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Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost

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Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost

In this photo released by the Mammoth Museum at the Russian North-Eastern Federal University on Monday, December 23, 2024, University’s Scientists show the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost in Russia’s Siberia. | Photo Credit: AP Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were…

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3D-printed guns allegedly used to kill US CEO a growing threat worldwide

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3D-printed guns allegedly used to kill US CEO a growing threat worldwide

Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun. Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon. Often called “ghost guns” because they can be hard to trace, these firearms can be either partially or…

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Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

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Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

This handout photo long exposure shot shows the flight of a flock of autonomous drones during an experiment near Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP Moving in a dense cloud, like throngs of people walking across a crowded public square, 100 drones maneuver through the night sky in Hungary’s capital, the…

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

This artist’s illustration shows the wayward interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah) racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. The object, heated by the Sun (lower right), is venting gaseous material from its surface, as a comet would. | Photo Credit: Reuters In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar…

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Primates often gave birth to twins 60M years ago: new research

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Primates often gave birth to twins 60M years ago: new research

Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them as a philosophical reminder of the duality of life and death, good and evil.  | Photo Credit: Tesla Monson/The Conversation Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them…

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New AI model ‘GenCast’ can beat the best traditional weather forecasts

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New AI model ‘GenCast’ can beat the best traditional weather forecasts

A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a new paper. | Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Jacques Descloitres A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according…

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Firefly Sparkle galaxy offers a taste of the infant Milky Way

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Firefly Sparkle galaxy offers a taste of the infant Milky Way

An illustration depicting a reconstruction of what the Firefly Sparkle galaxy looked like about 600 million years after the Big Bang if it was not stretched and distorted by a natural effect known as gravitational lensing. This concept is based on images and data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA’s…

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