'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.

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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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Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas cow. Are humans at risk? Explainer - USDA announced the detection of a New World screwworm infection in a cow in Texas, marking the state's first confirmed case in decades. By - Nicoletta Lanese - Published - 4 June 26

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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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James Webb telescope detects most distant dormant black hole ever, invisible in all wavelengths of light -- JWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass. -- Elizabeth Howell -- Published

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Microsoft's latest quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor - but why is this new processor so controversial? -- The Majorana 2 quantum processor is built from topological qubits, and its creators claim it can sustain quantum coherence for an average of 20 seconds - orders of magnitude longer than the milliseconds that conventional chips last. -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet -- Published

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Mysterious repeating radio signal traced to 'vampire' star that's slowly eating its companion -- Radio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system. -- Sarah Wild -- Published

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First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas -- In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau. -- Margherita Bassi -- Published

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'Cannibal' CME from rare 'anti-Hale' sunspot will slam into Earth today, bringing auroras to 23 US states -- Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption. -- Ben Turner -- Published

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Daddy longlegs may be capturing and devouring frogs in the tropical forests of South America -- Daddy longlegs have been observed eating frogs in South America, suggesting that these arachnids may be predators of vertebrates. -- Olivia Ferrari -- Published

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NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after loss of signal behind Mars -- NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the probe's rotation speed led to an unexpected loss of power, though the exact cause remains unknown. -- Brandon Specktor -- Last updated

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Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here's why scientists are enthusiastic. -- Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, in an effort to reduce mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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A cheap arthritis drug shows promise treating RSV in early study -- An arthritis drug reduces the amount of RSV in human respiratory cells, but experts say it's too early to say if it will actually treat the common infection. -- Clarissa Brincat -- Published

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'Totally counterintuitive': Scientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets, opening new window in the search for life -- Scientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets -- Ivan Farkas -- Published

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'It was very very good': tzi the Iceman's body is covered in ancient yeast - and scientists just used it to make a sourdough -- A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized tzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps. -- Sophie Berdugo -- Published

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Physicists achieve 'perfect randomness' for the first time ever -- Physicists used quantum bits to achieve "perfect randomness" in a world-first experiment. The results of their research could strengthen cryptography and other security systems. -- Alan Bradley -- Published

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China launches new Long March 12B rocket, reportedly without any safety warning -- China's Long March 12B rocket has blasted off on its maiden voyage carrying more Qianfan "Thousand Sails" satellites, during a surprise launch for which there were reportedly no airspace notices. -- Patrick Pester -- Published

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17,000-year-old stripes of red in a Welsh cave are the oldest rock art in the UK, study finds -- Over a century after a red-lined cave wall was discovered, scientists have determined that it represents the U.K.'s oldest rock art. -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

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NASA confirms meteor exploded over northeastern US with force of 230 tons of TNT -- NASA shared an initial analysis of a 5-foot-wide fireball meteor that exploded in the sky over the northeastern U.S. on Saturday, May 30. -- Brandon Specktor -- Published

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