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Science news this week: 'Dragon Man's' identity and the universe's 'missing matter'

June 21, 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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Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations.

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'Dreadful danger for all mankind': Einstein's powerful anti-war letter goes up for auction

A fiery letter written by Albert Einstein in 1954 is going to auction. The letter details Einstein's thoughts on his part in developing atomic weapons, and hails Mahatma Gandhi as a political genius.

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Medieval gold ring found in castle in Slovakia has rare purple sapphire imported from Sri Lanka

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.

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Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns

Record carbon emissions mean that the planet's carbon budget could be exceeded in as little as three years, according to a new report.

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DARPA smashes wireless power record, beaming energy more than 5 miles away — and uses it to make popcorn

The feat has significant applications for military purposes and space-based solar power.

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Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know about

A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.

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Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorge

About 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon, Hells Canyon was rapidly carved when a lake spilled over about 2.1 million years ago, new research estimates.

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Massive 'heat dome' is bringing 'extremely dangerous' temperatures to the eastern half of the US

Weather forecasters have warned of extreme and dangerous temperatures as a major heat wave sweeps across the central and eastern U.S. states.

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Taal Lake: The volcanic crater that has 'an island within a lake, within an island within a lake, within an island'

Taal Lake on Luzon Island in the Philippines is a volcanic crater lake with a rare geology of nested islands and water.

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'Reliable quantum computing is here': Novel approach to error-correction can reduce errors in future systems up to 1,000 times, Microsoft scientists say

Microsoft scientists developed a 4D geometric coding method that reduces errors 1,000-fold in quantum computers.

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Ketamine may treat depression by 'flattening the brain's hierarchies,' small study suggests

Ketamine leads to increased communication between areas of the brain that don't typically engage with each other, new research suggests.

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'World's most difficult jigsaw puzzle': Archaeologists piece together thousands of shattered fresco blocks from ancient Roman villa

Archaeologists found thousands of pieces of an ancient Roman painting, which features intricate designs and ancient graffiti.

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Mars cozies up to one of the brightest stars in the sky in 'mind-blowing' conjunction photo

A superbright Mars is currently visible alongside Regulus, the "Heart of the Lion" star located around 79 light-years from Earth.

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Viking Age burial of chieftain with 'enormous power' found in Denmark — and he may have served Harald Bluetooth

Archaeologists were surprised to find 30 Viking Age burials in Denmark, and even more surprised by the extravagant grave goods found within them.

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'A bundle of microscopic tornadoes' may have given the universe its structure

When invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that links all galaxies, new research proposes.

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We may finally know how Tylenol works — and it's not how we thought

According to a new study in rats, a key byproduct of acetaminophen, called AM404, may block pain at the source before it has a chance to reach the brain.

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A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 million times brighter. The shining explosion is visible to the naked eye and can be seen from parts of North America.

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SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine test

SpaceX's Starship 36 underwent a "catastrophic failure" on the stand at its Texas launch site, but the latest setback is unlikely to dent the company's ambitions.

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How did Ramesses II die — and did his more than 100 children fight for the throne?

Ramesses II was around 90 years old when he died, an astonishing age for ancient Egypt.

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Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest

Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming than aquifers in the Pacific Northwest.

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Advanced AI models generate up to 50 times more CO₂ emissions than more common LLMs when answering the same questions

Asking AI reasoning models questions in areas such as algebra or philosophy caused carbon dioxide emissions to spike significantly.

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Evidence is building that people were in the Americas 23,000 years ago

A new analysis of the ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers more evidence that they are around 23,000 years old.

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The brain might have a hidden 'off switch' for binge drinking

Flipping the switch on fewer than 500 neurons dramatically reduces the alcohol consumption of mice. This novel finding could lead to new targets for therapeutics.

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1 psychedelic psilocybin dose eases depression for years, study reveals

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission.

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