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Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say

Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers sayMigrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hot...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Violent criminal who killed ‘kind’ grandfather carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlier

Violent criminal who killed ‘kind’ grandfather carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlierRasheed Rahman was left free to murder Mark Carroll despite f...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Olympian accused of tearing piece of Trump’s reflecting pool maintains innocence in first appearance before a judge

Olympian accused of tearing piece of Trump’s reflecting pool maintains innocence in first appearance before a judgeDavid Hearn pleads not guilty to a...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within

Thirty years after first visiting Havana, an expert in US-Cuba relations reports on his latest visit.

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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These ancient quasars shouldn't exist so soon after the Big Bang

Quasars rank among the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe. They are fueled by supermassive black holes that consume surrounding mater...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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This Mars rover could finally reveal whether life ever existed on Mars

Mars was not always the cold, dry world we see today. Billions of years ago, scientists believe it may have been warm, wet, and wrapped in a much thic...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Scientists finally solved a 150-year-old gallium mystery

Nearly 150 years after gallium was first discovered and added to the periodic table, scientists at the University of Auckland have uncovered previousl...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Trees keep absorbing carbon long after they stop growing

Trees do not necessarily keep growing for as long as they keep photosynthesizing, according to a new study published in Science Advances. Researchers...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered how humans develop sharp central vision before birth, identifying a carefully timed interaction...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Harvard scientists turn a silicon chip into a DNA writing machine

Silicon chips have been the foundation of modern computing for decades. Now, researchers are giving them an entirely new role in biotechnology. In add...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Heidelberg physicists just united two opposing quantum theories

A new theory developed by physicists at Heidelberg University brings together two long competing ideas in quantum physics, offering a unified explanat...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Rare goblin shark filmed alive for the first time in the deep sea

For the first time, scientists have documented live goblin sharks (Mitsukurina owstoni) thriving in their natural deep ocean environment. The historic...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Scientists used AI to crack one of water's biggest mysteries

Water covers most of Earth's surface, yet it behaves in ways that set it apart from nearly every other liquid. One of its most unusual traits is that...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Scientists finally crack nature's secret for building better cancer drugs

Scientists have uncovered how bacteria naturally manufacture multiple versions of powerful cancer drugs, solving a mystery that has puzzled researcher...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Florida’s proposed property tax cuts rely on a population boom that has slowed dramatically

Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok

Paintings of early Christian saints were designed to show worshippers what sacred authority looked like, using books, clothing and gestures as symbols...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Beyond birds and mice, free-ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Can't stick to a diet? Intermittent fasting may be easier than counting calories for weight loss

People who repeatedly lose weight only to regain it may find intermittent fasting easier to maintain than traditional calorie counting, according to n...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Ancient DNA reveals the mysterious collapse of Europe's megalith builders

A genetic study of 132 people buried in a large megalithic tomb near Bury, about 50 kilometers north of Paris, has uncovered evidence of a dramatic po...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read