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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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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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Archaeology -- 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

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Particle Physics -- Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physics

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

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Space -- That was the week in science: Vaccine skeptics get hep B win | Comet 3I/ATLAS surprises | 'Cold Supermoon' pictures

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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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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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Politics -- There is such a thing as 'settled science' - anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

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

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Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil' By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 14 December 25 - The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome.

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Neanderthals made fire, orcas and dolphins team up, and the 'Star of Bethlehem' explored - By - Tia Ghose, Alexander McNamara - published - 13 December 25 - Science news this week - Dec. 13, 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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'Necessary for the future of humankind': Who was honored at the first-ever Global Space Awards? By - Harry Baker - published - 12 December 25 - The winners of the inaugural Global Space Awards were recently announced at a star-studded ceremony at London's Natural History Museum. The event championed innovation and sustainability, while also celebrating the life of a late NASA astronaut.

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Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda is unlike anything else on Earth - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 12 December 25 - A thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.

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See up to 150 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend as the Geminid meteor shower reaches its stunning peak - By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 12 December 25 - The Geminid meteor shower peaks this weekend! The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth in a near-moonless night sky.

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'A scale almost too big to imagine': Scientists spot monster black hole roaring with winds at more than 130 million mph - By - Joanna Thompson - published - 12 December 25 - A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

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Today's biggest science news: Second earthquake hits Japan | Geminids to peak | NASA loses contact with Mars probe - By - Patrick Pester, Tia Ghose - last updated - 12 December 25 - Friday, Dec. 12, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

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'They had not been seen ever before': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 11 December 25 - Fingerprints on a Roman burial hold new clues to an unusual liquid gypsum funeral ritual.

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Killer whales are teaming up with dolphins on salmon hunts, study finds - but not everyone agrees - By - Chris Simms - published - 11 December 25 - There are eye-opening claims that orcas and dolphins are working together on salmon hunts and sharing food - but not everyone is convinced.

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Rarrr! James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 11 December 25 - Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.

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Time moves faster on Mars, posing new challenges to crewed missions - By - Deepa Jain - published - 11 December 25 - Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed missions.

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Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen - Space photo of the week

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Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?

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Science history: Norwegian explorer wins the treacherous race to the South Pole, while British rival perishes along with his crew - Dec. 14, 1911

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2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohs

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Brutal lion attack 6,200 years ago severely injured teenager - but somehow he survived, skeleton found in Bulgaria reveals

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