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Climate change will harm our health. Here's what could protect us. The impacts of climate change on health are becoming clearer. What can we do to respond?

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Did the Vikings really shoot fiery arrows at funeral boats? -- The idea of Vikings using fire arrows to set funeral boats ablaze is seen frequently in popular culture. But did it really happen?

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Why does blond hair tend to darken with age? -- Some children have blond hair that darkens as they grow up. What causes this change?

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An 'impossible' black hole merger may finally be solved - but it raises an even bigger mystery - New research suggests that a perplexing signal created by a pair of colliding black holes may have been warped by a space-time phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. This theory could finally explain the "impossible" size of the merging singularities, but it also poses a new problem.

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Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water -- This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world - but does this mean they would do the same in the real world? -- A unique AI test environment resulted in crimes and self-destruction, and its makers say it's the best way to figure out how AI can behave in the real world. -- Drew Turney

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Space 'shark' takes top prize at ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest -- A Royal Observatory Greenwich contest showcased work from around the night sky and the solar system, with prize-winning photos spanning topics ranging from auroras to planets. -- Elizabeth Howell

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Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers -- A genetic mutation that raises lung cancer risk was much more common among those born in Southeastern states than elsewhere in the U.S. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seen -- Astronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far. -- Harry Baker

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Space photo of the week -- 'On our way to groundbreaking science': Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA's Roman telescope -- This week, NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powerful 300-megapixel camera for the first time. The debut test image promises "groundbreaking science" to come with NASA already talking about doubling the mission's lifespan. -- Brandon Specktor

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Poll -- 'Of course I am worried': Live Science readers react to US weapons in space -- Are you worried about an arms race in space? Live Science readers shared their thoughts. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Romans -- Did 'all roads lead to Rome'? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected. -- Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road. -- Owen Jarus

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Video -- How climate change could fuel impulsive behavior -- In this exclusive video, we explore how climate change and rising temperatures can affect mental health. -- Tia Ghose

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Earth from space -- Peculiar land bridge separates a pair of colorful lakes in Patagonia -- A 2020 astronaut photo shows the unusual point where two contrastingly colored Patagonian lakes meet. The duo was originally a single body of water but was split by a narrow land bridge. -- Harry Baker

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Volcanoes -- South American 'Pompeii': Volcanic eruption 22 million years ago preserved a snapshot of the Andes forming -- An enormous volcanic eruption buried a snapshot of the baby Andes mountains, revealing a slow-and-steady growth rate. -- Stephanie Pappas

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Earthquakes -- We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of LA are the most at risk from 'The Big One' -- A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake. -- Stephanie Pappas

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Diagnostic Dilemma -- A man's sudden fainting episodes landed him in the hospital - and a hair dye was to blame -- A man's fainting spells and collapsing blood pressure sent doctors searching for signs of a stroke or heart attack before they found a far more ordinary culprit. -- Anirban Mukhopadhyay -- Published

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Science crossword -- Live Science crossword puzzle #61: Largest living land animals - 4 across -- Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle! -- Harry Baker -- Last updated

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Analysis -- Does estrogen protect against dementia? And if so, who should take it? -- Recent research hints that systemic hormone replacement therapy for menopause may reduce the risk of dementia. But more data is needed to reach a definitive conclusion, experts told Live Science. -- Clarissa Brincat -- Published

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Dinosaurs -- Fossils of iconic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus found in Europe for first time - and it may have traveled there via land bridge -- Fossils of the long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus have been discovered in Spain, marking the first time remains of this iconic Jurassic-period dino have been found outside the U.S. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Why do cats lick each other? -- Cats lick each other for multiple reasons, and some are more mysterious than others. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Extinct species -- 'Oddly shaped rock' unearthed in California turns out to be 'immaculate' mastodon molar -- A field survey in San Mateo County, California, has revealed the fossilized tooth of an adult Pacific mastodon, an ice-age giant that was probably native to the West Coast. -- Sascha Pare

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New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' - it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expect -- This first-of-its-kind concept laptop integrates near-silent cooling technology to remove waste heat. -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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We're not about to awaken an evil digital god - AI is far more likely to end in a great disappointment -- AI is unlikely to launch a Hollywood-style war against us. Rather, the biggest danger of AI is that it will disappoint us, says Andrew Rogoyski. -- Andrew Rogoyski

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'Maybe robots can maintain houseplants': Readers react to letting humanoid robots take over their housework -- Would you let a humanoid robot do your chores? Live Science readers shared their thoughts in a recent poll. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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'Maybe that is how Transformers started': Readers react to the possibility of AI becoming self-aware -- Could AI become conscious? Live Science readers revealed their thoughts about this technological possibility. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Diagnostic dilemma -- Unusual case reports from the medical literature

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Astonishing artifacts -- A glimpse into how people lived in the past

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Space photo of the week -- Extraordinary images of our sublime universe

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Mathematics -- 'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problem -- OpenAI's controversial claim to have cracked the Navier-Stokes existence-and-smoothness problem has sent shock waves through the mathematics community. -- Benjamin Skuse

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Book excerpt -- Was there a 'before' the Big Bang? Jim Al-Khalili on the mind-bogglingness of time -- In this excerpt from "On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick," author and theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines the possibility of time starting before the Big Bang, with the cosmological theory of eternal inflation. -- Jim Al-Khalili

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Physics & Mathematics -- Scientists used a powerful laser to melt diamonds ‪-‬ and solved a decades-old mystery -- Scientists blasted diamonds with lasers to get the best measurement of the mineral's melting point yet. The new, more accurate numbers could help improve fusion experiments and studies of giant planets. -- Damien Pine

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Explainer -- Did OpenAI really crack one of math's hardest unsolved problems -‬ and did it play fair to get there? -- A breakthrough on the Navier-Stokes equations could be worth a $1 million prize, but a mathematician has serious questions about how OpenAI got there so fast. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Mathematics -- Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the world -- A team of mathematicians discovered that five 60-sided dice, arranged with exactly the right numbers, can determine a perfectly fair turn order for any group of players, with zero chance of a tie. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Quantum Physics -- Physicists put Einstein's 'happiest thought' to the test in an experiment that unites relativity and quantum mechanics -- Physicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at quantum scales. -- Andrey Feldman

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Cats -- Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century -- Olivia Ferrari

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Archaeology -- 1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in Russia -- Kristina Killgrove

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Climate change -- 'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Ni o, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink -- Patrick Pester

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Archaeology -- 1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library -- Kristina Killgrove

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Romans -- New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Dinosaurs -- Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood ‪- and it was as hot as ours -- Chris Simms

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Neuroscience -- Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids' -- Nicoletta Lanese

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Whales -- 'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage -- Sascha Pare

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