Oldest Scottish tartan ever found was preserved in a bog for over 400 years

Scotland's oldest true tartan dates to between 1500 and 1600.

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Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problem

A new 13-sided shape is the first example of an elusive "einstein" — a single shape that can be tiled infinitely without repeating a pattern.

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High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem

Two high school seniors have presented their proof of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry — which mathematicians thought to be impossible — at an American Mathematical Society meeting.

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Ancient fish hook suggests sharks were hunted off Israel's coast 6,000 years ago

Researchers unearthed the "shark hook" at a newly discovered village buried under a known archaeological site. Experts say it could be one of the first of its kind made in the area.

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Apple's cheapest iPad is now even cheaper, down to $269 at Amazon & Walmart

This iPad is the cheapest way to use the App Store, and you can save up to $80 at Amazon & Walmart.

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Scientists accidentally discover photosynthesis doesn't work exactly like we thought it did

Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a key step in photosynthesis can occur much earlier in the process than previously believed.

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The secrets to extreme longevity may be hiding with nuns... and jellyfish

Some people live to be well beyond 100. But what genes and environmental factors contribute to such extreme longevity, and what can we learn from other long-lived animals?

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T. rex had thin lips and a gummy smile, controversial study suggests

Paleontologists have suggested that thin, lizard-like lips concealed the gigantic teeth of T. rex and other predatory dinosaurs, but not all experts are convinced.

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Stephen Hawking's famous black hole paradox may finally have a solution

The 'Hawking radiation' emitted by black holes may be able to carry information after all, a new solution to Stephen Hawking's famous paradox suggests.

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Stressed plants 'scream,' and it sounds like popping bubble wrap

A study of tomato and tobacco plants suggests they emit ultrasonic popping sounds when dehydrated or physically damaged.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is a smartwatch with excellent fitness tracking capabilities — but does it hold its own alongside specialist fitness trackers and running watches?

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Inbreeding may be causing orca population in the Pacific Northwest to crash

Inbreeding among an endangered population of orcas off the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon is a cause for concern.

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We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggests

Human longevity records may be broken in the next few decades, a new modeling study suggests.

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Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth

An object once thought to be a radio galaxy is actually an active black hole that changed angles to point directly at Earth, new research suggests.

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Female spiders play dead during sex so males don't have to worry about being eaten

Researchers have determined the cause of an unusual behavior in funnel weaving spiders that involves the females curling up as if they're dead before having sex.

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Hydrow vs Peloton: Which brand makes the best rowing machine?

Peloton is still new to the rowing machine game, but can it topple Hydrow’s all-conquering smart machine?

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Celestron Skymaster 12x60 binocular review

High magnification views and big lenses make the Skymasters ideal for stargazing or getting a view of far-away subjects, even into twilight hours, but you'll need a tripod.

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2,000 mummified rams' heads were gifted to long-dead ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II

Researchers have discovered a vast cranium collection that was likely left as an offering to Ramesses II, a much-loved pharaoh who died around 1,000 years before the skulls were embalmed.

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Mathematicians make rare breakthrough on notoriously tricky 'Ramsey number' problem

The bounds on Ramsey numbers, which describe relationships between nodes in a network, have been narrowed.

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Brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected defies explanation

Scientists are taking a closer look at the afterglow left by the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and what they see doesn't fit with any theoretical models.

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China discovers strange glass beads on moon that may contain billions of tons of water

Scientists detected water trapped inside glass spherules on the moon after analyzing soil samples brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission.

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Deadly spiders that can kill in minutes and survive underwater are hiding out in swimming pools

Heavy rain in Australia has led to an influx in venomous spiders being washed into people's swimming pools. Species found include funnel-web spiders, the venom of which is so toxic it can kill a child in just 15 minutes.

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This iPad Air is as powerful as a laptop, and it's $70 off at Amazon

Get one of the best iPads around at a discount at Amazon, with up to $70 off the iPad Air M1.

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Why did a weird goblin shark going viral on Twitter blow up into a bizarre scientific spat?

Last year, scientists described a weird goblin shark in a scientific journal despite never setting eyes on it. Experts now question the review process that approved the study.

