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New Moon in Leo, Total Solar Eclipse, Perseids Peak
Global Warming
Another Seismic Shift in the Narrative of Earth's Ending

James Webb captures a cosmic lion sculpted by a dying star

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Weird 'Loophole' Could Finally Let Energy Move Faster Than The Speed of Light

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Scientists Find a Smarter Way To Turn Used Coffee Grounds Into Clean Fuel

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Technology New 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices

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Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth

Did Cellular Life Begin Twice? New Study Points to Two Independent Origins

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Dogs can tell fear from sadness and scientists saw it in their brains

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Tourists rush to Mount Etna as Italian volcano erupts

Japan's earthquake shows extreme heat can turn one disaster into two

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The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought

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Tens of thousands of years ago, Neanderthals mated with modern humans and passed along a gene variant that enables us to pack on more muscle

A Pregnant Teenager's 9,000-Year-Old Burial Was Just Uncovered in a Swedish Cave

Ancient penguin fossils offer new window into Antarctica's changing climate

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Several close personal aides joined Trump on his secret flight from Turkey, source says

Rod Stewart calls off remaining tour dates after coronary stent procedure

I Was Dick Cheney's Cardiologist. Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why.

Berlin gold hat: A 3,000-year-old ceremonial headdress that a cult used to track the sun, moon and lunar eclipses   Live Science - August 10, 2026

This tall, conical hat made from a single sheet of hammered gold was likely worn by an ancient priest during a sun cult ceremony. The Berlin gold hat is the best preserved example of only four Bronze Age accessories of this type that have been found in Central and Western Europe.

August's total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

'Like the end of the world': The eclipse chasers flocking to Spain

Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move backward on maps

Perseid Meteor Showers Peak

A total solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor showers arrive on the same day

Something May Be Flowing Beneath Pluto's Giant Heart-Shaped Glacier

Never-Before-Seen Vortices Are Swirling Across the Sun

NASA's moon base is taking shape with 20+ lunar landings planned

The telescope that points itself

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With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios

Quantum principle allows heat to flow from cold to hot

Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China's glueball discovery as ‘triumph’

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New super steel stuns scientists

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July was the hottest month in the US since records began in 1895

Climate change could mean four extra hours of extreme heat on hot days

Colombia earthquake has killed at least 132. Research helps explain why it was so destructive

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MIT neuroscientists discover the brain can reason without words

Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record

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The secret hidden in these ancient manuscripts isn't written in ink

King Harold may have lost England by backing the wrong pope

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President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat

Viola Davis is set to star in and executive produce a new corporate thriller series titled "Ascent" for Paramount+. The major entertainment announcement confirms her high-profile return to television. Davis plays Catriona Vail, an elite corporate fixer operating in the high-stakes world of global crisis and damage control.

Starlink Satellites Reveal a Hidden Atmosphere 300 Miles Above Earth

Cosmic filaments help set first limits on dark matter's decay into gravitons

Cassini data has revealed a surprising twist in Saturn's magnetic shield - the planet’s rapid rotation appears to drag a key opening in its magnetosphere far toward the afternoon side instead of keeping it near noon, as happens on Earth.

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Silver nanocatalysts switch reaction sites between power generation and hydrogen production

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Scientists Catch a Hidden Electronic State Forming Almost Instantly

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Scientists Created a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself

Engineers Create Superglue That Bonds in 10 Seconds, Holds For Years And Gets Stronger Underwater

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At least 29 dead following 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia

Intense Mount Etna eruption sends ash south, Catania Airport suspends arrivals, Italy

Greenland glacier break creates new ice island

Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

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Just 30 Minutes of One Type of Exercise Improves Sleep The Most

Any Level of Physical Activity May Slow Cognitive Decline, Study Suggests

Schizophrenia's Brain Damage May Start in One Key Region

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Three missing rulers reveal that Assyria's official royal chronology may have concealed a more contested political history

Berlin gold hat: A 3,000-year-old ceremonial headdress that a cult used to track the sun, moon and lunar eclipses

2,400-year-old grave of possible ancient pro wrestler discovered in Turkey