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Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light — and it might be tied to the El Niño cycle

Even though the Eastern and Western halves of Earth are fairly different, they reflect the same amount of sunlight, a new study finds.

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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say

For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular level.

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China's Einstein Probe detected a mysterious cosmic explosion — and scientists have no idea what caused it

The explosion, consisting of two mysterious double flares, matches no known space eruption.

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'A weird result from an already weird hominin': Archaeologists discover all Homo naledi skeletons found in South African cave are female

A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the group. Experts are unsure what to make of the finding.

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'Weirdos of the sperm whale world' appear to be evolving 2 different dialects, audio recordings suggest

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.

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Diagnostic dilemma: After taking a medicine for years, a man suddenly had weird changes in his taste that made food disgusting

A man found that many different foods suddenly tasted terrible to him, and the phenomenon turned out to be a rare side effect of his medication.

60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps the largest-ever close-up photo of the Milky Way's heart

Planet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations.

'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.

Drug-induced 'brain freeze' may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests

By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report.

NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Niño

This year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded.

'These don't occur naturally': Radio signals linked to alien life may be passing Earth by undetected, new study hints

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could be overlooking prime evidence of alien…

'If there's any country that will do it, it's China': Why is China diverting some of the world's mightiest rivers thousands of miles?

People in China's northern megacities have 74 times less fresh water than the average American — so the Chinese government has built the world's largest water diversion project,…