Thanks to natural selection, Indigenous Andeans may digest potatoes better than anyone else in the world, study finds - After domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene involved in digesting starch.

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Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas cows and dog. Are humans at risk? -- Explainer -- USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state's first confirmed cases in decades. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Last updated

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'A disease anywhere can be a disease everywhere tomorrow morning': Public health expert on Ebola and the threat of future outbreaks -- INTERVIEW -- Live Science spoke with Dr. Ali S. Khan, an epidemiologist and former assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service, about the ongoing Ebola epidemic and the U.S.'s preparedness for future outbreaks. -- Sophie Berdugo -- Published

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Sea ice loss in the Arctic has triggered a critical tipping point that's destroying the food chain -- Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly started dropping due to a drastic reduction in sea ice extent. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Jupiter and Venus conjunction: See two bright planets at the same time this weekend -- A close conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky will take place over several evenings, with the best time to look being June 8-11. -- Jamie Carter -- Last updated

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This yeast-based 3D printed biomaterial could one day replace your wallpaper and drapes -- Researchers have made a new biomaterial that has a similar tensile strength as a fruit roll-up and could help reduce waste produced from indoor decor. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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'Crystals' of space-time could be the origins of rare black holes, theoretical study hints -- By taking general relativity into higher dimensions, a trio of physicists has proven that a mathematical pattern of ripples in space-time geometry could give rise to naked singularities and microscopic black holes. -- Benjamin Skuse -- Published

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Ultra-rare meteorite could be evidence of a lost planet that once orbited near Earth - Space photo of the week -- A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost "protoplanet" that formed in the early solar system before being destroyed in a colossal collision, a new study suggests -- Jamie Carter -- Published

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Stupid hot: Heat waves cause cognitive changes in animals, making them more aggressive and unable to complete basic tasks -- As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The consequences of these behavioral changes may ripple through ecosystems. -- Marta Zaraska -- Published

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Trump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current -- The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade -- Adam Kovac -- Published

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tzi the Iceman yeasts make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA's Maven probe -- Science news this week -- June 6, 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 -- Published

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World's largest scorpion had 6-inch pincers, and prowled UK land and waters 415 million years ago -- Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a remarkable body size because most life on land at that time was small. -- Aristos Georgiou -- Published

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Coming El Ni o will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts -- A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the strongest ever measured. -- Ben Turner -- Published

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NASA astronauts briefly shelter in 'safe haven' procedure following worsening leaks on Space Station -- A brief leak scare on the International Space Station complicates NASA and Congress' plans to extend the station's lifespan to at least 2032. -- Ben Turner -- Published

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Flu drugs might fight cognitive decline seen in HIV, early study hints -- A very early study suggests flu antivirals might help reverse certain signs of accelerated aging in people with HIV. But more research is needed to confirm these effects. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct -- Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI can learn violent tendencies from each other despite zero references to violence in training data -- Scientists found that AI models can inherit a taste for murder (or owls) from other models' training data. -- Owen Hughes -- Published

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New Velociraptor cousin was a '4-winged' dragon that hunted prey from the trees of ancient China, fossil find hints -- A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym -- After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Satellite images reveals mangroves rebounding worldwide - but here's why they could still 'drown' -- A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide, offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience. But other research warns sea level rise could reduce their ability to store carbon. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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