Space -- Science news this week: Wave patterns on Mars and 'free-range' atom clouds

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Space -- Science news this week: A 'skull' on Mars and the discovery of a brand-new color

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Health -- Science news this week: Overdue earthquakes and star-shaped brain cells

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Space -- Science news this week: Possible signs of life on another planet and a 'useless' female organ

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Human Evolution -- Science news this week: 'Dragon Man's' identity and the universe's 'missing matter'

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Space -- 'Super-vision' contact lenses and bacteria in space

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Archaeology -- Earth's 'leaking' core and strange signals from space

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AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California - By - Lyndie Chiou - published - 12 July 25 - The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs.

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Man in Australia dies of rare, rabies-like disease - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 11 July 25 - A man in New South Wales was exposed to a rare relative of the rabies virus and died of the resulting infection. His was only the fourth case of the disease ever documented.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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Earliest evidence of humans catching disease from animals dates to 6,500 years ago - By - Christoph Schwaiger - published - 11 July 25 - By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

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Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why. By - Harry Baker - published - 11 July 25 - Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe the cosmic visitor.

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Antarctic sea ice collapse linked to a mysterious spike in ocean salt - By - Ben Turner - published - 11 July 25 - Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.

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In a first, congenital deafness in teens and adults treated with new gene therapy - By - Maoli Duan - published - 11 July 25 - This is the first time such results have been achieved in both children and adult patients born with a specific type of congenital deafness.

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Collapse of key Atlantic currents may be held off by newly-discovered back-up system, study finds - By - Sascha Pare - published - 11 July 25 - Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but a new process in the Arctic could save the day, scientists say.

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Rivers & Oceans

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Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during record-breaking flight - By - Victoria Atkinson - published - 11 July 25 - During a record-smashing flight through the sun's corona in Dec. 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever images of our home star. Now, NASA has finally revealed what the daredevil probe saw.

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140,000-year-old child's skull may have been part modern human, part Neanderthal - but not everyone is convinced - By - Patrick Pester - published - 11 July 25 - A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, suggesting she was a hybrid, according to a new study. However, not everyone is convinced the study's findings are definitive.

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A dangerous condition that can cause seizures, coma and death could rise dramatically as the climate warms - By - Sanket Jain - published - 11 July 25 - Researchers are uncovering a link between rising temperatures and hyponatremia, a condition caused by a dangerous decline in sodium in the body.

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Texas flood devastation revealed in before-and-after satellite images - By - Patrick Pester - published - 11 July 25 - Satellites have captured before-and-after images of the devastating floods in Texas, highlighting a trail of devastation on the Guadalupe River.

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'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies -- Robert Lea -- Partner Content Created With Space. -- Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.

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Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler' -- Keith Cooper -- Partner Content Created With Space. -- The amount of data generated by the Rubin Observatory is going to blow all previous cosmic datasets out of the water, but handling that much information poses a severe challenge.

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Scientists discover that mysterious giant structures beneath the North Sea seemingly defy what we know about geology - By - Skyler Ware - published - 10 July 25 - Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

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Kākāpō: The chonky parrot that can live almost 100 years

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Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the first dynasty

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Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it

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Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?

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'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles

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