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Jupiter will disappear behind the moon in a once-in-a-decade alignment tomorrow - Skywatchers in the U.S. and eastern Canada can see a rare lunar occultation of Jupiter early on Oct. 6. Here are the exact times to see the giant planet vanish and reappear.

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Nobel Prize in Physics: 1901-Present -- Here are the physics Nobel Prize winners.

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Astonishing Artifacts - Urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler's arrival to the Maya underworld - This 1,400-year-old Maya urn features skulls, underworld gods, and a deceased ancestor dressed like a jaguar.

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New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances -- Scientists have developed a new type of architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing.

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Analysis -- 'Mpox has not disappeared': Why the infectious disease is still spreading in the US and may be here to stay -- Mpox (formerly monkeypox) continues to circulate in the U.S. Can it be stopped? -- Nicoletta Lanese

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Analysis -- The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big? -- The ozone hole above Antarctica is unusually large right now, and it might signal a shift in how the gap in Earth's protective layer behaves. -- Sascha Pare

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Ancient Egyptians -- Ancient Egyptians sacrificed pharaohs' servants so they could continue to serve their king in the afterlife, new study finds -- The ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a new study finds. -- Owen Jarus

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Romans -- 1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in Germany -- Archaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Particle Physics -- Scientists recreate the universe's first moments and find something they didn't expect -- A particle collider experiment just revealed something unexpected about how the fiery soup of particles that filled the universe after the Big Bang coalesced into the protons and neutrons that make up matter today. -- Andrey Feldman

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Space photo of the week -- First photos from Smile spacecraft show Earth like you've never seen it before -- The joint European-Chinese Smile satellite officially began its science operations this week, sharing a ghostly image of Earth's sunlit North Pole ringed by giant auroras. -- Brandon Specktor

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Could we ever create artificial gravity on a spaceship? -- Microgravity poses severe health risks for astronauts. But could there be a solution? -- Ashley Hamer Pritchard

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Astronomy -- CHIME telescope unlocks new way to study the universe's baffling expansion -- After seven years of work, Canada's CHIME telescope has a measurement of dark energy from 2019. More detailed studies are planned to expand the research. -- Elizabeth Howell

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Exoplanets -- Astronomers discover 'backward' planet orbiting its star in the wrong direction -- A newly discovered exoplanet orbits its star backward, and it's a mystery why. The system and others like it could shed light on how some complex planetary systems form. -- Damien Pine

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Saturn -- Now is the best time to see Saturn all year - yes, even with the naked eye -- Saturn will put on a show this week as it enters opposition and its famous rings return to looking their best. -- Jamie Carter

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Earth from space -- Lost 'heart' of the Colorado River shines like a silver serpent in Utah -- A 2016 astronaut photo mosaic highlights a "sunglint" phenomenon that transformed Lake Powell into a winding metallic "river." The artificial reservoir, which is the second-largest in the country, is home to many visible and long-lost geological wonders. -- Harry Baker

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Poll -- How prepared are you for a disaster? -- From emergency kits to evacuation plans, Live Science asks readers how prepared they are for the unexpected. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Viruses, Infections & Disease -- Mpox is still spreading in the US - here's what to know about vaccines, symptoms and treatment -- Mpox continues to circulate in many countries, including the United States. Here's what to know about the infection and the vaccines that protect against it. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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Health -- Nobel Prize in Medicine: 1901-Present -- Here's a look at past winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. -- Live Science Staff -- Last updated

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Science crossword -- Live Science crossword puzzle #64: The driving force of evolution - 9 across -- Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle! -- Harry Baker -- Last updated

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Cancer -- 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts say -- Four pathogens account for most infection-related cancers, a new study highlights, but the tools to prevent them range from well-established vaccines to treatments still under development. -- Anirban Mukhopadhyay -- Published

