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There's a new blood test for Alzheimer's. Here's everything you need to know about it.

In patients showing cognitive decline, a new blood test for Alzheimer's is expected to make diagnosis more convenient, accessible and inexpensive than other existing tests.

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Monster black hole jet from the early universe is basking in the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant energy jet "being illuminated by the leftover glow from the Big Bang itself."

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Superbugs evolve inside the human body — tracking them in real time could help save patients, scientists say

A new proof-of-concept study explored the feasibility of tracking the evolution of superbug infections in real time to help save infected patients.

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Strikingly simple 'dial' in the brain may help it distinguish imagination from reality

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've seen it or imagined it.

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Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.

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One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals

A surprisingly large leather shoe has been found at Magna, a Roman fort in northern England.

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Werner syndrome: A rare inherited condition that causes dramatic, early aging

Symptoms of Werner syndrome, which causes premature aging, can appear in a person's teens and progress quickly in their 20s and 30s.

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'It's a ticking time bomb': Acid levels in Earth's oceans have already breached 'danger zone', study suggests

Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels have caused Earth to breach another planetary boundary.

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Bottom of the sun becomes visible to humans for the first time in history (photos)

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal our star's magnetic field is a powder keg ready to blow.

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Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang

Astronomers have discovered a new class of bright, long-lasting cosmic explosions that offer a new probe into studying the universe's most distant black holes.

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New menstrual pad device tracks period blood for signs of disease

Scientists are developing a new device that fits inside a menstrual pad and checks for "biomarkers" of disease in period blood.

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Ottoman-era burial found in Israel may violate Islamic tradition

The unusual grave of a Bedouin woman who may have been buried with her son was found in southern Israel.

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Almost half of California's faults — including San Andreas — are overdue for earthquakes

California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

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Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago

A new species of dinosaur that was probably a princely ancestor of T. rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has been identified from fossils excavated in Mongolia.

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'Strawberry Moon' in pictures: Major lunar standstill sees June's full moon hang low in the sky

Last night's "Strawberry Moon" hovered lower in the night sky than it had done since 2006. Here are some stunning global snaps of June's full moon during the major lunar standstill.

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Roman-era 'fast food' discovered in ancient trash heap on Mallorca

Songbird bones found in a Roman-era trash pit on Mallorca suggests they were a tasty tweet.

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Russian scientists discover a new island in the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, but they haven't managed to land on it yet.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Black widow spider's venom poisoned a woman through her eyeball

A woman went to the emergency room after getting bits of a venomous spider in her eye.

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'People thought this couldn't be done': Scientists observe light of 'cosmic dawn' with a telescope on Earth for the first time ever

For the first time, astronomers have used a ground-based telescope to observe polarized microwave light from the universe's earliest epoch. Their observations could give them a better understanding of how the universe evolved.

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People's mental health often improves after weight-loss surgery. A study pinpoints the real reason why.

Feeling less stigma — not losing weight — was linked to better mental health and eating behaviors after bariatric surgery.

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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video

Researchers have filmed a living Antarctic gonate squid in a world-first sighting deep in the ocean surrounding Antarctica.

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First-ever image of China's mysterious 'quasi moon' probe revealed weeks after it secretly launched into space

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some surprising similarities with a current NASA probe.

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'Extraordinary' sarcophagus discovered in Israel shows carving of Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.

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IBM will build monster 10,000-qubit quantum computer by 2029 after 'solving science' behind fault tolerance — the biggest bottleneck to scaling up

The quantum computer, called Starling, will use 200 logical qubits — and IBM plans to follow this up with a 2,000-logical-qubit machine in 2033

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'River of fire' flows from Mount Etna during 'crazy' explosive outburst — Earth from space

A recent satellite image captured a glowing river of lava flowing down the flank of Europe's largest active volcano as it spectacularly blew its top and unleashed a towering plume of ash, smoke and toxic gases into the skies over Sicily.

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