10,000-year-old chewing gum is full of clues about what Stone Age teens were eating

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A picture shows a black wad of resin placed between two casts of gum that show clear teeth marks embedded in the resin.
A picture shows ancient resin next to two casts of the gum showing clear teeth mark left behind a teen almost 10,000 years ago.

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Men in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggests

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A miniature landscape palace of Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park is seen under heavy snow in Xi 'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, Nov 11, 2023.
A miniature landscape palace of Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park is seen under heavy snow in Xi 'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, Nov 11, 2023.

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NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy

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An artist's interpretation of a gamma-ray burst.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon

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On left is an illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. On right is an illustration of a brown dwarf with an aurora at its north pole.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence to suggest aurora on brown dwarf W1935.

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China opens the world's deepest and largest underground laboratory 7,800 feet below a mountain to hunt for dark matter

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A photo shows the tunnel entrance of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in China's Sichuan Province on November 8, 2023.

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Tectonic plates that are causing the Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet in two, study suggests

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Colorful Buddhist prayer flags in the Himalayas.
Buddhist prayer flags in the Himalayas.

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A giant tsunami may have wiped out Stone Age populations in Britain 8,200 years ago, and scientists say a similar natural disaster could hit the islands again

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A map with a red arrow pointing to the area off the coast of Norway where the Storegga slide occurred over 8,000 years ago
A landslide near Norway caused a tsunami over 8,000 years ago that created giant waves in the North Sea and beyond.

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Remnants of life in ancient rocks reveal Earth had a rich ecosystem 3.4 billion years ago

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Rocky mountains are shown rolling to the distance in the Barbeston Natural reserve where the fossils were found.
A picture of the Barbeston Natural reserve which is where the ancient fossils were found.

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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices

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This artist's concept shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
NASA's Voyager spacecraft are the furthest human-made objects from Earth.

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After Peregrine failed to land on the moon, Astrobotic still plans to launch another lunar lander in November

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A picture shows ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket taking off, leaving behind a blast of energy.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander launched toward the moon on Monday, January 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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