The Maya used so much red paint that they poisoned their water with mercury, mud sediments reveal - Researchers found extreme levels of mercury in sediment cores in Mexico ‪-‬ and it's all because the Maya loved red paint. americas

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Tectonic forces near Japan helped fuel the formation of the Grand Canyon -- A double subduction zone off the coast of Japan caused rifting halfway around the world to accelerate, fueling the formation of some of North America's most iconic features. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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Women often get cold more easily than men - a mouse study offers hints why -- A new study points to testosterone and proteins in the skin as reasons why males and females experience temperatures differently. -- Zunnash Khan -- Published

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'Life is too brief to leave this planet': Live Science readers share whether they'd go to Mars, despite health risks - Poll - Live Science readers respond to a recent poll about whether they'd visit the Red Planet even with potential health risks. By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - Published - 6 November 26

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50% of long COVID patients show improvement in 3 years - but the condition tends to linger in those with this subtype -- About half of people with long COVID see meaningful improvement in their symptoms after three years, a new study found. -- RJ Mackenzie -- Published

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Perfectly preserved owl fossil from 47 million years ago could help to solve a major evolutionary mystery -- A stunning fossil owl from Germany that has its last meal preserved in its stomach helped researchers to narrow down the time when these birds mostly became active at night. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Oldest known Martian meteorite holds clues to a watery past -- The oldest known rock from Mars was discovered on Earth in 2022. Scientists are beginning to reveal its mysteries. -- Ivan Farkas -- Last updated

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Scientists removed the glare from a James Webb telescope image - and unmasked a hidden planet -- Using machine learning, astronomers developed a new way of looking at James Webb telescope data that allows far-off planets to emerge from their star's glare. -- Joanna Thompson -- Published

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Gigantic chasm on Mars is still tectonically active -- New research shows that a powerful 2021 marsquake emanating from Valles Marineris - the largest canyon in the solar system - was triggered by unexpected movement in a fault line deep below the gigantic structure, revealing that tectonic activity can still occur on geologically "dead" worlds. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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2,800-year-old tomb in Siberia has evidence of the earliest use of cannabis - possibly as a way to calm human sacrifice victims -- Seeds found in an ancient grave and chemical compounds discovered in mummy hair have revealed people got high on marijuana 2,800 years ago. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Cryptic padlock from a 400-year-old shipwreck finally opened ‪-‬ but it leaves a mystery -- Researchers used CT scans to crack a 400-year-old code and open a mysterious padlock that washed up in Wales with the Ann Francis treasure hoard. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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1,600-year-old burial holds remains of man infected with a 'very rare' strain of leprosy in Germany -- A high-status burial surprised archaeologists when they discovered leprosy in a man's bones from the fifth century. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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One-third of babies diagnosed with peanut allergy don't actually have one, study hints -- New findings suggest that "food challenges" can help prevent children from being saddled with unnecessary allergy diagnoses. -- Anirban Mukhopadhyay -- Published

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Physicists sank a telescope 1.5 miles under the sea to put Einstein's relativity to the test -- A half-built neutrino telescope on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea searched for cracks in one of physics' most basic invariances. It came up empty, but its limits rival those of detectors many times its size. -- Larissa G. Capella -- Published

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A tiny chunk of Australia seeded Southeast Asia's tropical forests 50 million years ago, plant fossils preserved in amber reveal -- An analysis of plant fossils preserved in amber from Myanmar revealed that the West Burma Block, a chunk of crust that broke off of Australia, seeded Southeast Asia's lush tropical forests. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Swift has fallen: NASA's 22-year-old space telescope burns up over Sumatra -- The reentry of NASA's dead Swift space telescope is the end of an era for rapid-response space science. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Colorful 1,800-year-old belt buckle discovered in a Ukrainian forest may have belonged to a nomadic equestrian warrior -- A Roman-era belt buckle discovered in a Ukrainian forest hints at the ancient conflict between the Romans and the Dacians. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Scientists find the best evidence yet of potentially habitable volcanic vents on Mars -- Magma and a possible environment for ancient life might be present on Mars in the region of a large volcano on the Red Planet. -- Elizabeth Howell -- Published

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This self-powered toothbrush makes electricity to kill cavity-causing bacteria -- Researchers have created a self-charging toothbrush that helps fight the bacteria linked to cavities and gum disease while preventing plaque buildup. -- Isha Ishtiaq -- Published

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A 3,200-pound NASA spacecraft could fall to Earth any minute now -- NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit. -- Brandon Specktor -- Last updated

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