Ancient Blacksmiths May Have Hammered Away a Meteorite's Cosmic Signature

Learn how ancient blacksmiths forged iron from meteorites and may have erased one of its most important extraterrestrial signatures.

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Young Chimpanzees Develop Distinct Vocal Accents That Become Stronger With Age

Learn how grunts, whimpers, and laughter helped researchers uncover chimpanzee accents that differ between communities.

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Hawaiʻi Students Help Name a Pair of Merging Galaxies More Than 200 Million Light-Years Away

Learn how two galaxies slowly pulling toward each other inspired a name that captures their cosmic collision and the birth of new stars within them.

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30,000-Year-Old Fossils Reveal the “American Cheetah” Was Actually More Like a Puma

Learn how ancient DNA and chemical clues revealed that the American cheetah was a puma relative that ate fish in the Arctic.

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Octopus Clinging to a Risso’s Dolphin May Offer Clues to Southwest England’s Remarkable Octopus Boom

Learn how a photograph of an octopus riding a Risso’s dolphin connects the encounter to southwest England’s largest octopus bloom in at least 75 years.

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Medieval Farmers Kept Their Cattle Alive Longer Than Expected, Until Horses Took Over

Learn how 1,000 years of animal bones reveal when cattle powered farms, sheep fueled the wool trade, and horses took over more fieldwork.

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At Least 60,000 Years Ago, the “Hobbit” of Flores Walked Upright With Human-Like Hips, Despite One Unusual Pelvic Bone

Learn how the pelvis of Homo floresiensis showed that it walked upright with more human-like hip mechanics than researchers once believed.

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Nose Blindness Can Prevent You From Smelling Some Odors in Your Home — Here's Why

Learn more about nose blindness, why it happens, and ways to tell if you're surrounded by unpleasant odors.

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Storytelling Around Ancient Campfires May Have Shaped Human Language

Learn how firelight may have extended social life after dark, creating the conditions for storytelling to shape the evolution of human language.

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120 Ancient Inscriptions Suggest Roman Women Gathered Deep Underground to Worship 'the Lady'

Learn more about Cova Dones, a Spanish cave where Latin inscriptions are revealing more about a cult of women who worshipped a mysterious goddess.

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High Blood Levels of Popular Sweetener Xylitol Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk

Learn how data from more than 17,000 people linked higher blood levels of xylitol to an increased risk of death, heart attack, and stroke over the long term.

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The Tasmanian Tiger's Unique Skull Suggests Sheep Were Not Its Main Prey

Learn how the thylacine’s oversized skull points to a snapping bite that challenges its reputation as a livestock killer.

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Meet Cumulina, the Mouse That Changed Our Understanding of Cloning

Learn more about the cloned mouse that followed Dolly the sheep, and why cloning is still a taboo subject

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Cannabis, Cocaine, and Amphetamines Linked to Up to 174 Percent Higher Stroke Risk in Adults Younger Than 55

Learn about a study of over 100 million people that found a direct causal link between recreational drug use and stroke risk, even in younger populations.

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Bends and Tears in Stellar Streams May Help Reveal Dark Matter's Influence

Learn how gaps, kinks, and other irregularities across long streams of stars that orbit galaxies could shed light on dark matter.

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The Sleeping Brain May Build Memories From 'Tags' Created While You Were Awake

Learn how theta activity may tag certain experiences during learning, helping the brain choose what to process during sleep.

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Six Sensor-Wearing Narwhals Dove Where Ships Couldn’t and Revealed Warm Water Reaching Greenland’s Glaciers

Learn how six sensor-wearing narwhals traced warm Atlantic water into Greenland’s fjords, where it may accelerate glacier melt.

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1,600-Year-Old Scraps Turn Out to Be a Lost Roman Law Book

Learn how seven pieces of 1,600-year-old parchment revealed what may be a Roman pocket law book about taxes, roads, grain, and public buildings.

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Five Bush Dog Pups Born at Chester Zoo Look Like Furry Little Potatoes and Offer Hope for a Near-Threatened Species

Learn how five bush dog pups at Chester Zoo are finding their feet with help from their parents, older siblings, and a conservation breeding program.

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2,000 Pairs of Buried Underwear Helped Measure Soil Health in This Unusual Experiment

Learn why scientists asked 1,000 volunteers to bury their underwear underground and then dig them up again to help study soil health.

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An 11,000-Year-Old Sculpture of a Person Riding a Leopard Offers a New Glimpse Into Neolithic Türkiye

Learn how an 11,000-year-old sculpture found at Karahantepe in Türkiye reverses earlier art from the site by placing a person above a leopard.

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Ancient Corals Reveal Today's El Niños Are the Strongest in 1,000 Years

Learn how El Niño events have been significantly stronger over the past four decades than during the previous millennium, as shown by corals from the Galápagos and climate models.

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To Build a Moon Base, NASA First Needs Lunar GPS

As NASA prepares for a permanent presence on the lunar surface, it’s developing a new navigation system to keep track of astronauts, spacecraft, and rovers. Discover more about it.

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Thunderquakes Could Help Scientists See Beneath Earth's Surface

Learn how thunderstorms can generate seismic waves, leading to "thunderquakes" that may offer a new approach to seismic imaging.

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These Yellowstone Hot Springs Look Peaceful Until They Start Thumping

Learn how collapsing steam bubbles make several of Yellowstone’s hot springs knock, tremble, and reveal changes in the heat below.

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These Microbes Could Turn Plastic and Plant Waste into Ingredients for Protein-Rich Cookies

Learn how microbes can be used to produce edible ingredients from plastic and biomaterial waste, a clever upcycling strategy that could be used in extreme environments and deep-space missions.

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The Solar System Nearly Had 12 Planets Before Pluto Was Demoted

Learn how Pluto nearly kept its planet status in a proposed 12-planet Solar System as its demotion marks its 20th anniversary.

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This Pulling-Hair Disorder Affects Millions, but Its Key Triggers May Be Overlooked

Learn about trichotillomania, or hair-pulling disease, and how the behavior’s biggest triggers may come from mundane experiences.

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The Chinchorro People of the Atacama Desert Made the World's Oldest Mummies Using a Highly Complex Process

Learn more about Chinchorro mummies, some of the oldest in the world, and the mineral ingredient used to create them.

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The San Andreas Fault May Be Slipping Faster — Here's What to Know About It

Learn more about new preprint research indicating that the San Andreas Fault is slipping faster than previously thought, and what that could mean for future earthquakes.

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