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100,000 mph 'comet fragment' explodes in green fireball over Great Lakes, eerie videos show

A fireball lit up the skies over the Great Lakes in the early hours of Sunday and was visible for hundreds of miles.

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People in China lived alongside 'chicken-killing tigers' long before domestic cats arrived

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe via the Silk Road.

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Decades-long droughts doomed one of the world's oldest civilizations

A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds.

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Shrinking tree canopy at California schools could put kids at risk of extreme heat

A recent study examined changes in tree canopy cover around California schools. The observed declines could put kids at higher risk of heat stress.

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Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack — but that's not what they're really worried about

Anthropic said a Chinese espionage group used its Claude AI to automate most of a cyberattack campaign, but experts question how autonomous the operation really was, and what it means for the future of AI-powered hacking.

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Large, bone-crushing dogs stalked 'Rhino Pompeii' after Yellowstone eruption 12 million years ago, ancient footprints reveal

Researchers have found footprints of large, bone-crushing dogs in the 12 million-year-old Ashfall Fossil Beds in northeastern Nebraska, suggesting these large carnivores may have survived a cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption that covered parts of North America in ash.

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Bizarre, UFO-like halo of red light appears over small Italian town — for the second time in 3 years

An eerie new photo shows a giant red ring shining above Possagno, near the Italian Alps. The eye-catching image is almost identical to one taken in the same town in early 2023.

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New semiconductor could allow classical and quantum computing on the same chip, thanks to superconductivity breakthrough

Researchers believe they can fit 25 million Josephson junctions — a useful component for quantum computing — on one two-inch wafer with this approach.

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The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says

Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved.

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Ancient rock art along US-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years — and it depicts Indigenous views of the universe

Researchers have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous artistic tradition that was painted along the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly 175 generations.

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We may finally understand stress-induced hair loss

Alopecia areata, which causes patchy hair loss, is often preceded by stress. Scientists are starting to figure out why through animal studies.

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2,000-year-old gold ring holds clue about lavish cremation burial unearthed in France

A lavish cremation tomb found in France may point to funeral rites for an adolescent boy.

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A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say

Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried several ways of walking before honing in on one strategy.

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Popular AI chatbots have an alarming encryption flaw — meaning hackers may have easily intercepted messages

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the architecture of large language models underpinning generative AI, but how dangerous is this flaw?

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Chinese particle detector tests 'portal to physics beyond the Standard Model' — with outstanding results

Deep underground in southern China, there is a 20,000-ton tank of liquid that can detect neutrinos. Named JUNO, the detector's first results are in — and they're very promising.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man's muscles looked strangely deformed. Doctors found they were leaking calcium into his blood.

A man showed up to the hospital with vomiting, weakness, failing kidneys and sky-high calcium. The culprit was a muscle-enhancing oil he injected into his chest and arms years ago.

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Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here's which breeds are the most and least 'wolfish.'

About two-thirds of modern dog breeds carry some wolf ancestry introduced within the past few thousand years.

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How to watch 'Prehistoric Planet' – Streaming details as new season 'Ice Age' lands on Apple TV

Here’s how to watch Prehistoric Planet, including the upcoming season 'Ice Age', as well as everything you need to know about Apple TV+’s hit documentary series.

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Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein's gravity to the test

The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair's slow orbital decay to put Einstein's theory of gravity to the test.

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RIP 'other ATLAS': Watch the doomed comet explode into pieces in incredible new images

Stunning new photos show the pieces of the "other ATLAS," C/2025 K1, breaking apart in space after the golden comet suddenly exploded earlier this month.

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'Like a sudden bomb': See photos from space of Ethiopian volcano erupting for first time in 12,000 years

Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the start of the Holocene.

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Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned 'lifeboat'

China has launched an unmanned "lifeboat" to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew, who have been stuck without a return capsule for over a week.

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Wolf stealing underwater crab traps caught on camera for the first time — signalling 'new dimension' in their behavior

A video has revealed never-before-seen behaviors in wolves that could mark the first case of tool use in a wild member of the wolf and dog family — and it was all for some crab bait.

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Sistema Ox Bel Ha: A vast hidden system that's the longest underwater cave in the world

This incredible submerged cave network is the longest of its kind in the world and plays a vital role in the region.

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'I had never seen a skull like this before': Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic condition, study finds

The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

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