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<title>News Worth Chatting About &#45; : Science</title>
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<title>‘Treble Clef’ Radio Glow Reveals Galaxy Cluster Hiding behind Milky Way</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/treble-clef-radio-glow-reveals-galaxy-cluster-hiding-behind-milky-way</link>
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VLSS J0318.9+5755, a strange, musical-note-shaped radio source hiding behind the Milky Way’s dusty disk, has turned out to be the glowing remains of an ancient black hole outburst inside a massive, colliding galaxy cluster.
The post ‘Treble Clef’ Radio Glow Reveals Galaxy Cluster Hiding behind Milky Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-predatory-dinosaurs-survived-shift-in-their-ecosystem-fossil-fragment-suggests</link>
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A single bone from southern Brazil indicates that herrerasaurids, among the first large meat-eating dinosaurs, persisted after the fauna around them changed.
The post Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Average Human Genome Carries Millions of Variants, New Research Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/average-human-genome-carries-millions-of-variants-new-research-shows</link>
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Researchers have produced the most comprehensive portrait to date of the ‘average’ human genome, drawn from the whole-genome sequences of nearly 900,000 adults in two large research biobanks: UK Biobank and the US-based All of Us program.
The post Average Human Genome Carries Millions of Variants, New Research Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Physicists Hold Single Antimatter Particle for Months and Control Its Quantum States</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-hold-single-antimatter-particle-for-months-and-control-its-quantum-states</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Physicists at Northwestern University have held a single positron -- the antimatter twin of the electron -- in a trap for months and manipulated it one quantum jump at a time. They call their setup a ‘one-positron quantum cyclotron.’
The post Physicists Hold Single Antimatter Particle for Months and Control Its Quantum States appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Crocodile Kin Have Been Chasing Warm Climates for 250 Million Years</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/crocodile-kin-have-been-chasing-warm-climates-for-250-million-years</link>
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New research suggests that the ancestors of alligators and crocodiles stayed loyal to a warm climate through mass extinctions and hothouse worlds, a loyalty that may have helped them survive the asteroid that killed the non-avian dinosaurs.
The post Crocodile Kin Have Been Chasing Warm Climates for 250 Million Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tea Drinkers May Have Fewer Heart and Blood Vessel Problems, Large Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tea-drinkers-may-have-fewer-heart-and-blood-vessel-problems-large-study-finds</link>
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People who drink tea regularly appear less likely to develop heart and vascular disease than people who don’t, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Internal Medicine.
The post Tea Drinkers May Have Fewer Heart and Blood Vessel Problems, Large Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Heavy Neutrino May Help Explain Why Matter Survived Big Bang</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/heavy-neutrino-may-help-explain-why-matter-survived-big-bang</link>
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An overlooked particle could have altered the early Universe in ways that helped produce the imbalance between matter and antimatter, a new theoretical study suggests.
The post Heavy Neutrino May Help Explain Why Matter Survived Big Bang appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:30:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Early Cambrian Fossil Rewrites Starfish Family Tree</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-cambrian-fossil-rewrites-starfish-family-tree</link>
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A 518-million-year-old ambulacrarian fossil from China suggests that the common ancestor of starfish and their relatives was not a burrowing worm; it was probably a tentacled animal that fed from the water around it.
The post Early Cambrian Fossil Rewrites Starfish Family Tree appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Honeybee Hives are Living Immune Systems, Scientists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/honeybee-hives-are-living-immune-systems-scientists-say</link>
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Honeybees pack tens of thousands of nestmates into a small space, a setup that should invite disease.
The post Honeybee Hives are Living Immune Systems, Scientists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Uranus and Neptune May Have Taken Different Paths to Becoming Ice Giants</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/uranus-and-neptune-may-have-taken-different-paths-to-becoming-ice-giants</link>
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Uranus and Neptune are often described as near-twins, but a new study suggests their chemistry, and possibly their histories, may differ more than expected.
The post Uranus and Neptune May Have Taken Different Paths to Becoming Ice Giants appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/single-vertebra-hints-at-oldest-known-iberian-dinosaur</link>
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A fossil theropod vertebra about the length of a thumb, found in the Algarve region in southern Portugal, may be the oldest dinosaur remains ever discovered on the Iberian Peninsula.
The post Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:30:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Discovers Its First Comet</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/esas-euclid-space-telescope-discovers-its-first-comet</link>
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Officially named C/2026 S1 (Euclid), the comet turned up in images Euclid captured between September 16 and 24, 2026.
The post ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Discovers Its First Comet appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Cat Hormones and Owner Moods Appear to Move Together: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cat-hormones-and-owner-moods-appear-to-move-together-study</link>
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The ‘love hormone’ oxytocin may rise and fall in tandem in cats and the people who live with them, according to a new study published in the journal iScience.
The post Cat Hormones and Owner Moods Appear to Move Together: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:30:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Planetary Scientists Create Classification System and Map of Martian Soils</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/planetary-scientists-create-classification-system-and-map-of-martian-soils</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Planetary researchers at the University of Sydney have proposed a new way to classify the soils of Mars, along with a new word for them: areth (the name comes from Ares, the Greek name for Mars).
The post Planetary Scientists Create Classification System and Map of Martian Soils appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:15:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hubble Space Telescope Spots Dusty Spiral Galaxy: NGC 1827</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-spots-dusty-spiral-galaxy-ngc-1827</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new view of NGC 1827, an intermediate spiral galaxy seen edge-on in the constellation Columba.
The post Hubble Space Telescope Spots Dusty Spiral Galaxy: NGC 1827 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lizard Dropped Its Tail 99 Million Years Ago, Amber Preserved Evidence</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/lizard-dropped-its-tail-99-million-years-ago-amber-preserved-evidence</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A tiny piece of amber from Myanmar has captured a defensive maneuver that lizards still use today: shedding part of their tail to escape a predator.
The post Lizard Dropped Its Tail 99 Million Years Ago, Amber Preserved Evidence appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>White Dwarfs Really are White, But Few are Green, Pink or Vivid Blue</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/white-dwarfs-really-are-white-but-few-are-green-pink-or-vivid-blue</link>
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A team of astronomers led by University of Warwick’s Dr. Mark Hollands has converted white dwarf spectra into the colors a human eye would perceive.
The post White Dwarfs Really are White, But Few are Green, Pink or Vivid Blue appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Seaweed Compounds Show Promise against Cell Damage</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/seaweed-compounds-show-promise-against-cell-damage</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Fucoidans -- compounds found in the cell walls of brown seaweed -- could one day help treat diseases driven by oxidative stress, though the substances are far from the pharmacy shelf.
The post Seaweed Compounds Show Promise against Cell Damage appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jurassic Fossil Hints that Some Early Birds Were Flightless</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-fossil-hints-that-some-early-birds-were-flightless</link>
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Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early bird from the Late Jurassic Zhenghe Fauna of southeastern China.
The post Jurassic Fossil Hints that Some Early Birds Were Flightless appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Identified in UK</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-predatory-dinosaur-identified-in-uk</link>
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A fossilized braincase that sat in in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London for a century has been identified as Europe’s first megaraptoran dinosaur, a lineage once thought to have flourished mainly in the southern hemisphere.
The post New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Identified in UK appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:45:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Could Handful of Pistachios Help You Sleep? New Review Says It’s Plausible, but Unproven</title>
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A new review paper published in the journal Nutrition Research Reviews points to nutrients in the nut that play roles in sleep biology.
The post Could Handful of Pistachios Help You Sleep? New Review Says It’s Plausible, but Unproven appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Small Raptors Likely Feasted on Fallen Tyrannosaur, Fossil Bite Marks Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/small-raptors-likely-feasted-on-fallen-tyrannosaur-fossil-bite-marks-suggest</link>
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Tyrannosaurs sit at the top of the food chain in the popular imagination, but a newly described fossil from Alberta, Canada, suggests that a much smaller predator may have fed on the carcass of Albertosaurus sarcophagus, a tyrannosaur relative.
