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The Moon Got a Colosseum-Sized Crater and Nobody Saw It Happen
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter found a 728-foot crater created in 2024 by an impact that escaped detection at the time.
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T. Rex Ran at a Toasty 97 Degrees, So the King of Dinosaurs Was Basically One of Us
Tooth enamel suggests Tyrannosaurus rex maintained a body temperature near 97 degrees Fahrenheit, supporting evidence it was warm-blooded.
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Sunny Obama Hated Water, Loved Bo and Was Better at Washington Than Most Humans
Sunny, the energetic Portuguese water dog who joined the Obama family in the White House in 2013, has died at age 13.
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Massachusetts Says “Flat Is Back,” and Flounder Finally Gets a Marketing Department
Massachusetts is promoting abundant, sustainable flounder with a “Flat is Back” campaign, because even seafood needs a rebrand.
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Scientists Put Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Into Mice, and the Ethics Committee Is Wide Awake
Researchers transplanted lab-grown human brain organoids into mice to study development, disease and treatments while raising new ethical questions.
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A Baby Is Born From a 22-Year-Old Frozen Embryo After a Family’s Devastating Loss
A Greek couple welcomed a daughter from an embryo frozen for 22 years after losing their adult son in a road crash.
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Kindergartners Are Learning to Ride Bikes in the Gym, and Honestly This One Is Pretty Great
Nearly 2,000 schools are using balance bikes and gym classes to teach kindergartners a childhood skill that not every family can provide at home.
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A New UAP Science Council Says the Government Is Serious About Studying the Weird Stuff
The chair of a new UAP science advisory group says government officials are making a sincere effort to understand unexplained sightings—without declaring aliens in the break room.
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Thieves Steal 70,000 Pints of Guinness, Apparently Planning a Very Long Weekend
British police are hunting thieves who drove away with two trailers holding roughly 70,000 pints of Guinness in one extremely ambitious beer run.
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Mercury Is Shrinking Faster Than Expected, Which Feels a Little Personal
A new analysis suggests Mercury may have contracted about 30% more than earlier estimates as its enormous iron core cools.
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A Mastodon Tooth Turns Up in a California Creek, Casual as You Please
A well-preserved mastodon tooth discovered during creek-restoration work in the San Francisco Bay Area offers a glimpse into prehistoric California.
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Lithuania Scrambles a NATO Jet for a Drone Swarm That Was Birds
A suspected drone incursion over Lithuania turned out to be a flock of birds after a NATO fighter was scrambled to investigate.