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Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast -- Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used remotely operated vehicles to find three new species of snailfish off the California coast.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be turning bright green, surprising new photos reveal -- New photos captured during the recent "blood moon" total lunar eclipse show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be turning green as it gets closer to the sun.

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New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decades -- A near-Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth's newest quasi-moon.

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Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second - 10,000 times faster than 5G -- Researchers have developed a 6G chip that uses a dual electro-photonic approach to send signals across nine radio-frequency bands.

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Camera trap in Chile detects strange lights blazing through the wilderness. Researchers are scrambling to explain them.

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Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act - By - Michael E. Mann, Peter J. Hotez - published - 11 September 25 - "Doom-mongering convinces many would-be climate advocates that climate action is a hopeless cause. But the blistering attacks against mainstream climate science and scientists advance an agenda of division, dividing the rank-and-file climate activists and leading voices from the scientific community."

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3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the 'sacred location' of the royal tomb

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How the body changes in space - usually, for the worse - By - Anna Gora - last updated - 12 September 25 - From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human body.

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Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years ago - By - Patrick Pester - published - 10 September 25 - Researchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.

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Ancient DNA from Mexico's mammoths reveals unexpected - and unexplained - genetic mysteries - By - Jeanne Timmons - published - 10 September 25 - Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals.

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Arts & Entertainment

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Scientific objectivity is a myth - here's why -- Sara Giordano -- Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.

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People who see society as cutthroat value antagonistic leaders, study finds - By - Perri Thaler - published - 31 July 25 - Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic leaders.

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Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light - and they could one day appear on $100 bills - By - Ben Turner - published - 9 September 25 - The visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.

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Physics & Mathematics

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Why does the universe exist? By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 8 September 25 - The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends.

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Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever - By - Larissa G. Capella - published - 29 August 25 - For the first time, scientists visualized how electrons behave during a chemical reaction, which could help reduce unwanted byproducts in future chemistry.

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Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process - By - Ben Turner - published - 16 August 25 - Exposure to a sunlight-activated catalyst broke down 99% of a forever chemical, leaving behind recyclable fluoride.

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Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds - By - Victoria Atkinson - published - 16 August 25 - Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab.

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Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' - a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life - By - Perri Thaler - published - 7 August 25 - Scientists have synthesized methanetetrol, an elusive alcohol that could be the foundation of alien life.

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We tested the Canon EOS R6 II in a nature reserve - here's our verdict -- Review -- The Canon EOS R6 II takes on real-world challenges in the wild - but does it deliver for wildlife photography?

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