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Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative - By - Rory Bathgate - published - 28 January 26 - An innovative approach to battery materials could bring sodium-ion energy density and charging speeds far closer to those of lithium-ion, scientists say.

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Liquid-nitrogen-infused cocktail popped a man's stomach like a balloon - By - Kamal Nahas - published - 28 January 26 - Liquid nitrogen can be used safely in food preparation - but one man's stomach burst after he threw back a cocktail that had been cooled with the substance.

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See February's full Snow Moon rise this weekend next to a glittering star cluster - By - Jamie Carter - published - 28 January 26 - February's full "Snow Moon" will be at its fullest on Sunday, Feb. 1, and will be best seen at moonrise. It will appear just beneath the Beehive Cluster, one of the closest star clusters to the solar system.

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'Doomsday Clock' ticks 4 seconds closer to midnight - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 27 January 26 - The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

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Standard model of cosmology holds up in massive 6-year study of the universe - By - Skyler Ware - published - 27 January 26 - The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid - but both fail to explain one key observation.

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Creepy humanoid robot face learned to move its lips more accurately by staring at itself in the mirror, then watching YouTube - By - Fiona Jackson - published - 27 January 26 - EMO the robot learned how its silicone lips would move in response to its 26 facial motors by staring at its reflection.

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Rock climbers in Italy accidentally discovered evidence of an 80 million-year-old sea turtle stampede - By - Jeanne Timmons - published - 27 January 26 - Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.

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Shark attacks in Hawaii spike in October, and scientists think they know why - By - Chris Simms - published - 27 January 26 - Sharktober is real in Hawaii - and it's down to the reproductive pattern of predatory tiger sharks, an analysis of 30 years of data reveals.

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IVF hormones could be delivered with painless 'microneedle' patch someday, early study hints - By - Theresa Sullivan Barger - published - 27 January 26 - Scientists are developing a microneedle patch that they hope could someday simplify IVF hormone delivery. They've tested it in animals.

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1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 26 January 26 - The president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological discovery in a decade."

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