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Planet Earth -- 'Doomsday Clock' ticks 4 seconds closer to midnight

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Archaeology -- World's oldest rock art, giant reservoir found beneath the East Coast seafloor, black hole revelations, and a record solar radiation storm

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #28: Largest desert in Asia - 6 across

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Astronomy -- AI spots 'jellyfish,' 'hamburgers' and other unexplainable objects in Hubble telescope data

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Artificial Intelligence -- AI may accelerate scientific progress - but here's why it can't replace human scientists

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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Space -- Crew-11 emergency return, Mars Sample Return cancellation, shrinking river deltas, and an ancient wolf mystery.

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Human Evolution -- Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

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Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests. By - Joanna Thompson - published - 29 January 26 - An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.

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James Webb telescope breaks own record, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe - By - Skyler Ware - published - 29 January 26 - The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

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South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases - making it the biggest in decades - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 29 January 26 - Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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NASA jet crashes in flames on Texas runway - taking it out of the Artemis II mission - By - Harry Baker - published - 29 January 26 - New footage shows one of NASA's WB-57 research jets spewing out flames and smoke as it skids across a runway during an emergency landing near Houston. The veteran aircraft was due to play a small role in the Artemis II mission.

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5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai Peninsula - By - Owen Jarus - published - 29 January 26 - Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.

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Stone Age teenager was mauled by a bear 28,000 years ago, skeletal analysis confirms - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 29 January 26 - The mystery of a Stone Age teenager's death has been solved - 80 years after he was found in an ancient burial ground in Italy.

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Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground - By - Alan Bradley - published - 29 January 26 - A new system will enable operators to use laser beams to top off batteries while drones are in midflight.

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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago - and used thyme to mask the smell - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 29 January 26 - A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

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Teenage girl who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago had a rare form of dwarfism, DNA study shows - By - Sascha Pare - published - 28 January 26 - In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

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Can AI detect cognitive decline better than a doctor? New study reveals surprising accuracy - By - Anirban Mukhopadhyay - published - 28 January 26 - Designed to assist rather than replace doctors, a new autonomous tool scans clinical notes to highlight patients who may need urgent follow-up for cognitive decline and potential dementia.

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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record - and they predate modern humans - By - Owen Jarus - published - 28 January 26 - Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

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Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative - By - Rory Bathgate - published - 28 January 26 - An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of lithium-ion, scientists say.

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