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High-powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid-flight -- Chinese researchers have successfully charged a drone using just a laser, in a breakthrough that could change how we approach unmanned flight

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Space Exploration -- Chinese rocket struck by lightning moments after launch in front of packed crowd (video) -- A Long March 3B rocket was struck by lightning in front of a packed crowd, around 30 seconds after lifting off from a Chinese spaceport. Despite this, the spacecraft survived its ascent and successfully deployed its payload in orbit. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Space -- After 100-year hunt, scientists get their best look yet at Betelgeuse's secret sidekick -- A century-old mystery about the night sky's famous "shoulder star" may finally be solved, as astronomers capture the sharpest image yet of a small star tucked close beside the dying Betelgeuse. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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Space -- Three galaxies in this cosmic string are missing a crucial component of the universe -- Astronomers have discovered a third galaxy without dark matter in a strange string of a dozen dwarf galaxies. A violent collision is likely to blame. -- Ivan Farkas -- Last updated

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Primates -- Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests -- Baboons and macaques appear to use some of the same mental strategies as humans when matching shapes, suggesting that the foundations of geometry evolved in a common ancestor. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Meteoroids -- 2 meteor showers peak on the same night this week ‪-‬ when to get the best views -- The Delta Aquariids peak on July 30-31, kicking off "meteor season," though bright moonlight will likely limit views. -- Jamie Carter -- Published

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The Americas -- Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago -- A new lidar survey of dense Amazonian rainforest has revealed hundreds of earthworks made by a mysterious civilization two millennia ago. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Astonishing Artifacts -- Relief fragment with vanquished enemies: A 3,400-year-old depiction of an Egyptian pharaoh crushing western Asian soldiers under his royal chariot -- This battle scene painted on stone was repurposed three centuries later to help build an Egyptian tomb. -- Kristina Killgrove

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The Americas -- Archaeologists find 2,800-year-old burial of person clutching sea turtle vessel in El Salvador -- An unusual 2,800-year-old Mesoamerican burial found in El Salvador included a face-down skeleton clutching a sea turtle vessel. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Science word of the day -- What does 'lithics' mean? -- Pronunciation: LITH'-iks -- Stephanie Pappas

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Antarctica -- Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 - here's why -- Too hot? Head to the Concordia research station in Antarctica, where "astronauts of ice" just experienced near-record-breaking cold. -- Patrick Pester

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Planet Earth -- Biological 'superspreader' event could be imminent as more than 1,000 ships idle in the Strait of Hormuz, scientists warn -- The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz may pose significant biosecurity hazards as well as economic impacts, with potentially devastating consequences for global ecosystems and human health. -- Pandora Dewan

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Earth from space -- Colossal scars of 60 million-year-long continental collision streak across warped mountains in Pakistan -- A 2011 satellite photo shows off an "imbricate fan" of alternating rocks in Pakistan's Sulaiman Range. The striking structure formed along the boundary of two tectonic plates that have long been locked in a geological tug-of-war. -- Harry Baker

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Science word of the day -- What does 'seamount' mean? -- Pronunciation: SEE'-mount -- Stephanie Pappas

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Diagnostic Dilemma -- Rare 'spinal stroke' struck an 8-year-old and temporarily paralyzed her -- When an 8-year-old suddenly lost the ability to walk, doctors ruled out infection and autoimmune disease before uncovering a rare explanation. -- Jenna Congdon -- Published

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Science word of the day -- What does 'allele' mean? -- Pronunciation: Ah-LEEL' -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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Science crossword -- Live Science crossword puzzle #54: Egyptian pharaoh who died at 18 - 6 down -- Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle! -- Harry Baker -- Last updated

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Analysis -- Military's testosterone screening program could lead to overtreatment and side effects, including impaired T production -- The U.S. Department of Defense plans to conduct regular testosterone screening of service members, but this practice is not recommended by professional medical organizations. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Are redheads going extinct? -- Redheads are rare, and the trait carries an increased risk of melanoma. Does that mean ginger locks might one day go extinct? -- Benjamin Plackett -- Published

