Neuroscience -- 'Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren't worth it': A neuroscientist's take on how human intellect evolved

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Human Evolution -- 'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different

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Archaeology -- Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls

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Particle Physics -- Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physics

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Space -- That was the week in science: Vaccine skeptics get hep B win | Comet 3I/ATLAS surprises | 'Cold Supermoon' pictures

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Extraterrestrial Life -- Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #23: Distance around the edge of a circle - 6 down

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Human Evolution -- 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans

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Neuroscience -- The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says

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Space -- That was the week in science: Comet 3I/ATLAS glows green | Roman roads | Bear attacks

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Archaeology -- 'We certainly weren't exceptional, but now we're the only ones left': In new PBS series 'Human,' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate Earth

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Artificial Intelligence -- Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?

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Human Evolution -- A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say

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Killer whales are teaming up with dolphins on salmon hunts, study finds - but not everyone agrees - By - Chris Simms - published - 11 December 25 - There are eye-opening claims that orcas and dolphins are working together on salmon hunts and sharing food - but not everyone is convinced.

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Rarrr! James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 11 December 25 - Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.

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Today's biggest science news: NASA loses contact with Mars probe | Sea urchin pandemic | Neanderthal fire starters - By - Patrick Pester, Tia Ghose - last updated - 11 December 25 - Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

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Time moves faster on Mars, posing new challenges to crewed missions - By - Deepa Jain - published - 11 December 25 - Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed missions.

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Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system - a new study starts to unravel why - By - Kamal Nahas - published - 11 December 25 - People with anxiety or insomnia tend to have weaker immunity. The decline of a key immune cell may be a culprit.

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Breakthrough 3D wiring architecture enables 10,000-qubit quantum processors - By - Tristan Greene - published - 11 December 25 - The novel 3D wiring architecture and chip fabrication method enable quantum processing units containing 10,000 qubits to fit in a smaller space than today's 100-qubit chips.

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Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate - and trees won't survive that for long - By - Sascha Pare - published - 10 December 25 - The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.

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Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery - they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer - By - Rory Bathgate - published - 10 December 25 - A new sodium-ion battery offers a cheaper and safer alternative to conventional lithium-ion systems, scientists say, paving the way for more sustainable EVs.

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'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 10 December 25 - Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology - and it was created by Neanderthals in England more than 400,000 years ago.

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This bright star will soon die in a nuclear explosion - and could be visible in Earth's daytime skies - By - Ivan Farkas - published - 9 December 25 - The bright binary star system V Sagittae will flare up multiple times before finally going supernova within the next 100 years. When it explodes, it could be visible to the naked eye even in sunlit skies.

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How to find the 'Christmas Star' - and what it really is - By - Jamie Carter - published - 9 December 25 - A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of Bethlehem."

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