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Why Can’t Everybody Sing Well? Turns Out, There’s Hope For Most Of Us Lousy SingersA pop-art style illustration of a mouth wide opening, teeth and tongue on displaying, singing its heart out, as deomstrated by the sound waves drawn coming from it and distorting the checked backgroundWhy Can’t Everybody Sing Well? Turns Out, There’s Hope For Most Of Us Lousy SingersA pop-art style illustration of a mouth wide opening, teeth and tongue on displaying, singing its heart out, as deomstrated by the sound waves drawn coming from it and distorting the checked background
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Why Can’t Everybody Sing Well? Turns Out, There’s Hope For Most Of Us Lousy Singers

Do you light up a room or break glass? For some of us, there are actually things we can do to improve.

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Animals’ Reactions To Solar Eclipses Suggest The One That Behaves The Strangest Is… Us?the sun's light is being almost totally blocked by the moon
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Animals’ Reactions To Solar Eclipses Suggest The One That Behaves The Strangest Is… Us?

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We Finally Have The First Pictures Of The SpaceX Rocket Crash Site On The Moon – And It Did In Fact Leave A Markan inset show a dark splotch on the surface of the Moon the impact traces of the SpaceX falcon 9 rocket
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We Finally Have The First Pictures Of The SpaceX Rocket Crash Site On The Moon – And It Did In Fact Leave A Mark

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NASA Pulls Off Smart Move To Prolong Lifespan Of Aging Voyager 2 As It Flies 21.37 Billion Kilometers From Earth

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World’s First Dogs Genetically Engineered To Remove Allergy-Causing Protein Celebrate Their Second Birthday

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First-Ever mRNA Flu Vaccine Finally Approved By FDA In Time For 2026 Season – After They Initially Refused To Review It

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Pompeii: Archaeologist Reveals What Really Happened Following The 79 CE Eruption Of Vesuvius, One Of History’s Most Catastrophic Natural Disastersover the top of a house in ancient pompeii we see vesuvius erupting, huge ash cloud in the sky
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Pompeii: Archaeologist Reveals What Really Happened Following The 79 CE Eruption Of Vesuvius, One Of History’s Most Catastrophic Natural Disasters

Join Tom Hiddleston's search for survivors in the archaeological record following an eruption that shook the Earth nearly 2,000 years ago.

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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is The Faintest Ever Directly Imaged From Earth – And Has A Whopping 91-Year OrbitA grainy image show a bright round source a and a much fainter fuzzy one on the opposite side of a covered star
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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is The Faintest Ever Directly Imaged From Earth – And Has A Whopping 91-Year Orbit

This is the only second multi-planetary system with more than two planets directly imaged from the ground.

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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"A two headed gecko in two photos showing off the heads.
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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"

Sometimes two heads are better than one, but not usually when they share a body.

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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can ImagineMist and seabirds hang over the Aniva lighthouse in the North Pacific Ocean near Sakhalin, Russia.
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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can Imagine

What could go wrong? Quite a lot, it turns out.

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Pearls May Look Like Gemstones, But They’re Actually Made By Irritated MollusksPearl
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Pearls May Look Like Gemstones, But They’re Actually Made By Irritated Mollusks

It can take up to five years for a pearl to form.

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This Year's Super El Niño Is Far Beyond Anything Scientists Have Seen Before: “We're In Uncharted Territory"Aerial view of wildfires and smoke across the landscape
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This Year's Super El Niño Is Far Beyond Anything Scientists Have Seen Before: “We're In Uncharted Territory"

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Scientists Used AI To Produce A Bacteria-Killing Virus, “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.
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Scientists Used AI To Produce A Bacteria-Killing Virus, “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, And Much More This Week

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55,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones Showing Signs Of Butchery May Hint At Repeated Episodes Of CannibalismNeanderthal skull
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55,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones Showing Signs Of Butchery May Hint At Repeated Episodes Of Cannibalism

