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Surgery -- Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and scientists invent visible time crystals

1 month ago

Space -- Astronomers close in on comet 3I/ATLAS's origins, a strange gravity anomaly discovered off Africa and AI designs brand-new viruses

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Surgery -- Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience

1 month ago

Archaeology -- Science news this week: The world's oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species

1 month ago

Planet Earth -- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it

2 months ago

Planet Earth -- Revived permafrost microbes spew CO2, scientists image 'relativity-breaking' illusion, and James Webb telescope spots something 'exciting' blasting from black hole M87*

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing

2 months ago

Space -- Solar revelations as Comet 3I/ATLAS rapidly brightens, a tiny tyrannosaur prompts T. rex rethink, and the unexpected perks of cussing out your chatbot

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Health -- A breakthrough cure for Huntington's disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics

1 month ago

Animals -- Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus

2 months ago

Space -- A trio of comets, a mysterious glow at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, why time moves faster as we age, and whether we should bring back Neanderthals.

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #17: Multiple realities stacked on top of one another - 5 down

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid - 8 across

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Surgery -- Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX's Starship nails a test flight

2 months ago

Roman road network was twice as large as previously thought, new mapping project finds - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 6 November 25 - The new digital map increases the Roman road network by nearly 100%.

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'Doom loop' tipping points | New Comet 3I/ATLAS image | Beaver Supermoon - By - Ben Turner, Patrick Pester - last updated - 6 November 25 - Latest science news - Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

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Scientists finally find explanation for lopsided cloud that follows Earth's moon through space - By - Deepa Jain - published - 6 November 25 - The moon's oddly skewed dust cloud may be caused by an extreme day-night temperature difference, a new study suggests.

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Global warming is forcing Earth's systems toward 'doom loop' tipping points. Can we avoid them? By - Patrick Pester - published - 6 November 25 - Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no return."

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'This is easily the most powerful quantum computer on Earth': Scientists unveil Helios, a record-breaking quantum system - By - Keumars Afifi-Sabet - published - 6 November 25 - Scientists have built a 98-qubit machine that they say performs better than any other quantum computer in the world. They've used it to gain new insights into superconducting physics.

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Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per second - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 6 November 25 - The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying behavior similar to how stars form. Scientists aren't clear as to why.

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James Webb telescope makes first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere - By - Skyler Ware - published - 5 November 25 - Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b.

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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claims - By - Owen Jarus - published - 5 November 25 - A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.

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Aging and inflammation may not go hand in hand, study suggests - By - Clarissa Brincat - published - 5 November 25 - Declining immune responsiveness with age may be driven by changes in immune cells - not by inflammation, as previously thought.

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Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule - By - Harry Baker - published - 5 November 25 - Three Chinese taikonauts - Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong - will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.

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There's another comet ATLAS in our solar system - and it just turned gold after a perilous dance with the sun - By - Harry Baker - published - 5 November 25 - New photos show that the recently discovered comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) developed a surprising golden glow after reaching its closest point to the sun. Until now, the comet has gone under the radar, largely thanks to the more famous interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

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It's official: The world will speed past 1.5 C climate threshold in the next decade, UN says - By - Sascha Pare - published - 5 November 25 - The UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 - and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.

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'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS may have just changed color - for the third time - By - Harry Baker - published - 4 November 25 - Recent observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show that it has developed a faint blueish hue, hinting at a potential color change. This is the third time experts have seen the comet's coloring shift since it was discovered.

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What are the signs that nature is telling us?' Scientists are triggering earthquakes in the Alps to find out what happens before one hits - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 3 November 25 - Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks.

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Astronomer reveals first look at Comet 3I/ATLAS as it reappears from behind the sun - By - Patrick Pester - published - 3 November 25 - An astronomer has snapped comet 3I/ATLAS using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, as well as his own small telescope. The new photos are believed to be the first optical observations of the interstellar visitor since it disappeared behind the sun.

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French archaeologists uncover 'vast Roman burial area' with cremation graves 'fed' by liquid offerings - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 2 November 25 - A massive Roman cremation cemetery in France is shedding light on diverse burial practices.

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