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Scientists finally know how long a day on Uranus is

An 11-year Hubble study has finally revealed how long a day lasts on Uranus.

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'Hairy books' bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

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The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

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Amateur astronomer discovers bright green comet SWAN25F — and you can see it too

Comet SWAN25F was discovered using photos from the European Space Agency's SOHO spacecraft and can currently be spied using backyard equipment — but it could also become visible to the naked eye in the next few weeks.

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NASA rover watches 'fiendish' Martian 'dust devils' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalism

Video footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover shows a small "dust devil" merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.

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6,500-year-old hunting weapons found in Texas cave are among the oldest known in North America

The weapons from a toolkit unearthed in Texas may be the earliest ever found in North America.

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'If it weren't for that asteroid, they might still share this planet': Dinosaurs weren't doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.

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Origins of schizophrenia linked to epigenetics of the placenta

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders.

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These strange, hybrid Earth lifeforms could survive on Mars, new study hints

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

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Starving cannibalistic spiders won't hunt their siblings, but they'll quickly dine on their corpses

Social signals stop young labyrinth spiders from hunting their siblings even when they are starving. However, the cannibalistic spiderlings quickly feed on the corpses of their brothers and sisters.

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Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain

Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains.

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Watch the moon's shadow race across US on first anniversary of historic total solar eclipse — Earth from space

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality.

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Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences says

Dire wolves, made famous by HBO's Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers at biotech company Colossal Biosciences, these majestic predators are back.

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2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480

Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak.

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AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows — even when people use AI for help

In a study, memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than those created by humans.

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Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning

Tonka bean trees survive lightning strikes — and use the powerful electric shocks to kill their competitors.

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130,000-year-old mammoth calf smells like 'fermented earth and flesh,' necropsy reveals

Researchers have performed a necropsy on a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth preserved in the Siberian permafrost.

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Pfyn culture flint tool: World's oldest known 'Swiss Army' knife

Over five millennia ago, Stone Age people in Central Europe crafted wooden handles for their stone tools.

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Why do snakes shed their skin?

It's a story that involves scales, sloughs — and spectacles.

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Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. Here's how to slow its progress.

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.

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MIT invents new way for QPUs to communicate — paving the way for a scalable 'quantum supercomputer'

A new device enables remote entanglement, allowing distant quantum processors to communicate with one another with reduced error rates.

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4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world's oldest known evidence of head straps

Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.

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Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.

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What was the first alphabet in the world?

New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets.

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$3 million Breakthrough Prize awarded to developers of Ozempic-style drugs

Five researchers have been jointly awarded one of this year's Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences for their contributions to the development of Ozempic-style drugs.

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