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Ancient stone circles in Norway were hiding a dark secret: dozens of children's graves
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Ancient stone circles in Norway were hiding a dark secret: dozens of children's graves
A Bronze and Iron Age burial ground for children that was unearthed in Norway was used for 600 years, and archaeologists aren't sure why.
Planet Earth

Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
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Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
Project seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.
Space Exploration

NASA astronauts say they're 'confident' Starliner will bring them home, despite no return date in sight
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NASA astronauts say they're 'confident' Starliner will bring them home, despite no return date in sight
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they are confident they will be able to return soon, but the exact date of their journey home remains unknown.

Astronomy & Astrophysics

James Webb telescope spies bejeweled 'Einstein ring' made of warped quasar light
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James Webb telescope spies bejeweled 'Einstein ring' made of warped quasar light
New photos from the James Webb Space Telescope show off the bewitching beauty of the warped quasar RX J1131-1231, which is adorned with four bright spots birthed by mind-bending space-time trickery.
Health

Plague strikes person in Colorado
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Plague strikes person in Colorado
Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of plague in the state.
Technology

AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' — but it's too dangerous to release, scientists say
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AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' — but it's too dangerous to release, scientists say
Microsoft's VALL-E 2 can convincingly recreate human voices using just a few seconds of audio, its creators claim.
 

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July 11, 2024

A Note From the Editor

This week at Yale Environment 360, journalist Christian Schwägerl reports on the loss of the world’s water springs, which are increasingly imperiled by development, pollution, and drought. Researchers are working to document these life-giving habitats in an effort to save them before they are lost. Springs bring groundwater to the surface and support an array of rare animals and plants, but countless springs remain unmapped.⁠ “How are we going to effectively protect these important habitats,” asks a German conservation official, “if we don’t even know they exist?”⁠ Read the article.

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China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030
China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030
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China is planning its first mission to impact an asteroid in the name of planetary defense. The mission will serve a dual purpose: One craft will impact the asteroid while its partner observes the space rock to learn more about the solar system and its formation.
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Joe Engle, X-15 and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91
Joe Engle, X-15 and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91
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Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's death on Wednesday (July 10) was announced in a note from his family shared publicly on Facebook. "Blessed with natural piloting skills, General Joe, as he was known to many, was at his happiest in any cockpit," read the note. "He lived a fulfilled life as a proud American, U.S. Air Force pilot, astronaut and Kansas Jayhawk. His passing leaves a tremendous loss in our heart

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Two people in protective clothing inside an enormous round cavern lined with shining golden spheres.
The Super-K observatory uses an underground tank containing 50,000 tonnes of very pure water (here drained for maintenance) to detect neutrinos. (Takumi Harada/Yomiuri Shimbun via AP/Alamy)

Hints of supernova particles spotted



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Cygnus spacecraft departs the ISS for a fiery re-entry
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A private cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (July 12). Northrop Grumman's Cygnus vehicle undocked from the ISS today at 7:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT), while the ISS was over the South Atlantic, ending a 5.5-month orbital stay.
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Perseid meteor shower returns to our skies this month
Perseid meteor shower returns to our skies this month
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Anyone gazing at the summer night sky for even a short length of time is likely to spot a few "shooting stars" darting across the sky. The best meteor display of the summer comes during the second week of August during the annual Perseid meteor shower which, at its peak around the nights of Aug. 11 and 12, is capable of producing 50 to 100 fast, bright meteors per hour for a single observer. Many flaring meteors with trains are seen under good skies. 2024 will be a very good year to watch for the Perseids, because bright moonlight will not interfere.
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Spaceflight

Space-junk probe gets up-close look at discarded rocket
Space-junk probe gets up-close look at discarded rocket
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Astroscale Japan has released yet more eye-watering imagery of space debris in Earth orbit. The Active Debris Removal spacecraft (ADRAS-J) is designed to test safe methods of approaching and surveying space debris in orbit through what are known as Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, or RPO. To test the spacecraft's capabilities, Astroscale sent ADRAS-J to photograph the discarded upper stage of a Japanese H-2A rocket that was launched in 2009.
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Hubble Telescope finds closest massive black hole to Earth
Hubble Telescope finds closest massive black hole to Earth
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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the closest massive black hole to Earth e
 

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Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
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Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
Modern human DNA may have made up a surprisingly large amount of the Neanderthal genome, a new study finds.
Technology

New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
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New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
The 56-qubit H2-1 computer has broken the previous record in the "quantum supremacy" benchmark first set by Google in 2019.
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Millions of crabs scuttle across this island every year