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Penguin Poop May Be Speeding Up Antarctic Snow Melt: Study
The findings come as Antarctica continues to lose ice amid changing environmental conditions.
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Scientists Discover Why Women In This Small Italian Village Live Exceptionally Long Lives
Scientists studying Bolotana, a small village in Sardinia, Italy, have found that women who reach 70 have a much higher chance of living to 100 than women in Italy or the United States.
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Scientists Trace How Cancer Spread Between Identical Twins Before Birth
Scientists have used DNA analysis to trace how a rare soft tissue cancer spread from one identical twin to her sister before birth.
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How El Nino And Warming Oceans Could Shape Earth's Climate In 2027
From changing ocean currents to extreme weather, scientists are watching a combination of climate signals that could influence temperatures, rainfall and ecosystems in the months ahead.
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Astronaut Shows How Crew-12's Handmade Space Symbols Kept Home Close In Orbit
The handmade Earth and its four satellites carry different meanings, but together they represent the astronauts' connections to family.
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Margaret Hamilton, Scientist Who Worked On NASA's Apollo Program, Dies At 90
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30.
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Draconid Meteor Shower 2026: When And How To Catch The Sky Show In October
The meteor's origin point is the constellation Draco the Dragon, and it sits highest in the sky right after nightfall.
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A "Phoenix" World: Scientists Spot Planet Born From Ashes Of A Dead Star
This discovery proves that planet formation isn't just a one-time event that happens when a star is young.
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Gene-Editing, Sleep And Appetite Experts Eye 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize
This year, data analytics firm Clarivate predicted that research into the hunger-regulating hormone GLP-1 was a contender for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, but the award went to neuroscientists.
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Nobel Physics 2026: How Antarctica's Ice Became A Window To The Universe
Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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What Are Neutrinos? Why Nobel-Winning Researcher Francis Halzen Calls Them 'Ghost Particles'
Neutrinos are electrically neutral, extremely light subatomic particles that rarely interact with matter, allowing trillions to pass through the Earth and human bodies unnoticed.
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In Medical Breakthrough, Chinese Doctors Shrink Lung Tumour Of Baby Still In Mother's Womb
The baby had congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), a rare condition in which abnormal lung tissue develops during pregnancy.
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NASA Backs Project To Explore Mysterious Hole On The Moon
The GIMLI payload will employ a multi-sensor approach, providing researchers an opportunity to examine Marius Hill Pit directly from the lunar surface.
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Ozempic Rival Retatrutide Delivers 25% Weight Loss In Phase 3 Trial
An experimental weekly weight-loss injection called retatrutide helped people with obesity lose an average of up to 25 per cent of their body weight after 80 weeks in a Phase 3 trial.
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Astronaut Shares Breathtaking View Of Earth Lit By Moonlight From Space
Social media users were amazed to see the view shared by Astronaut Jessica Meir on her X handle.
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Astronomers Spot Massive Exoplanet Orbiting In Habitable Zone Of Extremely Hot Star
To find this exoplanet, the astronomers analysed nearly 16,500 Delta Scuti stars observed by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
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Earth Has Breached 7 Of 9 Planetary Boundaries, Scientists Warn
Seven of Earth's nine planetary boundaries have now been breached, with scientists warning that growing pressure on climate, biodiversity, freshwater and other natural systems is increasing the risk of irreversible environmental changes.
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Swiss Glaciers Lost 20% Ice In 5 Years: What It Means For The World
The accelerated glacier melt could have ripples across the continent because Switzerland, the water tower of Europe, feeds some of its most important rivers - the Danube, Po, Rhine and Rhone.
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US Woman Wins $300,000 NASA Prize For Solving A Major Mars Mission Challenge
NASA asked public innovators to design reliable food systems which can support a 15-person crew for 500 Martian sols, which is about 513 Earth days.
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Pregnancy 'Brain Fog' Is Real, Study Finds, And Scientists May Know Why
Researchers found that sustained high oestrogen levels disrupted a brain pathway linked to memory in mice, while a study of 70 women found that higher oestrogen levels were associated with poorer performance on some memory tests during late pregnancy.
