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In a first, physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms — confirming a century-old theory about quantum mechanics

Physicists have used a novel technique to observe individual atoms interacting in free space for the first time ever. The new technique confirms a century-old quantum mechanical theory.

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'Pirate' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave ships

Two shipwrecks off Costa Rica were long thought to be the remains of pirate ships, but new analyses reveal that they were actually Danish ships that took part in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Giant pterosaurs weren't only good at flying, they could walk among dinosaurs too

Researchers studying pterosaur tracks have found that ancient flying reptiles became better adapted to life on land during the middle of the Jurassic period and even shared environments with dinosaurs.

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US Air Force wants to develop smarter mini-drones powered by brain-inspired AI chips

Plans are underway to create new AI-powered drones that can fly for much longer than current designs.

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Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth this week — here's where it might hit (map)

Where will the failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 land when it crashes back to Earth in the coming week? Most major cities are in the potential crash zone — but the odds of a direct strike are extremely slim.

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Secret of ancient Maya blue-pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá

The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer.

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Digital 'resurrection' of the Titanic sheds light on fateful night the ship tore apart

A new documentary explores the tragic final night of the RMS Titanic with the most detailed digital reconstruction of the ship ever created.

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Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it appears foreigners from Teotihuacan built it.

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Earth may not have gotten its water how we thought, controversial meteorite study suggests

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study hints.

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Ancient jawbone dredged off Taiwan seafloor belongs to mysterious Denisovan, study finds

Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.

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Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru

Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru.

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1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an 'outsider' to Roman society

A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

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People really can communicate with just their eyes, study finds

New research reveals how humans communicate through their gaze.

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Shingles vaccine may directly guard against dementia, study hints

The lower incidence of dementia seen in adults who received the shingles vaccine is likely not just a correlation, scientists say, based on new results of an observational study.

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Quantum 'miracle material' can store information in a single dimension thanks to newly discovered magnetic switching

Scientists have developed a method for storing quantum information in a single dimension, thereby reducing decoherence, using chromium sulfide bromide.

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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail

This tiny figurine may represent a mythical warrior maiden who assisted Odin, the Norse god of war.

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Do other planets have seasons?

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

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May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight as a micromoon. Here's what that means, and how to watch.

May's full moon appeared full all weekend, but will peak tonight (Monday, May 12). Here's everything you need to know about it.

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AI is just as overconfident and biased as humans can be, study shows

Irrational tendencies — including the hot hand, base-rate neglect and sunk cost fallacy — commonly show up in AI systems, calling into question how useful they actually are.

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Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary

The findings shed light on the ancient people who lived in western Hungary, whose identity continues to confound scholars.

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Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to 12 billion light-years away.

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Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo?

Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet?

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Physicists create 'black hole bomb' for first time on Earth, validating decades-old theory

Physicists have created a model of a black hole bomb in the lab for the first time, verifying a theory first proposed more than 50 years ago.

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World's first computer that combines human brain with silicon now available

The CL1 computer is the first in the world that combines human neurons with a silicon chip. It could be used in disease modeling and drug discovery before it expires after six months.

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Bone collector caterpillar: The very hungry caterpillar of your nightmares

Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings and heads of their victims to avoid detection by their spider hosts.

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