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2025-12-19T00:00:47+00:00
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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall had intestinal parasites
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Excavations of sewer drains at a Roman fort in northern England have revealed the presence of several parasites that can cause debilitating illness in humans
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509142-roman-soldiers-defending-hadrians-wall-had-intestinal-parasites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-19T14:42:35+00:00
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Putting data centres in space isn't going to happen any time soon
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From massive solar panels to the difficulty of staying cool - not to mention high-energy radiation - there are a lot of engineering problems that need to be solved before we can build data centres in space
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509368-putting-data-centres-in-space-isnt-going-to-happen-any-time-soon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-19T14:00:46+00:00
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The US beat back bird flu in 2025 – but the battle isn’t over
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After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled it to end its public health emergency response months later
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503806-the-us-beat-back-bird-flu-in-2025-but-the-battle-isnt-over/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-19T13:00:45+00:00
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Quantum computers turned out to be more useful than expected in 2025
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Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509000-quantum-computers-turned-out-to-be-more-useful-than-expected-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-19T11:00:27+00:00
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2025 was the year of online safety laws – but do they work?
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New laws in the UK, Australia and France were brought in during 2025 with the aim of protecting children from harmful content online, but experts remain divided on whether they will achieve this goal
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500397-2025-was-the-year-of-online-safety-laws-but-do-they-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-19T11:00:15+00:00
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High-achieving adults rarely began as child prodigies
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It's easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during childhood is no guide to later success
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509261-high-achieving-adults-rarely-began-as-child-prodigies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-18T19:00:49+00:00
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Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery
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A pair of nascent planets have been caught smashing together around the nearby star Fomalhaut, and in doing so have solved the puzzle of its famous ‘planet’
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509086-two-asteroids-crashed-around-a-nearby-star-solving-a-cosmic-mystery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-18T17:52:58+00:00
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Closure of US institute will do immense harm to climate research
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research has played a leading role in providing data, modelling and supercomputing to researchers around the world – but the Trump administration is set to shut it down
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509220-closure-of-us-institute-will-do-immense-harm-to-climate-research/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-18T16:00:55+00:00
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Sitting by a window may improve blood sugar levels for type 2 diabetes
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Our cells follow 24-hour circadian rhythms that regulate our blood sugar levels and are heavily influenced by light exposure. Scientists have harnessed this to show that just sitting by a window improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509031-sitting-by-a-window-may-improve-blood-sugar-levels-for-type-2-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:06+00:00
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Chance of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025
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A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance of it impacting the planet
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502472-chance-of-a-devastating-asteroid-impact-briefly-spiked-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-17T16:30:23+00:00
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Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation
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A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508929-strange-lemon-shaped-exoplanet-defies-the-rules-of-planet-formation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-17T16:00:46+00:00
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Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element
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The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508898-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-seems-to-have-a-very-strong-genetic-element/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:25+00:00
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People saw a new colour for the first time in 2025
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Scientists found a way to let people perceive an intense blue-green hue unlike anything they had seen before – and the technique could help people with colour blindness
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502834-people-saw-a-new-colour-for-the-first-time-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T10:00:06+00:00
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Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?