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Mysterious aurora-like phenomenon 'STEVE' appears during strongest solar storm for more than half a decade

STEVE was spotted across the U.S. and in parts of the U.K. after the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth for six years smashed into our planet.

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Why is endometriosis so hard to diagnose?

Endometriosis often has vague symptoms that overlap with other conditions, and there are no non-invasive ways to definitively diagnose the condition.

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Photo shows 'massive' great white shark scarred after rare battle with 2 serial killer orcas

A pair of orcas off the coast of South Africa have been ripping open sharks and feasting on their livers for the last eight years. A great white shark that survived an attack by the serial killer brothers has now been identified through huge scars across its massive body.

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Ergatta vs Hydrow: Which Rowing Machine Should You Buy?

Ergatta vs Hydrow: these are two of the best rowing machines on the market, but which is better?

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Gigabyte Aero 16 review: A gaming, coding, & editing workstation

The Gigabyte Aero 16 has incredible speed harnessed behind an AMOLED screen, but the battery and port selection both disappoint.

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Step into VR with $70 off of the Meta Quest 2 and two free games

Meta's most popular headset just got a price drop and a couple of free games, too.

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Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites woman multiple times

An unnamed woman was bitten twice by a blue-ringed octopus, which contains one of the most dangerous neurotoxins on the planet, but she escaped relatively unharmed.

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What's the difference between poison and venom?

Poisonous and venomous animals can kill, but their toxins are delivered different ways.

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How long can you go without sleep?

And what can happen to your body if you stay awake way past your bedtime?

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How do you decontaminate objects exposed to radioactivity?

Can a person or object exposed to high radioactivity just take a shower with soap and water, or is more needed for decontamination?

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Tardigrade proteins could help stabilize drugs without refrigeration, scientists say

Proteins found in tardigrades could be used to stabilize drugs that would otherwise need refrigeration.

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Black holes may be swallowing invisible matter that slows the movement of stars

Scientists watched as two stars slowed in their orbits around black holes, concluding it was the result of "drag" generated by dark matter.

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Heat waves are hitting the deep ocean floor, with potentially catastrophic results

Heat waves are reaching the bottoms of Earth's oceans, and that could be a big problem for the creatures that live there.

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Bacteria from meat may cause a half-million UTIs a year

A new study estimates that bacteria on meat may be responsible for a significant number of urinary tract infections in the U.S.

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What's the biggest black hole in the universe?

What's the biggest black hole in the universe, and is there a limit to how big black holes can get?

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Enormous 'hole' in the sun's atmosphere will trigger stunning auroras Friday

An enormous coronal hole wider than 20 Earths has opened in the sun's atmosphere, and NOAA experts predict a moderate geomagnetic storm Friday (March 24) as a result.

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh-sphinx statues unearthed at sun temple

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

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111,000-mile-tall 'solar tornado' is one of the largest plasma twisters ever seen

A massive solar tornado recently towered over the sun's north pole for three days. The plasma twister was created by a rapidly rotating magnetic field.

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Scientists want to clone an extinct bison unearthed from Siberian permafrost. Experts are skeptical.

Researchers in Russia recently dissected a mummified bison dating back to around 8,000 years ago. The remains are so well preserved that the team thinks the extinct animal could be cloned, but others disagree.

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Get a MacBook Air for under $800 with this Amazon deal

Grab a great student laptop for less at Amazon.

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Scientists may have uncovered the oldest evidence of a meteor hitting Earth ever

Geologists have discovered the earliest evidence of a meteor collision with Earth: tiny fragments of melted rock that showered down on our planet 3.48 billion years ago.

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5 planets and a crescent moon are about to line up in the night sky. Here's how to watch.

Don't miss views of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Mars and the moon after sunset from March 23-30.

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Beetles suck water into their butts to stay hydrated, and now scientists know how

Instead of drinking water through their mouths, beetles opt for a different approach by using their butts.

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China is hunting the world's most elusive particles a mile beneath the ocean floor

China is deploying thousands of sensors nearly a mile under the ocean's surface, to monitor the darkness for flashes of light that reveal the presence of a neutrino.

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Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests

A draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon’s UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.

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'Ghostly' neutrinos spotted inside the world's largest particle accelerator for the first time

Signatures of neutrinos, or ghostly particles that rarely interact with others, were tentatively spotted in the Large Hadron Collider in 2021. Now, physicists have confirmed they are real.

