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Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just murdered a planetA new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.
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Cats: Facts about our feline friendsDiscover interesting facts about cat intelligence, how they see the world, and why we keep them around.
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Chickens sprouted dino-like feathers when scientists messed with the Sonic Hedgehog geneScientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning back the clock.
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Biological secrets of world's oldest woman, Maria Branyas Morera, revealed after deathA study of a woman who died in 2024 as the oldest person on Earth attempts to untangle the factors that enable some people to ward off disease in old age.
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'Love hormone' oxytocin can pause pregnancy, animal study findsOxytocin, a hormone linked to bonding behaviors, might also help mice modulate their pregnancies. Someday, this line of research could improve our understanding of human fertility.
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Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will 'most likely end in an explosive eruption,' scientist saysMount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an eruption.
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Refuge from the worst mass extinction in Earth's history discovered fossilized in ChinaThe End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have done okay.
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Scientists discover giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves' — and we may finally know where they come fromGiant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
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What counts as a phobia?Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's coreThe discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed.
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Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano may unleash devastating eruptions more often than we thought, ancient outburst suggestsA new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, located near Naples, to produce major eruptions in the future.
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Evolution itself can evolve, new study arguesA new computer model suggests that the process of evolution can get better at evolving in the face of environmental change.
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'Stranded' Starliner astronauts finally have a return date — and it's sooner than expectedNASA will send astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station early on a previously used SpaceX Dragon space capsule, not on a brand-new one, the agency announced.
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Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there's now a 50-50 chance of an eruptionTen months of unrest at Mount Spurr could be a sign of an upcoming eruption from a side vent or, less likely, from the main crater.
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Hims & Hers Super Bowl controversy: What the ad left out about its 'alternative' weight-loss drugsThe telehealth company Hims & Hers put out a Super Bowl ad that skimped on clarifying that its compounded semaglutide medications aren't FDA-approved.
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Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shapeThe surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.
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Astronomers discover 'Quipu', the single largest structure in the known universeNewly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the universe in terms of length, scientists claim.
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Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant volcanoes in the CascadesThe magma system beneath volcanoes may persist even after recent eruptions, a new study finds.
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Ocean plate from time of Pangaea is now being torn apart under Iraq and IranWhat was once the floor of an ancient ocean is still shaping the landscape between Arabia and Eurasia.
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Earth's crust is peeling away under CaliforniaA section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.
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Santorini is having a swarm of tiny earthquakes. Is the Greek isle about to erupt?An uptick in seismic activity on the volcanic island of Santorini has raised concerns about a potential eruption.
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Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, the closest yet to catastropheThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock closer to Armageddon than ever before.
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Scientists find hidden mechanism that could explain how earthquakes 'ignite'How does creeping stress ignite a cataclysmic earthquake? A new study has answers.
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James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black holeThe James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..
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