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Physics & Mathematics -- AI lies, 'dripping' North America and more.

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Space -- Science news this week: Wave patterns on Mars and 'free-range' atom clouds

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Health -- Science news this week: Overdue earthquakes and star-shaped brain cells

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Space -- Science news this week: A 'skull' on Mars and the discovery of a brand-new color

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Human Evolution -- Science news this week: 'Dragon Man's' identity and the universe's 'missing matter'

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Space -- Science news this week: Possible signs of life on another planet and a 'useless' female organ

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Space -- 'Super-vision' contact lenses and bacteria in space

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2 'new stars' have exploded into the night sky in recent weeks - and both are visible to the naked eye - By - Harry Baker - published - 1 July 25 - Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded history.

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Bear's new metal tooth is world's biggest-ever crown - By - Patrick Pester - last updated - 1 July 25 - Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota announced it has given a brown bear the world's largest dental crown, with the bear now sporting a silver-colored metal canine

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft shockingly well, early tests find - By - Paul Sutter - published - 1 July 25 - In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that an era of autonomous space exploration may be closer than we think.

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The Rubin Observatory found 2,104 asteroids in just a few days. It could soon find millions more -- Monisha Ravisetti -- Partner Content Created With Space. -- The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 - and included a special asteroid bonus.

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Scientists discover never-before-seen part of human cells - By - Christoph Schwaiger - published - 30 June 25 - Scientists say they captured 3D images of a new organelle they're calling a "hemifusome," which may be a recycling center in human cells.

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'Puzzling' bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era grave - By - Aristos Georgiou - published - 30 June 25 - The bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find remains unclear.

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Watch mud volcano erupt beneath a crown of flames in Taiwan - By - Patrick Pester - published - 30 June 25 - The Wandan mud volcano has erupted in Taiwan, sending bubbling mud shooting into the air as locals ignite ejected gases with burning rags.

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New blood test detects cancers 3 years before typical diagnosis, study hints - By - Kamal Nahas - published - 30 June 25 - Free-floating DNA carrying cancerous mutations was detected in blood three years before any other signs of cancer appeared. If approved as a test, doctors might detect cancers sooner and treat them before they spread.

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New viruses identified in bats in China - By - Brian Owens - published - 30 June 25 - Bats found near orchards harbor pathogens that could be passed to livestock or humans.

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'Never been seen before': First images from new ISS solar telescope reveal subtle 'fluctuations' in sun's outer atmosphere - By - Harry Baker - published - 30 June 25 - NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible changes that could help scientists better predict potentially dangerous space weather events.

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MIT's high-tech 'bubble wrap' turns air into safe drinking water - even in Death Valley - By - Damien Pine - published - 29 June 25 - Researchers at MIT have tested a new technology for turning water vapor in the atmosphere into drinkable water, even in extreme environments.

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Roman army camp found in Netherlands, beyond the empire's frontier - By - Laura Geggel - published - 28 June 25 - Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the Netherlands.

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Farthest 'mini-halo' ever detected could improve our understanding of the early universe - By - Perri Thaler - published - 28 June 25 - Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that could reveal unexpected insights about the ancient universe.

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Scientists invent weird, shape-shifting 'electronic ink' that could give rise to a new generation of flexible gadgets - By - Owen Hughes - published - 28 June 25 - Scientists harnessed the unique properties of gallium to create the ink, which can be produced using conventional printing methods.

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Jupiter news, features and articles

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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie

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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'

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Astronomers discover origins of mysterious double hot Jupiter exoplanets: 'It is a dance of sorts'

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Man's body crawling with parasitic worms after infected kidney transplant at US hospital

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