Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at Newsweek as the science editor. Before this she was science editor at International Business Times U.K. Hannah holds a master's in journalism from Goldsmith's, University of London.
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Yellowstone volcano super-eruptions appear to involve multiple explosive eventsThe last caldera-forming eruption at Yellowstone "was much more complex than previously thought," according to the annual report about activity at the supervolcano.
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NASA spots sign of El Niño from space: 'If it's a big one, the globe will see record warming'The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite recorded Kelvin waves moving eastward across the Pacific — a phenomenon often considered a precursor to El Niño.
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Weird demon shark with bright white eyes discovered off AustraliaThe shark Apristurus ovicorrugatus was identified as a new species over a decade after the first mystery egg cases were found in a Western Australian museum collection.
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Elusive cannibal fish from the twilight zone are washing up on Oregon beaches and no one knows whyOregon State Parks said several lancetfish have washed up on beaches in recent weeks in a highly unusual spate of strandings.
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Deadly spiders that can kill in minutes and survive underwater are hiding out in swimming poolsHeavy rain in Australia has led to an influx in venomous spiders being washed into people's swimming pools. Species found include funnel-web spiders, the venom of which is so toxic it can kill a child in just 15 minutes.
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Photo shows 'massive' great white shark scarred after rare battle with 2 serial killer orcasA pair of orcas off the coast of South Africa have been ripping open sharks and feasting on their livers for the last eight years. A great white shark that survived an attack by the serial killer brothers has now been identified through huge scars across its massive body.
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Most powerful solar storm in 6 years caused auroras all over the US. And nobody saw it coming.A severe geomagnetic storm from a huge hole in the sun's corona caused a massive disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. The surprise event sparked auroras as far south as Alabama and northern California.
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Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggestsA draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon’s UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.
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