Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct

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Photo of a long-beaked Attenborough echidna taken at night.
The long-beaked echidna was feared to be extinct.

Cyclops Expedition, 2023.

This robotic hand could be the future of prosthetics

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Researchers at Swiss university ETH Zurich created a humanlike robotic hand using new 3D printing technology to create more sophisticated prosthetics.

Archaeologists unearth remains of 1,300-year-old ship at Norwegian burial mound suggesting maritime exploration dates back further than previously thought

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Archeaologists uncovered the remains of a pre-Viking age ship at the Herlaugshaugen burial ground this summer.

Courtesy of Geir Grønnesby, NTNU Science Museum

Photos show giant cracks breaking open streets in a town near Iceland's volcano that could erupt within hours

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Cracks emerge on a road due to volcanic activity near a police station, in Grindavik, Iceland November 11, 2023.
Cracks emerge on a road due to volcanic activity near a police station, in Grindavik, Iceland November 11, 2023.

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Photos show how SpaceX's Starship evolved from a trash-can-shaped prototype to the most powerful rocket ever built

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Side-by-side images show a trach-can0shaped prototype of Starship flying in the air, next to a picture of the latest Starship prototype being stacked on top of its booster.
Side-by-side images show two iterations of Starship, the Starhopper on the right and the Starship megarocket on the left.

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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun

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An artist's illustration of an LFBOT, a mysterious flash coming from deep space that baffles scientists.

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A small group of farms in California use more water than entire cities, and it's mostly going to a single crop, according to a new report

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The Colorado River flows into Lake Mead.

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Sailors have created a shared heavy metal playlist on Spotify to blast at orcas threatening their boats

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Orcas — like the one seen here at Loro Parque zoo in Spain — have been bumping into boats near Portugal and Spain.
Orcas — like the one seen here at Loro Parque zoo in Spain — have been bumping into boats near Portugal and Spain.

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The head of the FTC says she used ChatGPT to successfully contest a medical bill

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ftc chair Lina Khan

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The Asian longhorned tick spreading across the US can clone itself thousands of times and even kill cattle

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Hundreds of Asian longhorned ticks cover a white lint roller
In about 90 minutes, researchers collected over 9,000 Asian longhorned ticks on a farm in southeast Ohio.

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