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New AI model spots pancreatic cancer up to 3 years earlier than human doctors in test
A new AI tool finds early hints of pancreatic cancer in CT scans that doctors would otherwise miss, an early test found.
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Where does Earth's mysterious 'ring current' come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out
NASA, working with the Space Force, plans to launch a space weather mission later this month to study a strange "ring current" surrounding our planet.
Researchers use ML to improve the resolution of the Webb telescope
Astronomers are improving the resolution of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) space observatory using a non-redundant Aperture Masking Interferometer. They published their findings in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. The JWST features a non-redundant Aperture Masking Int
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Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week
New footage shows NASA's Curiosity rover tilting, rotating and vibrating its robotic arm as mission scientists tried to remove a rock that became stuck on a drill for six days.
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Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago
A hiker poked into a hole in the ground and discovered a rare gold scabbard ornament from Norway's Migration period.
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'Star Wars: Galactic Racer': Release date, trailers, gameplay & everything we know about the return of podracing
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety
DNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.
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Hantavirus cruise LIVE: 5 confirmed cases linked to cruise ship outbreak, according to WHO briefing
Thursday, May 7, 2026: The latest news and updates on the hantavirus cluster associated with the MV Hondius. The cruise ship is on course to arrive in Spain Saturday, while health authorities trace contact cases from the roughly 40 people who have already disembarked.
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Here's what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA's Curiosity rover (video)
A new video released by NASA/JPL documents six years of Curiosity rover's wheels while driving on Mars.
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How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue
Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.
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Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast
About 346,000 U.S. visitors — roughly the equivalent of the population of Honolulu, Hawaii — came to Florida's Space Coast during the Artemis 2 launch campaign.
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'Extremely rare' English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelry
Two rare coins minted in England to ward against Viking raids have been discovered in Denmark, where Vikings made them into jewelry.
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Andes virus — the only hantavirus that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise ship
Laboratory tests have implicated the Andes virus, a specific type of hantavirus, in the cluster of illnesses on the cruise ship MV Hondius.
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Should Saturn's huge moon Titan be humanity's next destination, after the moon and Mars?
Next month, a first-of-its-kind gathering will blueprint an eventual crewed trek to tantalizing Titan, the largest of Saturn's many moons.
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New water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environment
With no toxic elements to dispose of, the new aqueous battery design could dramatically improve the safety and longevity of battery energy-storage systems.
Scientists finally solve 40-year-old physics puzzle about how things grow
In a major breakthrough, scientists have experimentally confirmed a universal growth law in two dimensions using a quantum system of fleeting light–matter particles. The finding strengthens the idea that wildly different processes—from crystals to living systems—may all follow the same hidden rules.
This town found clean energy deep inside old coal mines
Cumberland, B.C. is reimagining its coal mining past as a clean energy opportunity. Water trapped in abandoned mine tunnels could be used in a geothermal system to heat and cool buildings efficiently and with minimal emissions. The project could lower energy costs, support new development, and attra
A journalist created a startup run almost entirely by AI agents
A journalist established a startup run almost entirely by AI agents. He called it HurumoAI, and Evan Ratliff started it as an experiment to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of agentic AI. He documented the experience on his podcast, Shell Game. Ratliff served as the CEO alongside an AI age