The Defense Intelligence Agency's latest "Challenges to Security in Space" report included a declassified satellite photo of China's Shenlong, or "divine dragon," spaceplane, which has released at least nine mysterious payloads into low Earth orbit since 2022.
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A new study with data from mice and human tissues suggests that, in ulcerative colitis, immune cells in the gut might make pain-sensing nerves hypersensitive.
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A woman's unexplained abdominal pain led doctors to a diagnosis that has only been documented a few hundred times over the past 400 years.
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Paleoproteomic analysis of fossils from northern China reveals that Denisovans had a distinctive physical appearance.
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The PBS Nature film "Tiger Island" captures rare glimpses of tiger behavior — including a first for these usually solitary cats.
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a galaxy with a ring of newborn stars as it appeared 2.1 billion years after the Big Bang — hinting that the early universe may have been more chaotic than once thought.
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Which one of these ghosts would you be most spooked to see in real life? 👻
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Scientists sequenced the genome of a woman who lived 30,000 years ago and discovered that she had mixed Eastern and Western European ancestry.
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Members of the same people who settled Easter Island also discovered Hawaii, a new study finds.
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A proposed shift in recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in the U.S. could leave millions of young adults unprotected, a new modeling study suggests.
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An experimental medical device uses a tiny amount of electricity to spark a chemical reaction and remove extra sugar from the bloodstream.
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A 2016 satellite photo shows Hurricane Madeline and Hurricane Lester heading straight at Hawaii's Big Island. When viewed from above, the twin cyclones and the surrounding clouds look eerily like a giant smiley face.
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Stare into the transfixing eye of the "Seagull Nebula" in this newly-released test image from the visionary Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
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NASA knew Swift was in trouble when it went in; soon, it'll be lying on the cold hard ground.
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Archaeologists have uncovered the 1,500-year-old burial of an elite toddler from the Moche culture in Peru.
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The stunningly detailed gold cape is unique in Europe and may have belonged to a high-ranking woman.
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For the first time, researchers have identified a new type of landslide of permafrost in Canada's Northwest Territories.
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In a set of problem-solving experiments, researchers found that people who used AI to get answers were more likely to give up and fail when that help was removed, compared with people who did not use AI.
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You'll have two chances to see the Hunter's Moon rise dramatically this month. Here's when to get the best views of it.
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Researchers filmed dwarf reed snakes (Pseudorabdion) from different angles to better understand how the serpents pull off their remarkable rolling behavior.