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Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots 'Cosmic Owl,' super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies

Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an "exceptional natural laboratory" for studying how galaxies evolve.

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Chimps develop fashion trend by shoving grass in their ears — and in their butts

Chimpanzees are running around with grass in their ears and butts at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. This is the second time a bizarre fad-like behavior has gripped the sanctuary's chimps, but wearing the grass accessories in their butts is a new twist.

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Why were the Texas flash floods so catastrophic?

More than 100 people have died in devastating flash floods in Kerr County, Texas. But what caused this extreme weather, and will events like this get more common?

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Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the Mediterranean

French and Egyptian researchers are making a "digital twin" of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt after lifting its ancient submerged blocks out of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Perfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast — Earth from space

This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The island trio was once part of an ancient barrier reef system that stretched over 1,200 miles.

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Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe, study finds

Glacial melt could increase volcanic activity in North America, New Zealand and Russia, spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4,000-year-old bones suggest

Roughly 4,000-year-old bones from Chile contain genetic evidence of leprosy, suggesting that a rare form of the bacteria that causes the disease may have been circulating in the Americas and long before the Europeans arrived.

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'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder'

A cache of Triassic fossils in Arizona has revealed Eotephradactylus mcintireae, or "ash-winged dawn goddess," the oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America.

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'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women

"What is the hard evidence, beyond anecdote and suspicion, that unconscious bias impacts on women's careers? Increasing numbers of studies show, in many different guises, just how potent such bias can be."

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Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter

Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.

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Scientists burned, poked and sliced their way through new robotic skin that can 'feel everything'

New, gelatin-based material could let robots feel everything from a light poke to a deep cut.

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Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru

A rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them.

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What color is moonlight?

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

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Buck Moon 2025: How to spot the year's farthest full moon from the sun

July's full "Buck Moon" will be at its fullest on Thursday, July 10, and will be best seen at moonrise. It is the farthest full moon from the sun all year and one of the lowest in the sky.

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BANG! James Webb telescope catches stray galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week

This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.

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Why do giraffes have spots?

Giraffes' distinctive spots are more than just for show. So why do these tall animals have them?

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Japanese quail: The bird with weird sperm foam, a post-sex strut and a spot in space history

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

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What are dwarf planets — and how many are there?

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom you ask.

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AI chatbots oversimplify scientific studies and gloss over critical details — the newest models are especially guilty

More advanced AI chatbots are more likely to oversimplify complex scientific findings based on the way they interpret the data they are trained on, a new study suggests.

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Why are men taller than women, on average?

We don't know exactly why men are taller than women on average, but we have some genetic clues.

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Scientists transform pee into material fit for medical implants

A new method for chemically altering human urine could be used for producing medical implants and construction materials, scientists claim.

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Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes.

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