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An Apocalyptic Wall of Dust Swallowed an Outback Town in Australia Yesterday
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An Apocalyptic Wall of Dust Swallowed an Outback Town in Australia Yesterday
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An Apocalyptic Wall of Dust Swallowed an Outback Town in Australia Yesterday
As bushfires continue to rage in nearly every corner of Australia, an entirely different sort of nightmare has afflicted the outback town of Mildura in the state of Victoria.
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A Rare And Spectacular 'Unicorn' Meteor Outburst Could Be Happening Tonight
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A Rare And Spectacular 'Unicorn' Meteor Outburst Could Be Happening Tonight
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A Rare And Spectacular 'Unicorn' Meteor Outburst Could Be Happening Tonight
Scientists are predicting a rare meteor outburst this week that may be brief but incredibly intense.
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2,100 Years Ago, Two Dead Babies Were Buried Wearing The Skulls of Dead Children
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2,100 Years Ago, Two Dead Babies Were Buried Wearing The Skulls of Dead Children
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2,100 Years Ago, Two Dead Babies Were Buried Wearing The Skulls of Dead Children
Historical burial customs of children around the world often tend to be special, but every now and again, something really stops scientists in their tracks. An ancient burial just uncovered in Salango, Ecuador is a real doozy: two infants buried wi
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Here's The Real Truth About Treating ADHD With Omega-3 Fish Oil Pills
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Here's The Real Truth About Treating ADHD With Omega-3 Fish Oil Pills
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Here's The Real Truth About Treating ADHD With Omega-3 Fish Oil Pills
A new study in the headlines this week has renewed claims that fish oil pills might be helpful for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children, but a deeper look at the research says it's too early to say anything for sure.
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Even a Robot Can Hurt Your Feelings if It Hurls The Right Insult, New Study Shows
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Even a Robot Can Hurt Your Feelings if It Hurls The Right Insult, New Study Shows
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Even a Robot Can Hurt Your Feelings if It Hurls The Right Insult, New Study Shows
Having insults hurled our way is never going to do wonders for our self-esteem, but it turns out that disparaging remarks can cut us even when they're delivered by a robot.
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Video Captures Dramatic Explosion of SpaceX's Starship Prototype During a Test
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Video Captures Dramatic Explosion of SpaceX's Starship Prototype During a Test
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Video Captures Dramatic Explosion of SpaceX's Starship Prototype During a Test
SpaceX's Starship Mark 1 prototype rocket partially exploded during a pressure test in Boca Chica, Texas.
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New Analysis Just Changed The Original Date of a Massive Meteorite Crater in Australia
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New Analysis Just Changed The Original Date of a Massive Meteorite Crater in Australia
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New Analysis Just Changed The Original Date of a Massive Meteorite Crater in Australia
In the state of Western Australia sits the famous Wolfe Creek crater, the aftermath of a 14,000-tonne meteorite crashing into Earth thousands of years ago. A new study now claims the impact happened far more recently than we suspected, prompting a
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Music Could Be a Universal Language We All Understand, Science Shows
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Music Could Be a Universal Language We All Understand, Science Shows
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This Is What The Galactic Centre Would Look Like if We Could See in Radio Wavelengths
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This Is What The Galactic Centre Would Look Like if We Could See in Radio Wavelengths
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This Is What The Galactic Centre Would Look Like if We Could See in Radio Wavelengths
The most in-depth radio survey ever taken of the southern sky has helped astronomers find the remnants of dead massive stars nobody knew were there. It's also produced some gorgeous images in the process.
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Nine Species of Human Once Walked Earth. Now There's Just One. Did We Kill The Rest?
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Nine Species of Human Once Walked Earth. Now There's Just One. Did We Kill The Rest?
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Nine Species of Human Once Walked Earth. Now There's Just One. Did We Kill The Rest?
Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe's cold steppes.
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Elon Musk Unveils Tesla's 'Bulletproof' Cybertruck - And It All Goes Terribly Wrong
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Elon Musk Unveils Tesla's 'Bulletproof' Cybertruck - And It All Goes Terribly Wrong
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Elon Musk Unveils Tesla's 'Bulletproof' Cybertruck - And It All Goes Terribly Wrong
Tesla finally revealed its outrageous Blade Runner-style pickup truck, the "Cybertruck", at an event in LA on Thursday evening.