The post Small Raptors Likely Feasted on Fallen Tyrannosaur, Fossil Bite Marks Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Small, Chicken&#45;Like Dinosaur May Have Had a Jaw Built for Fruit</title>
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Fossils from Montana show a small oviraptorosaur with a jaw that slid front to back, a feature shared with fruit-eating parrots.
The post Small, Chicken-Like Dinosaur May Have Had a Jaw Built for Fruit appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Perseverance Becomes Farthest&#45;Traveling Vehicle on Another World</title>
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On October 11, 2026, NASA’s Perseverance rover reached 45.22 km (28.1 miles), edging past the 45.16 km (28.06 miles) logged by NASA’s Opportunity rover, which explored Mars from 2004 to 2018.
The post Perseverance Becomes Farthest-Traveling Vehicle on Another World appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Vanillin Shows Promise for Treating Chronic Wounds</title>
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Vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its familiar taste, may have a future in treating wounds that refuse to heal, according to a review paper published in August 2026 in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
The post Vanillin Shows Promise for Treating Chronic Wounds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fossil Armored Fish from China Bridges Primitive and Advanced Jawless Lineages</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-armored-fish-from-china-bridges-primitive-and-advanced-jawless-lineages</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-armored-fish-from-china-bridges-primitive-and-advanced-jawless-lineages</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of polybranchiaspiform galeaspid fish from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China.
The post Fossil Armored Fish from China Bridges Primitive and Advanced Jawless Lineages appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Fossil, Armored, Fish, from, China, Bridges, Primitive, and, Advanced, Jawless, Lineages</media:keywords>
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<title>Record&#45;Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Early Universe Traced to Tiny, Star&#45;Forming Galaxy</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/record-breaking-fast-radio-burst-from-early-universe-traced-to-tiny-star-forming-galaxy</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/record-breaking-fast-radio-burst-from-early-universe-traced-to-tiny-star-forming-galaxy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
This fast radio burst, designated FRB 20240304B, is the most distant ever detected, having traveled more than 10 billion years across the cosmos to reach Earth.
The post Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Early Universe Traced to Tiny, Star-Forming Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Peculiar New Species of Belemnite Unearthed in Wyoming</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/peculiar-new-species-of-belemnite-unearthed-in-wyoming</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A new species of belemnite -- an extinct relative of today’s cuttlefish and squid -- has been identified from two bullet-shaped fossils found in Wyoming, the United States.
The post Peculiar New Species of Belemnite Unearthed in Wyoming appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Late&#45;Night Snacking Linked to Higher Risk of Liver Disease</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/late-night-snacking-linked-to-higher-risk-of-liver-disease</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/late-night-snacking-linked-to-higher-risk-of-liver-disease</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers from Oregon Health &amp; Science University and Massachusetts General Hospital have found that people who reported eating late at night had a 20 to 30% higher risk of liver disease than those who did not.
The post Late-Night Snacking Linked to Higher Risk of Liver Disease appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Messier 83 Hints At How Star&#45;Forming Gas Behaves in Barred Spirals Like Our Own</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/messier-83-hints-at-how-star-forming-gas-behaves-in-barred-spirals-like-our-own</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/messier-83-hints-at-how-star-forming-gas-behaves-in-barred-spirals-like-our-own</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The life cycle of molecular gas in the barred spiral galaxy Messier 83 appears to be driven mainly by the galaxy’s large-scale structure and rotation, rather than by feedback from newborn stars, according to a new study.
The post Messier 83 Hints At How Star-Forming Gas Behaves in Barred Spirals Like Our Own appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jurassic Crocodile Relative from Morocco Had Needle&#45;Thin Teeth</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-crocodile-relative-from-morocco-had-needle-thin-teeth</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-crocodile-relative-from-morocco-had-needle-thin-teeth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of teleosaurid thalattosuchian based on two specimens found in eastern Morocco.
The post Jurassic Crocodile Relative from Morocco Had Needle-Thin Teeth appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:45:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jurassic, Crocodile, Relative, from, Morocco, Had, Needle-Thin, Teeth</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Finds Signs of Patchy Water Clouds on Coldest Known Brown Dwarf</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-finds-signs-of-patchy-water-clouds-on-coldest-known-brown-dwarf</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-finds-signs-of-patchy-water-clouds-on-coldest-known-brown-dwarf</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured the first time-resolved, medium-resolution spectra of WISE J085510.83-071442.5, an ultracool brown dwarf just 7.4 light-years away, and found that its atmosphere is anything but static.
The post Webb Finds Signs of Patchy Water Clouds on Coldest Known Brown Dwarf appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Honeybee Swarms Have Been Misread for Centuries, Biologists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/honeybee-swarms-have-been-misread-for-centuries-biologists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/honeybee-swarms-have-been-misread-for-centuries-biologists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new review paper, Dr. Hannes Bonhoff of Lund University and Dr. Heikki Helanterä from the University of Oulu argue that the departing swarm represents the parent colony leaving with its queen, while afterswarms may allow it to produce multiple offspring.
The post Honeybee Swarms Have Been Misread for Centuries, Biologists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Honeybee, Swarms, Have, Been, Misread, for, Centuries, Biologists, Say</media:keywords>
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<title>Giant Fossil Turtle Found in Peru was Among Largest Freshwater Turtles Ever Known</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-fossil-turtle-found-in-peru-was-among-largest-freshwater-turtles-ever-known</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-fossil-turtle-found-in-peru-was-among-largest-freshwater-turtles-ever-known</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Roughly 10 to 15 million years ago, an extinct species of side-neck turtle called Chelus colombiana inhabited the vast wetlands of what is now northern South America.
The post Giant Fossil Turtle Found in Peru was Among Largest Freshwater Turtles Ever Known appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:45:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Giant, Fossil, Turtle, Found, Peru, was, Among, Largest, Freshwater, Turtles, Ever, Known</media:keywords>
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<title>45&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/45-million-year-old-crocodile-skull-from-egypt-gets-new-name-herugavialis-cairensis</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/45-million-year-old-crocodile-skull-from-egypt-gets-new-name-herugavialis-cairensis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
CT scans of a fossil found near Cairo show the animal was not a relative of the false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), as paleontologists long thought.
The post 45-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:45:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Spot Possible Second&#45;Generation Planet around Young White Dwarf</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-possible-second-generation-planet-around-young-white-dwarf</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-possible-second-generation-planet-around-young-white-dwarf</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Planets are supposed to form alongside their stars, but new research suggests that planets may also be born later, from the debris of a dying star, and one such unique alien world may be sitting very close to HS 0209+0832, a hot, young white dwarf located 270 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus.
The post Astronomers Spot Possible Second-Generation Planet around Young White Dwarf appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Species of Freshwater Mosasaur Identified in France</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-freshwater-mosasaur-identified-in-france</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-freshwater-mosasaur-identified-in-france</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils from southeastern France reveal a previously unknown, roughly 2.5-m (8-foot) long tethysaurine mosasaur that appears to have lived in a freshwater lake, not the sea.
The post New Species of Freshwater Mosasaur Identified in France appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Freshwater, Mosasaur, Identified, France</media:keywords>
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<title>Physicists Find Evidence for ‘Third’ Type of Magnetism</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-evidence-for-third-type-of-magnetism</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-evidence-for-third-type-of-magnetism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Altermagnets, a class theorists have described only in recent years, have no net magnetization, like antiferromagnets.
The post Physicists Find Evidence for ‘Third’ Type of Magnetism appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:30:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Physicists, Find, Evidence, for, ‘Third’, Type, Magnetism</media:keywords>
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<title>Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Spewing Gas Surprisingly Slowly, New Observations Show</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-is-spewing-gas-surprisingly-slowly-new-observations-show</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-is-spewing-gas-surprisingly-slowly-new-observations-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas, astronomers have traced gas from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third object of its kind ever observed, out to more than 85,000 km from its nucleus.
