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Scientists Just Discovered Something Still Alive Inside Ötzi the Iceman 5,300 Years Later
Researchers found cold-loving microbes still reproducing inside the 5,300-year-old mummy, turning the famous Iceman into a living laboratory.
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Japan Sent a Probe to Collect Samples From an Asteroid. That Asteroid Might Actually Be a Derelict Soviet Spacecraft.
The mysterious object known as 1998 KY26 could be a tiny asteroid, a dark comet, or maybe one very lost Soviet probe.
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Scientists Have Been Watching One Dead Whale Feed the Ocean for 15 Years. Here’s What They’ve Learned.
Researchers say the “whale fall” off Vancouver Island is still supporting clams, snails, fish, tubeworms, and bone-eating zombie worms.
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Scientists Found That Bean Plants Can Summon Wasps to Fight Their Battles
Researchers found that the plants can identify caterpillar attacks and summon wasps to the scene to protect them.
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Vicki Smith/Getty Images Scientists Say Cows Might Recognize Human Faces, Which Is Bad News for Grilling Season
A new study suggests cows can connect familiar faces and voices, making them more socially complex than we may want to admit.
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MR1805/Getty Images Scientists Identified a ‘T. Rex of the Ocean’ That Was Hiding in Museum Collections for Decades
The newly classified mosasaur species had massive jaws, serrated teeth, and a name that makes its whole deal pretty clear.
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A 200,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery Is Changing What Scientists Know About Early Humans
Researchers say the finding reveals a surprisingly sophisticated part of early human life: beds for sleeping.
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3I/ATLAS A Harvard Astronomer Has a New Theory About 3I/ATLAS, and Yes, It Involves Aliens Again
Avi Loeb suggests the interstellar object may have been scattering life-building material through the solar system.
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Photo: nemke / Getty Images ‘Relationship Hitmen’: Your Mom Has a Talent for Subtly Killing Friendships She Doesn’t Like, Scientists Say
If you have friends your mom doesn’t like, no you don’t.
