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Science • Jun 11

New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain

Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown species of amphicyonid -- the extinct family of carnivorous mammals popularly known as bear-dogs...

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Science • Jun 11

To Make a Queen, There's a Special Kind of Worker Bee

Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.

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Science • Jun 11

'Selection shadow' may explain why longer lives bring more age-related disease

A review article now published in Nature Reviews Genetics brings together evolutionary theory, comparative genomics and large-scale human genetics to...

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Science • Jun 11

NASA’s Chandra Discovers Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy.

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Science • Jun 11

Ancient squirrel poop from Arctic permafrost contains DNA from mammoths, bison, horses and big cats

Frozen droppings of prehistoric ground squirrels are chock-full of DNA from ice-age beasts, including woolly mammoths, a mysterious big cat and a huge array...

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Science • Jun 11

Hidden Phase of Matter Finally Captured After Decades of Predictions

Scientists have finally captured a hidden state of matter, revealing a long-predicted phase with intriguing quantum potential.

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Science • Jun 11

Evidence For Water Vapor Plumes On Europa Vanishes In Re-Analysis

Unlike on Mars where for decades we have had dozens of orbital and ground-based platforms zipping and scurrying about to prod at every bit of emitted...

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Science • Jun 11

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 11, 2026.

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Science • Jun 11

The Strange “Spacetime Crystal” That Can Suddenly Turn Into a Black Hole

A new mathematical breakthrough sheds light on how tiny black holes could emerge from critical states of spacetime.

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Science • Jun 11

Collapsing stars could spawn mini-universes, offering new path to gravastars

Stars shine because atoms fuse in their interiors, releasing energy. When a very massive star has exhausted its nuclear fuel, radiation pressure can no...

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Science • Jun 11

Meet LEV-2, a baseball-sized and absurdly cute moon robot

Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2), a lunar robot from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), could have been plucked from a science-fiction movie.

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Science • Jun 11

Scientists gave an octopus a mirror. Here’s what happened next

A new study published in the journal Current Biology recently found that octopuses can learn how to use mirrors to locate food hidden from view in an...

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Science • Jun 11

AI Learned How the Universe Works—and That Created an Unexpected Problem for Physicists

When cosmology makes headlines, we often see fancy images of cosmic maps and supernovas. But in reality, scientists have to sift through hundreds or...

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Science • Jun 11

China’s Massive JUNO Detector Delivers First Major Neutrino Breakthrough

Scientists working with a massive underground detector in China designed to study neutrinos have released first major findings.

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Science • Jun 11

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected...

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Science • Jun 11

Earth's underground fungal network is so massive, it would span 10% of the Milky Way, map reveals

The first global map of subterranean fungi networks reveals how massive its reach is worldwide.

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Science • Jun 11

'Collapsed and freezing': Rescue center shares details of desperate fight saving badger

A heartbreaking wildlife rescue post is drawing attention online after a U.K. wildlife hospital revealed just how close one badger came to dying.

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Science • Jun 11

Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length, study finds

First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life.

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Science • Jun 11

After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II

NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The global array of deep space communications...

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Science • Jun 11

Hidden Web of Fungus Inside Earth Could Reach The Sun a Billion Times

The ground beneath your feet is not quiescent. It zings and pulses with frenzied activity, much of it driven by a partnership between plants and fungi that...

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