Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds
A new look at three children who died in the Inca human sacrifice ceremony known as Capacocha reveals their last few…
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NASA astronaut shares image of impossible-looking 'hopper' crystal growing on the space station. What is happening?
Astronauts grew a scroll-like crystal aboard the ISS, and its strange shape reveals what happens to ordinary salts once…
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Diagnostic dilemma: 6-year-old develops life-threatening allergic reaction after blood transfusion
A 6-year-old cancer patient was receiving a blood transfusion when he developed a potentially deadly allergic reaction.
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'It's a really poor quality of life': Once a 'miracle in the desert,' California's Salton Sea now spreads toxic dust on vulnerable communities
Medical anthropologist Ann Cheney speaks to Live Science writer Sascha Pare about the heavy toll toxic dust from…
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Greenland meltwater will drive a 'strong weakening, but not a shutdown' of key Atlantic currents, study finds
New modeling suggests meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet has a big weakening influence on the Atlantic Meridional…
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Neuroscience findings often can't be replicated — and it's a big problem for what we know about the brain
The findings in several foundational brain imaging studies don't hold up in follow-up research.
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Startup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computing
Engineers say an AI image generator built on a new type of physical computing could use far less power than existing…
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Giant, milky-green vortex swirls across massive 'cryptodepression' lake in Southern Europe — Earth from space
A 2020 astronaut photo shows a massive, milky-green vortex in Lake Skadar, which lies on the border between Montenegro…
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The bacteria behind gum disease may also harm your heart valves, early research suggests
A bacterium linked to gum disease may contribute to heart valve disease by setting off inflammation that can lead to…
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Mysterious 'little red dots' at the beginning time may finally have an explanation, thanks to newfound 'little blue companions'
Astronomers may have found an unexpected origin for the mysterious "little red dots" that appear to be so common in…
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British vial of smallpox scabs triggered the devastating 1789 outbreak among Indigenous Australians, study finds
It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new…
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'We were genuinely surprised': 'Superworms' can clean extremely delicate skeletons lickety-split, and that's a game changer for museums
Biologists Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared tell Live Science how beetle larvae could be repurposed from pet…
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Mummy mask with wig: A 1,000-year-old 'false head' found in Peru that was crafted with real human hair and toxic red cinnabar
Stylized masks like this one adorned pre-Inca mummies in Peru hundreds of years ago.
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Can Ozempic prevent or treat cancer? It's way too soon to say, an expert cautions
Excitement around the idea that GLP-1 drugs can prevent cancer is running well ahead of the evidence, an expert…
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'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever
Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a…
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Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior's good-luck charm
A 12th-century wild-boar tusk found in Russia may be a warrior's amulet.
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Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals
Maternal cells that infiltrate children's brains during pregnancy take on different jobs in the brain and may persist…
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James Webb telescope uses trippy Einstein prediction to probe the farthest reaches of the universe — Space photo of the week
The James Webb telescope peers through a warped bubble of space-time to study galaxies from the first billion years…
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What's the oldest weapon in the world?
There are a few contenders for the world's oldest weapon, and one is over 400,000 years old.
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Not a housekeeper, but a 'vilica': The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historians
Women on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil — and profits. Historians dismissed them as…
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'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the future
In this excerpt from "Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life," author Mona Sloane examines how artificial…
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'Fireball' meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from an ancient proto-planet, study finds
Amino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.
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Science news this week: Gold tongues discovered in tombs, sugar found in space, a new monkey identified in the Congolian rainforest, and ancient impact crater 'geoguessed' by an amateur astronomer
July 18, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you…
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What is the roundest animal?
It's fairly uncommon to find a spherical creature, although they're more common in the sea than on land. So which one…
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'RNA can do things which we have never seen before': New study challenges assumptions about what RNA was up to at the dawn of life
RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D…
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'These are striking forecasts': Super El Niño keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisis
Forecasts point to the ongoing El Niño rapidly strengthening to a likely all-time record in the coming months, fueling…
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'Explosive diarrhea' parasite infections in 5 states linked to Taco Bell lettuce; other cases still under investigation
Lettuce served at Taco Bell has been identified as a source of Cyclospora infections affecting people across five…
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'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby, new maps reveal
Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly…
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Heaven Lake: China's deepest lake sits atop a colossal volcano and belongs mostly to North Korea
Heaven Lake is a body of water located 7,200 feet above sea level at the top of a volcano. It is the deepest lake in…
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Did ancient Egyptian princesses use weapons? Controversial study claims they hunted or trained with the military, but not all experts agree.
Nearly 4,000-year-old skeletal remains show that several royal women repeatedly used their upper-body muscles.…
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Ancient chariot emerges among remains of mysterious society that burned down its own buildings and then disappeared
An ancient bronze chariot recently discovered in Spain was used by a culture that mysteriously disappeared from the…
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