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Human Evolution -- 'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different

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Neuroscience -- 'Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren't worth it': A neuroscientist's take on how human intellect evolved

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Extraterrestrial Life -- Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light

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Human Evolution -- 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #23: Distance around the edge of a circle - 6 down

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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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Neuroscience -- The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says

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Artificial Intelligence -- Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?

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Archaeology -- An enigmatic human relative, dark matter discovery and mysterious lights in the sky during nuclear weapons tests

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Human Evolution -- Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution - Nov. 24, 1974

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Space -- That was the week in science: Comet 3I/ATLAS glows green | Roman roads | Bear attacks

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Today's biggest science news: Japan earthquake | Comet 3I/ATLAS X-ray | Robot kicks CEO - By - Patrick Pester, Tia Ghose - last updated - 10 December 25 - Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

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This bright star will soon die in a nuclear explosion - and could be visible in Earth's daytime skies - By - Ivan Farkas - published - 9 December 25 - The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 years. When it explodes, it could be visible to the naked eye even in sunlit skies.

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The Arab region - a swath from Morocco to the United Arab Emirates - just had its hottest year on record - By - Skyler Ware - published - 9 December 25 - The Arab region just had its hottest year on record, a new climate report reveals.

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Widespread cold virus you've never heard of may play key role in bladder cancer - By - Jennifer Zieba - published - 9 December 25 - Scientists uncovered how childhood BK virus infections may set off cancer-causing mutations decades later: by activating a host immune system enzyme that attacks DNA.

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Gray hair may have evolved as a protection against cancer, study hints - By - Victoria Atkinson - published - 9 December 25 - Aging comes with graying hair, which may be a sign of the body lowering its risk of cancer, a study suggests.

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How to find the 'Christmas Star' - and what it really is - By - Jamie Carter - published - 9 December 25 - A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of Bethlehem."

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Glue strong enough to tow a car made from used cooking oil - By - Mason Wakley - published - 8 December 25 - Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that's strong enough to hold up hundreds of pounds of weight.

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Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe turns up negative - but reveals new secrets of particle physics - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 8 December 25 - Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn't be confirmed.

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The 'hobbits' may have died out when drought forced them to compete with modern humans, new research suggests - By - Owen Jarus - published - 8 December 25 - A reduction in rainfall may have played a sizable role in the extinction of Homo floresiensis, the archaic human species nicknamed the "hobbit," a new study finds.

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Lost Indigenous settlements described by Jamestown colonist John Smith finally found - By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 7 December 25 - Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by John Smith.

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New 3I/ATLAS images show the comet getting active ahead of close encounter with Earth - By - Brandon Specktor - published - 6 December 25 - NASA and ESA both shared new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS this week, as the agencies gear up for the mysterious object's closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19.

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Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 6 December 25 - Archaeologists discovered an unusually flat-topped skull at a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican site.

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1,800-year-old 'piggy banks' full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village - By - Marjanko Pilekić published - 6 December 25 - An excavation in a small French village reveals three jars with thousands of Roman coins.

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Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls - By - Tia Ghose - published - 6 December 25 - Dec. 5, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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That was the week in science: Vaccine skeptics get hep B win | Comet 3I/ATLAS surprises | 'Cold Supermoon' pictures - By - Ben Turner, Tia Ghose, Patrick Pester, Alexander McNamara - last updated - 6 December 25 - Live blog - Friday, Dec. 5, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

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Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun - and it's pointed right at Earth - By - Harry Baker - published - 5 December 25 - A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is on par with the infamous sunspot that birthed the 1859 Carrington Event - but, for now, it's staying quiet.

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