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A 'Dark Big Bang' may have flooded the universe with invisible matter, new study proposes

Within a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its dark matter, new research suggests.

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What causes people to 'choke' under pressure?

People who "choke" under pressure underperform in high-stakes situations out of stress and worry. But what causes this phenomenon?

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The universe might be shaped like a doughnut, not like a pancake, new research suggests

The universe may be flat, but could still be shaped like a doughnut, weird patterns in leftover light from the Big Bang suggest.

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Trilobites had a hidden third eye, new fossils reveal

What had multiple eyes and a hard shell? A trilobite, that's what.

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Drug-resistant 'superbug' fungus is spreading faster in the US

A new study shows that the number of cases and anti-drug resistance of the infectious fungus Candida auris increased between 2019 and 2021.

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Skyscraper-size asteroid will get closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday

Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will zip between Earth and the moon's orbit on March 25 and may be visible with the right telescope.

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Ancient marsupial sabertooth had eyes like no other mammal predator

The wide-set eyes and exaggeratingly long teeth likely helped Thylacosmilus atrox become a successful hunter.

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Tick-borne parasite is spreading in the Northeast, CDC says

A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is spreading in the northeastern U.S.

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Extinct 'Lord of The Rings' eagles had a 10-foot wingspan and probably could have carried a hobbit

Fossils uncovered in Australia belong to a newfound species of extinct eagle that was big enough to pick up hobbit-size prey, like the fictional giant eagles in "The Lord of the Rings."

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Are coding bootcamps worth it?

Coding bootcamps are intensive courses designed to turn beginners into pro-coders. But are they worth it?

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Garmin Forerunner 265 review

We tested the Garmin Forerunner 265, an athlete-grade fitness watch with brilliant fitness tracking features.

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World must act now to defuse 'climate time bomb,' UN scientists warn

The UN's final IPCC report warns that drastic action must be taken immediately, but staving off disaster is within humanity's grasp.

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How many moons does Earth have?

To the naked eye, the night sky reveals only one moon. But how many moons have ever orbited Earth?

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Save over $50 on this Lego Tree House set

The Lego Tree House is a great set for nature lovers, young and old, and it's over 20% off at Amazon.

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Which animals have the strongest bite?

Which living and extinct animals have the strongest bite forces on record?

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Why do dogs tilt their heads?

Dogs commonly tilt their heads, but is it a sign of intelligence, or does it mean something else entirely?

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How are people cured of HIV? Here's everything you need to know

Only a few people have been cured of HIV, but scientists are working to develop cures that could be accessible to more of those infected.

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Heartbreaking footage shows whale with severely broken back struggling to swim

A fin whale with a deformed spine was recently spotted struggling to swim off the coast of Spain. Its back was likely broken during a vessel strike, experts say.

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Raccoon dog DNA from Wuhan market supports the idea that COVID came from animals

Newly-released genetic data suggests raccoon dogs carrying SARS-CoV-2 may have been at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in late 2019.

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St Patrick's Day: 5 facts about this most Irish of celebrations

Why we wear green and other holiday curiosities.

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Get a Celestron Telescope for just $38 with this stellar deal

Save $60 off this Celestron travel telescope at Walmart.

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Oldest 'fish-lizard' fossils ever found suggests these sea monsters survived the 'Great Dying'

The fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur dating back to shortly after the Permian mass extinction suggest that the ancient sea monsters emerged before the catastrophic event.

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A creepy crocodile and glacial 'guts' among stunning winners from nature photography competition

From underwater wonders to spectacular landscapes, here are the winners from the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards.

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Occer 12x25 binocular review

Compact but full of optical precision, these compact Occer binoculars offer fantastic clarity and performance for their diminutive size and price.

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1st evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus detected in groundbreaking study

Scientists have analyzed 30-year-old data from NASA's Magellan mission to Venus and detected the first-ever signs of volcanic activity on the planet, emanating from a giant crater called Maat Mons.

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1st woman given stem cell transplant to cure HIV is still virus-free 5 years later

A woman who received a stem cell transplant to treat her HIV is still virus-free more than five years after the procedure and 30 months after she stopped taking HIV medication.

