Amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided object from the Roman Empire that experts can't explain

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A metal dodecahedron with circles on each of its 12 sides and knobs covering it on display in glass case
The Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group found an ancient Roman dodecahedron in the Midlands of England.

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Elon Musk says AI has no 'use' at SpaceX — at least for now

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on May 6, 2024.

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Elon Musk calls out Boeing's historic first crewed spaceflight, saying SpaceX beat them to the punch years ago

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Elon Musk is CEO of Boeing competitor SpaceX.

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An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy

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A fisheye view of the WEST tokamak, a rounded metal device
WEST's interior, which just broke a fusion record for a tungsten tokamak.

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China's hype video for its lunar base showed what looked like a NASA Space Shuttle lifting off, which it then realized and tried to fix

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What appears to be a NASA Space Shuttle seen in CNSA's video of the lunar base.
What appears to be a NASA Space Shuttle seen in CNSA's video of the lunar base.

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No bean coffee made from things like date seeds may be in our near future

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Coffee production has several downfalls.

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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position above an Atlas V rocket for an uncrewed test flight.

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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous

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A Mt. Everest cimber prepares to cross a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall
Navigating the Khumbu Icefall involves crossing ladders laid over crevasses that can be up to hundreds of feet deep.

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Scientists witnessed an orangutan treating his wounds with medicinal plants, showing human-like behavior

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Orangutan with a wound under its left eye
Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan living in Indonesia, chewed medicinal leaves and applied them to his own facial wound to speed healing.

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China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US

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A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.
A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.

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