Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows - Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal."

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Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in Svalbard -- Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study finds -- Scientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models. -- Marianne Guenot -- Published

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Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real in mind-bending quantum experiment -- A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the atoms themselves are the ones saying so. -- Larissa G. Capella -- Published

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The Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover -- Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper discovered in medieval latrine in Germany -- Archaeologists recovered the 10-page wax notebook with Latin writing and its leather carrying case from a medieval latrine in Germany. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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China installs world's largest floating wind turbine in deep water test - it generates enough energy to power 4,200 homes annually -- Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the future of floating wind farms. -- Alan Bradley -- Published

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More young people are getting colorectal cancer - here's what scientists think might be happening - Analysis - People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number of cases. By - Stephanie Pappas - Published - 20 May 26

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'The system is likely to reach a breaking point': Major Italian volcano is speeding toward a transition, and a major eruption could be on the way -- Campi Flegrei, a volcanic caldera near Naples, is speeding toward a transition, a new study suggests, but there are still a lot of questions as to whether it will erupt in the near future. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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Deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish discovered in Singapore is a newfound species -- Researchers identified a new species of box jellyfish and recorded a surprising range expansion for the Thai sea wasp after analyzing the morphology and DNA of a handful of jellies in Singapore. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Antarctica's sudden sea ice loss is one of the most extreme and confusing events in the modern climate record. Scientists now know why it's happening. -- In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that period. -- Sascha Pare -- Last updated

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World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D -- Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its engineers say these are the first devices of their kind in the world. -- Fiona Jackson -- Published

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Global warming is accelerating 5,000 times faster than rice can evolve -- A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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1,200-year-old giant 'death jar' in Laos contains generations of human skeletons -- Excavation of a large stone vessel from the mysterious Laos Plain of Jars has confirmed its use in an ancient funerary tradition. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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Doctor's kit found on Mount Vesuvius victim in Pompeii -- A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans reveal. -- Tom Metcalfe -- Published

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950-YEAR-OLD BURIAL OF A PET DINGO REVEALS UNIQUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF HUMANS RITUALLY 'FEEDING' A GRAVE -- Archaeologists have excavated the remains of a dingo that was buried by ancestors of the Australian Aboriginal Barkindji people and "fed" for the next 500 years with river mussels. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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Deadly Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, WHO declares -- Health officials suspect that an Ebola epidemic has killed 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. -- Patrick Pester -- 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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Watch a newly discovered, blue-whale-size asteroid fly super close to Earth today -- Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to stargazers and can be viewed via livestream. -- Harry Baker -- Last updated

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'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the longest-necked dinosaur on record from Southeast Asia -- A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind from Southeast Asia. -- Skyler Ware -- Published

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