We remember little to nothing of early childhood - and a recent mouse study may help explain why - Early in life, neural networks in the brain's memory center are highly connected, and they are only later refined into precise systems, a mouse study finds.

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Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth's mysterious 'quasi-moon' - and it may pose a big problem -- China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured the first close-up photo of one of Earth's "quasi-moons," Kamo'oalewa. However, the image and the timing of its release suggest that it may be harder for the probe to collect samples from the space rock than originally planned. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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'What we found was striking': Scientists detect new kind of signal from a black hole's 'point of no return' -- Physicists isolated the 'last sound' of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon. -- Andrey Feldman -- Last updated

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'One of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America' discovered in Boston -- Experts have identified the gravestone of Boston, a free Black man who died in 1729. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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6,000-year-old broken ribs discovered in Syria may be one of the oldest known cases of child abuse in the world -- Around 6,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, an infant suffered severe injuries in what might be the Middle East's earliest documented case of child abuse. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a 'mini-universe' in his lab -- By ignoring part of his own experiment, a physicist coaxed time to emerge from within a closed quantum system. -- Larissa G. Capella -- Published

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2,500-year-old tomb of a 'warrior prince' with chariot and helmet discovered on Italy's Adriatic coast -- Archaeologists have excavated a royal burial ground of the Piceni, a mysterious pre-Roman civilization in Italy that is not well-known historically. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Euclid telescope discovers the 2 most ancient monster black holes in the universe ‪-‬ each brighter than a trillion suns -- A collection of newfound objects discovered by the Euclid telescope more than doubles the number of known quasars from the universe's first billion years. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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Scientists just created the most lifelike cell ever made in a lab - here's what it could accomplish -- SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell - but it's not yet a perfect re-creation of the real thing. -- Marianne Guenot -- Published

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Neanderthals and modern humans may have shared culture 59,000 years ago in Turkey, study finds -- Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they may have shared information. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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Heart issues tied to 'microdamage' in the brain might raise risk of memory loss, study hints -- When the heart's pumping function gets weaker, areas of the brain linked to memory show early signs of damage, a study finds. -- Clarissa Brincat -- Published

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James Webb telescope reveals largest-ever map of the universe's megastructures -- Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have created the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever. -- Ivan Farkas -- Published

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First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise - but there's a big catch -- Researchers recently performed the first scientific test of sea ice thickening in the field, but there remains a big question mark over how scalable this method is. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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The US is hooked on unregulated peptides. But are they effective, or even safe? -- The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence. -- Bethany Brookshire -- Published

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JWST finds unknown substance, China's 'Great Green Wall' grows faster than normal trees, a Medici murder mystery solved, and what the US can learn from Japan's 'silent pandemic' Science news this week - July 4, 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. By - Ben Turner - Published - 4 July 26

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Alien life on nearby 'super Earth' much likelier than we thought, study claims -- A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, raising the chances that it has the conditions to support life. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Diminutive species 'the Hobbit' did not hunt or control fire, deepening the mystery of its ancestry, dwarf elephant bones reveal -- The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Elite families ruled nomadic Scythian society 2,500 years ago, DNA analysis reveals -- Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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'Machine-gun sun' could bring auroras to more than a dozen states this Independence Day weekend -- The sun launched 10 M-class solar flares over 24 hours, and more could be on the way. Auroras are likely in some US states as a result. -- Ben Turner -- Published

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NASA mission to rescue a space telescope plummeting to Earth launches into orbit -- NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft is finally on its way to boost it higher this summer -- Elizabeth Howell -- Last updated

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