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The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species

We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, seemingly featureless cells of...

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Science • Jun 11

In The 1970s, Scientists Kept Finding Weird Hexagonal Patterns On The Seabed Made By Some Mysterious Animal

The peculiar prints appear like perfect honeycomb. What on Earth is making them?

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Science • Jun 11

Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says

Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at...

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Science • Jun 11

A cave in the Pyrenees at 7,330 feet above sea level contained 23 ancient fireplaces, traces of a child, and green stones that prehistoric people appear to have been climbing up there to process as copper ore for over 4,000 years

Getting to Cova 338 still requires a long walk. The cave sits in the Núria Valley in the Girona region of northeastern Spain, 2,235 metres above sea level,...

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Science • Jun 11

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter to form 5-night planet parade. When to look up

Mercury is due to join Venus and Jupiter in the night sky for an uncommon celestial event commonly known as a planet parade. Here's how to catch it.

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Science • Jun 11

Electron matter waves gain ultrafast torque that flips handedness in femtoseconds

Many natural processes, ranging from magnetism to chemical reactions, entail the movement and rotation of particles at very small scales.

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Science • Jun 11

Vast Hidden Structure Discovered Under Miles of Ice in East Antarctica

Scientists have discovered a colossal hidden structure beneath Antarctica that could reshape our understanding of the continent's past and present.

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Science • Jun 11

In 2024, A Routine Observational Study Captured Something Nobody Had Ever Seen Before – California's Squirrels Hunting And Eating Other Mammals

Squirrels are famous for loving nuts, so all that digging, climbing, and dramatic nut dropping seems to make sense. But in California, they appear to have...

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Science • Jun 11

From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists

Five winning images from a photo contest show scientists at work and capture the wonder of research and discovery.

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Science • Jun 11

In the Atacama Desert, astronomers live and work in a James Bond villain lair

Daniel Craig's James Bond battled a malign villain here. But Chile's futuristic Residencia is actually home to astronomers.

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Science • Jun 11

China's JUNO Team Releases First Physics Result About Neutrino in Nature

The world's largest transparent spherical neutrino detector located in south China's Guangdong Province released its first findings in the journal Nature...

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Science • Jun 11

Scientists discover a hidden cause of aging cells that can be reversed

Researchers discovered that declining levels of phosphatidylcholine may be a major cause of age-related mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of cellular...

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Science • Jun 11

Physicists Discover How Slime Mold 'Makes Decisions' Without a Brain

Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings. They're not true molds. They're not even fungi. For most of their lives, they exist as either plasmodia or...

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Science • Jun 11

New imaging system sees through murky waters

Sonar-MASt3R is a new underwater mapping technique developed at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that may allow vehicles to see...

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Science • Jun 11

NASA boss defends all-male Artemis III mission

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the selection of an all-male crew for the Artemis III lunar mission. "I have seen reactions ranging...

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Science • Jun 11

Scientists Dug Through Ancient Squirrel Poop And Found a Huge Surprise

A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel feces in Canada's remote Yukon...

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Science • Jun 11

Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear

From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic 'is still an open question'

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Science • Jun 10

NASA chief defends selection of all-male Artemis 3 crew

Artemis 3 crew members NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; and NASA astronauts Frank Rubio...

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Science • Jun 10

A Strange 'Cold Blob' in The Atlantic Signals We're Almost at a Tipping Point

There's a strange anomaly in the North Atlantic, just south of Greenland: A 'cold blob' of ocean and air that's cooling down while the rest of the world...

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