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Some people are 'wired to connect with music on a deeper level,' study of 9,000 twins finds

Genes affect different aspects of music enjoyment — from the emotional reactions that compositions evoke to the social connection music can foster.

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Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight

Solar eruptions created a northern lights display in North America and Europe overnight, with more auroras expected through Thursday.

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Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny

A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time ever, a century after it was first identified by scientists.

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Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man who couldn't pee had been infected by one of the largest known human parasites

A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

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The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest something very different, but equally rare, may have happened instead.

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Primates: Facts about the group that includes humans, apes, monkeys and other close relatives

Discover interesting facts about the origins of primates, what they eat, and if they have thumbs.

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'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

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'Dispiriting and exasperating': The world's super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it's hampering research

A Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums, hampering research.

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Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped

Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.

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Watch zoo elephants form protective 'alert circle' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian in Southern California.

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Strange 'sea pigs,' sea spiders and a spawning 'butterfly' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

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Newly discovered comet SWAN just 'erupted' with a bright, icy burst. Is it a cold volcano?

Photos show that comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) experienced a "major eruption," causing it to become temporarily brighter. However, it's still unclear whether the icy object is a true "cryovolcano."

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Crop circles surround Iraq's multicolored 'Sea of Salt' after years of drought — Earth from space

This 2024 astronaut photo shows the striking colors of Iraq's Razazah Lake, surrounded by a host of strangely circular fields.

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Watch humanlike robot with bionic muscles dangle as it twitches, shrugs and clenches its fists in creepy video

Clone Robotics' Protoclone android can be seen flexing its bionic muscles in a new video, creepily jerking its limbs back and forth as it hangs from the ceiling.

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'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, stumbling away from its home and family and then undergoing decapitation from the inside out."

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Lyrid meteor shower peaks after Easter: How to spot the most 'shooting stars'

Roughly 20 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower overnight on Monday, April 21-22.

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Climate change: Facts about our warming planet

Discover important facts about what climate change is, what's causing it, and what we can do to stop it.

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Did every civilization have inequality? New 10,000-year study reveals a surprising answer.

A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality isn't inevitable, but rather a consequence of political choices.

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World's first baby conceived with remotely operated, 'automated IVF' has been born

Performed remotely in Mexico by engineers and embryologists in New York, an automated fertility treatment resulted in conception and, more recently, a live birth.

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'Flesh-eating' vulva infections reported in three cases — gynecologists should know the signs, experts warn

Doctors in the U.K. have warned gynecologists of the risks of necrotizing fasciitis in the external genitalia after seeing several cases.

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Dangerous 'crises' in sickle cell disease may be amplified by menstrual cycle

In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with the menstrual cycle.

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What is quantum superposition and what does it mean for quantum computing?

Quantum superposition is a phenomenon in which a tiny particle can be in two states at the same time — but only if it is not being directly observed.

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Słupcio: A 6,000-year-old amber 'gummy bear' that may have been a Stone Age amulet

This little bear carved out of amber might have been an amulet for a Stone Age hunter.

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Why do we get a 'second wind' of energy at the end of the day?

That second wave of energy is a normal part of the human circadian rhythm, but lifestyle factors also play a role.

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