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

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Earthquakes -- Parkfield, San Andreas, and the quest for a 'crystal ball' for predicting earthquakes before they happen

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Human Evolution -- Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright - and might even be a human ancestor

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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 Behavior -- About Live Science

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #26: Nothing can travel faster than this - 12 across

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

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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 -- 10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025

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

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Microbiology -- 'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms

19 days ago

Space -- A runaway black hole, a human ancestor discovered in Casablanca cave, and vaccine schedule slashed

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Artificial Intelligence -- Even AI has trouble figuring out if text was written by AI - here's why

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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a supermassive black hole - By - Ivan Farkas - published - 19 January 26 - The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery.

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Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang - By - Matthew Williams - published - 18 January 26 - Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria - By - Manuela Callari - published - 18 January 26 - Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat drug-resistant infections.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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Why is flu season so bad this year? By - Clarissa Brincat - published - 18 January 26 - Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.

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How the ancient Romans managed their wealth (it wasn't just by hiding hoards) By - Konstantine Panegyres - published - 18 January 26 - How did Romans invest their wealth in ancient times?

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Crew-11 emergency return, Mars Sample Return cancellation, shrinking river deltas, and an ancient wolf mystery. By - Ben Turner - published - 17 January 26 - Science news this week - Jan. 17, 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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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet - By - Patrick Pester - published - 16 January 26 - NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.

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Forced closure of premier US weather-modeling institute could endanger millions of Americans - By - Jane Palmer - published - 16 January 26 - From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs decisions that aim to reduce risk.

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Ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in Saudi Arabia contain preserved DNA from the long-lost population - By - Sarah Wild - published - 16 January 26 - Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

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Scars from ancient 'megaquakes' at Cascadia subduction zone discovered in deep-sea landslides - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 16 January 26 - Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.

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Tapping into new 'probabilistic computing' paradigm can make AI chips use much less power, scientists say - By - Fiona Jackson - published - 16 January 26 - A new digital system allows operations on a chip to run in parallel, so an AI program can arrive at the best possible answer more quickly.

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Fragment of lost tectonic plate discovered where San Andreas and Cascadia faults meet - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 15 January 26 - A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating earthquake risk at the Cascadia subduction zone.

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