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

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A doctor inspects the skin on the shoulder of a patient.
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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Artist's cocept of exoplanet WASP 107b imaged by
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.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

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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Mexico City is just the beginning. Here are 11 other cities at risk of running out of water.

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Residents collecting drinking water from a tanker due to the ongoing water crisis in India.

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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board

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Boeing's Starliner launched two NASA astronauts toward space.

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3 boys hunting for fossils made the ultimate discovery: a young T-rex skeleton that scientists have dubbed Teen Rex

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The fossil finding family (clockwise from upper left: Sam Fisher, Emalynn Fisher, Danielle Fisher, Liam Fisher, Kaiden Madsen, and Jessin Fisher) pose with the field jacket after it was rolled into a helicopter net.
The family who found the fossils at the North Dakota site where Teen Rex was found, posing with the field jacket that contains the fossil.

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The 3rd human case of bird flu in the US has 2 new and troubling symptoms

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Dairy farmer Brent Pollard gives cows feed at his cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois.

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