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A tiny asteroid entered Earth's orbit in April and is expected to leave in January. Meet the minimoon 2026 QQ8.
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A mysterious bronze foot found in a bog was likely once part of a monumental statue of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, who tried to conquer Scotland.
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A common antibiotic may be linked to a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth when used early in pregnancy, a new study suggests.
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Over 300 Live Science readers responded to a recent poll about whether they'd train themselves to lucid dream if they could.
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Scientists on China's Tiangong space station used a laser trap to cool a clump of atoms to just above absolute zero, setting a new record.
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Archaeologists have discovered thousands of stone artifacts in Saudi Arabia, some of which suggest people were using poison-tipped stone tools to hunt large game 125,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists have discovered the shoe of the first governor of the Danish West Indies, recovered from a 17th-century ship that was wrecked after one of the most violent mutinies in Denmark’s history.
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The powerful Euclid space telescope is making the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos, and ESA has just shared the first enormous piece of it.
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Archaeologists have found a 2,200-year-old golden bear in an Iron Age burial in Kazakhstan that may have held seven people.
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A proposed tabletop quantum sensor could match the precision of the best satellite measurements of frame dragging, a subtle effect predicted by Einstein's general relativity.
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Scientists have discovered that a known mushroom, Galerina indica, contains both psychedelic chemicals and deadly toxins.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could capture images 30% sharper than — and remain operational for twice as long as — initially expected. Researchers say these "remarkable" developments could greatly enhance the volume and quality of the data they will analyze.
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Huawei's new Peerium architecture aims to power hyper-efficient computers capable of training AI models with up to 40 trillion parameters.
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A fresh look at Einstein’s equations suggests that "sheets" of gravity can sometimes snap and reconnect, similar to magnetic field lines on the sun.
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The Vikings are famous for being warriors, but how often did Viking women take part in battles?
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Neuroscientists say people can be "trained" to recognize when they're dreaming — in other words, lucid dreaming may be an acquirable skill.
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This eye-catching astronaut photo shows a towering, highly active Russian volcano poking its head above a thick bank of swirling clouds over the Kuril Islands.
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In the run-up to the COP31 U.N. climate change conference, scientists have revealed that global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to drop by 0.4% this year, driven by growth in installed wind and solar power capacity, as well as oil price hikes caused by the Iran conflict. But climate goals are still unlikely to be met.
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