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The hardest part of discovering alien life may be announcing it. Here's how NASA might break the news.

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3 teens invented a salt-powered refrigerator that doesn't need electricity. They're building 200 of them for hospitals to use.

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Scientists captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid in the deep sea after a 100-year search. It's a baby.

A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded cameras for 100 years.

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A digital recreation of the Titanic showing its bow buried in the seafloor

See the most detailed images ever taken of Titanic's wreckage, which might offer clues about how it sank

Submersibles captured images of the Titanic wreck to create a "digital twin" of the ship. Researchers are using it to explore the Titanic's mysteries.

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The wreckage of the Titanic was found nearly 40 years ago during a secret US Navy mission to recover nuclear submarines

The Titanic, which sank in April 1912, was found on September 1, 1985, during a Navy search for two missing nuclear submarines.

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Lauren Sanchez's first trip to space gave her major perspective. Here's what she realized while floating above the Earth.

Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez went to space with the first female-only crew since 1963. She talked about Bezos and how proud she is of the crew.

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Photos show what daily life is like on the International Space Station, from sleeping arrangements to haircuts

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show how astronauts live.

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Jeff Bezos, wearing a cowboy hat, speaking into a microphone about his space flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

All about Blue Origin: How Jeff Bezos launched a rocket company that's competing with SpaceX

Blue Origin rockets are launching people to the edge of space, but Jeff Bezos wants the company to compete with SpaceX. It's getting closer.

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A teen won $12,500 for building a playground out of recycled tires. She plans to build 3 more parks across Nigeria.

Amara Nwuneli plans to put her prize money toward building three more parks in Nigeria to help combat extreme heat and flooding.

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Hafthor Bjornsson doing a deadlift. Text pointing to the barbell says "475 KGS."

What's the maximum weight a human being can theoretically lift?

Elite athletes have achieved lifts of up to 1,200 pounds. Here's what's made that possible — and what the limit may be.

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Dire wolves have been extinct for over 10,000 years. Now, the startup Colossal Biosciences says it's brought them back.

The startup Colossal Biosciences says it achieved de-extinction and made three new dire wolves named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi.

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Chewing gum is the latest sneaky source of microplastics, releasing thousands of pieces into your saliva

Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more plastic when you chew gum.

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8 forgotten women Egyptologists that history overlooked

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

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Archaeologists discovered a mysterious pharaoh from a war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Take a look inside his tomb.

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're searching for his name.

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Flávia Fayet-Moore holds mushrooms by her face

I'm a space nutritionist sending the first mushrooms into orbit. It could make travel to Mars a whole lot more palatable.

Flavia Fayet-Moore, a space nutritionist, partnered with NASA and SpaceX to send the first mushrooms into orbit.

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TOSSING A FRISBEE ON A SMOKE-FILLED STREET IN NORTH BIRMINGHAM, MOST HEAVILY POLLUTED AREA OF THE CITY

Vintage photos reveal what American cities looked like before the EPA regulated water and air pollution

President Trump's EPA administrator aims to roll back environmental protections in an effort to reduce the agency's spending.

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The historical figures who inspired Nvidia's product names, from Grace Hopper to David Blackwell

Nvidia chips take their names from pioneering figures in STEM fields like mathematics and computer science.

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How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare

A minute-by-minute guide on how to survive a nuclear bomb attack, and ways to be prepared for war.

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California is turning to satellites and AI to combat the next wave of deadly wildfires

Massive wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region in January, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and razing thousands of homes.

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9 ways living in space changes the human body

Space changes the human body in many ways. From bone loss to bloated faces, here's how microgravity and radiation affect the human body.

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Curious dolphins welcomed NASA astronauts back to Earth after their 9-month saga stuck in space

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got a warm welcome from a pod of dolphins when they returned from nine months in space.

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Elon Musk just scored a much-needed win: SpaceX brought those 2 stranded astronauts home

Tesla and SpaceX have had a rough couple of months, but the highly anticipated return flight of two NASA astronauts is a boost for Elon Musk.

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NASA's 'stranded' astronauts have finally returned to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on a SpaceX spaceship after their week-long flight turned into nine months on the space station.

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are set to return to Earth tonight. Meet the 2 astronauts who were stuck in space for 9 months.

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will finally return to Earth after nine months 'stuck' in space. The NASA astronauts are awaiting rescue by SpaceX.

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Sugary sodas cause deadly diseases. Coca-Cola worked to discredit the science.

Inside Coke's covert campaign to downplay the risks of sugary soda. A new book shows how the company misled America.

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Scenes of joy as stranded US astronauts moved a step closer to returning home

A livestream of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission showed joyous scenes as the astronauts entered the ISS and embraced the Expedition 72 crew members on board.

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5G disappointed consumers and phone carriers. Who's cashing in?

After astronomic levels of hype, the fifth generation of mobile networks has been a letdown. What happened? And will 6G be any better?

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Photos show 2 key strategies that saved the Getty Villa from fires — and what homeowners can learn from them

The Getty Villa survived the worst fire in Los Angeles history because of key construction and landscaping choices. Homeowners can use these tactics.

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An 18-year-old won $250,000 for discovering over a million objects in space. Some could help unravel one of the universe's biggest mysteries.

Matteo Paz built a machine-learning algorithm in high school to analyze heaps of data for NASA. He just won a $250,000 Science Talent Search award.

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Image of Intuitive Machine's Athena landing on the moon in 2025.

Photo taken on the moon shows what went wrong with an American space company's latest mission

Intuitive Machines' latest mission ended early after its lunar lander Athena touched down in a moon crater and fell onto its side.

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Eric Schmidt named CEO of a rocket startup. It could put him in competition with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is taking over as CEO of rocket startup Relativity Space, which has ambitions to reach Mars.

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The Getty Villa sign with fires in the background from the Palisades Fire in California

I toured the Getty Villa weeks after 17 employees fought flames from the Los Angeles fires. Here's how it became an anti-fire fortress.

The Getty Villa's construction, technology, and staff training helped it survive the Palisades fire. Here's what it takes to protect an estate.

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NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore says politics aren't why he and his crewmate are still in space nearly 9 months longer than planned

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore recently said that politics has nothing to do with why he and his crewmate, Suni Williams, are still in space.

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Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies

Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the blood-brain barrier.

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Bill Gates speaking at the "World Health Summit" conference; Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.

Bill Gates said he did his best to save things like funding for HIV research during a 3-hour meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Gates said he "had a really good, very long dinner" with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after Christmas.

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