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1,400-year-old mural of 2-faced men unearthed in Peru may allude to 'cosmic realms'

Archaeologists have discovered two 1,400-year-old murals of two-faced men within a ceremonial hall that belonged to the Moche culture of Peru.

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Oops, this 300 million-year-old 'blob' fossil was upside down. It's not a jellyfish after all.

Famous 'jellyfish' fossil from 300 million years ago was upside-down the whole time. It's actually another animal entirely.

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Why are sexually transmitted infections on the rise in the US?

Surging STIs are being driven by a "perfect storm" of factors in the U.S.

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Notre Dame is held together by a first-of-its-kind 'iron skeleton,' catastrophic fire revealed

During its construction beginning in the 12th century, builders used iron staples to support Notre Dame's masonry.

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60,000-mile-tall 'plasma waterfall' snapped showering the sun with impossibly fast fire

A massive wall of falling plasma, known as a polar crown prominence, was recently captured in a stunningly-detailed new photo of the sun.

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COVID pandemic had 'minimal' effect on mental health, study says. Is that true?

A new study finds that COVID-19 had minimal mental health impacts on the population, consistent with other research suggesting that people are resilient.

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Beating 'hearts on a chip' will travel to space on SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship tonight

Tissue-based models of the human heart are being sent to the International Space Station.

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Who were the Celts, the fierce warriors who practiced druidism and sacked Rome?

The ancient Celts were fierce warriors who lived in mainland Europe. But during the Renaissance, an idea took hold that they lived in the British Isles.

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Bizarre sand dunes on Mars are 'almost perfectly circular,' and scientists don't know why

A high-resolution camera mounted on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of unusual, almost perfectly circular sand dunes on the Red Planet's surface.

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Dell XPS 13 Plus review: Stylish & slim, but lacking stamina

Great power, aesthetics, and screen options, but the Dell XPS 13 Plus is a risky ultraportable that falls short of expectations in several key departments.

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Black widows are being slaughtered by their brown widow cousins, and we don't know why

Brown widow spiders, which are invasive to North America, are wiping out black widow populations in the U.S. by aggressively attacking them for no clear reason, a new study shows.

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Best laptops for photo editing 2023: Photoshop machines for photographers

We’ve rounded up the best photo editing laptops, from Apple MacBooks and expensive Windows rigs to gaming beasts and lightweight options.

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10 discoveries that prove Einstein was right about the universe — and 1 that proves him wrong

Albert Einstein's theories of relativity have been proven to be true time and again in the more than 100 years following their publication.

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Roman-era tomb scattered with magical 'dead nails' and sealed off to shield the living from the 'restless dead'

A 2,000-year-old tomb discovered in Turkey was sprinkled with "dead nails" and sealed off with bricks and plaster, likely to "shield the living from the dead."

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Prostate cancer treatments can be avoided or delayed in many cases, huge study finds

A decades-long study finds that many prostate cancer patients can delay aggressive treatments and instead receive "active surveillance."

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Hollow bones in giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs show convergent evolution in action, fossil study suggests

Some the oldest dinosaurs didn't have hollow bones, suggesting that skeletal air sacs evolved independently in three lineages: long-necked sauropodomorphs, meat-eating theropods and pterosaurs.

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Why is it so hard to walk on sand?

Sand is difficult to walk or run across. But why?

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If the brain doesn't feel pain, why do headaches hurt?

The brain doesn't have its own pain receptors, so why do headaches hurt so much?

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Earliest mention of Odin, 'king of the gods,' found in treasure hoard from Denmark

The oldest known inscription mentioning the Norse god Odin has been found on a gold pendant in Denmark from the fifth century A.D.

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How deep is the Mariana Trench?

The bottom of the Mariana Trench is about 35,876 feet (10,935 meters) deep, making it deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

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Stunning plasma-winged 'butterfly' coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun's farside

Astronomers spotted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) expanding its ethereal wings as it barrelled out of the sun and toward Mercury.

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Ancient platypus-like fossil could rewrite the history of egg-laying mammals

Fossils of a 70 million-year-old platypus relative called Patagorhynchus pascuali found in South America show that egg-laying mammals evolved on more than one continent.

