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When Burl Ives sang "Silver and gold decorations, on every Christmas tree" in "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," he surely didn't know that Christmas trees actually have gold inside their needles — but that's exactly what new research has found.

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Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needles

Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 1d

Satellites detected a strange gravity signal off the coast of Africa nearly 20 years ago, suggesting something unusual had happened deep within the planet to distort its gravitational field, according to a recent study.

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Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study reveals

Researchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle. GRACE satellites detected a str...

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Live Science @livescience.com · 1d

Nearly 150 years ago on this day the first two-way phone call across outdoor lines was made by Alexander Graham Bell

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Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876

On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of what would ultimately become a global telephone network.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 2d

Three scientists who developed materials that are like something out of "Harry Potter" have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks."

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Live Science @livescience.com · 3d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."

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Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an el...

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Live Science @livescience.com · 4d

Astronomers may be closing in on the age and origin of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it barrels toward the center of our solar system.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy, new research into its trajectory hints.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 4d

Researchers investigating a vulture nest in a cliff cave in southern Spain discovered an unusual piece of footwear — a grass shoe from medieval times.

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750-year-old grass shoe discovered in a vulture's nest in Spain

Bearded vultures in medieval Spain stole various things from humans to feather their nests.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 4d

A trio of researchers has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the immune system is prevented from attacking our own bodies.

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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio for their work on immune tolerance

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on how our immune system is prevented from attacking our organs.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 7d

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Live Science @livescience.com · 7d

By adding a handful of live ants to warm milk, a group of anthropologists and food scientists investigated how to make "ant yogurt" — and they ended up learning that it has the same ingredient as a popular type of bread.

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Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant

Researchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 8d

Chimpanzees could be consuming the equivalent of a beer and half a day from eating alcoholic fruits, according to the first estimates of wild chimp alcohol intake.

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Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 9d

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement on Wednesday (Oct. 1).

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Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91

Dame Jane Goodall, the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert, died of natural causes.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 9d

Scientists have created human eggs in the lab using a similar process to the one used to clone the famous Dolly the sheep, then used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to turn them into embryos.

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Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells — then used them to make embryos

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm, genes from skin cells, and the "shells" of existing egg cells.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 9d

The fossilized skeleton of a Jurassic reptile that appears to be part lizard, part snake, has been unearthed on Scotland's Isle of Skye. This mysterious lizard had hooked, snake-like teeth for hunting down prey 167 million years ago, a new study has found.

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Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better u...

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Live Science @livescience.com · 9d

Centuries-old mummies from the Andes of Colombia have been digitally unmasked and virtually reconstructed, revealing how they may have looked during their lifetimes.

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Scientists have digitally removed the 'death masks' from four Colombian mummies, revealing their faces for the first time

The reconstructions are based on the skulls of four mummified individuals who had masks tightly fitted on their faces.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 10d

This week's Earth from Space shares a striking satellite image of the stark difference between a giant field of sandy "stars" and a barren rocky wilderness in the Sahara Desert. The contrasting biomes overlap with the border where two African countries meet 🌍

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Sea of Saharan 'star dunes' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet — Earth from space

A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden "star dunes" and a barren rocky wilderness in the Sahara, which overlaps with an international border...

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Live Science @livescience.com · 11d

Around 30,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer left behind what may be a "personal toolkit" in what is now the Czech Republic, a new study finds.

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30,000-year-old 'personal toolkit' found in the Czech Republic provides 'very rare' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 11d

These two eagle-shaped pins were discovered in central Spain and date to the early sixth century, when the Visigoth Kingdom ruled the area.

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Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth women

Visigoth women may have worn eagle-shaped pins as a symbol of power.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 14d

The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York. The forest holds some of the oldest trees in the world.

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Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old trees

The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they changed the composition of the atmosphere, scientists say.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 14d

A newly reconstructed cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious Denisovans and provide clues to the rapid evolution of Homo sapiens in Asia.

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1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans

Reconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 15d

Natural glass found only in Australia could be evidence of an unknown, ancient asteroid impact, researchers say.

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Weird glass in Australia appears to be from giant asteroid impact — but scientists 'yet to locate the crater'

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 15d

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data.

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Scientists discover 85 'active' lakes buried beneath Antarctica's ice

Data from ESA's Cryosat-2 satellite has revealed 85 never-before-seen, active subglacial lakes buried beneath Antarctica's ice — 58% more than were previously known.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 16d

Archaeologists already knew that adult Maya had tooth inlays, but this is some of the first evidence that children also had tooth bling.

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7-year-old Maya child had green jade 'tooth gem,' new study finds

Archaeologists already knew that adult Maya had tooth inlays, but this is some of the first evidence that children also had tooth bling.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 16d

A man underwent one of the first "tooth-in-eye" surgeries ever conducted in Canada. Only a few hundred people have had the surgery, worldwide.

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Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors restore a man's vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eye

A man underwent one of the first "tooth-in-eye" surgeries ever conducted in Canada. Only a few hundred people have had the surgery, worldwide.

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Live Science @livescience.com · 17d

There is a new dinosaur king of South America. This newly discovered top predator, named Joaquinraptor casali, was some 23 feet (7 metres) long and was a fast-moving hunter with powerful "claws like hedge trimmers."

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Gigantic dinosaur with 'claws like hedge trimmers' found with croc leg still in its jaws in Argentina

Speedy megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali had big arms and claws like hedge trimmers that would have made T. rex's forelimbs look puny.

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