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Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds'The bottom line is, there is no crisis in terms of the standard model of cosmology.
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Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggestsModern human DNA may have made up a surprisingly large amount of the Neanderthal genome, a new study finds.
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When did humans start wearing shoes?The oldest known sandals are from Oregon, but there may be older shoes out there.
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Why does the sun make people sneeze?People who sneeze in bright lights, like the sun, may have autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome, or ACHOO.
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Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggestsDNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.
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What if the Carrington Event, the largest solar storm ever recorded, happened today?If a solar storm as big as the Carrington Event struck today, it could lead to years long power outages.
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Study of 'twin' stars finds 1 in 12 have killed and eaten a planetA study of 91 pairs of stars finds that about 8%, or one in 12, swallowed up a planet at some point in their lives.
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Have all 8 planets ever aligned?The solar system's eight planets will never truly be in a straight line, but they can get close to it.
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How much water is in Earth's crust?Earth is covered with water, but how much is hiding in our planet's crust?
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Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.Homo erectus may have crafted these stone tools 1.4 million years ago in what is now Ukraine.
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Can static electricity cause a fire?It's commonplace to get a jolt from static electricity. But does it have enough electrical charge to start a fire?
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45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central EuropeThe finding suggests that 'successive pulses of small groups' of humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe starting around 45,000 years ago.
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The 1st Americans may have arrived by a sea ice 'highway'During the last ice age, the first people to reach the Americas may have traveled from Asia along a sea ice "highway."
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Why was the name 'Brontosaurus' brought back from the dead?The dinosaur Brontosaurus was canceled but then resurrected. What happened?
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When did Australia become a continent?After the supercontinent Panagea broke up around 200 million years ago, how long did it take for Australia to emerge as its own continent?
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What does space smell like?Outer space has a particular stench. But why?
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Why do dogs chase their tails?Why are dogs, especially puppies, in endless pursuit of their tails?
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How do mountains form?Mountains form in a variety of ways, some of which geologists are now just starting to understand.
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Skulls stolen from Africa a century ago have been genetically linked with living peopleSkulls housed in a German hospital's collection for a century were stolen from Africa during the colonial period. They have now been genetically matched with living relatives.
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Alien life may evolve from radically different elements than human life didRadioactive metals and even certain gases may be capable of the kinds of reactions needed to spur life, new research suggests.
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Humans faced a 'close call with extinction' nearly a million years agoThe human population may have lingered at about 1,300 for more than 100,000 years, and that population bottleneck could have fueled the divergence between modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claimsA newly described fossil suggests that the ancestor of humans and apes arose in Europe, not in Africa.
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Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip boneFossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
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What's the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?Previously, researchers thought that humans arrived in North America 13,000 years ago, but now they're finding much older evidence.
