Spaceflight may harm the reproductive system of astronauts' kids and grandkids, early mouse study suggests - The offspring of mice that spend time on the International Space Station are more vulnerable to external stressors, a new study finds. More work is needed to understand potential health impacts on human astronauts' families. reproductive-health

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Scientists made a paper battery you can swallow to power internal medical devices -- A paper-based, ingestible battery powered medical devices inside pigs for up to three days before gradually breaking down, a new study reported. -- Isha Ishtiaq

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Southern Taurid meteor shower begins ‪-‬ how to spot blazing 'fireballs' from now till November -- The Southern Taurid meteor shower, one of the longest-running meteor showers of the year, is on from now until late November. Here are the two peak nights to watch for. -- Jamie Carter

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The devastating Nepal floods highlighted the danger of glaciers. Here's where the next disaster may occur. -- The glacial collapse that killed 1,400 people in Nepal in August highlighted one epicenter for such disasters - but there are other hotspots that experts are worried about. -- James Price

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'Nothing short of a minor miracle': 'Rusty treasure' found in the Danube is full of 2,200-year-old iron bars that could equip an entire army with weapons -- Archaeologists in Austria have analyzed a collection of 500 iron bars that were likely lost in a Danube shipwreck 2,200 years ago. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water -- This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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An 'impossible' black hole merger may finally be solved - but it raises an even bigger mystery -- New research suggests that a perplexing signal created by a pair of colliding black holes may have been warped by a space-time phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. This theory could finally explain the "impossible" size of the merging singularities, but it also poses a new problem. -- Harry Baker

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AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world - but does this mean they would do the same in the real world? -- A unique AI test environment resulted in crimes and self-destruction, and its makers say it's the best way to figure out how AI can behave in the real world. -- Drew Turney

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Space 'shark' takes top prize at ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest -- A Royal Observatory Greenwich contest showcased work from around the night sky and the solar system, with prize-winning photos spanning topics ranging from auroras to planets. -- Elizabeth Howell

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Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers -- A genetic mutation that raises lung cancer risk was much more common among those born in Southeastern states than elsewhere in the U.S. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seen -- Astronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far. -- Harry Baker

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'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problem -- OpenAI's controversial claim to have cracked the Navier-Stokes existence-and-smoothness problem has sent shock waves through the mathematics community. -- Benjamin Skuse

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Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century -- The South American tiger cat is not one species but five distinct species, a new study finds. -- Olivia Ferrari

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1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in Russia -- Archaeologists discovered the two-sided pendant, which features a snake-slaying saint and a snake-haired woman, during an excavation in northwestern Russia. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Ni o, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink -- Live Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Ni o could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point. -- Patrick Pester

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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library -- An expert in ancient Greek literature identified a fragment of the "Odyssey" among a collection of manuscripts in a Dutch university library. -- Kristina Killgrove

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New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at Herculaneum in A.D. 79. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood ‪- and it was as hot as ours -- Tooth analysis has revealed that the king of the dinosaurs was as warm-blooded as a human or an elephant -- Chris Simms

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Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids' -- Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage -- Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor. -- Sascha Pare

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