The post Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Spewing Gas Surprisingly Slowly, New Observations Show appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:15:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interstellar, Comet, 3IATLAS, Spewing, Gas, Surprisingly, Slowly, New, Observations, Show</media:keywords>
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<title>First Animals May Have Appeared 200 Million Years Earlier than Their Oldest Fossils Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/first-animals-may-have-appeared-200-million-years-earlier-than-their-oldest-fossils-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/first-animals-may-have-appeared-200-million-years-earlier-than-their-oldest-fossils-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The oldest undisputed animal fossils, from the Ediacaran biota, are about 574 million years old, but chemical traces left by sponges, known as lipid biomarkers, hint that animals were around before 635 million years ago.
The post First Animals May Have Appeared 200 Million Years Earlier than Their Oldest Fossils Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Strange Dusty Disks around Young Stars May Be Wreckage of Moon&#45; and Mars&#45;Sized Collisions</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/strange-dusty-disks-around-young-stars-may-be-wreckage-of-moon-and-mars-sized-collisions</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/strange-dusty-disks-around-young-stars-may-be-wreckage-of-moon-and-mars-sized-collisions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New observations of 21 extreme debris disks suggest the dust comes from violent impacts between planet-building bodies, and could even flag star systems in the midst of a planetary shake-up.
The post Strange Dusty Disks around Young Stars May Be Wreckage of Moon- and Mars-Sized Collisions appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Strange, Dusty, Disks, around, Young, Stars, May, Wreckage, Moon-, and, Mars-Sized, Collisions</media:keywords>
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<title>Dinosaur&#45;Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dinosaur-era-mammal-swam-like-platypus-and-replaced-its-teeth-multiple-times</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dinosaur-era-mammal-swam-like-platypus-and-replaced-its-teeth-multiple-times</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dongoconodon platycauda, a small eutriconodontan mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs in what is now northeastern China paddled through the water with webbed, platypus-like hands and feet, and replaced its teeth multiple times.
The post Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:15:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Dinosaurs May Have Dined on Seaweed, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-dined-on-seaweed-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-dined-on-seaweed-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists studying Cretaceous fossils have repeatedly found that the teeth of many ancient animals contain more of a heavier carbon isotope, carbon-13, than their presumed plant-based diets would predict.
The post Dinosaurs May Have Dined on Seaweed, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Countries with More Cats Report Higher Happiness, Scientists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/countries-with-more-cats-report-higher-happiness-scientists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/countries-with-more-cats-report-higher-happiness-scientists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by the University of Chicago found that nations with more domestic cats tended to report higher levels of happiness, while greater exposure to Toxoplasma gondii, a neuroparasite associated with cats, was linked to lower scores.
The post Countries with More Cats Report Higher Happiness, Scientists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Countries, with, More, Cats, Report, Higher, Happiness, Scientists, Say</media:keywords>
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<title>New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-feathered-dinosaur-suggests-flight-evolved-more-than-once-among-birds-closest-relatives</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-feathered-dinosaur-suggests-flight-evolved-more-than-once-among-birds-closest-relatives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Norellraptor barsboldi, a new species of small microraptorine dinosaur from the 120-million-year-old rock beds of China’s Liaoning province, challenges the idea that the earliest fliers shared a common blueprint for taking to the air.
The post New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Water Ice at Mars’ North Pole is Considerably Cleaner than Previously Believed</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/water-ice-at-mars-north-pole-is-considerably-cleaner-than-previously-believed</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/water-ice-at-mars-north-pole-is-considerably-cleaner-than-previously-believed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of orbital and lander data from Mars suggests the exposed north-polar water ice contains less than 3% dust, far below earlier estimates of up to 25%.
The post Water Ice at Mars’ North Pole is Considerably Cleaner than Previously Believed appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Enantiornithine Bird Joins Australia’s Sparse Fossil Record</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-enantiornithine-bird-joins-australias-sparse-fossil-record</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-enantiornithine-bird-joins-australias-sparse-fossil-record</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Tenuicruris piscanexum is only the second Cretaceous bird species named from the Australian continent.
The post New Enantiornithine Bird Joins Australia’s Sparse Fossil Record appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:30:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Enantiornithine, Bird, Joins, Australia’s, Sparse, Fossil, Record</media:keywords>
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<title>120&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/120-million-year-old-fossil-pushes-back-origin-of-marsupial-lineage</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/120-million-year-old-fossil-pushes-back-origin-of-marsupial-lineage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new species of deltatheroidan mammal from China may be the oldest confirmed ancestor of marsupials yet found, offering fresh evidence that Asia played a central role in the deep evolutionary split between marsupials and placental mammals.
The post 120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:45:36 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Chemosymbiosis between Animals and Microbes May Predate the Cambrian: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/chemosymbiosis-between-animals-and-microbes-may-predate-the-cambrian-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/chemosymbiosis-between-animals-and-microbes-may-predate-the-cambrian-study</guid>
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A tubular marine creature that lived on the seafloor more than 540 million years ago may have survived in toxic, sulfur-rich waters by teaming up with bacteria.
The post Chemosymbiosis between Animals and Microbes May Predate the Cambrian: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:45:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Detect Radio Signal from Beta Pictoris b</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-radio-signal-from-beta-pictoris-b</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-radio-signal-from-beta-pictoris-b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For the first time, astronomers have directly detected radio emission from a planet beyond our Solar System.
The post Astronomers Detect Radio Signal from Beta Pictoris b appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:45:19 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Detect, Radio, Signal, from, Beta, Pictoris</media:keywords>
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<title>Sugar Molecule Made by Gut Bacterium Can Shrink Visceral Fat in Mice</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/sugar-molecule-made-by-gut-bacterium-can-shrink-visceral-fat-in-mice</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/sugar-molecule-made-by-gut-bacterium-can-shrink-visceral-fat-in-mice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Clostridium immunis, a human gut bacterium, secretes a large sugar molecule that can shrink visceral fat and curb weight gain in mice, according to a paper published in the journal Cell Host &amp; Microbe.
The post Sugar Molecule Made by Gut Bacterium Can Shrink Visceral Fat in Mice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sugar, Molecule, Made, Gut, Bacterium, Can, Shrink, Visceral, Fat, Mice</media:keywords>
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<title>Trogons Once Had Ordinary Feet, 55&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/trogons-once-had-ordinary-feet-55-million-year-old-fossil-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/trogons-once-had-ordinary-feet-55-million-year-old-fossil-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A newly described trogon species from the Early Eocene of Denmark, one of the earliest members of the group, lacked a fully reversed second toe.
The post Trogons Once Had Ordinary Feet, 55-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:15:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trogons, Once, Had, Ordinary, Feet, 55-Million-Year-Old, Fossil, Shows</media:keywords>
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<title>Researchers Reconstruct Face of Oldest Known Homo sapiens</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researchers-reconstruct-face-of-oldest-known-homo-sapiens</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/researchers-reconstruct-face-of-oldest-known-homo-sapiens</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have created a digital facial approximation of the Jebel Irhoud hominin, whose remains are dated to about 315,000 years ago.
The post Researchers Reconstruct Face of Oldest Known Homo sapiens appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:30:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Researchers, Reconstruct, Face, Oldest, Known, Homo, sapiens</media:keywords>
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<title>Bats Originated in Europe, Genetic and Fossil Evidence Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bats-originated-in-europe-genetic-and-fossil-evidence-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bats-originated-in-europe-genetic-and-fossil-evidence-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Bats make up more than one fifth of all living mammal species, yet where and when they first took to the air has been debated for decades.
The post Bats Originated in Europe, Genetic and Fossil Evidence Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bats, Originated, Europe, Genetic, and, Fossil, Evidence, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Fossilized Vomit Reveals How Plesiosaurs Dined on Jurassic Seafloor</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossilized-vomit-reveals-how-plesiosaurs-dined-on-jurassic-seafloor</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossilized-vomit-reveals-how-plesiosaurs-dined-on-jurassic-seafloor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dr. Dirk Knaust, a geologist with the Norwegian energy company Equinor ASA, has identified plesiosaur regurgitalites -- the technical term for fossilized vomit -- from preserved in rock cores drilled beneath the North Sea, offering a rare window into how these long-necked marine reptiles fed in the Middle and Late Jurassic seas.