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For The First Time, Scientists See The Sun Transfer Energy From Its Interior to Atmosphere
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For The First Time, Scientists See The Sun Transfer Energy From Its Interior to Atmosphere
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For The First Time, Scientists See The Sun Transfer Energy From Its Interior to Atmosphere
You can't tell from Earth, but the Sun's outer atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface – it's a long-standing mystery that astrophysicists have been working on for years, and now we might just have an answer.
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Stone Age Artists Were Inexplicably Mesmerised by Horses, Millennia Before Domestication
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Stone Age Artists Were Inexplicably Mesmerised by Horses, Millennia Before Domestication
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Stone Age Artists Were Inexplicably Mesmerised by Horses, Millennia Before Domestication
In some of the earliest cave drawings ever found, the mighty horse reigns supreme over all other animals. Depicted with precision and gusto, this majestic creature is hard to miss.
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Humpback Whales Are Doing Surprisingly Well After a Close Brush With Extinction
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Humpback Whales Are Doing Surprisingly Well After a Close Brush With Extinction
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Humpback Whales Are Doing Surprisingly Well After a Close Brush With Extinction
After nearly reaching the depths of extinction, humpback whales in the southern Atlantic ocean have resurfaced once again.
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Here's Why Many DNA Test Startups Are Basically Scams, Just Like Horoscope Readings
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Here's Why Many DNA Test Startups Are Basically Scams, Just Like Horoscope Readings
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Here's Why Many DNA Test Startups Are Basically Scams, Just Like Horoscope Readings
In the spring of 2017, a college student named Mary spit into a tube and sent it to the DNA testing company Ancestry, which analyzed it and sent back a breakdown of her family history.
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Mystery Religion Pre-Dated The Incas by 500 Years, Stunning Lake Discovery Reveals
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Mystery Religion Pre-Dated The Incas by 500 Years, Stunning Lake Discovery Reveals
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Mystery Religion Pre-Dated The Incas by 500 Years, Stunning Lake Discovery Reveals
Hundreds of years ago, the west coast of South America was ruled by the Incas - a mysterious empire considered to be the most elaborate society to exist in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. This is not their story.
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One Simple Change to How We Make Toilets Could Save Billions of Litres of Water
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One Simple Change to How We Make Toilets Could Save Billions of Litres of Water
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One Simple Change to How We Make Toilets Could Save Billions of Litres of Water
When it comes to cutting water consumption to be kinder to the planet, changing the coating on your loo might not be the first step you think of – but a team of scientists has given this some very serious consideration indeed.
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Your Face Confuses Me. My Condition Could Help Understand My Son's Brain
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Your Face Confuses Me. My Condition Could Help Understand My Son's Brain
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Your Face Confuses Me. My Condition Could Help Understand My Son's Brain
My brain can't tell the difference between Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling. And the Hollywood Chrises? Yeah... forget it. I have a condition called prosopagnosia, which means I have no talent when it comes to recognising people.
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Ancient Komodo Dragon-Like Creatures Balanced Absurdly Giant Heads on Their Bodies
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Ancient Komodo Dragon-Like Creatures Balanced Absurdly Giant Heads on Their Bodies
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Ancient Komodo Dragon-Like Creatures Balanced Absurdly Giant Heads on Their Bodies
Surviving the worst mass extinction event in the planet's history is bound to give you a big head. But even in the Early Triassic, when large skulls were unexceptional, one predator carried around a bigger noggin than most.
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A Tiny Worm Has Been Found Carrying New Antibiotic That Could Help Us Fight Superbugs
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A Tiny Worm Has Been Found Carrying New Antibiotic That Could Help Us Fight Superbugs
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A Tiny Worm Has Been Found Carrying New Antibiotic That Could Help Us Fight Superbugs
As the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs continues to get more dire, scientists may have found a new weapon for tackling some of the worst superbugs we know of: a new antibiotic called darobactin, which is able to take on gram-negative b
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Physicists Create a Device That Mimics Human Synapses to 'Forget' Memories
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Physicists Create a Device That Mimics Human Synapses to 'Forget' Memories
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Physicists Create a Device That Mimics Human Synapses to 'Forget' Memories
The brain is the ultimate computing machine, so it's no wonder researchers are keen to try and emulate it. Now, new research has taken an intriguing step in that direction - a device that's able to 'forget' memories, just like our brains do.