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7 rules that explain Earth's most extreme animal shapes and sizes

Nature has a few rules to help explain the extreme shapes and sizes we see in the animal kingdom.

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What is the hottest place in the universe?

The hottest spot in the universe may well be near the edges of a supermassive black hole.

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Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists

A 16th-century sugar estate on the tiny African island of São Tomé is the earliest known example of plantation slavery.

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Ötzi the Iceman may have been bald and getting fat before his murder 5,300 years ago

A new DNA analysis reveals that Ötzi the Iceman was genetically predisposed to male-pattern baldness, diabetes and obesity.

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Europe's 1st humans were likely wiped out by a sudden freeze 1.1 million years ago

Europe underwent "extreme cooling" about 1.1 million years ago, which coincides with a gap in hominin habitation, a new study finds.

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Gene therapy injection into the brain causes alcohol use disorder to stop — in monkeys

A small, proof-of-concept study in monkeys reveals the potential of a one-off gene therapy to treat people with alcohol use disorder who haven't responded to other treatments.

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Relatives of the 1st mitochondria may be living in geothermal hot springs today

Scientists say they've identified a potential living relative of the ancient microbe that gave rise to the "powerhouse of the cell."

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Why do some animals adopt other animals' young?

Adoptions in the animal kingdom may confer an evolutionary advantage, but other factors — such as empathy, the urge to care for babies and inexperience — could also contribute.

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Meteorite that crashed to Earth 3,500 years ago carved into arrowhead by Bronze Age hunters

A Bronze Age arrowhead found in Switzerland was made using meteoric iron.

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What's the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?

Previously, researchers thought that humans arrived in North America 13,000 years ago, but now they're finding much older evidence.

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How do rattlesnakes rattle?

The rattlesnake's rattle is nothing like a maraca.

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Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage

Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.

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What's the largest planet in the universe?

Astronomers have found planets that are twice as wide as Jupiter and more than 10 times as heavy, but there's a limit to how big planets can get.

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A single massive tectonic collision? That's not how the Himalayas came to be, scientists say

The world's highest mountain system may have reached 60% of its current elevation before the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates crashed into each other, giving the peaks an extra push.

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Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian waters

Paleontologists in Egypt have described a new species of extinct whale that was dwarfed by other basilosaurids.

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Bison are being introduced to the Russian Arctic to replace extinct woolly mammoths. But why?

Large herbivores could transform the local ecosystem by grazing and recycling nutrients, but the climate was probably more important in shaping the vast, frigid grasslands of the Pleistocene.

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Can Ozempic and Wegovy cause 'stomach paralysis' and 'cyclic vomiting'?

"Stomach paralysis" linked to drugs like Ozempic has raised alarm. What do doctors make of the reports?

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Crocodiles are drawn to the wails of crying human babies and infant primates

Nile crocodiles seemed to respond more strongly to intense crying from human and ape infants, compared to calmer, quiet cries.

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What did Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, really look like?

"Cleopatra's skin color has nothing to do with her accomplishments, which are immense."

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'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City

Excavations revealed three human burials, as well as ceramics and architectural structures from a settlement that existed around A.D. 450 to 650.

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Treblab X3 Pro review

The Treblab X3 Pro are ideal for runners, particularly on a budget. Read our review for more.

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Why do we always have room for dessert?

Adding variety to your diet may cause you to eat more than you need to, studies show.

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Do we really use only 10% of our brains?

How much of the brain does each person use throughout their day?

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Did scientists really create a room temperature superconductor? Not so fast, experts say.

The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, has sparked viral attempts at imitation around the world.

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Highest-energy sunlight ever recorded is far beyond what scientists thought possible

Light from the sun can reach energies of nearly 10 trillion electron volts.

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