Some of the last surviving Neanderthals were remarkably diverse ‪-‬ suggesting inbreeding didn't doom them - Some Neanderthals living in northwestern Europe after 52,500 years ago were surprisingly diverse, suggesting that they didn't all go extinct due to inbreeding.

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'This is the next jump in technology': World's first sub-1nm chip keeps Moore's Law alive a little longer -- IBM's NanoStack architecture has helped scientists cram 100 billion transistors onto a computer chip, delivering 50% better performance and consuming 70% less energy than the current generation. -- Tristan Greene

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Scientists find thousands of earthquakes in a perfectly straight line in Alaska, revealing a hidden 'microplate' -- Tiny earthquakes that emerge in a strikingly linear pattern revealed the Yakutat microplate, which may be focusing volcano and earthquake activity. -- Stephanie Pappas

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NASA rover finds record-breaking trove of complex organic molecules on Mars -- Data from NASA's Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars - another potential piece of the puzzle in the search for life. -- Joanna Thompson

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'You can't patch your way out of it': Cheap AI worm can spread between devices without human guidance - but how did scientists create it? -- Analysis -- Researchers show how future malware could use AI to make decisions that are traditionally handled by human hackers - but not all experts say we should panic. -- Carly Page

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Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light - and it might be tied to the El Ni o cycle -- Even though the Eastern and Western halves of Earth are fairly different, they reflect the same amount of sunlight, a new study finds. -- Bethany Augliere

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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say -- For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular level. -- Larissa G. Capella

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China's Einstein Probe detected a mysterious cosmic explosion - and scientists have no idea what caused it -- The explosion, consisting of two mysterious double flares, matches no known space eruption. -- Skyler Ware

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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female -- A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'Weirdos of the sperm whale world' appear to be evolving 2 different dialects, audio recordings suggest -- Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects. -- Chris Simms

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60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps the most detailed photo of the Milky Way ever taken -- Planet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations. -- Elizabeth Howell

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'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years -- A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old. -- Sascha Pare

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Drug-induced 'brain freeze' may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests -- By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report. -- Lauren Schneider

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NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Ni o -- This year's El Ni o is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded. -- Skyler Ware

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We've spent decades looking for the wrong type of alien radio signals, new paper claims -- New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars - and scientists on Earth could be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence. -- Sarah Wild

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One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study -- Autoantibodies may be disabling one of the body's anti-inflammatory brakes in some IBD patients, a new study finds. -- Christoph Schwaiger

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Never-before-seen shark that 'walks' on land discovered off Papua New Guinea -- Divers in Papua New Guinea recently discovered a new species of carpet shark that can traverse low-lying reefs. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of time -- New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds. -- Ivan Farkas

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'You kill the bacteria and heal the wound at the same time': Emerging nanotech could be the future of wound healing -- Slow-healing lesions - common in diabetics and burn victims - can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic treatment. A new approach using light-activated therapies may offer a solution. -- Zunnash Khan

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Rare animals spotted, California due a major quake, photon split into infinite others, and China 'tames nature.' -- Science news this week -- June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. -- Ben Turner

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