China's top-secret 'dragon' space plane just released another unidentified object over Earth - The Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane just deployed a mysterious payload above our planet. The top-secret spacecraft, which has never been properly photographed, has now released at least nine objects in low Earth orbit.

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Scientists infected a 'vagina on a chip' with gonorrhea - then cured it with a new antibiotic found by AI -- To sift through 6 million molecules in pursuit of new gonorrhea treatments, researchers trained AI to select the best drug candidate and then tested it in a "vagina on a chip." -- Kamal Nahas -- Published

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Water shortages could prevent the US from mining more lithium, deepening reliance on foreign imports -- Most proposed lithium mines in the U.S. overlap with drought-prone regions - including in Nevada, Arizona and California - and there may not be enough water to support them. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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New chip harnesses quantum computing's biggest weakness - and tries to turn it into a strength -- A new quantum computing chip turns destructive noise into a programmable feature, helping scientists study signal loss and error correction to build more effective systems in the future. -- Tristan Greene -- Published

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When does the next full moon rise? -- When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Strwaberry Moon" in June. -- Jamie Carter -- Last updated

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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. -- Charles Q. Choi -- Published

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IBM creates world's first sub-1nm computer chip - cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized space -- 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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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. By - Carly Page - Published - 25 June 26

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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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 -- Published

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