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Giant solar hole affects Earth

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The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31.

Upheaval Dome: Utah's 'belly button' that has divided scientists since its discovery

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Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists think it was created by an ancient meteor strike.

'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle

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A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

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FDA approves 1st new class of opioid-free painkillers in over 20 years

Vertex's Journavx approved for pain

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The FDA has approved Journavx, an oral medication for treating pain that doesn't target the brain like addictive opioids.

Why is DeekSpeek such a game-changer? Scientists explain how the AI models work and why they were so cheap to build.

DeepSeek reshapes AI landscape

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DeepSeek's V3 and R1 models took the world by storm this week. Here's why they're such a big deal.

FDA approves 'ketamine' nasal spray for depression — here's everything you need to know

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A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with severe depression, the FDA says. Here's what that means.

New wonder material designed by AI is as light as foam but as strong as steel

Nano-architected materials achieve strength and

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The new technique could produce materials for use in helicopters, airplanes and spacecraft.

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Was Alexander the Great eaten by sharks? Inside the wild theories for what happened to the iconic ruler's body.

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The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists don't agree.

How did Alexander the Great die?

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Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of debate.

Medieval 'vampire' burial in Croatia contains decapitated and twisted remains

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The "vampire" find illustrates a popular fear that the "undead" could rise from their graves.

Mars quiz: Is your knowledge of the Red Planet out of this world?

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Think you know Mars? Test your knowledge of our neighboring planet's size, surface, history and more.

'Gossiping neighbors': Plants didn't evolve to be kind to each other, study finds

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Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses.

'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear

Vestigial ear muscles activate listening

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A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

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Could we travel to parallel universes?

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Let's explore the possibility of traveling to universes beyond our own — if they so exist, that is.

'Breakthrough' stem-cell patches stabilized woman's heart as she awaited transplant

Stem cell patches restore heart function

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A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts.

Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

Tesla Roadster mistaken for asteroid

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Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

Alexander the Great quiz: How well do you know the famous king and conqueror from the ancient world?

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How much do you know about Alexander the Great?

Are Atlantic Ocean currents weakening? A new study finds no, but other experts aren't so sure.

Atlantic currents stable despite concerns

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A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there's no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.

A cosmic 'CT scan' shows the universe is far more complex than expected

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"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter clumped together at different epochs."

What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black

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Alkaptonuria is an unusual disorder caused by a defect in protein metabolism.

Jan 29, 2025

Gravitational waves offer a 'cosmic DNA test' for black holes

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Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why

Black hole discovery challenges theories

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"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied."

'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses impact risk

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A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a 1.2% chance of smashing into our planet, scientists estimate.

1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it's tiny

Gold Roman miniature lock discovered

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A miniature gold lock dated to the third to fourth centuries was found by a metal detectorist in Germany.

Alibaba claims its AI model trounces DeepSeek and OpenAI competitors

Alibaba launches Qwen 2.5-Max

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Chinese cloud giant Alibaba says that its Qwen2.5-Max artificial intelligence model outperformed its rivals at OpenAI, Meta and DeepSeek.

Ocean warming 4 times faster than in 1980s — and likely to accelerate in coming decades

Ocean warming accelerates fourfold

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Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address climate change, scientists find.

Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its-kind 'artificial photosynthesis'

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Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The technology could be utilized in China's planned moon base.

1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'

Ancient papyrus uncovers Roman tax fraud

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A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal

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Scientists have found all five nucleobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu.

Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area

Magnitude 42 earthquake shakes Idaho

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A minor earthquake has hit Yellowstone National Park, and some people in the region experienced a tremor. The magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near Norris Geyser Basin, which has a history of quakes.

Diagnostic dilemma: A woman injected herself with venom from a black widow spider

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Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

Jan 28, 2025

Chinese scientists created mice with 2 dads — and they survived to adulthood

Mice with two fathers reach adulthood

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By modifying 20 regions of the genome, scientists successfully bred mice with two male parents and raised them to maturity.

Massive tuberculosis outbreak sickens dozens in Kansas

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak reaches historic

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An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in two Kansas counties has sickened dozens since January 2024.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 smashes the sound barrier — becoming the 1st civil aircraft to go supersonic in US history

Boom Supersonic prepares for XB-1 flight

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By achieving a top speed of Mach 1.1, Boom Supersonic has broken records and is on course to revive supersonic passenger travel.

DeepSeek stuns tech industry with new AI image generator that beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3

DeepSeek disrupts global AI market

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Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released a new image generator, Janus-Pro-7B, which the company says is better than competitors.

Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, the closest yet to catastrophe

Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock closer to Armageddon than ever before.

New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say

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An artificial intelligence model has created a new protein that researchers say would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature — if nature were capable of producing such a thing.

Last ice age quiz: How much do you know about Earth's frosty past?

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How did woolly mammoths survive the last ice age? And how thick was the ice over New York City? Test your knowledge by taking our quiz.

People who can't 'see with their mind's eye' have different wiring in the brain

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People with aphantasia still generate brain activity when attempting to visualize, but that image may be getting lost in translation, a new study suggests.

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