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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago - By - Owen Jarus - published - 6 March 26 - Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

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Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it? By - Sarah Wild - published - 6 March 26 - A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.

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'City killer' asteroid will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope reveals - By - Brandon Specktor - last updated - 6 March 26 - The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm.

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Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea - By - Sascha Pare - published - 6 March 26 - The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

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'Striking' footage captures the moment a red fox preys on a wolf pup - a behavior never seen on film before - By - Bryony Ravate - published - 6 March 26 - Scientists in Italy captured a red fox entering a den as part of a project to understand wolf population dynamics in the country.

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Groundbreaking new drug shows promise for treating children with a devastating form of epilepsy - By - Eva Amsen - published - 5 March 26 - An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

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The sword in the sea: How one lucky graduate student found his second Crusader sword while taking a swim off Israel's coast - By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 5 March 26 - A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.

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Sodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs? By - Rory Bathgate - published - 5 March 26 - With potential safety improvements and lower manufacturing costs, Na-ion batteries are coming of age at precisely the right time.

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Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world's first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range - By - Alan Bradley - published - 5 March 26 - The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say.

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Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hints - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 5 March 26 - Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are using oracle bones, archaeological evidence and climate modeling to find out why.

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Can you tie a knot in four dimensions? A mathematician explains - By - Zsuzsanna Dancso - published - 5 March 26 - An academic dives into the physics of multiple dimensions and whether it's possible to tie a knot in 4D.

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Chewed-up orca fins on Russian beach point to cannibalism, and scientists say it may explain why some pods are so tight-knit - By - Chris Simms - published - 4 March 26 - Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening - and it might explain some complex orca societies.

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