Earth's core may be coated in a layer of crystals created by water leaking from the surface: study

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An artist's impression shows a cross-section of the Earth. Inside subducted water-rich earth is shown going towards the core and magma is shown rising toward the surface.
An artist's impression of how water could seep into the Earth, creating a layer of crystals around the core.

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A rogue star could save Earth from extinction in a billion years by knocking it out past Pluto

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An artist's impression of Earth's orbit around the sun.

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Giant guinea pig-sized rats that climb trees and chomp coconuts were photographed for the first time by researchers

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A Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika, crawls on a tree in the Solomon Islands
The Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika, likes to sleep in trees.

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of 4-second naps a day so they can stay alert and guard their newborns around-the-clock, researchers say

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Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica
Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica.

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El Niño rains in Kenya have caused devastating flooding and killed over 120 people. Here's what it looks like.

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Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains in Tula, Tana River county in Kenya on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains on November 25, 2023.

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Photos show the process of collecting snake venom to produce life-saving anti-venom

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A snake bites into cellophane covering the top of a shot glass and releases its venom into the glass.
A snakebites into cellophane covering the top of a shot glass and releases its venom into the glass.

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A physicist says it's possible to determine if our universe is a giant simulation and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund his experiment

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"The Matrix" brought the concept that we may all be living in a computer simulation to the masses.

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Forever working: Gadget plans to tap into your productivity while you sleep by inducing lucid dreaming

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Getting better sleep can improve a host of other health concerns.

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'Vampire' stars could be using galactic henchmen to help feed on their companions

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Artist's impression composed of a star with a disc around it (a type-Be "vampire" star; foreground) and its companion star that has been stripped of its outer parts (background).

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Thomas Edison tried to take credit for a device created by a Black American inventor

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Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.

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