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The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does it compare to other potentially hazardous space rocks?

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Protoclone, an eerily lifelike humanoid robot built for home use, has left social media users aghast. And it's likely to be the first of many.

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The 10-part series is narrated by Tom Hanks with a score by Hans Zimmer – here's how to watch The Americas online, on TV and from anywhere.

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An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the womb.

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Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.

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Pope Francis is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia — but what is this condition, and why might the pope be particularly vulnerable to it?

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The Savonoski Crater is a round hole in Alaska's Katmai National Park that has defied scientific explanation ever since it was discovered.

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NASA has been changing the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in recent days, but the latest shift significantly downgrades the asteroid's threat level and makes a moon strike more likely.

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A new report details the bird flu cases of two pet cats in Michigan whose owners work in the dairy industry. Earlier in the month, a data table from the report may have appeared on the CDC website before being taken down.

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Indian teenager Aaryan Shulka performs calculations in his head quicker than most people can use a calculator. At a recent event hosted by Guinness World Records, 14-year-old Shulka shattered six mental math records in one day.

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A bog body discovered in Northern Ireland is actually a young woman, not a teenage boy as previously thought.

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How black holes grow to monstrous scales is one of astronomy's prevailing enigmas. A new record-breaking dataset, which reveals 300 potential 'missing link black holes', could help to unravel it.

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Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

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A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.

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Excavations at a centuries-old royal palace in Korea have revealed multiple flush toilets, including one that the crown prince likely used.

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With a 28% saving, this durable and lightweight monocular is at its lowest price since Black Friday.

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NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 in 67, or 1.5%.

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The CGI-fueled documentary explores the extinct species in the Natural History Museum – here's how to watch David Attenborough's Museum Alive online and on TV.

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AI models have, within hours, created more efficient wireless chips through deep learning, but it is unclear how their 'randomly shaped' designs were produced.

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A new computer model suggests that the process of evolution can get better at evolving in the face of environmental change.

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Only around 500 cases of Norrie disease, a genetic condition, have been reported worldwide.

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The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who ruled about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings.

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A dead galaxy shouldn't produce bursts of radio light. Yet this 11 billion-year-old one did — throwing scientists for a loop.

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A winter storm is hitting the U.S. with record-breaking cold and heavy snow. Is the polar vortex to blame?

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The nearly 5,000-year-old fortress in Spain has a much more recent burial dating to the Roman era.

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A close-up shot of microplastics resting on a human finger.

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Using hormonal birth control methods, such as "the pill," may increase users' risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found. However, even then, a person's overall risk of these conditions is still low.

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A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.

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"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."

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Researchers think the Indigenous roads were more about cosmology than traffic.

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A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s. Scientists are trying to understand why.

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Microsoft scientists have created a quantum processor that taps into a rare state of matter that was first theorized in the 1930s, paving the way for a processor with a million qubits within years.

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A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.

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A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists say. And it changes how mice squeak.

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A metal sword broken into three pieces may be evidence of a Germanic warrior's burial from the Roman Empire.

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A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed a surprising finding.

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Here's everything you need to know about how to see the first "blood moon" total lunar eclipse since 2022, and the only one visible from North America this year, when it rises in March.

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NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in previous calculations.

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New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that help sea creatures survive in the ocean's deepest reaches.

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Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to find out why.

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Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among Black children and kids with congenital anomalies.

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Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

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Prospective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the ISS. If selected for a future mission, he will become the first physically disabled person in space.

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Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.

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For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.

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By combining digital and analog quantum simulation into a new hybrid approach, scientists have already started to make fresh scientific discoveries using quantum computers.

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Do you know a lot about the ancient Egyptian dead, or do you need to ask your mummy?

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This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sparking bizarre rumors about its origin. However, it turned out to be a small island with incredibly dense tree...

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An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without hours of training.

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Kentucky is battling devastating floods after another powerful winter storm hit the eastern U.S. over the weekend, leaving at least 10 people dead.