The post Fossilized Vomit Reveals How Plesiosaurs Dined on Jurassic Seafloor appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:30:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fossilized, Vomit, Reveals, How, Plesiosaurs, Dined, Jurassic, Seafloor</media:keywords>
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<title>Geothermal Amoeba Found Thriving at 63 Degrees Celsius Shatters Limits of Eukaryotic Life</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/geothermal-amoeba-found-thriving-at-63-degrees-celsius-shatters-limits-of-eukaryotic-life</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/geothermal-amoeba-found-thriving-at-63-degrees-celsius-shatters-limits-of-eukaryotic-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Microbiologists have discovered a new species of heat-loving amoeba that divides at 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit) and remains motile up to 64 degrees Celsius (147 degrees Fahrenheit).
The post Geothermal Amoeba Found Thriving at 63 Degrees Celsius Shatters Limits of Eukaryotic Life appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Geothermal, Amoeba, Found, Thriving, Degrees, Celsius, Shatters, Limits, Eukaryotic, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Titanosaurs Nested Far South of Equator, Fossil Eggshells Reveal</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/titanosaurs-nested-far-south-of-equator-fossil-eggshells-reveal</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/titanosaurs-nested-far-south-of-equator-fossil-eggshells-reveal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists working in Patagonia, Argentina, have uncovered fossilized eggshells that push the known range of dinosaur nesting deeper into the southern hemisphere than previously documented.
The post Titanosaurs Nested Far South of Equator, Fossil Eggshells Reveal appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Titanosaurs, Nested, Far, South, Equator, Fossil, Eggshells, Reveal</media:keywords>
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<title>Mysterious Rock Formation in Jezero Crater Reveals Mars’ Complex Watery Past</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-rock-formation-in-jezero-crater-reveals-mars-complex-watery-past</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-rock-formation-in-jezero-crater-reveals-mars-complex-watery-past</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using data collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover, planetary scientists have revealed that a geologically puzzling formation in Jezero crater experienced multiple distinct episodes of water-related alteration.
The post Mysterious Rock Formation in Jezero Crater Reveals Mars’ Complex Watery Past appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mysterious, Rock, Formation, Jezero, Crater, Reveals, Mars’, Complex, Watery, Past</media:keywords>
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<title>New Therizinosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-therizinosaurian-dinosaur-unearthed-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-therizinosaurian-dinosaur-unearthed-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of therizinosaur based on a nearly complete skeleton found in northeastern China.
The post New Therizinosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Therizinosaurian, Dinosaur, Unearthed, China</media:keywords>
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<title>Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000&#45;Year&#45;Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ice-age-artists-took-cues-from-ivory-itself-18000-year-old-figurines-from-ukraine-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ice-age-artists-took-cues-from-ivory-itself-18000-year-old-figurines-from-ukraine-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Roughly 18,000 years ago, in what is now northern Ukraine, artists carved small female figurines from mammoth ivory and covered them with zigzags and meanders.
The post Ice Age Artists Took Cues from Ivory Itself, 18,000-Year-Old Figurines from Ukraine Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ice, Age, Artists, Took, Cues, from, Ivory, Itself, 18, 000-Year-Old, Figurines, from, Ukraine, Suggest</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Rotating Out of Sync with Itself</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-spots-spiral-galaxy-rotating-out-of-sync-with-itself</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-spots-spiral-galaxy-rotating-out-of-sync-with-itself</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A barred spiral galaxy called NGC 4698 has a bizarre structure in which its central stars and gas rotate perpendicular to the galaxy’s main disk, possibly because it acquired material from outside.
The post Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Rotating Out of Sync with Itself appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Spots, Spiral, Galaxy, Rotating, Out, Sync, with, Itself</media:keywords>
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<title>Human Brain is Two Organs Fused Together, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/human-brain-is-two-organs-fused-together-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/human-brain-is-two-organs-fused-together-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Stanford University neuroscientist Kyle Loh and colleagues challenge this view, arguing that the human brain is two distinct nervous systems that evolved separately and were joined together over hundreds of millions of years.
The post Human Brain is Two Organs Fused Together, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:15:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Human, Brain, Two, Organs, Fused, Together, Study, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Tyrannosaurus rex Had Mammal&#45;Like Body Temperature, Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-had-mammal-like-body-temperature-study-finds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-had-mammal-like-body-temperature-study-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex teeth indicates the ancient predator maintained a body temperature of about 36.3 degrees Celsius (97.3 degrees Fahrenheit), close to that of Indian and African elephants and far warmer than its cold-blooded reptile neighbors.
The post Tyrannosaurus rex Had Mammal-Like Body Temperature, Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tyrannosaurus, rex, Had, Mammal-Like, Body, Temperature, Study, Finds</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Tiger Cat Identified in Bolivia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-tiger-cat-identified-in-bolivia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-tiger-cat-identified-in-bolivia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have demonstrated that the South American tiger cat complex Leopardus tigrinus consists of five genetically distinct species, including one entirely new to science.
The post New Species of Tiger Cat Identified in Bolivia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:45:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Tiger, Cat, Identified, Bolivia</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Imperial Pigeon Identified</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-imperial-pigeon-identified</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-imperial-pigeon-identified</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A previously unrecognized species of the fruit-eating pigeon genus Ducula inhabits the remote island of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines’ Sulu Archipelago, according to Delaware Museum of Nature &amp; Science’s Dr. Matthew Halley.
The post New Species of Imperial Pigeon Identified appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Imperial, Pigeon, Identified</media:keywords>
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<title>Fossil Evidence Suggests Early Homo Had Abandoned Tree&#45;Climbing by 1.8 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-evidence-suggests-early-homo-had-abandoned-tree-climbing-by-18-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-evidence-suggests-early-homo-had-abandoned-tree-climbing-by-18-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by University of the Witwatersrand and University of Southern California paleoanthropologists sheds more light on one of the most debated transitions in human evolution: when our ancestors stopped regularly climbing trees and committed fully to walking on two legs.
The post Fossil Evidence Suggests Early Homo Had Abandoned Tree-Climbing by 1.8 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fossil, Evidence, Suggests, Early, Homo, Had, Abandoned, Tree-Climbing, 1.8, Million, Years, Ago</media:keywords>
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<title>Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-famous-space-weather-train-delay-actually-happened-seven-years-later</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-famous-space-weather-train-delay-actually-happened-seven-years-later</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Although the famous Carrington Event of 1859 is often described as the first major space weather event to affect technology, earlier incidents did occur. Historical records show that telegraph systems were disrupted by geomagnetic storms as early as the late 1840s.
The post Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:00:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Study:, Famous, ‘Space, Weather’, Train, Delay, Actually, Happened, Seven, Years, Later</media:keywords>
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<title>Paleontologists Uncover New Mosasaur Species in Egypt’s Western Desert</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-uncover-new-mosasaur-species-in-egypts-western-desert</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-uncover-new-mosasaur-species-in-egypts-western-desert</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a previously unknown species of mosasaur -- a group of extinct marine reptiles that patrolled Cretaceous seas alongside dinosaurs on land -- based on fossils unearthed in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis.
The post Paleontologists Uncover New Mosasaur Species in Egypt’s Western Desert appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Paleontologists, Uncover, New, Mosasaur, Species, Egypt’s, Western, Desert</media:keywords>
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<title>VISTA Focuses on Inner Regions of Magellanic Clouds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/vista-focuses-on-inner-regions-of-magellanic-clouds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/vista-focuses-on-inner-regions-of-magellanic-clouds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) have observed the densest, most crowded regions at the centers of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, our Milky Way Galaxy’s closest dwarf companions, offering an unprecedented look at areas that have long resisted detailed study.
