Surgery -- Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it

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Human Evolution -- Science news this week: 'Dragon Man's' identity and the universe's 'missing matter'

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Space -- A unique new blood type and 'spiderwebs' on Mars

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing

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Space -- An 'interstellar visitor' and the oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever sequenced

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Planet Earth -- 'Anti-aging' magic mushrooms and record-breaking internet speeds

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Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #4: The building blocks of DNA - 14 across

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Animals -- Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #2: Pigment in plants where photosynthesis occurs - 13 across

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #3: Mathematical term for a whole number - 5 down

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Planet Earth -- 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles

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Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid - 8 across

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Chinese scientists hunt for alien radio signals in 'potentially habitable' TRAPPIST-1 system - By - Mark Thompson - published - 14 September 25 - Researchers in China have conducted the most thorough search yet for alien radio signals in the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, which may harbor potentially Earth-like planets.

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3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the 'sacred location' of the royal tomb - By - Laura Geggel - published - 13 September 25 - Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by an ancient "police officer."

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Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and and scientists invent visible time crystals - By - Ben Turner - published - 13 September 25 - Science news this week - Sept. 13, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Have you gotten this year's COVID vaccine? By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 12 September 25 - Federal guidance about the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine has raised questions and confusion around the shots. Have you tried to get one this year?

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Astronomers use rare 'double zoom' to view black hole corona in unprecedented detail - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 12 September 25 - For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment.

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Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second - 10,000 times faster than 5G - By - Rich McEachran - published - 12 September 25 - Researchers have developed a 6G chip that uses a dual electro-photonic approach to send signals across nine radio-frequency bands.

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Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast - By - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - published - 12 September 25 - Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used remotely operated vehicles to find three new species of snailfish off the California coast.

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New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decades - By - Elizabeth Howell - published - 12 September 25 - A near-Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth's newest quasi-moon.

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Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 'American Nobel' By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 11 September 25 - One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards went to three scientists who helped invent a life-saving treatment for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease.

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Medicine & Drugs

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be turning bright green, surprising new photos reveal - By - Harry Baker - published - 11 September 25 - New photos captured during the recent "blood moon" total lunar eclipse show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be turning green as it gets closer to the sun.

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Acne drug Accutane may restore sperm production in infertile men, early study hints - By - Clarissa Brincat - published - 11 September 25 - Accutane, a decades-old acne treatment, could help men with infertility produce motile sperm and avoid invasive sperm retrieval surgery, a study finds.

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Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth

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Tiny cryogenic device cuts quantum computer heat emissions by 10,000 times - and it could be launched in 2026 - By - Owen Hughes - published - 11 September 25 - Scientists invent a new device that aims to solve thermal interference from electronic components - one of the biggest barriers to commercial quantum computing.

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When is the next full moon? By - Jamie Carter - last updated - 10 September 25 - When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2025, including the full 'Harvest Moon' supermoon on October 6.

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Electronics breakthrough means our devices may one day no longer emit waste heat, scientists say - By - Tristan Greene - published - 10 September 25 - A new "optoexcitonic switch" already achieves state-of-the-art performance over current electronics and could serve as the basis for classical and quantum computing devices capable of operating at room temperature.

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