Scientists studied 8,000 cats to determine which breeds live the longest, and it could help you become a better pet owner

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A recent study looked at cat breeds to determine which live the longest.

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What you need to know about the giant, 'flying' spiders spreading over the eastern US

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Joro spiders are an invasive species in the US, but they aren't as scary as they seem.

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Scientists finally think they know where the most dangerous part of this US earthquake zone is and it's bad news for Washington

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The Cascadia Subduction Zone just off the Pacific Coast of the US can trigger earthquakes greater than magnitude 8. For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive map of its subsurface.

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Humans and Neanderthals only had sex for a brief period, but it still fundamentally changed our DNA

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A girl looks through a replica of a Neanderthal skull
Humans have Neanderthal DNA as a result of interbreeding tens of thousands of years ago.

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The first case of a 'highly contagious' ringworm infection spread through sex has arrived in the US, researchers say

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A new sexually transmitted fungal infection has surfaced in New York, researchers warned.

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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why

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This artist's illustration shows what exoplanet WASP 107b could look like based on new data from JWST. This warm gas giant confounded researchers until recently.

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See Elon Musk's Starship shredding apart as it descends to Earth, with a whole fin almost ripping off

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This flap on Starship looked very different at the beginning and end of the plummet back to Earth.

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Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction

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An exhibit shows the life of a Neanderthal family in a cave at the Neanderthal Museum in Krapina, Croatia.

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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars

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SpaceX's starship-super heavy megarocket soaring to space with smoke all around it
Starship launching from Boca Chica, Texas, on its fourth test flight toward space.

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Space elevators could get us to Mars in record time — and Japan is planning one for 2050

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The Obayashi Corporation's concept drawing for its proposed space elevator.

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