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Lamprey brain atlas reveals 450-million-year blueprint of vertebrate brains

What did the very first complex vertebrate brain look like? To find out, scientists turned to an unlikely time traveler: the lamprey, a jawless, eel-like fish whose body plan has barely changed in roughly 360 million years.

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Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy, records broken in Slovakia and Denmark, majo

Forecasters say hottest conditions spreading into central and eastern EuropeAfter decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Seawater is seeping into Italy’s longest river as the waterway starts to run dry in the heatwave, hitting a farming heartland

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Saturday Citations: Predicting earthquakes; two types of water; observing event horizons

Howdy, pards, here's a quick roundup of the week's science news: Moose, previously thought to be a transplanted species, are actually native to Colorado. A digital twin of a two-year-old child's brain revealed neural signatures linked to autism. And a new gel treatment for severe

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Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

Fossils tucked away in a museum drawer and identified merely as "feline" are actually from a very ancient and enigmatic saber-toothed cat that inhabited North America more than 5 million years ago. Newly identified by a UC Berkeley paleontologist, the nearly complete skull helps

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World's largest particle smasher halts for upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter

The world's most powerful particle accelerator will shutter operations Monday for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision capacity and the potential for unlocking one of the greatest mysteries of the universe: dark matter.

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Oxygen atoms in 15‑million‑year‑old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter

Some periods in Earth's history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs or the Ice Ages, but it is an intermediate world, the Miocene Epoch—a sort of "in-between" world, geologically speaking

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Australia boosts shark-spotting drone coverage at Sydney beaches

Australia will expand shark-spotting drone coverage year-round at beaches across Sydney and beyond from July 1, authorities said Sunday, following a rise in attacks and sightings.

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Everyone experiences loss and grief, but that doesn't make it any easier to talk with kids

When I was a school social worker, a teary-eyed father once came to the school to tell his 4-year-old daughter's teacher that the child's mother had been in an accident. He did not speak to his child as she looked on, but simply relayed pickup arrangements to the teacher before h

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12 billion years old, this interstellar comet is older than our solar system

One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar system. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was quickly recognized as something special.

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Ancient algal defenses against UV may have helped plants conquer land

A new study sheds light on how the ancestors of modern land plants survived one of the most challenging aspects of life outside water: exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. By examining a microscopic alga closely related to the earliest land plants, researchers have unc

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Lost megalodon vertebrae resurface, confirming 80-foot size estimate

An associated set of gigantic vertebrae belonging to the iconic extinct megalodon, or megatooth shark, that had been missing in action since the 1980s was discovered, providing new information about the shark's lifestyle. Two Museum of Southern Jutland staff members, Mette Elstru

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The oldest evidence of mourning rituals reveals Paleolithic communities grieved like we do

Roughly 27,500 years ago, a 15-year-old boy was brutally mauled by a bear in Arene Candide in what is now Liguria, Italy. The attack tore through his jaw, neck and left shoulder. He was dying, but he was not alone in his final moments.

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