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Human Behavior -- About Live Science

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Microbiology -- 'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms

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Human Evolution -- 10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025

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Archaeology -- 10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025

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Human Evolution -- Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

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Full moons of 2026: When to see all 13 moons rise next year - By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 23 January 26 - When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Snow Moon" in February.

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People, not glaciers, transported rocks to Stonehenge, study confirms - By - Sascha Pare - published - 23 January 26 - A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.

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Astronomers discover a gigantic, wobbling black hole jet that 'changes the way we think about the galaxy' By - Matthew Williams - published - 23 January 26 - Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, 'wobbling' black hole outburst that's as wide as an entire galaxy.

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Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 23 January 26 - The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

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An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 23 January 26 - Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

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'Pain sponge' derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain - By - Payal Dhar - published - 22 January 26 - Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially offering an alternative to painkillers.

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Arctic blast probably won't cause trees to explode in the cold - but here's what happens if and when they do go boom - By - Patrick Pester - published - 22 January 26 - An exploding tree claim has gone viral as the U.S. brace for an Arctic blast that will send temperatures plunging, triggering a massive and long-lasting winter storm.

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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 22 January 26 - An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

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'They are life, but not as we now know it': 26-foot organism that lived 420 million years ago is completely unknown branch of animal kingdom - By - Jess Thomson - last updated - 22 January 26 - An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.

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Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years - By - Sascha Pare - published - 21 January 26 - An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, scientists are starting to understand when and how it formed.

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Rivers & Oceans

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