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

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

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

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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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Climate change -- Climate change is real. It's happening. And it's time to make it personal.

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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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Space -- That was the week in science: Soyuz launch pad seriously damaged | 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks | Interstellar object dangers

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Archaeology -- Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study finds

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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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Human Evolution -- A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say

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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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Human Evolution -- Are humans still evolving? An anthropologist breaks it down.

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

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CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination - By - Nicoletta Lanese, Tia Ghose - published - 5 December 25 - The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, which is one of public health's major success stories.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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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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When is the next full moon? By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 5 December 25 - When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2025, including the full 'Cold Moon' supermoon in December.

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Cold Moon 2025: See the last and highest full moon of the year - By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 5 December 25 - The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, rose on Thursday (Dec. 4) but will still appear bright and full on Friday (Dec. 5)

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Could aging eggs be 'rejuvenated'? New tool may help pave the way to fertility-extending treatments - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 5 December 25 - Scientists invented a new experimental system to study how age-related changes in egg cells make them more prone to chromosomal errors.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 4 December 25 - A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in contrast to previous assumptions.

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Geminids 2025: The year's best meteor shower is coming, with a second shower hot on its tail - By - Jamie Carter - published - 4 December 25 - The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth in a moonless night sky.

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Injecting anesthetic into a 'lazy eye' may correct it, early study suggests - By - Clarissa Brincat - published - 4 December 25 - Temporarily shutting down a "lazy eye" triggers a burst of neuronal activity that reverses the condition in animal experiments, a study shows.

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Volcanic eruption triggered 'butterfly effect' that led to the Black Death, researchers find - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 4 December 25 - A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe.

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Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for hundreds of years, study finds - By - Sarah Wild - published - 4 December 25 - Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier future.

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Rivers & Oceans

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