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New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501758-did-ancient-humans-start-farming-so-they-could-drink-more-beer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T10:00:55+00:00
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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright
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For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound psychological impact upon us
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497162-why-we-only-recently-discovered-space-is-dark-not-bright/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:50+00:00
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China's carbon emissions may have started to fall in 2025
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The world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide is on the cusp of a turning point that could herald the beginning of a global decline in fossil fuel use
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504459-chinas-carbon-emissions-may-have-started-to-fall-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-16T11:30:20+00:00
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Crash clock says satellites in orbit are three days from disaster
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Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508752-crash-clock-says-satellites-in-orbit-are-three-days-from-disaster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-15T16:00:36+00:00
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The world will soon be losing 3000 glaciers every year
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Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508713-the-world-will-soon-be-losing-3000-glaciers-every-year/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-16T08:00:52+00:00
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Saturn's rings form a giant dusty doughnut encircling the planet
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The rings of Saturn are normally thought to be flat, but measurements by the Cassini spacecraft show that some of their particles fly hundreds of thousands of kilometres above and below the thin main discs
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508627-saturns-rings-form-a-giant-dusty-doughnut-encircling-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-16T05:00:47+00:00
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Your period may make sport injuries more severe
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Professional football players who became injured while on their period took longer to recover than when injuries occurred at other times of their menstrual cycle
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508607-your-period-may-make-sport-injuries-more-severe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:32+00:00
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AI firms began to feel the legal wrath of copyright holders in 2025
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Big AI firms have built their models by hoovering up copyrighted material from the internet as training data. They say this is legal, but copyright holders disagree - and this year they hit back in a major way
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502650-ai-firms-began-to-feel-the-legal-wrath-of-copyright-holders-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-15T11:00:06+00:00
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How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming
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Many industries are eyeing up hydrogen as a source of clean energy, but with supplies of green hydrogen limited, we should prioritise the areas where it could have the most positive impact on carbon emissions, say researchers
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507293-how-green-hydrogen-could-power-industries-from-steel-making-to-farming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
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Science still produced many wonders in 2025 despite being under siege
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Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries to marvel at
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835732-300-science-still-produced-many-wonders-in-2025-despite-being-under-siege/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
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The stargazing events to look forward to in 2026
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There are a host of celestial events to get excited about next year – including a total solar eclipse. Abigail Beall is lining up her calendar
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835731-300-the-stargazing-events-to-look-forward-to-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-08T10:00:13+00:00
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Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us
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The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some tantalising clues – and devised an experiment that might reveal the truth
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503844-are-we-living-in-a-simulation-this-experiment-could-tell-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-08T16:00:21+00:00
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What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals
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A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496622-what-the-family-drama-of-interbreeding-polar-and-grizzly-bears-reveals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-09T14:52:21+00:00
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The 33 best books, films, games and TV to entertain you this Christmas
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Our writers and contributors have chosen their favourite ever science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games, board games and more to see you through the festive period
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506484-the-33-best-books-films-games-and-tv-to-entertain-you-this-christmas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-12T17:00:41+00:00
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Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2
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Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508572-some-arctic-warming-irreversible-even-if-we-cut-atmospheric-co2/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-12T15:00:49+00:00
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Mars may once have had a much larger moon
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There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508093-mars-may-once-have-had-a-much-larger-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-12T08:00:32+00:00
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Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer
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Controlling qubits with quantum superpositions allows them to dramatically violate a fundamental limit and encode information for about five times longer during quantum computations
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507777-qubits-break-quantum-limit-to-encode-information-for-longer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:42+00:00
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De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype
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Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505223-de-extinction-was-big-news-in-2025-but-didnt-live-up-to-the-hype/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:13+00:00
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Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles
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A bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our unique festive riddles?
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495956-test-your-brain-on-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
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Can you work out what these enigmatic close-up photos are of?
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Scientist and photographer Felice Frankel has zoomed in on everyday occurrences with her camera for her new book, Phenomenal Moments, which reveals the hidden science in our daily lives
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835731-000-can-you-work-out-what-these-enigmatic-close-up-photos-are-of/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T17:25:40+00:00
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Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?
