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Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground - By - Alan Bradley - published - 29 January 26 - A new system will enable operators to use laser beams to top off batteries while drones are in midflight.

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Critical moment when El Ni o started to erode Russia's Arctic sea ice discovered - By - Skyler Ware - published - 29 January 26 - Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Ni o's effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.

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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago - and used thyme to mask the smell - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 29 January 26 - A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

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AI spots 'jellyfish,' 'hamburgers' and other unexplainable objects in Hubble telescope data - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 29 January 26 - AI helped researchers probe the Hubble Space Telescope's archive to find strange celestial objects, including some indescribable by science.

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Teenage girl who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago had a rare form of dwarfism, DNA study shows - By - Sascha Pare - published - 28 January 26 - In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

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Complex building blocks of life can form on space dust - offering new clues to the origins of life - By - Victoria Atkinson - published - 28 January 26 - The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

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Next-generation AI 'swarms' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn - By - Patrick Pester - published - 28 January 26 - Artificial intelligence experts have warned that AI "swarms" are poised to infiltrate social media by deploying agents that mimic human behavior and exploit our tendency to follow the herd.

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Giant 'metal cloud' in nearby star system could be hiding an undiscovered sun - By - Harry Baker - published - 28 January 26 - Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine months.

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NASA is preparing for simulated launch of Artemis II mega moon rocket - and it could happen as early as Saturday - By - Patrick Pester - published - 28 January 26 - NASA has announced it will fuel the Artemis II rocket as part of a simulated launch that will take place as early as Saturday (Jan. 31).

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Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative - By - Rory Bathgate - published - 28 January 26 - An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of lithium-ion, scientists say.

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Liquid-nitrogen-infused cocktail popped a man's stomach like a balloon - By - Kamal Nahas - published - 28 January 26 - Liquid nitrogen can be used safely in food preparation - but one man's stomach burst after he threw back a cocktail that had been cooled with the substance.

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'Doomsday Clock' ticks 4 seconds closer to midnight - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 27 January 26 - The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

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160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens - By - Owen Jarus - published - 27 January 26 - Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

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