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Italy's Mount Etna towers over nearby Catania, whose metro area is home to more than 1 million people, and officials have warned those nearest the eruption that gas and smog from the eruption can cause respiratory problems and other health issues.
An unknown number of potential city-killer asteroids could be hiding near Venus and could pose a threat to our planet in the future, new simulations suggest.
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A hidden swarm of large space rocks around Venus could pose a threat to our planet one day, new research suggests. All 20 "city-killer" asteroids are thought to be wider than 460 feet (140 m), meaning they could wipe out a heavily populated area if they were to impact our planet.
These asteroids currently pose no threat to Earth. However, if they get too close to Earth's gravitational field, that could potentially set them on a collision course with our planet.
Can you spot the difference between a jaguar (left) and a leopard (right)?
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Leopards and jaguars are hard to distinguish at first glance: Both are large predators with similar builds and black and tan spots.
Although similar in appearance, leopards and jaguars separated from their common ancestor between 3.6 million and 2.5 million years ago and live on opposite sides of the globe. So how can you tell them apart?
The child, who is thought to have died between A.D. 670 and 680, was dubbed the "Ice Prince" because the archaeologists who found the remains froze the burial chamber to excavate its contents in a single block.
An analysis revealed the boy had died from a "chronic infection" in his middle ear, and the lavish treasures surrounding his body suggest he was from a wealthy and important family.
The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become a reality if it passes the final checks and receives full funding.
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Scientists at NASA are developing plans to build a giant radio telescope in an enormous crater on the far side of the moon.
The $2 billion project aims to help unravel some of the universe's biggest mysteries, but it could also act as a backup telescope in case leaking radiation from private satellite "megaconstellations" becomes too disruptive for radio instruments here on Earth.
The proposed telescope would be built entirely by robots in a 0.8-mile-wide (1.3 km) depression in the moon's Northern hemisphere, although NASA are keeping its exact location under wraps.
If you're looking for something a little longer to read over the weekend, here are some of the best long reads, book excerpts and interviews published this week.
Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned a clever trick to access water from public drinking fountains. The twist-handle faucets are no easy feat to turn on, requiring fine motor skills in a coordinated sequence of actions — not something a bird would stumble across by accident.
The birds use both of their feet to manipulate the twist handle, then lower their body weight to turn it clockwise and keep it from springing back.
The cockatoos have become such fans of the fountains that they will even wait in line to have a drink, in what researchers believe now qualifies as a new local tradition.
Pandora is the trending news editor at Live Science. She is also a science presenter and previously worked as Senior Science and Health Reporter at Newsweek. Pandora holds a Biological Sciences degree from the University of Oxford, where she specialised in biochemistry and molecular biology.
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