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In a stunning reversal, Disney has changed tack with regard to safeguarding its copyrighted characters from incorporation into AI tools – perhaps a sign that no one can stem the tide of AI
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508397-disney-and-openai-have-made-a-surprise-deal-what-happens-next/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T16:00:31+00:00
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Killer whales and dolphins are ‘being friends’ to hunt salmon together
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White-sided dolphins seem to help killer whales "scout" and catch Chinook salmon near Vancouver Island, then eat the leftovers
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508338-killer-whales-and-dolphins-are-being-friends-to-hunt-salmon-together/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T00:01:51+00:00
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Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health
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Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508181-roman-occupation-of-britain-damaged-the-populations-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:44+00:00
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This year we were drowning in a sea of slick, nonsensical AI slop
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This Changes Everything columnist Annalee Newitz on how AI-generated content went mainstream in 2025
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507742-this-year-we-were-drowning-in-a-sea-of-slick-nonsensical-ai-slop/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
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How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year
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Neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson on how she discovered a host of evidence-based ways to keep her brain healthier in 2026
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835731-800-how-i-learned-to-keep-my-brain-in-better-repair-this-year/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:09+00:00
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The potential of GLP-1 drugs to transform medicine exploded in 2025
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We knew that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy did more than just help control type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss, but the extent of that potential really came to light in 2025
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503480-the-potential-of-glp-1-drugs-to-transform-medicine-exploded-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T23:30:11+00:00
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New antibiotic could stave off drug-resistant gonorrhoea
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the microbe responsible for gonorrhoea, is developing resistance to most antibiotics, which means we need new drugs to treat the condition. An antibiotic called zoliflodacin might be part of a solution
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508376-new-antibiotic-could-stave-off-drug-resistant-gonorrhoea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T11:20:41+00:00
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Supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions may have same root causes
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People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so far suggests many have shared biological causes
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507900-supposedly-distinct-psychiatric-conditions-may-have-same-root-causes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-11T10:00:22+00:00
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Earth and solar system may have been shaped by nearby exploding star
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A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 per cent of sun-like stars
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507758-earth-and-solar-system-may-have-been-shaped-by-nearby-exploding-star/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:00+00:00
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Best acronym? Best use of AI? We present our end-of-year awards
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Feedback has spent some time sifting through 2025's key scientific achievements to come up with a range of weird and wonderful (and less wonderful) winners for our inaugural Backsies awards
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835731-400-best-acronym-best-use-of-ai-we-present-our-end-of-year-awards/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T18:00:25+00:00
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025
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The Trump administration has targeted everything from public health to space missions for funding cuts, bringing an end to the longstanding US policy of scientific pursuits as a path towards progress and economic prosperity
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506505-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-put-science-on-the-chopping-block-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T17:35:00+00:00
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We may finally know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like
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Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good versus bad effects. Now, a study of more than 34,000 people is shedding light on what a healthy gut microbiome actually consists of
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508109-we-may-finally-know-what-a-healthy-gut-microbiome-looks-like/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T16:00:27+00:00
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Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits
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From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501960-inside-the-wild-experiments-physicists-would-do-with-zero-limits/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T16:00:24+00:00
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Genetic trick to make mosquitoes malaria resistant passes key test
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The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508035-genetic-trick-to-make-mosquitoes-malaria-resistant-passes-key-test/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T16:00:06+00:00
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Oldest evidence of fire-lighting comes from early humans in Britain
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An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires some 400,000 years ago
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507965-oldest-evidence-of-fire-lighting-comes-from-early-humans-in-britain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T13:00:19+00:00
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What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human
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From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502335-what-the-evolution-of-tickling-tells-us-about-being-human/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T12:32:09+00:00
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Australia's social media ban faces challenges and criticism on day one
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As Australian teenagers lose access to social media, observers say there are still many unknown questions about the ban, which came into force on 10 December
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507948-australias-social-media-ban-faces-challenges-and-criticism-on-day-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-10T00:01:10+00:00
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Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds
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Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507698-dinosaurs-like-diplodocus-may-have-been-as-colourful-as-birds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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2025-12-09T18:00:10+00:00
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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution
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From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved to be so different from other primates
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507618-2025-was-chock-full-of-exciting-discoveries-in-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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f12135118bab73bc949f4847d677f98a2b16707cb0e6ecb267dbfb4d38761205
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2025-12-09T16:00:47+00:00
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The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal
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Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long and what can we learn from it?
