Space 'shark' takes top prize at ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest - A Royal Observatory Greenwich contest showcased work from around the night sky and the solar system, with prize-winning photos spanning topics ranging from auroras to planets. astronomy

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Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers -- A genetic mutation that raises lung cancer risk was much more common among those born in Southeastern states than elsewhere in the U.S. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Giant 'baby' exoplanet is the youngest alien world scientists have ever seen -- Astronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far. -- Harry Baker

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'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problem -- OpenAI's controversial claim to have cracked the Navier-Stokes existence-and-smoothness problem has sent shock waves through the mathematics community. -- Benjamin Skuse

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Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century -- The South American tiger cat is not one species but five distinct species, a new study finds. -- Olivia Ferrari

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1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in Russia -- Archaeologists discovered the two-sided pendant, which features a snake-slaying saint and a snake-haired woman, during an excavation in northwestern Russia. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Ni o, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink -- Live Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Ni o could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point. -- Patrick Pester

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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library -- An expert in ancient Greek literature identified a fragment of the "Odyssey" among a collection of manuscripts in a Dutch university library. -- Kristina Killgrove

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New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at Herculaneum in A.D. 79. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood ‪- and it was as hot as ours -- Tooth analysis has revealed that the king of the dinosaurs was as warm-blooded as a human or an elephant -- Chris Simms

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Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids' -- Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage -- Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor. -- Sascha Pare

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New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' - it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expect -- This first-of-its-kind concept laptop integrates near-silent cooling technology to remove waste heat. -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Strange ringed object beyond Saturn looks even stranger in new James Webb telescope study -- James Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes. -- Elizabeth Howell

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US military confirms weapons in orbit: Why a space 'arms race' could be extremely hard to stop -- Despite the U.S. announcing it has weapons in orbit, nuclear arms have been banned from space for nearly 60 years. A new detection method could help verify whether nations are keeping that promise. -- Sharmila Kuthunur -- Last updated

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Did 'all roads lead to Rome'? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected. -- Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road. -- Owen Jarus

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Fossils of iconic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus found in Europe for first time - and it may have traveled there via land bridge -- Fossils of the long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus have been discovered in Spain, marking the first time remains of this iconic Jurassic-period dino have been found outside the U.S. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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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. -- Stephanie Pappas

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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

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Does estrogen protect against dementia? And if so, who should take it? -- 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 -- Published

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