Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely - and it may be reaching a tipping point - By - Sascha Pare - published - 3 October 25 - An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present.

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Harvest Moon 2025: Watch a rare October supermoon rise amid shooting stars - By - Jamie Carter - published - 3 October 25 - The famous Harvest Moon - the first of three supermoons of 2025 - will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises on Oct. 6-7.

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Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 3 October 25 - Researchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt.

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Surgery -- Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and scientists invent visible time crystals

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Surgery -- Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience

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Archaeology -- Science news this week: The world's oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing

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Health -- A breakthrough cure for Huntington's disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics

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Planet Earth -- 'Anti-aging' magic mushrooms and record-breaking internet speeds

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus

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Animals -- Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #2: Pigment in plants where photosynthesis occurs - 13 across

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Planet Earth -- 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid - 8 across

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Surgery -- Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX's Starship nails a test flight

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #6: Planet with a 'Great Red Spot' - 6 down

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #11: Giant cloud at the edge of the solar system - 7 across

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Rivers & Oceans

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Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says - By - Elise Ceyral - published - 3 October 25 - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that mothers abstain from cannabis use during prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation, as research shows the drug is linked to serious health outcomes in newborns.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 2 October 25 - Salvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer.

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Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds - By - Sascha Pare - published - 2 October 25 - The number of deaths from exposure to wildfire smoke in the U.S. could rise by more than 70% in the next 25 years. The human and economic costs involved would be astronomical, researchers say.

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Viruses, Infections & Disease

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Scientists find best evidence yet that icy moon Enceladus is habitable - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 2 October 25 - An ocean flowing beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus is spewing ice that holds the building blocks of life.

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Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 2 October 25 - Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol.

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Chinese tech company develops creepy ultra-lifelike robot face - watch it blink, twitch and nod - By - Skyler Ware - published - 2 October 25 - A Chinese robotics company has unveiled what it describes as a realistic robot face, with plans to make humanoid robots more approachable and relatable.

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Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study finds - By - Charles Q. Choi - published - 1 October 25 - The Bering Land Bridge likely didn't emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This narrows the window of when humans could have crossed over to North America.

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Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years - but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 1 October 25 - New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North America.

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Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells - then used them to make embryos - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 1 October 25 - In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm, genes from skin cells, and the "shells" of existing egg cells.

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Years of repeated head impacts raise CTE risk - even if they're not concussions - By - Clarissa Brincat - published - 1 October 25 - Years of hits in sports like football and soccer, even without concussions, can trigger neuron loss and inflammation in the brain, a study finds.

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