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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos

Orionids 2025: Meteor shower caused by Halley's Comet peaks as two new comets cross the sky

Saturn's moon Titan just broke one of chemistry's oldest rules

Rogue black hole shocks astronomers with record radio blast

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New Gold-Powered Catalyst Smashes Decade-Old Benchmark in Green Chemistry

Is This the End of the Silicon Era? Scientists Unveil World's First 2D Computer

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Transparent wearable monitor gives real-time warnings about overexposure to sunligh

AI chatbots routinely use user conversations for training, raising privacy concerns

Cheaper than lithium, just as powerful - Sodium batteries are finally catching up

Cosmic Clocks Reveal Hidden Ripples in Spacetime

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'Less and less sea ice': Brazil woman sails solo through Arctic

CO2 levels reach record new high, locking in more global warming

MIT scientists have uncovered chemical traces of the original ProtoEarth - remnants from before the cataclysmic impact that created our modern planet

Southern Ocean's low-salinity Antarctic waters continue absorbing CO₂ despite climate model predictions

Ancient ocean warming reveals new insights into stability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Alzheimer's And Cancer May Soon Be Treated With Sounds We Can't Hear

Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It

A Tiny Peptide Can Freeze Parkinson's Proteins Before They Turn Toxic

Groundbreaking New Way of Measuring Blood Pressure Could Save Thousands of Lives

Researchers Find That a Common Nutrient in Food Is Linked to Depression

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New study suggests the ancient Egyptian plague of Akhenaten may not have happened

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan

Maya salt-making compound found preserved underwater in Belize

Why Classic Maya cities rose and fell

VR experiments train AI to identify ancient finger-fluting artists

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Another she-cession is rearing its head: Women are leaving the workforce at alarming rates

Global study shows why the songs from our teens leave a lasting mark on us

Prince Andrew to give up Duke of York title and honors amid Jeffrey Epstein developments

U.S. has 2 survivors in custody after strike on alleged Venezuelan cartel boat

This Florida zip code is now America's most expensive zip code - Fisher Island, a tiny private island just off Miami Beach - NYC barely makes the lists

Joe Manganiello is officially off the market ... he's engaged to longtime girlfriend Caitlin O'Connor, TMZ has confirmed.

Astronomers close in on ancient signal from 'one of the most unexplored periods in our universe's

The Moon's Largest Crater Has Something Odd Going on - And Astronauts Are Heading There

Astronomers close in on ancient signal from 'one of the most unexplored periods in our universe's

Record-breaking 'dark object' found hiding within a warped 'Einstein ring' 10 billion light-years away

Asteroid Ryugu's hidden waters could explain how Earth got its oceans

Spectroscopic observations with the Keck II telescope in Hawaii revealed distinct nickel and cyanide emissions surrounding the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, extending several hundred kilometers from its nucleus.

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Your AI 'Twin' Could Soon Test And Treat Your Mental Health

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Award-Winning Images Reveal Our Smallest Realms of Life in Epic Detail

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An Iranian volcano called Taftan - appears to have woken up 700,000 years after its last eruption

Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For Coffee Ground Waste

Maps show NOAA's new winter forecast for the U.S. Here's what to know.

A giant asteroid hit Earth, but its crater is missing

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The Stem Cell Secrets of This Tiny Worm Could Help Unlock Human Regeneration

Misophonia Linked to Difficulty in Switching Emotional Focus

Breakthrough: Scientists Create 'Universal' Kidney To Match Any Blood Type

From poison to power: How lead exposure helped shape human intelligence - A single genetic twist may have turned ancient lead poisoning into the spark that made us human.

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Lead Exposure May Have Given Ancient Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals

Archaeologists unearth ancient Roman water basin

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'Open House New York' unlocks historic landmarks for one week. Hundreds of historic buildings and architectural landmarks will be open to the public for one weekend only

These 14 NYC subway stations will get new customer service centers this year

No Kings in America March on Saturday. No Kings, No Cuts, No Billionaires

NBC News fires all of its wokest journalists as part of huge cuts after splitting from MSNBC

New details released about the death of Diane Keaton - Pneumonia

Gwyneth Paltrow declares she's 'proud' of her 'conscious uncoupling' from ex-husband Chris Martin as she addresses her 'f***ed-up divorce' following huge backlash

