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- October 13
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- Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth
- Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data
- AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano
- 'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than 'Planet Nine'
- What is type 5 diabetes? Newly recognized form of the disease gets name
- 'An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts': Scientists warn 'day zero droughts' could hit before 2030
- Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery
- An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed
- $100,000 quadrillion asteroid Psyche may be the product of metal volcanoes, study hints
- Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after
- October 12
- October 11
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- Hidden, supercharged 'thermostat' may cause Earth to overcorrect for climate change
- Science news this week: Astronomers close in on comet 3I/ATLAS's origins, a strange gravity anomaly discovered off Africa and AI designs brand-new viruses
- Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm
- Einstein's relativity could rewrite a major rule about what types of planets are habitable
- October 10
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- China issues new pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions — is it now a global leader in climate action?
- Robots receive major intelligence boost thanks to Google DeepMind's 'thinking AI' — a pair of models that help machines understand the world
- New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' could help solve an evolutionary mystery
- October 9
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- Ancient Roman tombstone found beneath undergrowth in New Orleans yard
- 200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices
- Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blast, 'rewriting what we thought we knew' about alien star systems
- Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first time
- James Webb telescope may have spotted controversial 'dark stars' in the far universe
- Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study reveals
- Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needles
- 1,000-year-old burials of 'first Christians' in Poland discovered near medieval settlement
- October 8
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- Some naked mole rats are designated toilet cleaners, study suggests
- James Webb telescope finds 'remarkable' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behind
- Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices
- Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
- 'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry
- October 7
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- 'Closest view' yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by Mars orbiter
- Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins from possible Celtic market found in Czech Republic
- Harvest supermoon photos: See the moon at its biggest and brightest in pictures from around the world
- Self-healing 'concrete batteries' now 10 times better — they could one day power cities, scientists say
- Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperature
- The Red Sea experienced 'one of the most extreme environmental events on Earth' 6 million years ago
- Soar through a 1,000-mile-long maze on Mars in this mesmerizing new satellite video
- Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales
- Scientists used AI to map uncharted areas of the mouse brain
- October 6
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- Shackleton's infamous ship 'Endurance clearly had several structural deficiencies,' new analysis reveals
- Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn't catch it until hours after
- Dramatic 'fireballs' expected during Draconid meteor shower this week: How to get the best views
- 2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'
- AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?
- Deadly mamba snakebites stop muscles from working — but sometimes, antivenom can send them into overdrive
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints
- Leopards ate our ancient human ancestors' faces, AI analysis reveals
- 750-year-old grass shoe discovered in a vulture's nest in Spain
- China's new 'solar-power window coating' can capture energy and power household devices
- Unique gene variants in the Turkana people of Kenya may help them survive harsh desert heat
- Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio for their work on immune tolerance
- October 5
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- October 3
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- Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point
- Harvest Moon 2025: How to watch a rare October supermoon rise tonight
- Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says
- Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant
- Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient
- October 2
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- Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida
- HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
- Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds
- Scientists find best evidence yet that icy moon Enceladus is habitable
- Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk
- Newly discovered comet 'Lemmon' may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime
- Chinese tech company develops creepy ultra-lifelike robot face — watch it blink, twitch and nod
- Our solar system's asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
- The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
- October 1
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- Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91
- Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study finds
- Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free
- Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells — then used them to make embryos
- Years of repeated head impacts raise CTE risk — even if they're not concussions
- Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake
- Best fitness trackers for swimming 2025
- 'Midnight' eVTOL smashes its own record in latest test flight — bringing us closer to operational flying taxis
- A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of place
