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Science history: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses, forcing a complete rethink in structural engineering — Nov. 7, 1940

One morning, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge began bouncing up and down and twisting to and fro before ultimately collapsing into the Puget Sound.

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Roman road network was twice as large as previously thought, new mapping project finds

The new digital map increases the Roman road network by nearly 100%.

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Scientists finally find explanation for lopsided cloud that follows Earth's moon through space

The moon's oddly skewed dust cloud may be caused by an extreme day-night temperature difference, a new study suggests.

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Global warming is forcing Earth's systems toward 'doom loop' tipping points. Can we avoid them?

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no return."

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'This is easily the most powerful quantum computer on Earth': Scientists unveil Helios, a record-breaking quantum system

Scientists have built a 98-qubit machine that they say performs better than any other quantum computer in the world. They've used it to gain new insights into superconducting physics.

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Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per second

The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying behavior similar to how stars form. Scientists aren't clear as to why.

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James Webb telescope makes first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b.

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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claims

A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

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Aging and inflammation may not go hand in hand, study suggests

Declining immune responsiveness with age may be driven by changes in immune cells — not by inflammation, as previously thought.

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Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule

Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.

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There's another comet ATLAS in our solar system — and it just turned gold after a perilous dance with the sun

New photos show that the recently discovered comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) developed a surprising golden glow after reaching its closest point to the sun. Until now, the comet has gone under the radar, largely thanks to the more famous interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

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It's official: The world will speed past 1.5 C climate threshold in the next decade, UN says

The UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 — and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.

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'Not so exotic anymore': The James Webb telescope is unraveling the truth about the universe's first black holes

A peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the origins of the earliest black holes in the universe, some experts say.

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'Torn apart by the darkness': What would happen if a human fell into a black hole?

What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity," author and astrophysicist Jonas Enander tells us in terrifying detail.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Milk leaking from woman's armpits revealed 'ectopic breasts'

After giving birth, a woman noticed that she produced milk from both her mammary glands and her armpits.

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6 million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica shatters records — and there's ancient air trapped inside

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample offers an unprecedented view into Earth's ancient climate.

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'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS may have just changed color — for the third time

Recent observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show that it has developed a faint blueish hue, hinting at a potential color change. This is the third time experts have seen the comet's coloring shift since it was discovered.

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'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories in rodents

In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led him and his colleagues to discover memories could be artificially controlled in rodents by zapping their brains with lasers.

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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black

A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.

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Sink or swim? What will human migration look like as climate change impacts take hold

In this excerpt from "Sink or Swim," author Susannah Fisher explores the future of human migration, and what that will look like based on the difficult choices we make in the coming years.

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2-mile-tall, naked 'Marree Man' looming over Australian outback is a total mystery — Earth from space

A 2019 satellite photo shows the recently resurrected "Marree Man" geoglyph, which mysteriously appeared in the Australian outback in 1998. Experts are still unsure who created it.

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Science history: Archaeologists discover King Tut's tomb, and rumors of the 'mummy's curse' begin swirling — Nov. 4, 1922

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step. It would lead into the unlooted tomb of King Tut.

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What are the signs that nature is telling us?' Scientists are triggering earthquakes in the Alps to find out what happens before one hits

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks.

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Astronomer reveals first look at Comet 3I/ATLAS as it reappears from behind the sun

An astronomer has snapped comet 3I/ATLAS using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, as well as his own small telescope. The new photos are believed to be the first optical observations of the interstellar visitor since it disappeared behind the sun.

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Memento Mori: A mosaic that predates Mount Vesuvius' eruption in Pompeii and reminds us that we will all die

A famous mosaic from Pompeii holds lessons for today.

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