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Interview -- Could psilocybin treat brain injuries? Neuroscientist explains how psychedelics could fill a gap in head trauma care -- Live Science spoke with neuroscientist Argel Aguilar-Valles about recent research exploring psychedelics as a treatment for mild head trauma. -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Do animals experience schadenfreude? -- Schadenfreude, ‪or pleasure at seeing another's pain, is a complex emotion. So can animals besides humans experience it? -- Madeline Shaw

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Book excerpt -- What medieval people made of fossils before vertebrate paleontology -- In this excerpt from "The Story of the Mammals in 25 Discoveries," author Donald R. Prothero looks at a time when the idea of extinction was blasphemous. -- Donald R. Prothero

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Dinosaurs -- Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying-predator evolution -- A newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had sharply curved teeth and claws, as well as four wings, and it adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in different dinosaur groups. -- Chris Simms

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Interview -- Author Rose George dives into the dark depths of the fishing industry -- Live Science spoke with Rose George, journalist and author of "Every Last Fish," about her book on the fishing industry. -- Hannah Osborne

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Explainer -- New kind of AI audio chip transforms earbuds into always-on 'intelligent' devices that run without a smartphone. How does it work? -- A new AI audio chip will give future headphones on-device apps and sensors that gather data about your daily movements to feed AI "agents" that will speak directly into your ear. -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Quantum Computing -- Japan switches on its first full-stack room-temperature quantum computer - and scientists plan to scale it up to 10,000 qubits -- Japan's new quantum system, Shunkai, uses "optical tweezers" to trap and rearrange atoms, and will be available to researchers working on quantum error correction. -- Owen Hughes

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Artificial Intelligence -- Google DeepMind's latest AI tool promises a new era for genetics research, but experts warn to take its predictions with caution -- AlphaGenome Atlas could make it easier for geneticists to access powerful AI, but its predictions aren't always accurate. -- RJ Mackenzie

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Electronic Engineering -- New LightTok chip converts light directly into 'tokens' for AI - slashing energy use in drones and other autonomous machines -- A new sensor reduces the amount of energy required for visual imaging by processing light at the point of detection. -- Rich McEachran

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Life's Little Mysteries -- Science questions, answered

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Diagnostic dilemma -- Unusual case reports from the medical literature

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Astonishing artifacts -- A glimpse into how people lived in the past

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Space photo of the week -- Extraordinary images of our sublime universe

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Earth from space -- Incredible images of our planet from above

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Mathematics -- 'This is what happened with Claude and me': AI's failed attempt to crack the Riemann hypothesis led mathematician to a breakthrough -- An attempt by Anthropic's Claude failed to prove the Riemann hypothesis, but it did produce something genuinely useful: inspiration. -- Benjamin Skuse -- Published

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Mathematics -- '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 -- Published

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Book excerpt -- Was there a 'before' the Big Bang? Jim Al-Khalili on the mind-bogglingness of time -- In this excerpt from "On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick," author and theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines the possibility of time starting before the Big Bang, with the cosmological theory of eternal inflation. -- Jim Al-Khalili -- Published

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Turtles & Tortoises -- Rare two-headed turtle hatchling discovered on Cape Cod -- Lydia Smith

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PHOTO GALLERY -- Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert in wake of 'super' El Ni o -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Evolution -- Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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The Americas -- The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests -- Kristina Killgrove

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Artificial Intelligence -- 'A kind of Rosetta Stone': AI decodes 217-year-old secret letter ordered by Napoleon -- Pandora Dewan

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The Americas -- 'It's a portrait of their actual ancestor': Facial reconstruction of Indigenous man who lived in Ecuador 3,000 years ago shared with his descendants -- Tom Metcalfe

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Aging -- Your voice may reveal how fast you're aging, new AI 'speech clock' suggests -- Isha Ishtiaq

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Physics & Mathematics -- Physicists unveil the most accurate atomic clock ever ‪-‬ and it could literally redefine the second -- Joanna Thompson

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VIDEO -- Watch the world's smallest crocodiles snatch bats in their hidden underground lair ‪-‬ a behavior never seen before -- Patrick Pester

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