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Anglo-Saxon burial holds an older sister cradling her little brother after they both died 1,400 years ago, possibly of an infectious diseaseAn ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister.
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Colorado River may have pooled and spilled over to form the Grand Canyon, solving a long-standing mystery — but not everyone agreesThe Colorado River muscled its way through today's Grand Canyon after pooling as a giant lake, according to new research.
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Bright-green fireball meteor caught exploding above famous Viking raid site in UKPhotographers caught a spectacular emerald-green fireball meteor streaking above Lindisfarne in northeast England, where Viking raiders famously killed and robbed Christian monks in the eighth century.
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Northern lights may be visible from several US states Friday and Saturday as giant hole opens up in sun's atmosphereA large hole opened up in the sun's atmosphere this week, spewing high-speed solar winds that will paint northern lights displays across several U.S. states this weekend.
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Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches everA group of hackers used both Claude Code and ChatGPT in a cybersecurity hack that lasted two and a half months.
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The first black hole ever discovered is spewing 'dancing jets' at half the speed of lightAstronomers have accurately measured the "dancing" energy jets of the first confirmed black hole, Cygnus X-1, more than 60 years after it was first spotted.
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Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox could be solved — if the universe has 7 dimensionsStephen Hawking's theory of black hole evaporation clashes with the laws of quantum mechanics. A new paper finds a way around this paradox, provided that the universe has seven dimensions.
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'Something's missing': Most thorough-ever study of the cosmos proves we still can't explain how the universe is expandingA comprehensive new study combines decades of research to reveal that we're missing an essential component in our understanding of how the universe works.
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'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldnessOver the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study.
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New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them aliveA new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.
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This humanoid robot does all your housework for you — and its makers say it's ready for your homePanther has been filmed doing basic household chores, like making the bed and cooking breakfast.
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Ancient process that created rare earth elements discovered — and it could help us locate desperately needed depositsA new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances that are released when one tectonic plate dives beneath another.
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Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs — and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinctionUsing synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal Lystrosaurus laid eggs, which answers a key question about mammalian evolution.
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73 moon landings? NASA's 'Moon Base User's Guide' reveals the agency's 'most ambitious space project' will be fraught with challengesNASA has released a 'Moon Base User's Guide' that reveals the major gaps the agency and its partners must fill in to land and live on the moon.
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Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basementDuring the Triassic, a newly described species related to modern crocodiles and alligators stalked prey on land, not the water, a new study finds.
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There were 'audible screams of delight': Why Artemis II sightings of meteor flashes on the moon have scientists giddyMeteorite strikes spotted on the moon by the Artemis II crew will help scientists assess dangers to future moon bases, infrastructure, and astronauts.
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Physicists witness pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of lightFor the first time, researchers measured singularities in combined light and sound waves moving faster than the speed of light. The findings have implications in fluid dynamics, optics and many other fields.
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Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descent' among male relativesAn analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead.
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'Oslo patient' likely cured of HIV after getting stem cell transplant from his brother, who is genetically resistant to the virusA man known as the "Oslo patient" joins a short list of people in long-term remission from HIV following bone marrow transplants.
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