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Putting This Neanderthal Gene In Mouse Cells Helped Them Grow. It Seems To Make Modern Humans Bigger And More Muscular TooModel of a Neanderthal Dusseldorf, Germany, February 16, 2024, Neanderthal Museum
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Putting This Neanderthal Gene In Mouse Cells Helped Them Grow. It Seems To Make Modern Humans Bigger And More Muscular Too

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Men Evolved A Unique Pelvis That Puts A Spring In Their Step, But Women Have The Same Pelvis As NeanderthalsHuman pelvis
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Linear Structures Found Near The Red Pyramid Hint At How Ancient Egyptians Built These Colossal Monuments Over 4,500 Years Agoancient Egyptian pyramids viewed from the side
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Homo Erectus And Hobbit Humans May Have Had To Protect Their Helpless Babies From Leopards, Tigers And Komodo DragonsArtist's impression of Homo erectus parents caring for baby and child
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Homo Erectus And Hobbit Humans May Have Had To Protect Their Helpless Babies From Leopards, Tigers And Komodo Dragons

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Over 600 New Cancer Models Unveiled After 10-Year Project With Help From 2,800 Patients – And They're Publicly Available TooA view of a cancer cell under a microscope. The image shows coils of structures on a blue/white spectrum with negative space appearing as white and more dense parts as increasingly darker blue.
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Over 600 New Cancer Models Unveiled After 10-Year Project With Help From 2,800 Patients – And They're Publicly Available Too

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A Deadly Fungal Superbug Spreading In Over 20 US States Hides In Hair Follicles To Evade The Immune SystemAn illustration of pathogenic fungus.
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A Deadly Fungal Superbug Spreading In Over 20 US States Hides In Hair Follicles To Evade Immune Systems

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The Average Person Carries Between 8 And 12 Dormant Viruses In Their Body. Now It Seems COVID-19 Can Wake Them Up Again3D illustration of cytomegalovirus particles in shades of pink, red, and purple
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The Average Person Carries Between 8 And 12 Dormant Viruses In Their Body. Now It Seems COVID-19 Can Wake Them Up Again

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Brain Preservation Paradox Solved: How Some Human Brains Survived For Over 10,000 Years While The Body Decayed

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Orangutans’ Urgent Appeal As Wildfires Sweep Within 1 Kilometer Of Rescue Center. A Horrifying New Normal Under “Super El Niño”?a mother orangutan holds her baby
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Orangutans’ Urgent Appeal As Wildfires Sweep Within 1 Kilometer Of Rescue Center. A Horrifying New Normal Under “Super El Niño”?

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Anyone For Meat Lettuce? Plants Genetically Engineered To Produce Pig Protein By Adding Animal Gene To Their CellsAn image of a researcher growing lettuce in a lab.
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Anyone For Meat Lettuce? Plants Genetically Engineered To Produce Pig Protein By Adding Animal Gene To Their Cells

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Astronaut Snaps Absolutely Wild Photo Of Swirling Typhoon Dolphin On His iPhone From The ISS“the Pacific Ocean this morning from the cupola with an iPhone.”
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Astronaut Snaps Absolutely Wild Photo Of Swirling Typhoon Dolphin On His iPhone From The ISS

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Bloody-Belly Comb Jellies, Dinner Plate Jellies, And Other Deep-Sea Weirdos Spotted Off The US CoastA photo of a dinner plate jelly. It is translucent and blue-tinged with thin tentacles.
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Bloody-Belly Comb Jellies, Dinner Plate Jellies, And Other Deep-Sea Weirdos Spotted Off The US Coast

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For The First Time Ever We've Photographed Earth Being Hidden Behind A Martian MoonThe Perseverance rover was designed to look down and ahead, but when it looks up, sometimes it sees amazing things
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For The First Time Ever We've Photographed Earth Being Hidden Behind A Martian Moon

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Supernova Caught In First Hour Of Its Explosion Reveals A Totally Different Way For Stars To DieThe galaxy in which SN 2026gzf occurred, imaged before the explosion. The bright blue area is a powerful star-forming region in which the supernova occurred
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Supernova Caught In First Hour Of Its Explosion Reveals A Totally Different Way For Stars To Die

