Universe may revolve once every 500 billion years - and that could solve a problem that threatened to break cosmology - By - Elana Spivack - published - 19 April 25 - A slowly spinning universe could resolve a puzzle in physics known as the Hubble tension, a new model suggests.

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Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.' By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 18 April 25 - Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color.

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Measles has long-term health consequences - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 18 April 25 - Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century - By - Skyler Ware - published - 18 April 25 - As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe - and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

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Student accidentally creates 'shape-recovering liquid' that's an exception to the laws of thermodynamics - By - Elana Spivack - published - 18 April 25 - A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

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Physics & Mathematics

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Is getting an IUD painful? By - Marilyn Perkins - published - 18 April 25 - People experience different amounts of pain during IUD insertion, but there are a number of pain-relief options available to patients getting the contraceptive.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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Two planets will form a 'smiley face' with the moon on April 25 - By - Pandora Dewan - published - 18 April 25 - A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

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Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 18 April 25 - A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

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TSMC's upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here's what it means for the future of tech - from AI to smartphones. By - Domenico Vicinanza - published - 18 April 25 - Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC will begin producing the chips from the second half of this year.

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The universe's 'missing matter' may have finally been found - By - Joanna Thompson - published - 17 April 25 - About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say previously undetected clouds of hydrogen gas could finally reveal it.

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NASA rover reveals signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars - By - Ben Turner - published - 17 April 25 - Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the planet.

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'Useless' female organ may actually support the ovaries, study finds - By - Jess Thomson - published - 17 April 25 - The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought.

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Lyrid meteor shower peaks after Easter: How to spot the most 'shooting stars' By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 17 April 25 - Roughly 20 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible during the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower overnight on Monday, April 21-22.

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Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet k2-18b - By - Jess Thomson - published - 17 April 25 - Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals - only known to be made by life on Earth - on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most promising sign yet of alien life.

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