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497719-the-surprising-longevity-lessons-from-the-worlds-oldest-animal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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4d78ee2b03940b5963877c5dcfa633a24bc3e34dda71b02771f2a3e9c5a585c3
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2025-12-30T21:20:00+00:00
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'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot
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'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries — from the ancient Greeks to a pope's chatbot
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/artificial-intelligence-myths-have-existed-for-centuries-from-the-ancient-greeks-to-a-popes-chatbot
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234afc79e42feff181e34e3c000a18680895406a15e2e8b13a7e696c43f200c6
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2025-12-30T19:10:00+00:00
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Enough fresh water is lost from continents each year to meet the needs of 280 million people. Here's how we can combat that.
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Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, food security and water availability.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/enough-fresh-water-is-lost-from-continents-each-year-to-meet-the-needs-of-280-million-people-heres-how-we-can-combat-that
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2025-12-30T19:00:00+00:00
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Trump 2.0 is dismantling American science. Here's what's at stake, according to researchers.
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U.S.-based researchers detail how their work has been disrupted by funding cuts and policy changes ushered by the second Trump administration.
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https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/politics/trump-2-0-is-dismantling-american-science-heres-whats-at-stake-according-to-researchers
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2025-12-30T18:36:00+00:00
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10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025
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Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/10-things-we-learned-about-neanderthals-in-2025
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2025-12-30T16:35:00+00:00
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Did reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone really cause an ecological cascade?
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Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/did-reintroducing-wolves-to-yellowstone-really-cause-an-ecological-cascade
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e474d8c3c72fbcc8b77dc1841bf34d0fbb42e4d2ff9435ae3ec9b091b30ba3ac
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2025-12-30T15:30:00+00:00
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'Nobody knew why this was happening': Scientists race to understand baffling behavior of 'clumping clouds'
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Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/nobody-knew-why-this-was-happening-scientists-race-to-understand-baffling-behavior-of-clumping-clouds
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2025-12-30T14:00:00+00:00
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Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM lens review: Enormous reach for wildlife photography
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A versatile wildlife lens with lots of reach for your money, but is the maximum aperture a dealbreaker for low-light wildlife photography?
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https://www.livescience.com/technology/canon-rf-200-800mm-f-6-3-9-is-usm-lens-review-enormous-reach-for-wildlife-photography
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2025-12-30T14:00:00+00:00
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Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem
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Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/tractor-beams-inspired-by-sci-fi-are-real-and-could-solve-the-looming-space-junk-problem
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2025-12-30T13:00:00+00:00
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Scientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacks
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Live Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about "digital twins" and the development of an autonomous device for acute cardiac care.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/heart-circulation/scientists-are-developing-a-self-driving-device-that-helps-patients-recover-from-heart-attacks
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2025-12-30T12:00:00+00:00
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This new DNA storage system can fit 10 billion songs in a liter of liquid — but challenges remain for the unusual storage format
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The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say.
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https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/this-new-dna-storage-system-can-fit-10-billion-songs-in-a-liter-of-liquid-but-challenges-remain-for-the-unusual-storage-format
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2025-12-30T08:00:00+00:00
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See the exact point where a glacier, a lake and a river 'touch' in Argentina — Earth from space
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A 2021 astronaut photo shows a triple valley system in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park where a massive climate-resilient glacier, a pristine turquoise lake and a murky green "river" come together at a single point.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/see-the-exact-point-where-a-glacier-a-lake-and-a-river-touch-in-argentina-earth-from-space
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2025-12-29T17:00:00+00:00
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Orcas are adopting terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?
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From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-are-adopting-terrifying-new-behaviors-are-they-getting-smarter
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2025-12-29T15:24:00+00:00
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A fentanyl vaccine enters human trials in 2026 — here's how it works
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A vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/a-fentanyl-vaccine-enters-human-trials-in-2026-heres-how-it-works
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2025-12-29T14:18:00+00:00
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'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.
