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Dozens of Bizarre Ancient Lifeforms Discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Find
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Dozens of Bizarre Ancient Lifeforms Discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Find

The remains of a rich ancient ecosystem in China is so well-preserved that it contains guts, tentacles, and even an intact nervous system.
Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’
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Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’

Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study.
Scientists Discovered a Cow That Uses Tools Like a Chimpanzee
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Scientists Discovered a Cow That Uses Tools Like a Chimpanzee

Veronika, a brown cow in Austria, uses sticks and brushes as multipurpose tools to scratch hard-to-reach spots
Scientists Got Men to Rate Penises by How Intimidating They Are. This Is What They Found.
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Scientists Got Men to Rate Penises by How Intimidating They Are. This Is What They Found.

Why is the human penis so big? Scientists probed the evolution of penis size through sexual selection and mate competition in a first-of-its-kind study
Scientists Make Stunning Find Inside Prehistoric Wolf’s Stomach
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Scientists Make Stunning Find Inside Prehistoric Wolf’s Stomach

Scientists sequenced the genome of an extinct woolly rhinoceros that was found in a wolf belly that lived 14,400 years ago.
Strange ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Have a Mind-Boggling Explanation, Scientists Discover
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Strange ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Have a Mind-Boggling Explanation, Scientists Discover

Scientists have debated the origin of the dots for years. Now, researchers say they’re “cocoons” for the youngest black holes we’ve ever seen.
‘Gifted’ Dogs Learn Human Language, Study Finds
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‘Gifted’ Dogs Learn Human Language, Study Finds

Scientists discovered that some dogs, known as Gifted Word Learners, can passively pick up language and may possess toddler-level cognitive skills.
Astronomers Discovered Something Near the Dawn of Time That Shouldn’t Exist
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Astronomers Discovered Something Near the Dawn of Time That Shouldn’t Exist

“It is a massive surprise,” said one astronomer who measured the high temperatures of gas in galaxy cluster that existed 12 billion years ago.
Scientists Discover One of the World’s Oldest Cremations
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Scientists Discover One of the World’s Oldest Cremations

Hunter-gatherers cremated a small woman in Malawi 9,500 years ago, revealing a glimpse of their capabilities and practices.
Scientists Identify Remains of the Earliest Human Ancestor
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Scientists Identify Remains of the Earliest Human Ancestor

After years of debate, scientists found a telltale sign that an ancient ape walked on two legs, making it the oldest known human relative.
Scientists May Have Spotted Light from the First Stars
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Scientists May Have Spotted Light from the First Stars

Astronomers think they may have captured starlight from the first generation of stars, which shone more than 13 billion years ago.
In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life
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In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life

More than two miles under the Greenland Sea, tubeworms, snails, crustaceans, and microbes live on gas hydrate seeps that leak crude oil and methane.