Photo shows the moment lighting struck the launchpad as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket was preparing for liftoff

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A picture shows Falcon Heavy on its launchpad. A bolt of lightning hits the protection mast on the launchpad.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket sat atop its launchpad as it was struck by lightning on April 27.

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A diver killed by a 15-foot great white shark classified as a 'provoked incident'

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The 15-foot long great white shark attacked the man from below.

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Scientists say they made a mind-reading AI that can turn brain scans into a readout of your thoughts

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A researcher places a grid on the head of a participant in blue scrubs, who is lying down ready to enter an fMRI machine.
A researcher prepping a participant to enter an fMRI machine at the Biomedical Imaging Center at The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Researcher say they were able to read a story from participants' brainwaves.

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Science has finally figured out how fast and loud you should talk on Zoom

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Researchers just created the largest-ever database of how we interact on video-chat. Here's what they found.

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A commuter train excavation near Notre Dame Cathedral has uncovered a 2,000-year-old necropolis containing bodies buried with coins in their mouths and an entire pig skeleton

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Burial from the excavation of Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris, in 2023. The burials of a large necropolis, located south of Lutèce in the 2nd century AD, have been unearthed. © Nicolas Warmé, Inrap
Burial from the excavation of Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris, in 2023. The burials of a large necropolis, located south of Lutèce in the 2nd century AD, have been unearthed.

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Exotic turtles have been poached to near-extinction in Asia, but in Hong Kong, these species thrive

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A big-headed turtle is weighed during the annual weigh-in photocall at London Zoo on August 26, 2021.
A big-headed turtle

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One woman described how she almost drowned snorkeling in a full-face mask. Here's why they could be dangerous.

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A woman on a beach holding a full-face snorkel mask.

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Oral sex is the leading 'risk factor' for a throat cancer, expert says

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A woman touches her throat.

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Voyager 2 has been in space for 45 years. NASA just found a way to keep it alive for another 3, despite it being 12 billion miles from Earth.

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This artist's drawing shows one of the Voyager probes.

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A Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to be chasing a secret US military satellite in a game of cat and mouse

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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft ascends after its launch, as seen from the International Space Station.

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