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Geology -- Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient 'wrinkle structures' in Morocco that shouldn't be there

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Archaeology -- Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers.

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #30: Brightest star in the night sky - 5 down

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Human Evolution -- What are ghost lineages, remnants of the past that still exist in our DNA today?

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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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Planet Earth -- Discoveries inside Earth, Artemis II scrub, and an ape that can play pretend

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Animals -- 50 mind-blowing science facts about our incredible world

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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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Neanderthals -- 'Biological time capsules': How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals

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Human Evolution -- 10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025

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Neanderthals -- 'More Neanderthal than human': How DNA from our long-lost ancestors affects our health today

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Human Evolution -- 10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025

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Human Evolution -- Human origins quiz: How well do you know the story of humanity?

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In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss - By - Zoe Cunniffe - published - 14 February 26 - For the first time, scientists have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of aneuploidy, in which cells have an abnormal number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy in egg cells can lead to miscarriage.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 14 February 26 - Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.

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There's 13 Great Lakes' worth of water hidden beneath the contiguous US, new map reveals - By - Emily Gardner, Eos.org - published - 14 February 26 - Researchers used 1 million data points and a machine learning algorithm to estimate groundwater stores with higher resolution than ever before.

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China turns desert into carbon sink, a viking giant in a mass grave, real-life inception, and a Valentine's gift idea from nature - By - Ben Turner - published - 14 February 26 - Science news this week - Feb. 14 2026: 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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Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study finds - By - Brian Owens - published - 13 February 26 - Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 - five times Canada's annual emissions.

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Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals - By - Aristos Georgiou - published - 13 February 26 - Iconic transition species between dinosaurs and birds may have had weird 'teeth' on roof of its mouth and a highly mobile tongue, study reveals

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NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLAS - By - Patrick Pester - published - 12 February 26 - NASA's SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.

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China banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This 'nuclear' option appears to be working. By - Chris Simms - published - 12 February 26 - Decades of overfishing and habitat degradation led to huge declines in freshwater biodiversity in China's longest river, but there are signs of recovery after a fishing ban was implemented in 2021.

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Rivers & Oceans

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