South American 'Pompeii': Volcanic eruption 22 million years ago preserved a snapshot of the Andes forming - An enormous volcanic eruption buried a snapshot of the baby Andes mountains, revealing a slow-and-steady growth rate. volcanoes

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We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of LA are the most at risk from 'The Big One' -- A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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Does estrogen protect against dementia? And if so, who should take it? -- Analysis -- Recent research hints that systemic hormone replacement therapy for menopause may reduce the risk of dementia. But more data is needed to reach a definitive conclusion, experts told Live Science. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Scientists used a powerful laser to melt diamonds ‪-‬ and solved a decades-old mystery -- Scientists blasted diamonds with lasers to get the best measurement of the mineral's melting point yet. The new, more accurate numbers could help improve fusion experiments and studies of giant planets. -- Damien Pine -- Published

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AI trained to 'think' like human pathologists may be better at spotting cancer -- Researchers trained AI on how expert pathologists look for signs of cancer in patient samples, improving the algorithm's effectiveness. -- Niba @NotesByNiba -- Published

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

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'Oddly shaped rock' unearthed in California turns out to be 'immaculate' mastodon molar -- A field survey in San Mateo County, California, has revealed the fossilized tooth of an adult Pacific mastodon, an ice-age giant that was probably native to the West Coast. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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'There are no easy answers here': New study forecasts a dire dip in food production if key Atlantic currents collapse -- Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture - and the results are concerning. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Fragments of ancient alien tech may litter the moon - and scientists have a plan to find them -- Researchers propose that tiny technological remnants left over from extinct alien civilizations could have landed on the moon after traveling through interstellar space. It may not take long to find them, the team claims. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Brain shrinkage tied to aging 'pauses' as a woman nears menopause, study finds -- A new study looked at gray matter in the brain during puberty, pregnancy and menopause, finding distinct changes at different life stages. -- Theresa Sullivan Barger -- Published

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Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist - and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelry -- The largest Viking Age silver hoard ever found in Finland was unearthed by a metal detectorist north of Helsinki. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

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1 million people's genes reveal the heritability of the Big Five personality traits - and it's complicated -- A huge analysis probes the genetics of personality, finding that the trait is much less straightforward than physical attributes like eye color. -- RJ Mackenzie -- Published

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Mercury is shrinking more than we thought - and it's hiding the evidence from us -- Mercury may be shrinking much faster than we thought - and that could reveal new clues about its violent origins. -- Elizabeth Howell -- Published

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Powerful new AI model will map the moon's surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say -- IBM and NASA have partnered to create the Lunar Foundation Model, a new AI capable of processing decades of lunar data so we can more accurately map the moon's surface. -- Alan Bradley -- Published

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A Harvest Moon with 5 planets on the side: Why September is the best month all year for stargazing -- Generally mild weather and increasing hours of darkness make September a great month for observing, and this year, there's a particularly busy sky. -- Jamie Carter -- Published

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'America's Nobel' prizes go to sleep and hemophilia researchers, and to Michael J. Fox for Parkinson's advocacy -- The Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for basic medical research, clinical science and public service. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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Watch the first-ever footage of a rare deep-sea squid in the northeastern Pacific -- A rare sighting of a bigfin squid near an underwater mountain off California is the first confirmed live observation of the bizarre animal in the northeastern Pacific, researchers say. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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Did OpenAI really crack one of math's hardest unsolved problems -‬ and did it play fair to get there? -- Explainer -- A breakthrough on the Navier-Stokes equations could be worth a $1 million prize, but a mathematician has serious questions about how OpenAI got there so fast. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Record-breaking rain in California was caused by abnormally high temperatures on the other side of the world, study finds -- Scientists have identified a "climate teleconnection" between the Rocky Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, where warm spots left a kink in the jet stream that intensifed weather in the western U.S. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia -- Hunter-gatherers from the last ice age sucked on betel nuts to soothe their toothaches, a new study reveals. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

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