Jennifer Lopez Says Hearing Her Twins Tell Her She's 'Not a Regular Mom' Made Her Change Her Parenting Approach

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton indicted

Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after 'very productive' phone call

Mamdani v Cuomo: What to watch for in New York mayoral debate

Israel returns more bodies of Palestinians as US downplays threat to Gaza ceasefire

Trump says he authorized CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'

James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged

X-Rays Reveal Betelgeuse's Companion Is Something Astronomers Didn't Expect

Here's What Starship's Successful 11th Test Means For NASA's Moon Mission

New Models Show How Solar 'Tornadoes' Could Wreak Havoc on Earth

It actually rains on the Sun. Here's the stunning reason

These giant planets shouldn't exist. But they do

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Physicists discover mysterious new type of time crystal

MIT scientists find metals hold secret atomic patterns

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Scientists unlock a 100-year-old quantum secret to supercharge solar power

The Sun's hidden poles could finally reveal its greatest secrets

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Methane leaks multiplying beneath Antarctic ocean spark fears of climate doom loop

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Why Do Women Outlive Men? Evolution''s Secret Revealed Across 1,000 Species

Researchers Discover the Cell's Secret Anti-Aging Mechanism

Study Reveals The Surprising Age at Which Your Brain Reaches Its Peak - Between Ages 55 - 60

Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds

The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn

First drug treatment for sleep apnea may be within reach

Supercharged vitamin k could help the brain heal itself

Scientists find the brain's hidden pulse that may predict Alzheimer's

Scientists Discover 'Meal Memory' Neurons That Control When and How Much We Eat

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Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Preserving Fossils in Stunning Detail

A Jurassic-era midge fossil from Australia reveals that freshwater insects may have first evolved in the Southern Hemisphere.

Discovery of four stone megastructures could change our view of prehistoric societies

Innovation in stone tool manufacture occurred independently in Europe and the Near East, says study

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Over 500 homes damaged as powerful microburst hits Tempe, Arizona

JWST may have found the Universe's first stars powered by dark matter

The SunHigh above the Sun's blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeats hidden poles could finally reveal its greatest secrets

A telescope larger than Earth just revealed the hidden heart of a mysterious galaxy

The Moon's Deepest Scar Still Glows With Clues to Its Fiery Birth

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Ice That Freezes at Room Temperature Discovered in X-Ray Laser Experiment

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New hydrogen battery can operate four times colder than before meaning denser and longer-lasting EV batteries

Small Device Could Unlock a Whole New Window on the Universe

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Vast Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field Keeps Growing, Satellites Reveal

Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable

At least one death has been confirmed after a powerful typhoon tore through western Alaska over the weekend - Search and Rescue - Search and Recovery

Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable

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This new blood test can catch cancer 10 years early. A new ultra-sensitive blood test may reveal HPV-related head and neck cancers up to a decade before they strike.

Eating Ultra-Processed Foods Could Be As Harmful as Smoking

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Investigation of the eastern and southern slopes of the mound at southeastern Turkey's site of Gobekli Tepe with ground-penetrating radar has revealed additional circular monumental enclosures, a large building, and smaller structures that may have been early domestic buildings at the site

A Stunning 8th-Century Tang Dynasty Tomb Shows Ancient China's Daily Life - and a Blond Foreigner Who Stands Out

University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid ichthyosaur from a fossilized specimen found in Dorset, England.

Video: The most extensive dinosaur trackways ever discovered in Europe have been uncovered at an Oxfordshire quarry, stunning paleontologists, who have gained new insights into how dinosaurs moved through the landscape.

No Kings Protests: Wikipedia

On October 18th, hundreds of thousands of people will be taking to the streets again to say: No Kings in America. No Kings, No Cuts, No Billionaires

Simchat Torah is a Hebrew term meaning "rejoicing with or of the Torah". It is one of the happiest days in the Jewish calendar and is marked with festivities in synagogue that include singing and dancing. There is much to rejoice about this year.

