Young scientist, 15, is named TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Year for her use of technology to lead social change including a device that detects…
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Girl Is Born in Tennessee From Embryo Frozen for 27 Years
In 1992, Tina Gibson was nearly 2 years old when a couple donated embryos that were frozen in a clinic in the Midwest. In February…
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Human vision goes back to the first primates 55 million years ago
Human sight can be traced back to a visual system that evolved in the brains of the very first primates on Earth 55 million years…
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A ‘Front-Row Seat’ to the Birth of a Comet
As Douglas Adams once said: Space is big. Really big. Consequently, scientists see only tiny slivers of space at any given moment, so on those…
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Fireball causes boom, unnerving upstate New York: 'It looked like a gold metallic flash'
Fox News Flash top headlines for December 3 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A fireball that rattled…
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Enigma machine used by the Nazis in WWII found in the Baltic Sea
Enigma machine used by the Nazis to send secret messages to German forces across Europe during World War II is accidentally discovered in the depths…
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The US has exceeded 100,000 current COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time
According to the COVID tracking project, as of Wednesday, the US has exceeded 100,000 current hospitalizations, yet another viral milestone. According to the new data,…
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Pfizer vaccine-trial participant reveals what it's like to volunteer for research that helped create the first effective COVID-19 vaccine
Jenny Hamilton is a 57-year-old former police officer who now works in location security for the film industry and lives in Atlanta. She's a participant…
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Mars may once have harboured alien life miles beneath the surface
Mars may once have harboured alien life miles beneath the surface where geothermal heat could have melted the thick ice sheets and allowed single-celled organisms…
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Inside newly-rediscovered abandoned farmhouse left eerily empty for 70 years
An Urban explorer has discovered an eerie “time capsule” of life in the 1950s. Photos of the deserted Lancashire farmhouse discovered by urban explorer Dean…
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Shark attack: ’No single reason’ for record high in unprovoked shark bites
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Residents of a small Austrian town are being promised work for 3 years in the world's first universal jobs guarantee experiment
Austria unveiled the world's first universal jobs guarantee experiment in October. The first wave of participants just signed their work contracts. They've been guaranteed a job…
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First high-altitude test of SpaceX's Starship could happen this week
SpaceX’s Starship rocket will fly 47,000 feet into the air in first ‘high-altitude test’ later this week – but Elon Musk says there’s a two-in-three…
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Humans have broken our planet with 'suicidal war' on nature, UN chief
Humans have broken our planet with ‘suicidal war’ on nature, UN chief warns – with ‘apocalyptic fires, floods, and cyclones’ becoming the new normal Antonio…
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More than a THIRD of pregnant women are depressed due Covid pandemic
Fifth more pregnant and post-natal women are suffering from depression due to stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, study finds Questionnaires were given to 1,123…
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TV shows aimed at children are teaching 'the wrong lessons' about pain
Animated TV shows and movies such as Peppa Pig and Frozen are teaching children the ‘wrong lessons’ about pain by only depicting it as arising…
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Yellowstone volcano: If supervolcano erupted it could kill 90,000 ‘immediately’
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Video game players are healthier and in better shape than the average
Video game players are NOT typically obese, but are healthier and in better shape than the general public, esports study reveals A survey of 1,400…
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Astronomy: What planets are visible at night this December?
Jupiter: Brian Cox reveals ‘rare’ photo taken by Hubble telescope December 2020 promises to be an equally exciting month for amateur astronomers who will be…
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CBD does NOT impair driving, landmarks study reveals
CBD does NOT impair driving – but cannabis products with THC can affect abilities for up to four hours, study reveals Scientists found CBD does…
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Archaeology news: Bodies exhumed of WW2 heroes who died fighting Nazi Germany
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Insect wings 'evolved from an outgrowth on a crustacean ancestor'
How insects got their wings REVEALED: Crustacean ancestor of modern insects first developed wings from an outgrowth on its legs 300 million years ago Study…
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Archaeologists discover origins of curvy Venus statues carved during time of starvation
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Ex-chess prodigy used AI to open door to finding cures for illnesses
How former schoolboy chess prodigy who passed his A Levels aged 15 invented genius AI that has opened the door to finding cures for illnesses…
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Blood test could predict who develops Alzheimer's disease
Blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer’s at least four YEARS before symptoms begin with 90 per accuracy is hailed as a ‘potential game-changer’ Test would…
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System will let astronauts transform Mars water into oxygen and fuel
New technology will allow astronauts to transform salt water on Mars into oxygen and fuel when they land on the Red Planet in 2033 The…
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Fixed masks plumbed into a clean air network could work in schools
Is this the future of classrooms? Face masks that supply students with a steady supply of sterilised air could help prevent the spread of coronavirus…
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Coronavirus can enter the BRAIN via the nose
How coronavirus infects the BRAIN: Virus inhaled through the nose gets trapped in nasal mucus and hijacks the olfactory nerve, study finds Scientists in Germany…
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Engaging babies in conversation helps develop language skills faster
Babies’ language skills develop faster if their parents ‘engage in conversation’ with them rather than just talking over them, study finds Experts monitored the language…
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Archaeology news: ‘Sistine Chapel’ of rock art discovered deep in the Amazon
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