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Paleontologists discover a 500-million-year-old, 3-eyed predator : NPR

A reconstruction of Mosura fentoni, an extinct sea creature from more than 500 million years ago. Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum…

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Scientists discover key gene impacts liver energy storage, affecting metabolic disease risk

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver…

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Scientists discover why some hot peppers are total wild cards

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Hot peppers aren’t for everyone, but…

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Scientists discover how some flowers mimic the smell of death

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 As the saying goes, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but (discounting…

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Scientists discover key to taming unrest at Italy’s Campi Flegrei

Swarms of earthquakes have been jolting southern Italy with increasing intensity since 2022, threatening hundreds of thousands of people living…

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Hikers discover nearly 600 gold coins dating back to 1808

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 While the small aluminum can and iron box didn’t look like much at first,…

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Scientists observe how blobs form crystals and discover a new crystal type

Crystals — from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds — don’t always grow in a straightforward way. New…

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Astronomers discover hellscape world crumbling into its host sun

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Inside the Pegasus constellation, a planet is disintegrating into boiling chunks of rock and…

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Capital One’s $35.5bn takeover of Discover Financial approved by US

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.…

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Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and…

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