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Highest Resolution Images Of The Sun’s Surface Reveal Vortices That Could Explain Explosive Solar ActivitySwirls on the Sun caused by bubbles of plasma look like breaking waves at a previously impossible resolution
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Highest Resolution Images Of The Sun’s Surface Reveal Vortices That Could Explain Explosive Solar Activity

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A SpaceX Rocket Has Probably Just Crashed Into The Moon – Now We Wait To See If Anyone Was Lucky Enough To Snap A Photo Of The CollisionA shot of the Moon and our old friend planet Earth, taken by the Artemis II crew in April 2026.
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A SpaceX Rocket Has Probably Just Crashed Into The Moon – Now We Wait To See If Anyone Was Lucky Enough To Snap A Photo Of The Collision

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In A World First, Scientists Used AI To Generate A Genome And Produced A Functional, Bacteria-Killing VirusBiotech and DNA analysis technology concept with glowing digital double helix structure connected to circuit board on dark blue background. Futuristic low poly style, abstract vector illustration.
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In A World First, Scientists Used AI To Generate A Genome And Produced A Functional, Bacteria-Killing Virus

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Sam Altman Suggested A New Use For ChatGPT And It Has People Saying "Jesus This Is Bleak"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in front of a sign which reads "OpenAI".
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Sam Altman Suggested A New Use For ChatGPT And It Has People Saying "Jesus This Is Bleak"

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History Professor Catches 32 Out Of 35 Students Cheating On Their Exam By Including One Hidden Line In The QuestionA building with large white pillars at Alcorn State University.
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History Professor Catches 32 Out Of 35 Students Cheating On Their Exam By Including One Hidden Line In The Question

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The Wreck Of A Plane That Changed Aviation Forever Has Been Found At The Bottom Of The Sea After 74 YearsAn archival image of Clipper Endeavor, highlighting features that were seen on the Atlantic seabed during this latest expedition.
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The Wreck Of A Plane That Changed Aviation Forever Has Been Found At The Bottom Of The Sea After 74 Years

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The Mathematical Reason Why No Voting System Can Ever Be Totally Fairan illustration of hands holding voting slips
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The Mathematical Reason Why No Voting System Can Ever Be Totally Fair

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Your Personality Isn't As Stable As You Think: This Is How You Will Change As You AgeHeraclitus in his river, thinking about how correct he is.
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Your Personality Isn't As Stable As You Think: This Is How You Will Change As You Age

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People Are More Likely To Be Your Friend If You Seem Like A Good Hunter-GathererGroup of friends
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People Are More Likely To Be Your Friend If You Seem Like A Good Hunter-Gatherer

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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Biasan open bag filled with dollar notes
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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Bias

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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On GoogleA logo of IFLScience with a hand pointing towards it
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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On Google

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Unlocking The Future Together: Why IFLScience Is Launching A Membership Model

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Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing ScienceAn image of the vault doors opening with a screenshot of the IFLScience Vault article.
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Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing Science

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Living Magnets: Meet the Bacteria That Can Sense Earth's Magnetic FieldA coloured microscope image showing different coloured blobs of bacteria.
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Living Magnets: Meet the Bacteria That Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

Long before animals evolved magnetic navigation, bacteria were using microscopic compasses to thrive in a world of varied oxygen levels.

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Deep Inside A Cave, Neanderthals Built A Circular Structure Made Of Stalagmites Around 176,500 Years AgoThe ring structures built in Bruniquel cave by Neanderthals using broken stalagmites
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Deep Inside A Cave, Neanderthals Built A Circular Structure Made Of Stalagmites Around 176,500 Years Ago

Archaeologists have described the work at Bruniquel Cave as "unprecedented" for a bunch of reasons.

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explainedblue brain image on a black background to the right of yellow text that reads How Does Memory Work?
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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophya robot
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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The WorldThe Tuskegee syphilis study
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Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

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