Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.

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A child stands nose to nose with a model of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.

Neanderthal Museum (Mettman, Germany)

It's okay to hit the snooze button. A new study shows it isn't bad for you and may even help you feel more alert.

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A woman lays in bed with her eyes closed, her hand hovering over the snooze button on a mobile phone.
Snoozing might have some sleep benefits.

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The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found

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Illustration of something impacting Earth creating a giant fireball in the atmosphere.
When something enters Earth's atmosphere, it's typically in a fiery blaze.

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A mysterious 4,000-year-old slab may be a treasure map that could point the way to long-lost Bronze Age riches

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A picture shows the engravings on the slab dots and cups carved in the rock are tied together by lines.
The Saint-Bélec slab was long a mysterious set of engravings, but scientists now think it's a map that could point to long-lost archaeological sites.

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Your friendly AI chatbot could know a lot about you from the way you type

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Chatbots can discern your personal details from what you type, study says.

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An orca kept in the world's smallest enclosure died from multiple illnesses before her release into open waters, necropsy finds

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Lolita the killer whale, also known as Tokitae and Toki, performs a trick during a training session inside her stadium tank at the Miami Seaquarium on July 8, 2023, in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Lolita the killer whale, also known as Tokitae and Toki, performs a trick during a training session inside her stadium tank at the Miami Seaquarium.

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How the world's hottest new pepper, Pepper X, compares to its top 6 predecessors like the Carolina Reaper and Ghost

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Ed Currie holds a handful of his Pepper X peppers, now the hottest pepper in the world.

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US oil production just hit an all-time high. 'Millions of people will die,' if this trend continues, a Stanford climate scientist said.

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Oil is still widely used as an energy source, despite international efforts to reduce usage.

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An 11,000-year-old statue of a man holding his penis could reveal secrets about a mysterious Neolithic culture

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A photograph taken at the archaeological site of Karahantepe in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey on October 9, 2023, shows a newly found 2.3-meter high human statue

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