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Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options.
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https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/putting-the-servers-in-orbit-is-a-stupid-idea-could-data-centers-in-space-help-avoid-an-ai-energy-crisis-experts-are-torn
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2025-12-29T12:00:00+00:00
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'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms
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Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential uses in biotechnology and medicine.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/microbiology/stop-and-re-check-everything-scientists-discover-26-new-bacterial-species-in-nasas-cleanrooms
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2025-12-29T11:00:00+00:00
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Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world
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This 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lchashen-wagon-a-3-500-year-old-covered-wagon-that-transported-a-deceased-chief-to-the-next-world
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2025-12-29T07:00:00+00:00
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
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In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/science-history-richard-feynman-gives-a-fun-little-lecture-and-dreams-up-an-entirely-new-field-of-physics-dec-29-1959
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2025-12-28T17:05:00+00:00
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Primates Quiz: Go ape and test your knowledge on our closest relatives
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Time to stop monkeying around — just don't go bananas if you get the wrong answer!
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/primates-quiz-go-ape-and-test-your-knowledge-on-our-closest-relatives
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2025-12-28T15:00:00+00:00
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Year in review: The standout health stories of 2025, from measles outbreaks to AI-made viruses
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Catch up on the latest trends in health news in this roundup of long-reads compiled by Live Science's health channel editor.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/year-in-review-the-standout-health-stories-of-2025-from-measles-outbreaks-to-ai-made-viruses
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2025-12-28T14:00:00+00:00
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5 common mistakes beginner telescope users make — and how to avoid them
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The simple mistakes every stargazing newbie makes — avoid these traps and you'll get the best out of your telescope from night one!
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https://www.livescience.com/technology/5-common-mistakes-beginner-telescope-users-make-and-how-to-avoid-them
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2025-12-28T13:07:00+00:00
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Stunning array of 400 rings in a 'reflection' nebula solves a 30-year-old star-formation mystery — Space photo of the week
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The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively expel, surrounding material.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/stunning-array-of-400-rings-in-a-reflection-nebula-solves-a-30-year-old-star-formation-mystery-space-photo-of-the-week
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c2fbe58bb63d8a61b46b97a95a2348f36635038d8f3143e3c05a139d71de45a5
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2025-12-28T11:00:00+00:00
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James Webb telescope spies a monstrous molecular cloud shrouded in mystery — Space photo of the week
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In this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and purple clouds set against a shadowy backdrop.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-spies-a-monstrous-molecular-cloud-shrouded-in-mystery-space-photo-of-the-week
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cd6e960a4cb056ea9b03b3b670db35b4386e2715bdb6c4692b9d2a73d6695cc6
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2025-12-28T10:00:00+00:00
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How many holes does the human body have?
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You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/how-many-holes-does-the-human-body-have
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2025-12-27T18:00:00+00:00
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Do you think you can tell an AI-generated face from a real one?
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Spotting an AI-generated face is harder than you might think. How confident are you in your ability?
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https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/do-you-think-you-can-tell-an-ai-generated-face-from-a-real-one
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2025-12-27T18:00:00+00:00
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AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
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Even the most skilled face recognizers are duped by AI-generated faces, a new study finds. But they can improve with training.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/psychology/ai-is-getting-better-and-better-at-generating-faces-but-you-can-train-to-spot-the-fakes
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016a4750b8d5610bd359a0f1510c899bc331e05511e79546464ffd9069cc7da2
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2025-12-27T17:10:00+00:00
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6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found
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Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/6-lost-cities-archaeologists-have-never-found
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cf63a05a9170c20248738bc1af56a610fd3d3d5a43f35497cf220c1562bbdd9c
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2025-12-27T12:00:00+00:00
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Tooth-in-eye surgery, 'blood chimerism,' and a pregnancy from oral sex: 12 wild medical cases we covered in 2025
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Here are a dozen strange and interesting tales from the medical literature.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/tooth-in-eye-surgery-blood-chimerism-and-a-pregnancy-from-oral-sex-12-wild-medical-cases-we-covered-in-2025
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2025-12-27T10:00:00+00:00
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Is the sun really a dwarf star?