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Rare galaxy with three black holes leads astronomers to the most massive objects in the universe

Scientists watched as a three-quasar system merged in a supercomputer simulation of the universe to birth a black hole 300 billion times as massive as the sun.

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What is the vaginal microbiome?

The vaginal microbiome is made up of around 300 species of bacteria. But its links to health are still being uncovered.

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I tried a social basketball game in virtual reality and it's a game changer for VR fitness

Gym Class is aiming to make VR fitness more social by bringing people together on the virtual court.

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Can carbon-plated running shoes cause injury?

Carbon-plated running shoes may have some performance benefits, but overusing them could lead to injuries, research suggests.

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1st complete map of an insect's brain contains 3,016 neurons

Scientists created a map of an entire larval fruit fly brain that shows all 548,000 synapses in the organ.

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See the first clear images of 'sun rays' on Mars in eerie new NASA photos

The rays appear when sunlight shines through gaps in the cloud during sunrise or sunset and have never been seen this clearly on the Red Planet before.

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In a first, zoo lion transmits COVID-19 to its keepers

An elderly lion in an Indiana zoo transmitted COVID-19 to the zookeepers who handfed the severely ill big cat. It is the first recorded time a zoo animal has passed the virus to a human.

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Scientists use optical tweezers to play world's smallest game of catch with individual atoms

Scientists who have thrown a single atom from one pair of optical tweezers to another say that the feat could be used to build better quantum computers.

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Bronze Age craftspeople tempered steel more than 1,000 years before the Romans did it

Archaeologists have analyzed 2,900-year-old stone carvings and a long-ignored chisel from the Iberian Peninsula, revealing that local craftspeople produced steel long before previously thought.

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Opioids are the most common cause of fatal poisonings in kids under 5

Opioids account for a greater proportion of fatal pediatric poisonings than they did a decade ago.

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17th-century century hoard brimming with 1,000 coins discovered in Poland

A metal detectorist in Poland looking for tractor parts on a farm discovered a 400-year-old coin hoard instead.

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Scientists discover enzyme that can turn air into energy, unlocking potential new energy source

A relative of the tuberculosis bacterium has long been known to convert hydrogen from the air into electricity. Now, scientists have discovered how.

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Lego Technic Land Rover Defender review

Lego’s take on the Land Rover Defender is every bit as commanding as its real-world counterpart.

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Rest and digest: The parasympathetic nervous system

The parasympathetic nervous system is the housekeeping manager for the body.

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The gender health gap: 10 times medicine failed women

In modern times, why is there still such a stark gap between the way women and men are treated when seeking healthcare?

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Get this HP all-in-one PC for your college dorm for under $700

Save $160 on this all-in-one PC – it's the perfect space-saving desktop for your dorm room.

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Newfound ancient Egyptian sphinx statue may depict Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees

A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation.

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2 orcas slaughter 19 sharks in a single day in South Africa, eating their livers and leaving them to rot

An orca killing spree continues in South Africa. Their target: shark livers.

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Ghostly scraps of oldest recorded supernova revealed in stunning telescope image

The National Science Foundation zooms in on the tattered scraps of SN 185, which appeared over our planet 1,800 years ago and was the first supernova ever recorded in Earth's skies.

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Galaxy-size shock waves found rattling the cosmic web — the largest structure in the universe

Astronomers have detected enormous shockwaves rattling the cosmic web that connects all galaxies in the universe, offering vital clues on how the largest structures in space were shaped.

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Renowned astronomer who discovered Saturn’s largest moon was probably nearsighted, his telescopes show

A new study has revealed that famous Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens was probably nearsighted, which explains why his telescopes weren't quite as good as his rivals'.

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Bronze Age ice skates with bone blades discovered in China

Ice skates made of bone have been unearthed from a Bronze Age tomb in western China, suggesting an ancient technological exchange between the east and west of Eurasia.

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Scientists solve mystery behind strange honeycomb pattern in salt deserts

Physicists have finally uncovered the mechanism behind the spectacular patchwork of hexagons on salt flats. The answer lies hidden beneath the crust and works like a donut-shaped radiator.

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Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knew

It took a group of elementary school students to teach NASA that EpiPens can turn toxic in space.

