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It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to use.

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'Major' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti's daughter

A settlement dating back around 3,400 years has been discovered near the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

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Dracula parrot: The goth bird whose piercing screams echo through New Guinea forests

Pesquet's parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is figs.

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What do black boxes on planes actually record?

Modern flight recorders can hold more than 1,000 pieces of information about an aircraft.

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Science news this week: Controversy around the dire wolf 'de-extinctions' and a 3D hologram breakthrough

April 12, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Scientists built largest brain 'connectome' to date by having a lab mouse watch 'The Matrix' and 'Star Wars'

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered into a 3D atlas that creates new possibilities for neuroscience.

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Archaeologists may have discovered the birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

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Elusive neutrinos' mass just got halved — and it could mean physicists are close to solving a major cosmic mystery

Physicists have set a new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos. And the finding could poke a big hole in the Standard Model of particle physics.

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La Niña is dead after just a few months. What happened?

The La Niña weather pattern ended last month as Pacific Ocean temperatures rose and the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle entered a neutral state, according to the NOAA.

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What are mRNA vaccines, and how do they work?

mRNA vaccines train the immune system in a similar way to traditional vaccines, but they use a different strategy to get there.

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Oldest-known North American woolly mammoth revealed in 'long-lost' ancient DNA

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.

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US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like 'microsatellites' into space

Rocket start-up SpinLaunch wants to catapult hundreds of flattened "microsatellites" into space at once, using a cannon-like machine that accelerates objects by spinning them. The first orbital demonstration is scheduled for next year.

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New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day

Researchers have invented two new urinal designs that could significantly reduce the amount of urine splashback, keeping public restrooms cleaner.

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Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica's gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence suggests the subglacial hole is an impact crater measuring 315 miles across.

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Killer Australian fungus can gobble up widespread, pesticide-resistant armyworm from the inside

Fall armyworms have spread throughout the world, destroying crops and evolving insecticide resistance. New research in Australia suggests fungi that attack the worms could be a promising pest control method.

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Science of sleep quiz: How much do you know about sleep and dreams?

Test your knowledge of how sleeping and dreaming work.

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Flu: Facts about seasonal influenza and bird flu

Learn interesting facts about the flu, a viral infection that targets the respiratory system.

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Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia

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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'Incredible and rare' sight as endangered whale attacked by 60 orcas in brutal hunt

A massive gang of over 60 orcas was seen brutalizing an endangered pygmy blue whale off the coast of Western Australia by a whalewatching tour.

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Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure without needing to consider multiple collisions or extremely rare conditions."

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Why is this giant desert turning green? Scientists may finally know the answer.

Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.

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Strange altar found at Tikal wasn't made by the Maya — and it has at least 4 people buried inside it

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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'It was amazing': Scientists discover ash from 2 mystery volcanic eruptions in Wyoming

Scientists have found previously undocumented ash deposits buried beneath the Lava Creek Tuff in Wyoming — and at least one of them could be from an unknown volcanic eruption, they say.

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Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to the Milky Way — is being torn apart by its larger neighbor.

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Rare quadruple supernova on our 'cosmic doorstep' will shine brighter than the moon when it blows up in 23 billion years

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But humanity — and our planet — will be long gone before this happens.

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