The post VISTA Focuses on Inner Regions of Magellanic Clouds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VISTA, Focuses, Inner, Regions, Magellanic, Clouds</media:keywords>
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<title>New Dicynodont Species from Tanzania Suggests Younger Age for Rocks Tied to Earliest Dinosaurs</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-dicynodont-species-from-tanzania-suggests-younger-age-for-rocks-tied-to-earliest-dinosaurs</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-dicynodont-species-from-tanzania-suggests-younger-age-for-rocks-tied-to-earliest-dinosaurs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new species of ancient, distant mammal relative from two fossil specimens found decades apart in the Manda Beds of Tanzania.
The post New Dicynodont Species from Tanzania Suggests Younger Age for Rocks Tied to Earliest Dinosaurs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Study Explains Why Venus Has No Moon</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-study-explains-why-venus-has-no-moon</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-study-explains-why-venus-has-no-moon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dr. Stephen Kane from the University of California, Riverside and colleagues offer a tidy explanation for one of the Solar System’s enduring puzzles: why Venus, so similar to Earth in size and mass, has no moon at all.
The post New Study Explains Why Venus Has No Moon appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Study, Explains, Why, Venus, Has, Moon</media:keywords>
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<title>Spanish Amber Deposit Offers Rare Window into Cretaceous Life</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/spanish-amber-deposit-offers-rare-window-into-cretaceous-life</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/spanish-amber-deposit-offers-rare-window-into-cretaceous-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
El Soplao, a fossil site tucked into the hills of Cantabria in northern Spain, stands out for yielding amber pieces with a blue-violet hue and abundant bioinclusions, according to a new review paper.
The post Spanish Amber Deposit Offers Rare Window into Cretaceous Life appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spanish, Amber, Deposit, Offers, Rare, Window, into, Cretaceous, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/diplodocus-long-thought-exclusively-american-turns-up-in-spain</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/diplodocus-long-thought-exclusively-american-turns-up-in-spain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists from Fundación Dinópolis have identified the first confirmed fossils of the genus Diplodocus found outside North America.
The post Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Mercury Has Shrunk Even More than Planetary Scientists Thought</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mercury-has-shrunk-even-more-than-planetary-scientists-thought</link>
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The Solar System’s smallest planet has contracted by nearly 19 km (12 miles) across, as crater debris masked telltale wrinkles on its surface, according to new research led by the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research.
The post Mercury Has Shrunk Even More than Planetary Scientists Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Devonian Armored Fish Show Multiple Ways to Crush Hard&#45;Shelled Prey</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/devonian-armored-fish-show-multiple-ways-to-crush-hard-shelled-prey</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Long before sharks or reptiles ruled the seas, armor-plated fish called placoderms were already experimenting with different jaw designs to crush hard-shelled prey.
The post Devonian Armored Fish Show Multiple Ways to Crush Hard-Shelled Prey appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:45:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Study: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Cold, Nitrogen&#45;Rich Environment</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-cold-nitrogen-rich-environment</link>
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Astronomers have found new evidence that 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected entering the Solar System from beyond, formed in an extremely cold environment far from any star.
The post Study: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Cold, Nitrogen-Rich Environment appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Study:, Interstellar, Comet, 3IATLAS, Formed, Cold, Nitrogen-Rich, Environment</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Alligator Relative Lived Right After Dinosaur&#45;Killing Asteroid</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-alligator-relative-lived-right-after-dinosaur-killing-asteroid</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-alligator-relative-lived-right-after-dinosaur-killing-asteroid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new species of extinct alligatorid that lived in what is now Colorado just a few hundred thousand years after the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.
The post Ancient Alligator Relative Lived Right After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:15:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Dinosaur Coprolite</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/exceptionally-preserved-bird-feathers-found-in-66-million-year-old-dinosaur-coprolite</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/exceptionally-preserved-bird-feathers-found-in-66-million-year-old-dinosaur-coprolite</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in Montana have discovered remarkably preserved feathers of an ancient aquatic bird inside a fossilized dinosaur dropping, offering rare insight into why certain birds survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
The post Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:45:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Denisovans Once Roamed Southwest China, New Fossils Reveal</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/denisovans-once-roamed-southwest-china-new-fossils-reveal</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleoanthropologists have identified a trove of Denisovan fossils from a cave in China’s Yunnan province, extending the known range of the elusive human relative and providing the first-ever direct evidence of what its forearm bones looked like.
The post Denisovans Once Roamed Southwest China, New Fossils Reveal appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paleontologists Discover First&#45;Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-discover-first-ever-adult-tyrannosaurus-rex-trackway</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in North Dakota have unearthed a set of 66.5-million-year-old fossilized footprints that can be confidently attributed to a full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex.
The post Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:00:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Paleontologists, Discover, First-Ever, Adult, Tyrannosaurus, rex, Trackway</media:keywords>
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<title>New Owl Species Discovered in Peru</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-owl-species-discovered-in-peru</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A horned owl living in a narrow strip of high-Andean grassland in northern Peru is a species new to science, according to a paper published in July 2026 in the journal Audiornis.
The post New Owl Species Discovered in Peru appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:00:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dark Energy May Not Be Constant After All, New Supernova Survey Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dark-energy-may-not-be-constant-after-all-new-supernova-survey-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dark-energy-may-not-be-constant-after-all-new-supernova-survey-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers have combined 2,884 Type Ia supernovae -- which are used to measure cosmic distances -- with cosmic microwave background and galaxy-mapping data, deepening cracks in the standard ‘cosmological constant’ model.
The post Dark Energy May Not Be Constant After All, New Supernova Survey Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:45:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>115&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Dinosaur Fossil Recovered from Deep Drill Core in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/115-million-year-old-dinosaur-fossil-recovered-from-deep-drill-core-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/115-million-year-old-dinosaur-fossil-recovered-from-deep-drill-core-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have identified the first dinosaur fossil from a remote western section of the Bayan Gobi Formation in China’s Inner Mongolia, extending the known geographic range of dinosaur fossils in this important Early Cretaceous rock unit.
The post 115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Recovered from Deep Drill Core in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hubble Spots ‘Superbubble’ in Large Magellanic Cloud</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-spots-superbubble-in-large-magellanic-cloud</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals LHA 120-N44, a striking nebula located roughly 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
The post Hubble Spots ‘Superbubble’ in Large Magellanic Cloud appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Hubble, Spots, ‘Superbubble’, Large, Magellanic, Cloud</media:keywords>
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<title>Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-soil-bacteria-enzyme-that-breaks-down-both-plastic-and-antibiotics</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-soil-bacteria-enzyme-that-breaks-down-both-plastic-and-antibiotics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Biologists studying how bacteria break down a new generation of plant-based bioplastics -- long-chain aliphatic polyesters -- have discovered an enzyme that can dismantle both plastic and antibiotics.
The post Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>BepiColombo Begins Final Approach to Mercury</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bepicolombo-begins-final-approach-to-mercury</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bepicolombo-begins-final-approach-to-mercury</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
After nearly eight years and billions of kilometers of travel, BepiColombo -- a science mission led by ESA in close collaboration with JAXA -- has begun its long-awaited arrival at the smallest and innermost planet in our Solar System.
The post BepiColombo Begins Final Approach to Mercury appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BepiColombo, Begins, Final, Approach, Mercury</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-rewrites-story-of-enigmatic-american-cheetah</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-rewrites-story-of-enigmatic-american-cheetah</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For several decades, paleontologists have described Miracinonyx trumani -- an extinct species of cheetah-like felid that roamed the North American prairies and steppe terrains more than 13,000 years ago -- as North America’s answer to the African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).
The post Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:00:31 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ancient, DNA, Rewrites, Story, Enigmatic, ‘American, Cheetah’</media:keywords>
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<title>Scientists Map Genetics of Personality across Million People</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-map-genetics-of-personality-across-million-people</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-map-genetics-of-personality-across-million-people</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers have identified more than 1,200 locations in the human genome associated with personality traits, offering the most detailed look yet at the biological underpinnings of traits like sociability, anxiety and curiosity.
