Steamy love letters sent to captured French sailors have been opened for the first time in 265 years

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A topshot shows a pile of ancient handwritten letters, wrapped in ribbons, laid out on a table.
A picture shows love letters sent to capture French sailors, that had gone unread for 265 years.

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Photos show the Northern Lights appeared as far south as Texas on Sunday from a double eruption on the sun. Auroras could become more common as solar activity nears its peak.

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A picture from Riverton's national weather service in Wyoming shows purple and green northern lights shining behind a spherical structure in the foreground.
A picture of the northern lights spotted in Riverton, Wyoming.

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What to do if orcas attack your boat: If you see a killer whale, 'never enter the water' and turn off your engine

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People in a boat watching an orca whale swim toward them.
Orcas are curious animals that may approach your boat.

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A woman spending around $108 a month on health expenses is beating out a millionaire who spends $2 million per year in anti-aging 'Rejuvenation Olympics'

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Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old biotech founder, hopes to rewind the clock of his body a few decades through a program he started, called Project Blueprint.

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Scientists finally solved the centuries-long mystery of where a starfish's head is

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A person holding a five-pointed starfish.
Genetics suggests sea stars have a head in each limb. Does that mean they have multiple brains, too?

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A middle-schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector

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Shanya Gill posing with an award.
Shanya Gill won $25,000 for her fire detection device.

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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.

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The skull of a mummified baboon preserved and held by the British Museum
Specimen EA 6738, held by the British Museum: Skull of a mummified baboon recovered from Thebes, Egypt and connected isotopically to Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia.

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Shocked beachgoers witness a surfer killed in a suspected great white shark attack

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Streaky Bay, South Australia
A surfer was killed by a great white while surfing near close to Streaky Bay, in South Australia.

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SpaceX finally says it's ready to launch Starship, again. The world's most powerful rocket could reach space for the first time in mid-November — if the FAA says yes.

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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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The FDA proposed to ban brominated vegetable oil. Here's how to tell if it's in your food, and why the FDA thinks it's unsafe to drink.

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Glass of fruit juice on the left next to a list of ingredients on the right including brominated vegetable oil.
Check the ingredients list for traces of brominated vegetable oil.

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