'Insect apocalypse' is already fueling malnutrition in some regions, first-of-its-kind study revealsIn a first, researchers quantify how pollinator declines contribute to food insecurity.
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What is a hantavirus? Symptoms, treatments, prevention and how it spreadsHantaviruses are spread by rodents and can cause deadly respiratory and kidney illnesses in humans, although these infections are relatively uncommon globally.
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New 'trick' fixes major flaw with lasers in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to more powerful systemsA new "geometry‑based" quantum swap gate makes neutral‑atom computers far less sensitive to laser noise — bringing large‑scale, stable quantum processors a step closer to reality.
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A 2025 Alaskan tsunami was one of the largest on record, new research findsA tsunami that rocked an Alaskan fjord in 2025 was the second largest ever recorded and formed a standing wave that sloshed for a day.
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'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legsHuge snakes, tiny snakes, poisonous snakes and constrictor snakes, snakes that slither, burrow or swim: New fossils and modern technology are tracing serpent origins