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Our sun is huge, at least compared to Earth and the other planets. So is it really a dwarf?
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https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/is-the-sun-really-a-dwarf-star
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566bf0c81031738deb0fb3ed00ac1758851a04335c43adb4194d3cd6011eba61
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2025-12-27T07:00:00+00:00
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Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985
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Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was murdered.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/science-history-dian-fossey-found-murdered-after-decades-protecting-gorillas-that-she-loved-dec-27-1985
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5f9a5d47193dcb2a7774e4b1ca3430d510d6256e5bd901c2c261a63971370b8b
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2025-12-26T19:50:00+00:00
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Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years ago
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A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spinosaurids.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/spinosaurus-relative-longer-than-a-pickup-truck-stalked-thailands-rivers-125-million-years-ago
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79e908e149e7eeccd3f4a220684fded09cb7a32cf2b8ef215aa6f0b553e4b51b
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2025-12-26T18:15:00+00:00
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New electrochemical method splits water with electricity to produce hydrogen fuel — and cuts energy costs in the process
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Scientists adapted a method that can produce double the amount of hydrogen when splitting water molecules with electricity.
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https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/new-electrochemical-method-splits-water-with-electricity-to-produce-hydrogen-fuel-and-cuts-energy-costs-in-the-process
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Science
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0a238bc9885c37dd3132db3d563eb061fe74ec8bfceaa1f8e353148b07ca2956
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2025-12-26T17:35:00+00:00
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Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests
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A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/uranus-and-neptune-may-be-rock-giants-not-ice-giants-new-model-of-their-cores-suggests
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9731aa716642c7c8745c86135ce00f13f663be8e2a0802689df41b8ce69f8c57
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2025-12-26T17:00:00+00:00
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Diagnostic dilemma quiz: Can you guess the diagnosis in these strange medical cases?
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Based on our "Diagnostic Dilemma" series, this quiz tests your medical know-how.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/diagnostic-dilemma-quiz-can-you-guess-the-diagnosis-in-these-strange-medical-cases
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Science
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1958ebecfb71c23eec622af7e4b09ed4d6bfe67d582e7f941cb95cdc7372e7dd
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2025-12-26T15:15:00+00:00
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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution
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A never-before-seen Homo erectus face reveals a complex picture of early human evolution.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/1-5-million-year-old-homo-erectus-face-was-just-reconstructed-and-its-mix-of-old-and-new-traits-is-complicating-the-picture-of-human-evolution
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Science
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71e19ae4aef1e10bdcb4d6590f0703d5f5078cb8dd82e58c8fd8d4dc33cc57cc
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2025-12-26T14:30:00+00:00
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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025
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Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-things-we-learned-about-our-human-ancestors-in-2025
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Science
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6c96f8b50282bf4a80bf37338d38308af375389af788caae4f81b734356903b1
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2025-12-26T14:00:00+00:00
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The world's 'hidden' volcanoes pose the greatest risk for global crisis
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A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes pose the greatest threat.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/the-worlds-hidden-volcanoes-pose-the-greatest-risk-for-global-crisis
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Science
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bfd1c0ffcd6e765e59ada2a515a272461ba510aad764292a6a2ea7551865baa2
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2025-12-26T14:00:00+00:00
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The easiest constellations for beginners to spot in winter (and what you need to see them)
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From Orion and Taurus to Auriga and Perseus, here are 10 easy sets of stars to find in the Northern Hemisphere’s winter night sky.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/easiest-constellations-for-beginners-to-spot-in-winter
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Science
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81652209d77fe95670815b9370da13d91eac1d338213c0727df9d45de63cdca8
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2025-12-26T13:00:00+00:00
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Coconucos volcanic chain: Colombia's stunning cluster of volcanoes, lost in an otherworldly landscape
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The Coconucos volcanic chain is a mountain ridge dotted with at least 14 volcano craters, including one that is active and erupted in December 2025.
