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China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy

Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.

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Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it

The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

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Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees

Three Whale Rock is a geological formation and tourist attraction in Thailand's Phu Sing Forest Park that looks remarkably like a small family of whales.

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Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.

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DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA.

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A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.

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Would you board a spacecraft that takes 400 years to reach Alpha Centauri?

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us know in our latest poll.

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Ancient predatory whale with big eyes and razor-sharp teeth was 'deceptively cute'

Researchers have unveiled the fossils of a juvenile ancient whale that hunted off ancient Australia with large forward-facing eyes and razor-sharp teeth.

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115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floods

While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.

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Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation

An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

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Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe

We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

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Prominent medical journal refuses RFK's call to retract a vaccine study

A recent study that confirmed that aluminium in vaccines doesn't pose a risk to children has sparked a war of words between the RFK, Jr. and a U.S. medical journal.

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Human eggs have special protection against certain types of aging, study hints

A new study suggests that the mitochondria in human egg cells don't accumulate DNA mutations with age, which sets them apart from other tissues in the body.

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13-year drought crippled Maya on Yucatán Peninsula 1,000 years ago, study finds

An analysis of a stalagmite within a Mexican cave reveals detailed evidence of drought that contributed to the downfall of the Maya civilization in the area 1,000 years ago.

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No, blue whales aren't going silent off California. Here's why.

Reports of blue whales going silent off California don't reflect the findings of a recent study.

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Diabetic man produces his own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant

The new proof-of-concept study points a way to curing diabetes without the need for immune-suppressing drugs.

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Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests

An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the same region of Africa in the same time frame.

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1,100-year-old Viking hoard reveals raiding wealthy only 'part of the picture' — they traded with the Middle East too

Researchers have found that the Bedale Viking hoard contains silver from Middle Eastern coins, highlighting that the Vikings profited from long-distance trade networks and brought this imported silver with them when they settled in England.

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How AI companions are changing teenagers' behavior in surprising and sinister ways

A recent report found about three in four US teens have used AI companion apps – many of which have little to no safeguards from harmful content.

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Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coast

Four shipwrecks newly discovered on the North Carolina coast date to colonial times, including one that blew up during an attack.

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Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics

Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could pave the way to unlocking new physics, a study claims.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infection

A girl went to her dentist complaining of a toothache and swelling around her eye. It turned out the two problems were connected.

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1,300-year-old skeletons found in England had grandparents from sub-Saharan Africa, DNA studies reveal

A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.

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James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'

Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have zoomed in on a 'Little Red Dot' that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, and found that it may contain the earliest known black hole in the universe.

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Paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims

An astrophysicist has made a daring proposal to send a nano-sized spacecraft to the heart of a black hole.

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