'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wreaked ecosystems - we just need to trigger them - Live Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature.

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'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs -- In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs - a fluffy fossil from China.

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Opinion - Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped. Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction - and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.

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Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing - and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, too -- Scientists have pinpointed a mechanism that may explain heart cancer's rarity and point to new cancer treatments. -- Sophie Berdugo

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Runners have finally completed a sub 2-hour marathon, but another running world record was recently smashed - this time by a humanoid robot. Here's how. -- The D1 humanoid robot, built by a smartphone manufacturer, has beaten the human-held world record by around seven minutes. -- Alan Bradley

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Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years? -- Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand. -- Georgia Michelman

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'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome -- Burials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell. -- Owen Jarus

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Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals -- Mount Etna's strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way - making it unlike any other known volcano on Earth. -- Stephanie Pappas

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'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses -- An AI agent designed to speed up a company's coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Astronomers map one of the largest structures in the universe, hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' -- Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the universe. -- Harry Baker

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Astonishing Artifacts - Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual - Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings. By - Kristina Killgrove - Published - 27 April 26

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DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry -- New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a "ghost lineage." -- Kristina Killgrove

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Earth from space -- Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river -- A 2024 satellite snap shows suspended sediments streaking across the mouth of the Rokan River, thanks in part to a particularly high tide caused by a full "Strawberry Moon." -- Harry Baker

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Some fungi can influence the weather ‪-‬ and now we know how they do it -- Some types of fungi borrowed a gene from ancient bacteria that gave the ability to make ice and trigger rain. -- Brian Owens

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Antarctica's sea ice suddenly started shrinking a decade ago - and deep-diving robots are revealing why -- A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat. -- Grist

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Rectal exam stabilized man's irregular heartbeat -- A man's sudden heart issue went away without the standard course of treatment. -- Mindy Weisberger

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Science crossword - Live Science crossword puzzle #41: Cosmic object that consumes everything near itself, including light - 9 across - Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle! By - Harry Baker - Last updated - 27 April 26

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'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works -- Live Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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Interview - 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors - In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs. By - Laura Geggel - Published - 28 April 26

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Why do cats and dogs shake their heads? -- Cats often flick their heads back and forth as if they've been possessed. This strange reflex has a simple explanation. -- Melissa Hobson

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'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean -- A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were all vertebrates. -- Sophie Berdugo

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Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak -‬ but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion -- A kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that has made him unbeatable. -- Olivia Ferrari

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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable -- Scientists have achieved a breakthrough by "distilling" light to eliminate the noise that prevents photonic quantum computers from scaling. -- Tristan Greene

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How everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressively -- Personal data ranging from your health information to your location is being hoovered up by the government. -- Anne Toomey McKenna

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Buying guides - Best sleep headphones 2026: From tiny earbuds and snuggly headbands to pillow speakers - These are the best sleep headphones you can buy in every category, from Ozlo Sleepbuds and AcousticSheep SleepPhones V8 to Soundcore Sleep A30. By - Anna Gora - Last updated - 27 April 26

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Science questions, answered

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Space photo of the week -- Extraordinary images of our sublime universe

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Diagnostic dilemma -- Unusual case reports from the medical literature

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Incredible places -- A window onto extraordinary landscapes on Earth

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Astonishing artifacts -- A glimpse into how people lived in the past

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Earth from space -- Incredible images of our planet from above

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How likely are you to find a message in a bottle? -- Have you ever wondered how likely it is to find a message in a bottle, especially an old one? Let's do the math. -- Kevin Burke

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Physicists witness pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of light -- For the first time, researchers measured singularities in combined light and sound waves moving faster than the speed of light. The findings have implications in fluid dynamics, optics and many other fields. -- Damien Pine

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Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory -- For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the momentum of massive particles. The result, decades in the making, could help physicists probe the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Physicists moved volatile antimatter by truck for the first time ever - paving the way for groundbreaking new research -- CERN scientists transported antimatter by truck for the first time, enabling ultraprecise studies that could reveal why matter dominates the universe. -- Sharmila Kuthunur

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New tweak to Einstein's relativity could transform our understanding of the Big Bang -- A new physics paper proposes modifications to Einstein's theory of relativity that could solve one of the biggest issues about our understanding of the Big Bang. -- Andrey Feldman

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Physicists created an electron 'catapult' that moves particles at 'extraordinary' speed -- Using a new method, physicists found a way to "catapult" electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second. -- Skyler Ware

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First-of-its-kind map of the mouse nose reveals surprises about the sense of smell -- Payal Dhar

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1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain -- Kristina Killgrove

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New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time -- Paul Sutter

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Preeclampsia could be treated with 'blood filtering' therapy, early study hints -- Lauren Schneider

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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time -- Carly Page

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The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought -- Paul Sutter

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NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars - the 'most diverse collection' ever seen -- Elizabeth Howell

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Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests -- Kristina Killgrove

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Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What is that?' -- Chris Simms

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