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https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/coconucos-volcanic-chain-colombias-stunning-cluster-of-volcanoes-lost-in-an-otherworldly-landscape
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Science
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3fe98cd65444ef8912039c0dd1d931a66d7ff0e68a45430ab39a4ec67f94c979
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2025-12-26T09:00:00+00:00
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Flat-headed cat not seen in Thailand for almost 30 years is rediscovered
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Conservationists are celebrating the rediscovery of flat-headed cats in Thailand after camera traps recorded the endangered feline for the first time in almost 30 years.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/flat-headed-cat-not-seen-in-thailand-for-almost-30-years-is-rediscovered
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Science
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7a09b344761353c30bbc41b3fa0f37f921d354fb9ecd755b1b3611f48d6dbcbe
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2025-12-26T07:00:00+00:00
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
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Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them.
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https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/science-history-marie-curie-discovers-a-strange-radioactive-substance-that-would-eventually-kill-her-dec-26-1898
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Science
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1f1e93ffe3fedf70787d5a88c74d890a836aae9f0fd97d5cf5807f6b5b00677e
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2025-12-25T18:00:00+00:00
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Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest
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The manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple times in a remote Samoan rainforest.
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/last-living-member-of-little-dodo-genus-spotted-in-a-remote-samoan-rainforest
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f8c3b90404f5cd67d726d18ecec4160b3f4a5626e90199640ae39c29c308442e
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2025-12-25T17:00:00+00:00
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Neuroscience word search — Find all the parts of the brain
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How well do you know that organ between your ears? Test your recognition of neuroscience terms with this word search.
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https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/neuroscience-word-search-find-all-the-parts-of-the-brain
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Science
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f4fe0e945b0cbd9792dd8c442caf61d2a1499955c075c7af7ba58ec758a64d70
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2025-12-25T14:00:00+00:00
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Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thrift shops. But putting them in a museum is harder than it sounds.
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Archaeologists discovered artifacts for sale in a thrift shop. They decided to create a college course on what to do about them.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeological-artifacts-should-not-be-for-sale-in-thrift-shops-but-putting-them-in-a-museum-is-harder-than-it-sounds
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Science
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ad2b23ed654abd8fcf83e367117011e69215aa62d5bca2a420ea1d97fbdb76ee
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2025-12-25T07:00:00+00:00
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Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021
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The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away. It soon began breaking cosmology.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/science-history-james-webb-space-telescope-launches-and-promptly-cracks-our-view-of-the-universe-dec-25-2021
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Science
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a4d8d237ef0190dbaa9e67c1b6a82560d4f3d9405a9d4a8e004b8a152945df9f
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2025-12-25T01:00:00+00:00
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'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into
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The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/gospel-stories-themselves-tell-of-dislocation-and-danger-a-historian-describes-the-world-jesus-was-born-into
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Science
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6922d1bbcc456f20f1723fff8914a9879a5299496d991bf9a7004c520a6a4833
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2025-12-24T18:05:00+00:00
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'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere
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Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.
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https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/what-the-heck-is-this-james-webb-telescope-spots-inexplicable-planet-with-diamonds-and-soot-in-its-atmosphere
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Science
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e9ed4bb95afdcdb6f456e13b1d0fd4ae363d1f6c0908ef11e7404dad0401e110
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2025-12-24T17:22:00+00:00
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First-ever 'superkilonova' double star explosion puzzles astronomers
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A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova."
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https://www.livescience.com/space/first-ever-superkilonova-double-star-explosion-puzzles-astronomers
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