5,000-year-old burial of man with battered skull found in kiln in Germany - and he may have been a human sacrifice - An injured man from the Corded Ware culture was buried in a pit previously used as a kiln, and he may have been sacrificed.

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See Venus disappear behind the moon in broad daylight tomorrow -- On Wednesday (June 17), the moon will pass between Earth and Venus, causing the hellish planet to temporarily disappear from the daytime sky. Here's what it will look like, exactly when it is happening, and how you can safely view this skywatching spectacle. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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A Texas-size chunk of winter sea ice is missing from Antarctica - and it's probably not coming back -- An area of ice nearly the size of Texas has failed to form over the Bellingshausen Sea, off western Antarctica, as researchers investigate the links between sea ice loss and global warming. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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Wreck of World War II Japanese 'hellship' that sank with more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered off the Philippines -- The remains of a Japanese "hellship" that was torpedoed in 1944 and sank with more than 1,000 POWs on board has been found off the coast of the Philippines island of Luzon. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

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The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on - and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics -- By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise clocks and new ways to search for dark matter. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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'The system is critically stressed': San Andreas and San Jacinto faults scarily close to major earthquake, study finds -- The San Andreas fault and a neighboring fault in Southern California have reached their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years, and a rupture at one fault could propagate to the other, researchers found. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Elusive dwarf fox, feared extinct, photographed for the first time on island off Yucatan -- The first-ever photos of a Cozumel fox prove that the mysterious island predator is still alive in Mexico but in dire need of conservation, according to researchers. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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Earth-based telescope shares image of Artemis II capsule near the moon - one of the farthest photos of humans ever taken -- A blurry photo captured by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II's Orion capsule circling the moon more than 200,000 miles away, making it a candidate for the longest-distance image of humans ever taken from Earth. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Dangerously hot and humid: Rising temperatures in the US make outdoor exercise hazardous -- Analysis -- In a warming world, outdoor exercise may be hindered by performance-impairing heat more often than it was in the past. -- Naomi Mihara

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Lavish Roman villa discovered outside Rome's walls may have been frequented by Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius -- The villa, which came to light because it was illegally excavated, was found in an area frequented two millennia ago by the emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Atacama Desert's center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought - before the Andes formed -- Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of rainfall each year, started to form more than 40 million years ago ‪-‬ 20 million years before the Andes. -- Skyler Ware -- Published

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NASA's experimental X-59 jet breaks the sound barrier twice, reaching Mach 1.4 -- NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the sound barrier twice, achieving a top speed of Mach 1.4. The feat could set the stage for "quiet" supersonic flight. -- Joanna Thompson -- Last updated

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Diagnostic dilemma: Brain scans following a man's hospital visit for leg weakness revealed a surprising finding -- Diagnostic dilemma -- A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed his abnormally small brain. -- Christoph Schwaiger

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'Melted in a pot somewhere': Vikings used Islamic silver coins to make their early pennies, study finds -- The silver in a Viking Age hoard found in Denmark was from melted-down coins from the faraway Islamic world, a new study finds. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

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'I never thought we'd see one alive': Elusive goblin shark captured on camera for the first time -- Researchers have filmed goblin sharks in the deep sea for the first time. Until now, these sharks had been seen alive only after being hauled up to the surface with fishing lines. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica - and they're happening in a very odd location -- Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice. -- Olivia Ferrari -- Published

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An ancient piece of the moon found in Africa hints at a violent, long-ago collision -- A meteorite shows evidence that an ancient crash on the moon 3.5 billion years ago was so powerful, it turned the surface molten. -- Elizabeth Howell -- Published

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'Political motivations' of Inca emperor led to the sacrifice of 3 children on a snow-capped volcano over 500 years ago, study suggests -- An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca emperors. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Neuroscientists are searching for the 'cellular substrate of loneliness' -- Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water. -- Elizabeth Preston -- Published

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El Ni o arrives, the Artemis III crew are revealed, a 'cold blob' worsens in the Atlantic, and a Richard Feynman note is finally deciphered. -- Science news this week -- June 13, 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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