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How to watch 'Expedition X: Atomic Sharks' - stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere -- How to watch "Expedition X: Atomic Sharks" online, as Phil Torres and Heather Amaro investigate the effects of nuclear fallout on the Marshall Islands' waters. -- Patrick Fletcher

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'Demon cavefish' discovered under WWII chemical weapons facility in Alabama -- Introducing demon cavefish ( Demogorgonichthys arcanus); the rare eyeless predators that have been hiding in plain sight below a military base for decades. -- Patrick Pester

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Killer whales sink another boat off the coast of Spain - why are they still doing this after 6 years? -- A small, endangered pod of orcas off Spain and Portugal has sunk at least eight boats since 2020, and despite speculation, the real explanation might have nothing to do with revenge. -- Olivia Maule

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How to watch 'Jurassic Sharks' online - stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere -- How to watch "Jurassic Sharks" online from anywhere, with the special set to use visual effects to flesh out the fossils of ancient cartilaginous fish. -- Patrick Fletcher

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How to watch 'Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach' - stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere -- How to watch "Air Jaws: Red, White and Breach" online, as Jeff Kurr, Alison Towner and Andy Casagrande aim to capture breaching great white sharks on film. -- Patrick Fletcher

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'World models' are the future of AI, but how do they work? -- Scientists are increasingly looking at building world models to get AI equipped to handle and interact with our physical reality. -- Edd Gent

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No, OpenAI's models didn't go 'rogue' when they broke into Hugging Face. Here's what really happened. -- Experts say the models didn't "go rogue" when they escaped a controlled cybersecurity test and hacked Hugging Face. Instead, they were pursuing the goal humans had given them in ways nobody anticipated. -- Carly Page

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AI web browsers 'aren't ready for the public,' scientists warn as they highlight massive security red flags -- By enhancing the functionality of agentic browsers, they have become insecure and could be sharing personal information. -- Peter Ray Allison

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Meet Phantom Twist, a stealthy new drone that hides in plain sight by tricking your eyes -- High-speed rotation exploits the concept of motion blur to conceal a new drone while it's in flight. -- Alan Bradley

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Physics & Mathematics -- Richard Feynman's divisive 'reverse sprinkler' problem finally solved by modern lab experiments -- Scientists have pinned down why a sprinkler spins when it sucks in water instead of spraying it out - a problem that stumped Richard Feynman and has divided physicists for nearly a century. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Are quasiparticles real? -- Given the "quasi" in quasiparticles, do scientists consider them to be real particles? -- Charles Q. Choi

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Mathematics -- Mathematician Hong Wang becomes third woman to win the Fields Medal, one of the world's most prestigious math prizes -- Hong Wang, a mathematician at New York University, helped solve a decades-old geometry problem and is now the third woman to win math's most prestigious award. -- Olivia Maule

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Science word of the day -- What does 'cryptology' mean? -- Pronunciation: Krip-TAH'-leh-jee -- Stephanie Pappas

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Mathematics -- Nobel Prize-winning physicist and team use Claude AI to solve decades-old math puzzle -- A decade after uncovering a mysterious mathematical relationship in the physics of "jamming," Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi and collaborator Francesco Zamponi have finally cracked the case - not with a radical new theory, but with the help of the generative AI Claude. -- Benjamin Skuse

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Quantum Physics -- Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking's elusive radiation theory -- Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of light in the laboratory. -- Andrey Feldman

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The Moon -- Catch an orange 'Buck Moon' rise tonight before a month of solar and lunar eclipses -- Jamie Carter

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Earthquakes -- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake traps shoppers as mall collapses in Japan -‬ here's why the seismic event was unusual -- Olivia Maule

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Aging -- Scientists may have found a clue to prevent muscles from aging, study hints -- Zunnash Khan

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Human Evolution -- Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal -- Kristina Killgrove

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