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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests

A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.

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'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event

A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

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Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old Roman watchtower built to protect the empire during Marcus Aurelius' reign

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the Danube River.

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Archaeologists discover 'Land of the White Jaguar,' centuries-old stronghold of rebel Maya in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico have finally discovered the 'Land of the White Jaguar,' a stronghold for Maya rebels for nearly 110 years in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Teen at Yellowstone suffers severe burns after ground breaks over scalding thermal pond

A 17-year-old badly burned his foot and ankle on Monday (July 28) while hiking off trail near the Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park representatives said.

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'Universal' cancer vaccine heading to human trials could be useful for 'all forms of cancer'

A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It's now in early human trials.

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Sticky goo in 2,500-year-old bronze jars finally identified, settling 70-year debate

A cutting-edge chemical analysis of a mystery substance that had stymied experts for 70 years finally revealed its identity.

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Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage

Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows African social spiders committing matricide and cannibalizing their elderly relatives. Even Sir David Attenborough was horrified.

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Google has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system — it's as effective as seismometers, tests show

Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold across 98 countries.

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Russia earthquake: Magnitude 8.8 megaquake hits Kamchatka, generating tsunamis across the Pacific

The 8.8 magnitude megaquake is the joint-sixth largest earthquake ever recorded and the first tsunami waves have already hit Oahu, Hawaii.

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The 21 largest recorded earthquakes in history

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 21 largest earthquakes on record.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meat

A man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.

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Hot blob beneath Appalachians formed when Greenland split from North America — and it's heading to New York

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to where it is today at a rate of 12 miles per million years, scientists have found.

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A mysterious barrier in the Atlantic divides weird deep-sea jellyfish cousins

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.

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Dementia: Facts about Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia

Learn about dementia, how it affects people, how it's diagnosed and what treatments are available.

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400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath China

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of Rodinia, around 800 million years ago.

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4,000-year-old handprint discovered on ancient Egyptian tomb offering

Researchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.

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Scientists use quantum machine learning to create semiconductors for the first time – and it could transform how chips are made

Researchers have found a way to make the chip design and manufacturing process much easier — by tapping into a hybrid blend of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

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'Ghost island' appears after underwater eruption, then vanishes into the Caspian Sea — Earth from space

A series of photos taken between 2022 and 2024 shows the emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic "ghost island" off the coast of Azerbaijan.

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NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.

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Planned C-sections linked to increased risk of childhood leukemia, study finds

A new study underscores a known link between planned C-sections and the risk of ALL, a childhood cancer. But overall, the risk is still very small, experts caution.

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'Time travel' memory hack rejuvenates memories, study finds

A new study suggests that recalling the context in which a memory was made can help to restore the memory after it has started to erode.

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Pizzeria mishap left at least 85 people intoxicated with THC after infused oil used for dough

In 2024, an odd outbreak of THC intoxication hit more than 80 people in Wisconsin after a pizzeria accidentally used oil infused with the psychoactive ingredient.

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What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes known for explosive eruptions and intense earthquakes.

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Ancient shark discovered deep inside world's longest cave system

The National Park Service has announced another ancient shark discovery at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. The latest find, named Macadens olsoni, had a unique curved row of teeth and lived around 340 million years ago.

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