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Researchers spot rare 'triple-ring' galaxy that defies explanation

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A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic taxonomy.

'Missing link' found in ancient rocks of Colorado show that Snowball Earth really happened

Snowball Earth evidence strengthens globally

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Livescience / 1h

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.

Diagnostic dilemma: A man's brain started bleeding after a dentist appointment

Livescience / 1h

A man's brain started bleeding just after he got teeth pulled at the dentist's office. Why?

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Global carbon emissions reach new record high in 2024, with no end in sight, scientists say

India's CO2 emissions to rise

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Livescience / 13h

There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report.

Should you shop on Prime Day, or wait for Black Friday?

Livescience / 13h

Prime Day sees some pretty tempting deals and discounts on science gifts, but is it worth waiting for Black Friday to potentially save even more?

Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu

BC reports first human H5 flu

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A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working to confirm the diagnosis.

Extremely rare 'failed supernova' may have erased a star from the night sky without a trace

Star vanished replaced by black hole

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Livescience / 17h

An artist's rendering of a black hole

Our ancestor Lucy may have used tools more than 3 million years ago

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An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the Homo genus arose.

Leonid meteor shower 2024: How to spot 'shooting stars' and 'fireballs' over the US this week

Taurid meteor shower peaks soon

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64Livescience / 19h

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with fast-moving fireballs possible in US skies.

Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests

Pando is Earth's oldest organism

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The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old.

2,600-year-old Celtic wooden burial chamber of 'outstanding scientific importance' uncovered by archaeologists in Germany

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The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," scientists say.

Vampire bats have a really strange way of getting energy, scientists discover after putting them on treadmills

Vampire bats metabolize blood for energy

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Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the animals on tiny treadmills.

How is paper made from trees?

Livescience / 22h

Plant-based paper has been used for thousands of years, but exactly how is it created from trees?

Plastic-eating mealworms native to Africa discovered

Mealworms discovered eating plastic

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Larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm found to feast on polystyrene then break it down in their guts.

Apple Watch Series 10 now at its lowest-ever price — this Black Friday Apple deal is just too good to miss

Livescience / 23h

Amazon has dropped the Apple Watch Series 10 price by $50 and it's also price-matched at Walmart as the Black Friday price wars begin

New 'gold-plated' superconductor could be the foundation for massively scaled-up quantum computers in the future

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New superconducting material paves the way for the next stage in quantum computing

Beaver Moon 2024: See the final 'supermoon' of the year rise next to the 'Seven Sisters'

Last supermoon of 2024 arrives

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The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see November's full Beaver Moon rise.

Nov 11, 2024

Earth from space: Giant 'phantom lake' dotted with stripy gold islands shimmers in Australian outback

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A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.

150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan found on 'key route for human expansion' used by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans

Paleolithic site discovered in Tajikistan

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A newfound rock-shelter in Tajikistan has artifacts created by ancient humans spanning 130,000 years.

Sick of turbulence? Future passenger planes could use AI to maintain a smooth in-flight experience on the fly

Livescience / 2d

Turbulence in airplanes could become a thing of the past with FALCON, a new AI system that helps vehicles learn how to adjust to turbulence within a matter of minutes.

'Webb has shown us they are clearly wrong': How astrophysicist Sophie Koudami's research on supermassive black holes is rewriting the history of our universe

Black hole feeds 40 times Eddington limit

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How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

Oracle bones: 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China were used to foretell the future

Livescience / 2d

Archaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future.

What's the 'coastline paradox'?

Livescience / 2d

Coastlines are challenging to measure, but why?

Nov 10, 2024

'The prescription is nature': How satellites can show us the healing effects of nature

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"The incidence of diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders is less the greener the environment people live in."

'A direct relationship between your sense of sight and recovery rate': Biologist Kathy Willis on why looking at nature can speed up healing

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Biologist Kathy Willis spoke to Live Science about how touching wood makes us calmer, why looking at a picture of a savanna is calming and how walking through a forest changes our gut microbes.

NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope sees 'knots' blasting from nearby black hole jets

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A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.

X-37B begins aerobraking maneuvers

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In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit.

Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?

Livescience / 3d

The idea ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened is thought have come from Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder around 2,000 years ago. But is it true?

How did the Concorde fly so fast?

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The Concorde was the fastest commercial plane ever flown, but its speed came with a hefty price tag.

Nov 9, 2024

Forgetting may provide a surprising evolutionary benefit, experts say

Forgetting has evolutionary advantages

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Livescience / 3d

If you didn't forget things, you'd be in for a world of trouble.

Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?

Livescience / 3d

How much do you know about evolution? Take this quiz to find out.

Gharial: The prehistoric crocodilian that buzzes and blows bubbles to find a mate

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This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago.

Microplastics may be entering the clouds and affecting the weather, scientists say

Microplastics influence cloud formation

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Livescience / 4d

Clouds affect Earth's weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.

Boost for Mars life? Red Planet's magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought

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Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet.

'Gravity waves' from Hurricane Helene seen rippling through the sky in new NASA images

NASA captures gravity waves from Helene

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Hurricane Helene sent gravity waves rippling through the atmosphere far above the southeastern United States, new NASA images reveal.

Everything you need to know about Black Friday science deals 2024

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Here's all we know about Black Friday 2024 so far — from when it takes place to the best science gifts to look for in the sales.

How many galaxies orbit the Milky Way?

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The number of known galaxies circling the Milky Way is increasing as we develop new powerful telescopes.

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