The post Scientists Map Genetics of Personality across Million People appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:30:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scientists, Map, Genetics, Personality, across, Million, People</media:keywords>
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<title>Physicists Spot Curious Signal in Hunt for Elusive Dark Matter Particles</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-spot-curious-signal-in-hunt-for-elusive-dark-matter-particles</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-spot-curious-signal-in-hunt-for-elusive-dark-matter-particles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Physicists using the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter detector deep underground in a former South Dakota gold mine say they’ve recorded a single particle interaction that they can’t easily explain, but they’re a long way from claiming a discovery.
The post Physicists Spot Curious Signal in Hunt for Elusive Dark Matter Particles appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Physicists, Spot, Curious, Signal, Hunt, for, Elusive, Dark, Matter, Particles</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Discover Decagonal Wave circling Saturn’s South Pole</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-decagonal-wave-circling-saturns-south-pole</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-decagonal-wave-circling-saturns-south-pole</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For almost five decades, Saturn’s north pole has been famous for hosting a bizarre, six-sided jet stream known as the hexagon, a feature first spotted by NASA’s Voyager spacecraft in the 1980s and still churning today.
The post Astronomers Discover Decagonal Wave circling Saturn’s South Pole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:15:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Discover, Decagonal, Wave, circling, Saturn’s, South, Pole</media:keywords>
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<title>Neutrino Laser is Physically and Fundamentally Impossible, Physicists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neutrino-laser-is-physically-and-fundamentally-impossible-physicists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neutrino-laser-is-physically-and-fundamentally-impossible-physicists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a pair of papers published in the journal Physical Review Letters, a team of MIT physicists has shown that the neutrino laser -- a concept proposed just a year ago -- cannot actually be built, no matter how advanced the technology becomes.
The post Neutrino Laser is Physically and Fundamentally Impossible, Physicists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Study: Night Owls Face Higher Mental Health Risks Tied to Work&#45;Life Balance</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-night-owls-face-higher-mental-health-risks-tied-to-work-life-balance</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-night-owls-face-higher-mental-health-risks-tied-to-work-life-balance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a study of 2,266 workers in Finland, evening-type people, or night owls, were up to three times more likely to be treated for depression or anxiety than morning types, with poor work-life balance identified as a key contributing factor.
The post Study: Night Owls Face Higher Mental Health Risks Tied to Work-Life Balance appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:15:30 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Study:, Night, Owls, Face, Higher, Mental, Health, Risks, Tied, Work-Life, Balance</media:keywords>
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<title>Fossil of Giant Squid&#45;Like Creature from Cretaceous Period Bears Marks of Deadly Attack</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-of-giant-squid-like-creature-from-cretaceous-period-bears-marks-of-deadly-attack</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-of-giant-squid-like-creature-from-cretaceous-period-bears-marks-of-deadly-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists studying a fossil unearthed in southern Manitoba, Canada, have identified what they believe are two bite marks on the internal skeleton of the ancient giant cephalopod Enchoteuthis.
The post Fossil of Giant Squid-Like Creature from Cretaceous Period Bears Marks of Deadly Attack appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>55&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Predatory Mammal Footprint Found in Antarctica</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/55-million-year-old-predatory-mammal-footprint-found-in-antarctica</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/55-million-year-old-predatory-mammal-footprint-found-in-antarctica</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A single fossilized footprint found in volcanic mud on a remote Antarctic island is the first known trackway from a mammal in Antarctica, and the earliest evidence anywhere on the continent of a carnivorous mammal.
The post 55-Million-Year-Old Predatory Mammal Footprint Found in Antarctica appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:31:39 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>55-Million-Year-Old, Predatory, Mammal, Footprint, Found, Antarctica</media:keywords>
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<title>Tasmanian Tiger’s Skull Reveals Hunting Style with No Modern Match</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tasmanian-tigers-skull-reveals-hunting-style-with-no-modern-match</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tasmanian-tigers-skull-reveals-hunting-style-with-no-modern-match</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from Flinders University, the University of Melbourne and the Australian Museum argue that the thylacine’s skull was not simply a marsupial copy of a canid’s, but a unique combination of traits with no living analogue.
The post Tasmanian Tiger’s Skull Reveals Hunting Style with No Modern Match appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tasmanian, Tiger’s, Skull, Reveals, Hunting, Style, with, Modern, Match</media:keywords>
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<title>Keto Diet Outperforms Others for Cardiometabolic Health during Weight Loss: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/keto-diet-outperforms-others-for-cardiometabolic-health-during-weight-loss-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/keto-diet-outperforms-others-for-cardiometabolic-health-during-weight-loss-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Not all diets are created equal when it comes to reversing the metabolic damage of obesity, even when they produce the same amount of weight loss, according to a new randomized clinical trial published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
The post Keto Diet Outperforms Others for Cardiometabolic Health during Weight Loss: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:45:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches on Mission to Probe Hidden Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/nasas-roman-space-telescope-launches-on-mission-to-probe-hidden-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/nasas-roman-space-telescope-launches-on-mission-to-probe-hidden-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched August 30, 2026 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (11:26 UTC) aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, beginning a three-month, 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) journey to its operating post at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2).
The post NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Launches on Mission to Probe Hidden Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paleontologists Identify New Species of Glyptodont</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-identify-new-species-of-glyptodont</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
An incomplete fossilized skull that has sat in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark since the 19th century has turned out to represent a previously unrecognized species of glyptodont (genus Glyptotherium) that once roamed South America.
The post Paleontologists Identify New Species of Glyptodont appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:46:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>CERN Physicists Hunting for Pairs of Higgs Bosons</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-hunting-for-pairs-of-higgs-bosons</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-hunting-for-pairs-of-higgs-bosons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New results from the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) offer a tantalizing hint of Higgs bosons interacting with one another, a process that could reveal whether the Standard Model’s picture of the Universe is complete.
The post CERN Physicists Hunting for Pairs of Higgs Bosons appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:31:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>CERN, Physicists, Hunting, for, Pairs, Higgs, Bosons</media:keywords>
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<title>Bumblebees May Self&#45;Medicate when Their Colony Faces Fungal Pathogen</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bumblebees-may-self-medicate-when-their-colony-faces-fungal-pathogen</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bumblebees-may-self-medicate-when-their-colony-faces-fungal-pathogen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) exposed to a brood-killing fungus shifted their foraging habits toward nectar laced with a natural antimicrobial compound, offering a rare glimpse of behavior consistent with self-medication in a social insect.
The post Bumblebees May Self-Medicate when Their Colony Faces Fungal Pathogen appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:15:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Something in Venus’ Clouds is Absorbing Astonishing Amount of Sunlight</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/something-in-venus-clouds-is-absorbing-astonishing-amount-of-sunlight</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/something-in-venus-clouds-is-absorbing-astonishing-amount-of-sunlight</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research puts stringent limits on the unknown ‘material’ responsible for Venus’ dark ultraviolet markings, suggesting it must absorb sunlight with remarkable efficiency or exist in unusually high concentrations.
The post Something in Venus’ Clouds is Absorbing Astonishing Amount of Sunlight appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:30:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Something, Venus’, Clouds, Absorbing, Astonishing, Amount, Sunlight</media:keywords>
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<title>Mississippian People May Have Consumed Cacao as Early as 11th Century</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mississippian-people-may-have-consumed-cacao-as-early-as-11th-century</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mississippian-people-may-have-consumed-cacao-as-early-as-11th-century</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Long before Europeans arrived, cacao (Theobroma cacao) may have traveled far beyond its Central and South American homeland to reach Etowah, a major Mississippian-period city in what is now Georgia.
