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Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds

Leading AI models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down.

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Mysterious galaxy trapped in 'the void' keeps churning out stars without fuel. Scientists are stumped.

Researchers are puzzled as to how the dwarf galaxy NGC 6789 continues to make new stars, despite being stuck in the gas-famished Local Void.

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See a rare conjunction of Mercury and Venus late tonight

The inner planets Mercury and Venus will both be visible in the east-southeast sky before sunrise on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

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Scientists discover new type of lion roar

Researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze more than 3,000 recordings of African lions and found that the animals have an "intermediate" roar as well as a "full-throated" roar.

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Slaying 'zombie cells' in blood vessels could be key to treating diabetes, early study finds

Clearing aged cells from blood vessels could help reduce inflammation, improve blood sugar levels and counter insulin resistance, a mouse study finds.

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Archaeologists discover decapitated head the Romans used as a warning to the Celts

A lone skull discovered near the walls of an ancient fort highlights the Romans' brutal treatment of their conquered foes.

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'I don't know if CDC will survive, to be quite frank': Former CDC officials describe the disintegration of the agency under RFK

Three former CDC officials share their experiences at the agency leading up to their resignations.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS gallery: See NASA's long-awaited images of interstellar visitor

NASA's treasure trove of new comet 3I/ATLAS images provides hotly anticipated views of the interstellar visitor, including from Mars and the sun.

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Scientists put moss on the outside of the International Space Station for 9 months — then kept it growing back on Earth

A species of moss survived for 9 months on the outside of the International Space Station, new research reveals — and 80% of the samples kept reproducing when returned to Earth.

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Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified

A ninth-century grave discovered in Norway held the remains of a Viking Age woman whose mouth was covered with two large scallop shells.

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'3I/ATLAS is a comet': NASA finally releases new 3I/ATLAS images and addresses alien rumors

NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet.

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'A forest with bonobos has never been so quiet': Most extreme case of violence in 'hippie' species recorded, with females ganging up on male in unprecedented attack

Female bonobos routinely form coalitions to stamp out threats from males, but the level of violence in this attack was unprecedented.

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Death Valley shrub rearranges its insides to thrive in one of the hottest places on Earth

Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate.

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Science history: Experiment shows mutations arise spontaneously, supporting pillar of Darwinian evolution — Nov. 20, 1943

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's theory of evolution.

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Human trash is 'kick-starting' the domestication of city-dwelling raccoons, study suggests

Raccoons that live near humans had shorter snouts than rural raccoons, a trait that tends to arise in the early stages of domestication.

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US could lose its measles elimination status within months, experts say

With 45 outbreaks of measles over the past year, the United States is at risk of endemic spread within months, experts told Live Science.

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The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.

Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and it's a bellwether of the erosion of public health.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman had her twin brother's XY chromosomes — but only in her blood

Doctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.

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Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds

Scientists traced kissing back to a primate ancestor that lived around 21 million years ago.

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'Impossible' black hole collision pushed relativity to its breaking point — and scientists finally understand how

In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach us about these extreme objects.

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What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach?

Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.

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Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out

Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of a drowned medieval city that was once a Silk Road hotspot.

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CTE may stem from rampant inflammation and DNA damage

New research shows that CTE may stem from DNA damage and inflammation set in motion by blows to the head.

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Secretive SpaceX satellites operated by US government are shooting disruptive radio signals into space, astronomer accidentally discovers

An amateur astronomer has accidentally uncovered a series of puzzling radio signals coming from SpaceX's government-operated "Starshield" network. The signals overlap with protected frequencies and could disrupt other nearby spacecraft, experts warn.

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Medieval spear pulled from Polish lake may have belonged to prince or nobleman

Four medieval spearheads have been found in Lake Lednica in Poland. One may have belonged to a nobleman or prince.

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