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Migraines and blood sugar issues share common genetic risk factors

A large genomic analysis suggests migraines and blood sugar-related conditions have a shared genetic basis.

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Who were the Vikings, the warriors who raided Europe and explored the New World?

During the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066), Viking raided, explored and traded from what is now Canada to the Middle East.

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Unleash your creativity for less with 31% off the Apple Pencil 2nd Gen

Save $40 on Apple's latest tablet stylus, the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation, at Walmart.

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What is oxidative stress?

Oxidative stress occurs when there is an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the body’s ability to counteract them.

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What's the smallest known asteroid? What about the largest?

Not all asteroids are planet-killers — most are tiny and others are huge. So what are the largest and smallest asteroids in the solar system?

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Watch the full 'Worm Moon' wriggle into the sky on March 7

The March full moon is known as the Worm Moon. It will be at its fullest at 7:40 a.m. EST on March 7, 2023.

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How big can animals get?

Animals, especially those on land, can't grow indefinitely. The reason has to do with the square-cube law.

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Bright new comet discovered zooming toward the sun could outshine the stars next year

The newly discovered comet C/2023 A3 is making a close approach around the sun for the first time in 80,000 years, and might be as bright as a star in fall 2024.

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How many hearts does an octopus have?

Octopuses are odd: They have more than one heart and they have copper-rich blue blood.

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Missing man's remains found in shark's belly, but it's 'very very unlikely' the shark killed him

The remains of a missing person from Argentina were recently found inside the belly of a dead school shark. But experts say it is improbable that the shark killed him.

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World's 1st horseback riders swept across Europe roughly 5,000 years ago

The world's first horseback riders swept across the steppe roughly 5,000 years ago, a new skeletal analysis of tombs across Europe and Asia reveals.

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'Prehistoric' mummified bear discovered in Siberian permafrost isn't what we thought

The bear, unearthed in 2020, was originally assumed to be an extinct cave bear that dated back at least 22,000 years. But a new necropsy reveals it is actually a brown bear that lived 3,500 years ago.

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Upside-down anglerfish and other alien oddities spotted in one of the world's deepest trenches

Pictures from a submarine dive to the 20,000-foot-deep Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific reveal weirdos from the deep, some of which may be new to science.

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Psychedelics may treat depression by invading brain cells

A study suggests that psychedelics can access receptors inside cells that standard antidepressants usually can't affect.

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Cosmic rays reveal 'hidden' 30-foot-long corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid

For years, scientists have known there was something hidden above the entrance to the Great Pyramid. Now, they've finally revealed it.

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New Hubble footage shows exact moment a NASA spacecraft slammed into an asteroid 7 million miles from Earth

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into a small space rock last year, and the effects were visible from Earth orbit.

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Lego Ideas Tree House review

Three years on, the Lego Ideas Tree House is still a stunning set.

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Vasectomy: Procedure, risks and reversal

Half a million men in the United States undergo a vasectomy every year. But how does this procedure work?

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Wreck of long-lost US World War II submarine found off Japanese coast

Japanese researchers have located the wreck of USS Albacore, one of the most successful U.S. submarines of World War II, off the island of Hokkaido, where the sub sank after hitting a mine in November 1944.

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'Unreal' auroras cover Earth in stunning photo taken by NASA astronaut

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada photographed a gorgeous green aurora from space, capturing the impacts of a solar storm that swept over our planet.

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1st at-home test for flu and COVID authorized by FDA, but its maker is bankrupt

The Food and Drug Administration authorized a new test that detects SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and influenza B.

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Watch footage of 1,000 baleen whales in record-breaking feeding frenzy in Antarctica

Cruise ship passengers near Antarctica witnessed the massive group, which mainly consisted of fin whales, feeding on an overabundance of krill in 2022.

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China's Mars rover may be dead in the dust, new NASA images reveal

The Mars rover Zhurong hasn't moved since last fall, new orbiter images confirm, suggesting that the Chinese rover may be at the end of its lifespan.

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What is lactate threshold and how does it affect exercise performance?

A higher lactate threshold may be beneficial during endurance sports, research suggests.

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Comb made from human skull may have been used in Iron Age rituals

A 2,000-year-old hair comb discovered in a museum’s collection was carved from a human skull.

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