The post Mississippian People May Have Consumed Cacao as Early as 11th Century appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:00:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Nanoparticle Therapy Reverses Alzheimer’s Progression in Mice</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/nanoparticle-therapy-reverses-alzheimers-progression-in-mice</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/nanoparticle-therapy-reverses-alzheimers-progression-in-mice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that appears to improve performance on standard memory and learning tests as well as reduce brain inflammation and levels of amyloid-beta in mice with Alzheimer’s disease by converting star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes into functioning neurons.
The post Nanoparticle Therapy Reverses Alzheimer’s Progression in Mice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nanoparticle, Therapy, Reverses, Alzheimer’s, Progression, Mice</media:keywords>
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<title>‘Compostable’ Coffee Cups May Shed More Plastic than the Ones They’re Meant to Replace</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/compostable-coffee-cups-may-shed-more-plastic-than-the-ones-theyre-meant-to-replace</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/compostable-coffee-cups-may-shed-more-plastic-than-the-ones-theyre-meant-to-replace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research suggests that when it comes to shedding tiny plastic particles into hot beverages, biodegradable cups may actually be worse offenders than their conventional counterparts.
The post ‘Compostable’ Coffee Cups May Shed More Plastic than the Ones They’re Meant to Replace appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:00:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Physicists Use Sound Waves to Keep Quantum Information from Slipping Away</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-use-sound-waves-to-keep-quantum-information-from-slipping-away</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-use-sound-waves-to-keep-quantum-information-from-slipping-away</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A team of physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has found that a steady stream of sound waves can shield a fragile quantum bit from its own noisy surroundings, nearly tripling how long it holds information.
The post Physicists Use Sound Waves to Keep Quantum Information from Slipping Away appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Physicists, Use, Sound, Waves, Keep, Quantum, Information, from, Slipping, Away</media:keywords>
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<title>Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-reconstruct-sound-of-jurassic-insects</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids from fossilized wing fragments found in China.
The post Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Scientists, Reconstruct, Sound, Jurassic, Insects</media:keywords>
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<title>Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Could Be Tiny Galaxies with Giant Black Holes at Their Hearts</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-little-red-dots-could-be-tiny-galaxies-with-giant-black-holes-at-their-hearts</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-little-red-dots-could-be-tiny-galaxies-with-giant-black-holes-at-their-hearts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of images of 217 ‘little red dots’ from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope suggests they sit inside remarkably compact, star-forming galaxies.
The post Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Could Be Tiny Galaxies with Giant Black Holes at Their Hearts appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:15:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Our Ancient Ancestors May Have Climbed Trees with ‘Monkey’ Feet</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/our-ancient-ancestors-may-have-climbed-trees-with-monkey-feet</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/our-ancient-ancestors-may-have-climbed-trees-with-monkey-feet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An enduring debate in paleoanthropology asks what kind of foot the last common ancestor (LCA) of humans and chimpanzees had: one built like a modern ape’s for climbing straight up trees, or one built more like a generalized monkey’s, less suited to vertical climbing.
The post Our Ancient Ancestors May Have Climbed Trees with ‘Monkey’ Feet appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-armored-dinosaur-identified-in-japan</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-armored-dinosaur-identified-in-japan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido have been recognized as belonging to a new genus and species.
The post New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:45:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Armored, Dinosaur, Identified, Japan</media:keywords>
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<title>Researchers Revive Decades&#45;Old Drug to Fight Obesity</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researchers-revive-decades-old-drug-to-fight-obesity</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have identified a decades-old chemical compound as a promising new candidate for treating obesity and related metabolic diseases.
The post Researchers Revive Decades-Old Drug to Fight Obesity appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Researchers, Revive, Decades-Old, Drug, Fight, Obesity</media:keywords>
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<title>Researcher Creates Global Map of Earth’s Sand Dunes</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researcher-creates-global-map-of-earths-sand-dunes</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/researcher-creates-global-map-of-earths-sand-dunes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dr. Andrew Gunn, a scientist at Monash University, has produced a complete digital map of Earth’s wind-blown sand dunes.
The post Researcher Creates Global Map of Earth’s Sand Dunes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:45:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Researcher, Creates, Global, Map, Earth’s, Sand, Dunes</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega&#45;Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-rare-mega-earth-exoplanet-gliese-523b</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-rare-mega-earth-exoplanet-gliese-523b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Gliese 523b (GJ 523b) is a young, ultra-dense planet that orbits almost perpendicular to its star’s spin, according to a team of U.S. astronomers.
The post Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Discover, Rare, ‘Mega-Earth’, Exoplanet:, Gliese, 523b</media:keywords>
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<title>Natural Postbiotic Compound Shows Promise against Hard&#45;to&#45;Treat Heart Failure</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/natural-postbiotic-compound-shows-promise-against-hard-to-treat-heart-failure</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/natural-postbiotic-compound-shows-promise-against-hard-to-treat-heart-failure</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers at King’s College London have identified a surprising new therapeutic mechanism for a type of heart failure called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition that affects nearly half of all heart failure patients and has long resisted effective treatment.
The post Natural Postbiotic Compound Shows Promise against Hard-to-Treat Heart Failure appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fossil of Small Duck&#45;Billed Dinosaur Relative Found in Japan</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-of-small-duck-billed-dinosaur-relative-found-in-japan</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-of-small-duck-billed-dinosaur-relative-found-in-japan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A fossilized bone unearthed two decades ago in northeastern Japan belongs to one of the smallest iguanodontian dinosaurs ever found in the country’s Cretaceous marine rocks, according to new research led by the University of Tsukuba.
The post Fossil of Small Duck-Billed Dinosaur Relative Found in Japan appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:15:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Spoon&#45;Toothed, Short&#45;Headed Marine Reptile Unearthed in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/spoon-toothed-short-headed-marine-reptile-unearthed-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/spoon-toothed-short-headed-marine-reptile-unearthed-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Triassic period, some 245 million years ago, has been identified from a nearly complete skeleton found in China.
The post Spoon-Toothed, Short-Headed Marine Reptile Unearthed in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:45:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Scientists Solve Century&#45;Old Feline Mystery</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-solve-century-old-feline-mystery</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-solve-century-old-feline-mystery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For nearly 110 years, biologists have puzzled over why domestic cats’ kidneys are packed with unusually large numbers of fat-storing structures called lipid droplets.
The post Scientists Solve Century-Old Feline Mystery appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scientists, Solve, Century-Old, Feline, Mystery</media:keywords>
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<title>Newly&#45;Discovered Star Could Finally Reveal Spin of Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/newly-discovered-star-could-finally-reveal-spin-of-our-galaxys-central-black-hole</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/newly-discovered-star-could-finally-reveal-spin-of-our-galaxys-central-black-hole</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers have spotted a faint, previously unknown star whipping around Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, on the tightest and most extreme orbit ever recorded.
The post Newly-Discovered Star Could Finally Reveal Spin of Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/anthropologist-proposes-folding-australopithecus-and-paranthropus-into-genus-homo</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/anthropologist-proposes-folding-australopithecus-and-paranthropus-into-genus-homo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dr. Ian Towle, a researcher with the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University, proposes folding nearly 5 million years of hominin fossils into the genus Homo, arguing that traits once used to separate species -- big brains, tool use -- no longer hold up.
The post Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:31 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/meet-bataspis-crux-jawless-fish-that-cruised-devonian-seas-with-batwing-head</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/meet-bataspis-crux-jawless-fish-that-cruised-devonian-seas-with-batwing-head</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in China have identified a new species of armored, jawless fish from rocks around 419 million years old whose skull was shaped like the wing of a bat and whose unusual head made it an efficient glider through Devonian seas.
The post Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Milky Way Swallowed Dwarf Galaxy Nearly 11.8 Billion Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/milky-way-swallowed-dwarf-galaxy-nearly-118-billion-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/milky-way-swallowed-dwarf-galaxy-nearly-118-billion-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found definitive evidence that the young Milky Way swallowed a dwarf galaxy just two billion years after the Big Bang, revealing one of the earliest major mergers in the history of our Galaxy. The Milky Way today is a massive spiral galaxy home to hundreds of billions […]
The post Milky Way Swallowed Dwarf Galaxy Nearly 11.8 Billion Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:15:48 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Denisovans Were Surprisingly Tall, New Fossils from Taiwan Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/denisovans-were-surprisingly-tall-new-fossils-from-taiwan-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/denisovans-were-surprisingly-tall-new-fossils-from-taiwan-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Two fossilized leg bones of Denisovans dredged decades ago from the seafloor off Taiwan indicate that at least some members of the group were remarkably large-bodied.
