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Science • Aug 05

Deep Inside A Cave, Neanderthals Built A Circular Structure Made Of Stalagmites Around 176,500 Years Ago

Archaeologists have described the work at Bruniquel Cave as "unprecedented" for a bunch of reasons.

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Science • Aug 05

The Weirdest Theory Yet for Why Life on Earth Suddenly Exploded

In the first 20 million years of the Cambrian period, Earth experienced an explosion of life—a great evolutionary era dubbed the Cambrian Explosion.

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Science • Aug 05

Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)

Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.

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Science • Aug 05

There's a real mutation nicknamed the "Hercules gene" — babies born with muscle already carved into their tiny arms and legs, strong enough to hang in a gymnast's iron cross before they can even walk

A genetic mutation stops the body's natural brake on muscle growth, creating children with superhuman strength from infancy—and raising questions about what...

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Science • Aug 05

SpaceX Is Betting on Cybertrucks to Save NASA Astronauts in an Emergency

A crew of four astronauts is preparing to depart Earth on board a SpaceX rocket and head to the International Space Station (ISS). Should something go wrong...

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Science • Aug 05

Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot

New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change.

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Science • Aug 05

NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Enables Major Discovery of a Hidden Solar Process - NSO

Scientists using the U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have made a major breakthrough in solar physics,...

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Science • Aug 05

Neanderthal genes may give modern humans’ muscles a boost

It's no secret that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred: most of the world's population today has around 1 or 2 percent of Neanderthal DNA.

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Science • Aug 05

New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet

Scientists have captured images of the sun's surface in the finest detail yet.

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Science • Aug 05

Neanderthal gene variant may increase muscle mass in people living today today

A gene variant inherited by modern humans from Neanderthals causes the body's cells to respond more strongly to growth hormone. In a study published.

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Science • Aug 05

Ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities driving plasma mixing on the Sun

The interaction between the magnetic field and turbulent convection in the Sun's photosphere drives the dynamics, evolution and structuring of its...

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Science • Aug 05

A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower

Circumstances couldn't be better for this year's Perseid meteor shower. After eclipsing the Sun on August 12th, the Moon hands over the keys and departs the...

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Science • Aug 05

Tiny Vortices Discovered on the Sun’s Surface

First-ever observation of tiny vortices on the Sun's surface: Images from the 4-meter National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope,...

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Science • Aug 05

See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet

New images and footage of the Sun show "whirlpools" of activity that it has not been possible to see before.

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Science • Aug 05

People With This Neanderthal Hormone Receptor Have More Muscle Mass

In a boxing match between a modern human and a Neanderthal, we would definitely have the reach, but our distant cousin would have the power.

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Science • Aug 05

An iNaturalist observation of the Mexican burrowing toad, Rhinophrynidae dorsalis, recorded in Costa Rica.

An iNaturalist observation of the Mexican burrowing toad, Rhinophrynidae dorsalis, recorded in Costa Rica. Though now known to have inhabited Los Angeles...

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Science • Aug 05

Are the Southern Lights as Cool as the Northern Lights?

Southern lights are natural light displays that appear at high southern latitudes and can show green, red, blue and violet light. Also known as the aurora...

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Science • Aug 05

Curiosity rover spots mysterious honeycombs on Mars photo of the day for Aug. 5, 2026

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted surprising honeycomb-like shapes in the Red Planet soil while exploring a large valley.

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Science • Aug 05

Were there tiny dinosaurs? New study explores one of evolution's biggest mysteries

Dinosaurs are famous for being big, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex to the colossal Apatosaurus. But a new study published today in the journal...

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