Uranus' Moon May Have Harbored a Colossal 100-Mile Deep Ocean

SpaceX Starship megarocket hits key milestones before stunning splashdown

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Is Dark Matter Evolving? A New Theory To Solve the Universe's Biggest Mystery

Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory

Scientists Discover a New Form of Ice That Shouldn't Exist

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90% of science was lost. This new AI just found it

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal

Quantum simulations that once needed supercomputers now run on laptops

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Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska

Earth's climate just crossed a line we can't ignore

Mass Coral Die-Offs Confirm First Breach of a Major Climate Tipping Point

It's Official: Wild Honeybees 'Endangered' in Europe For First Time, Scientists Warn

AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano

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New Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 'Blood Test' Raises Hope And Skepticism

'Giant' Baby Boy Born in The US Is No Record (12 pounds 8 oz). Here's The Science of Big Births.

New research reveals how ADHD sparks extraordinary creativity

Scientists Begin $14.2 Million Project To Decode the Body's Hidden Sixth Sense

Scientists Discover Stem Cells That Could Regenerate Teeth and Bone

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Archaeologists uncovered signs that early humans near Rome butchered elephants 400,000 years ago for both meat and tools.

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Government shutdown stalemate drags into third week

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China and the US are in a race for critical minerals. African countries need to make the rules

Trump in power is like a split-screen - The man who 'would be king' destroying democracy in America versus the man who wants a Nobel Peace Prize for creating peace around the world - destroy anything that gets in his way to accomplish both.

Something Trump once said about rebuilding Gaza has always stayed with me because in many ways I agree with him.

This morning I watched footage of Palestinians returning to what's left of their homes - a vast rubble-filled landscape with no clear path to repair or recovery - as 'winter' approaches.

Trump's proposal was stark - gutter everything, collapse the tunnels, and rebuild from scratch.

When you think about it ... that is the algorithm in which we experience ... destruction and recovery ... throughout the procession of time.

Trump's idea of transforming Gaza into a seaside resort might sound extreme - but the essence of his message was that true reconstruction requires starting over completely - not just rebuilding structures but rebuilding society itself.

A functioning Palestinian state must emerge - one that's stable, well-governed, and committed to progress. That means expanding freedoms for women, improving education, fostering peace, and leaving behind societal limitations of the past.

It may sound like a 'pipe dream,' but I have clients who live and work in the Middle East - many wealthy in the oil industry - dedicated to making that vision a reality through 'pipe lines' - plans waiting for their time to manifest. Are they anticipating drama? That's a given.

It will take immense resources, time, and resilience - all of which may run out before the work is done. Yet, despite everything, the hope for a brighter future still burns in the hearts of millions.

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt for explaining 'innovation-driven' growth

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million). The laureates have taught us that sustained growth cannot be taken for granted. Economic stagnation, not growth, has been the norm for most of human history. Their work shows that we must be aware of, and counteract, threats to continued growth.

DNA Reveals Surprise Twist About Christopher Columbus' heritage. He may not be of Italian heritage after all, but was actually born somewhere in Spain to parents of Jewish ancestry   Science Alert - January 29, 2025

Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus' true origins revealed in study   CNN - October 12, 2024

Columbus Day celebrates the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas on October 12, 1492 as the future American Experiment moved across the Atlantic to its final chapter. Columbus and his crew's arrival in the New World initiated the colonization of the Americas by Spain, followed in the ensuing centuries by other European powers, as well as the transfer of plants, animals, culture and history, religion, human populations, technology - not to forget certain deadly viruses and bacteria, such as smallpox, measles, typhus, and cholera - between the Old World and the New World.

On Columbus Day we go to a theory that postulates Columbus was guided to the Americas by alien intervention. It takes us to the October 11, 1492 Light Sighting noted as a wax candle that went up and down. What he saw would be called a USO as it came from below the sea.

The 1492 light sighting was witnessed by some crew members of Santa Maria, Pinta and possibly Nina shortly before the landing on Guanahani. The light was reported in Columbus' journal, Ferdinand Columbus' Vita del Amiraglio (The Life of the Admiral), the proceedings of the Pleitos Colombinos (the long lawsuit involving the heirs of Columbus) and some other sources. Columbus described the light as "a small wax candle that rose and lifted up, which to few seemed to be an indication of land". He received the royal reward for the sighting. His son Ferdinand also characterized it as a candle, that went up and down.

Columbus wrote: There exists the possibility of never leaving this legendary sea. My compass acts strangely. This sea seems to have the ability to draw things in from all over the Atlantic like a catch-basin.

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