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In a seafloor surprise, metal-rich chunks may generate deep-sea oxygen

Instead of sinking from the surface, some deep-sea oxygen may be created by battery-like nodules that split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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An illustration of a planet with blue watery oceans, reddish land, and an atmosphere, seen from above

Space

A planet needs to start with a lot of water to become like Earth

By Lisa Grossman19 hours ago

An illustration shows a grid of atoms being hit with a red beam of laser light. Blue lines indicating a magnetic field emanate from the lit-up region.

Physics

Can light spark superconductivity? A new study reignites debate

By Emily ConoverJuly 19, 2024

An overhead view of a young woman packing her suitcase for vacation, including a stack of mask along with her passport, clothes and camera.

Health & Medicine

How to stay healthy during the COVID-19 summertime surge

By Tina Hesman SaeyJuly 19, 2024

A horizontal still from the movie 'Twisters' a man and a woman stand next to each other in a field, backs to the camera, and share a look while an active tornado is nearby.

Climate

Twisters asks if you can 'tame' a tornado. We have the answer

By Abby WallaceJuly 19, 2024

This satellite image shows a pale expanse of sea just below the island of Java in the Indian Ocean. A white line traversiing the image is the track of a yacht that sailed through this "milky sea." The track turns blue where the yacht traveled through the giant patch of bioluminescence.

Oceans

Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?

By Bas den HondJuly 18, 2024

A wave is shown rising out at sea.

Oceans

This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance

By Nikk OgasaJuly 18, 2024

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Psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks

A high dose of the psychedelic drug briefly throws the brain off kilter. Other, longer-lasting changes could hint at psilocybin's therapeutic effects.

By Laura SandersJuly 17, 2024
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World record speeds for two Olympics events have fallen over time. We can go faster

The pelt of a 52,000 year-old woolly mammoth complete with reddish-brown fur is being measured and photographed with a smart phone by two men. The man on the left wears a black baseball cap and an olive green jacket. He is holding a yellow tape measure. The man on the right has a white beard and glasses and is wearing a long-sleeved light blue shirt. He holds the phone in a gloved hand.

Freeze-drying turned a woolly mammoth’s DNA into 3-D ‘chromoglass’

a sea lion facing the camera lies on a concrete wall. A person wearing a white jumpsuit and blue gloves is walking toward it

Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why

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AI’s understanding and reasoning skills can’t be assessed by current tests

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