The post Denisovans Were Surprisingly Tall, New Fossils from Taiwan Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:45:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Scientists Find Missing Piece in Folic Acid’s Role in Pregnancy</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-find-missing-piece-in-folic-acids-role-in-pregnancy</link>
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Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa have identified a molecular pathway that may explain how folic acid (vitamin B9) helps prevent neural tube defects, linking the vitamin to a key developmental signal made from vitamin A.
The post Scientists Find Missing Piece in Folic Acid’s Role in Pregnancy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:30:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-crocodiles-once-preyed-on-massive-mammals-in-south-america</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-crocodiles-once-preyed-on-massive-mammals-in-south-america</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have uncovered the first direct physical evidence that colossal prehistoric crocodiles hunted large plant-eating mammals in what is now Colombia roughly 12 million years ago.
The post Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:45:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Baobab Species Identified in Madagascar</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-baobab-species-identified-in-madagascar</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-baobab-species-identified-in-madagascar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists analyzing DNA of Madagascar’s iconic baobab trees have concluded that a widespread species called Adansonia za is actually two, formally resurrecting a name first given to the tree more than a century ago and raising the tally of baobab species native to the island from six to seven.
The post New Baobab Species Identified in Madagascar appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:15:35 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Baobab, Species, Identified, Madagascar</media:keywords>
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<title>Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ornithologists-discover-new-bird-species-in-brazil</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ornithologists-discover-new-bird-species-in-brazil</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of northeastern Brazil.
The post Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ornithologists, Discover, New, Bird, Species, Brazil</media:keywords>
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<title>Physicists Find Evidence for How Protons Carry Their Identity</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-evidence-for-how-protons-carry-their-identity</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-evidence-for-how-protons-carry-their-identity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The baryon number appears to be carried not by the proton’s three quarks alone, but by the web of gluons that binds those quarks together -- a structure known as a baryon junction.
The post Physicists Find Evidence for How Protons Carry Their Identity appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:30:55 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Physicists, Find, Evidence, for, How, Protons, Carry, Their, Identity</media:keywords>
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<title>Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dusty-accretion-disks-around-supermassive-black-holes-may-be-secret-planet-factories</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dusty-accretion-disks-around-supermassive-black-holes-may-be-secret-planet-factories</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers propose that the dust-rich tori surrounding active galactic nuclei (AGN) -- the energetic cores of galaxies powered by feeding supermassive black holes -- behave much like the protoplanetary disks that spawn planets around young stars.
The post Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dusty, Accretion, Disks, around, Supermassive, Black, Holes, May, Secret, Planet, Factories</media:keywords>
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<title>Fossil Evidence Pushes Back Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-evidence-pushes-back-origin-of-live-birth-by-90-million-years</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-evidence-pushes-back-origin-of-live-birth-by-90-million-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists studying a 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil from Argentina say they have found the earliest evidence yet of viviparity (live birth) in the evolutionary line that leads to mammals, pushing back the origin of this reproductive strategy by as much as 90 to 95 million years.
The post Fossil Evidence Pushes Back Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fossil, Evidence, Pushes, Back, Origin, Live, Birth, Million, Years</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Find Black Hole Star in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-black-hole-star-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-black-hole-star-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Roughly 660 million years after the Big Bang, a strange bright red spot has been hiding in plain sight in one of the deepest fields ever imaged by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
The post Astronomers Find Black Hole Star in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Find, Black, Hole, Star, Early, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>Dolphins Filmed Using Sea Shells as Tools in Rare Sighting off Australia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dolphins-filmed-using-sea-shells-as-tools-in-rare-sighting-off-australia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dolphins-filmed-using-sea-shells-as-tools-in-rare-sighting-off-australia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Marine biologists have documented Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) using large sea shells to hunt for fish off the coast of Queensland, Australia -- only the second place in the world where this behavior, known as shelling, has ever been recorded.
The post Dolphins Filmed Using Sea Shells as Tools in Rare Sighting off Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dolphins, Filmed, Using, Sea, Shells, Tools, Rare, Sighting, off, Australia</media:keywords>
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<title>Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/germanys-famous-fossil-beds-yield-new-species-of-jurassic-ichthyosaur</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/germanys-famous-fossil-beds-yield-new-species-of-jurassic-ichthyosaur</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dr. Erin Maxwell from the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart and colleagues have identified a second species from the German Plattenkalk limestone deposits: Jabalisaurus tethyensis.
The post Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Nicotine Use in Teens Tied to Anxiety and Depression, New Studies Find</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/nicotine-use-in-teens-tied-to-anxiety-and-depression-new-studies-find</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/nicotine-use-in-teens-tied-to-anxiety-and-depression-new-studies-find</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In three new studies, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found that adolescents who use nicotine -- including e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches -- report more mental health symptoms than peers who don’t, with girls showing the strongest effects.
The post Nicotine Use in Teens Tied to Anxiety and Depression, New Studies Find appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nicotine, Use, Teens, Tied, Anxiety, and, Depression, New, Studies, Find</media:keywords>
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<title>5.6&#45;Trillion&#45;Pixel Map of Universe is Biggest Ever Made</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/56-trillion-pixel-map-of-universe-is-biggest-ever-made</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/56-trillion-pixel-map-of-universe-is-biggest-ever-made</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers have released the largest-ever 2D map of our Universe, charting nearly 4 billion stars, galaxies and other objects across roughly 75% of the sky.
The post 5.6-Trillion-Pixel Map of Universe is Biggest Ever Made appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:15:54 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>5.6-Trillion-Pixel, Map, Universe, Biggest, Ever, Made</media:keywords>
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<title>Homo antecessor Had Surprisingly Modern Skull, New Fossils Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/homo-antecessor-had-surprisingly-modern-skull-new-fossils-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/homo-antecessor-had-surprisingly-modern-skull-new-fossils-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of three skull fragments unearthed at the Gran Dolina cave site in Spain indicates that Homo antecessor had bone thickness closer to that of Neanderthals and modern people than to more archaic hominins.
The post Homo antecessor Had Surprisingly Modern Skull, New Fossils Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:45:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Homo, antecessor, Had, Surprisingly, Modern, Skull, New, Fossils, Suggest</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Were There No Tiny Non&#45;Avian Dinosaurs? Mammals May Have Been to Blame</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/why-were-there-no-tiny-non-avian-dinosaurs-mammals-may-have-been-to-blame</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/why-were-there-no-tiny-non-avian-dinosaurs-mammals-may-have-been-to-blame</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Dinosaurs evolved into some of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth, but a new mathematical model suggests that early mammals may have crowded them out of the ecological niches reserved for the smallest creatures.
The post Why Were There No Tiny Non-Avian Dinosaurs? Mammals May Have Been to Blame appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:15:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Webb Finds Stellar ‘Treasure Chest’ in Carina Nebula</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-finds-stellar-treasure-chest-in-carina-nebula</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-finds-stellar-treasure-chest-in-carina-nebula</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A stunning new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveals a comet-shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula hiding a cluster of about 70 young stars, including a rare giant of O-type nearly 19 times as massive as the Sun.
The post Webb Finds Stellar ‘Treasure Chest’ in Carina Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Finds, Stellar, ‘Treasure, Chest’, Carina, Nebula</media:keywords>
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<title>Liquid Nitrogen May Have Flowed on Pluto’s Surface in Recent Past</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/liquid-nitrogen-may-have-flowed-on-plutos-surface-in-recent-past</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/liquid-nitrogen-may-have-flowed-on-plutos-surface-in-recent-past</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Planetary researchers analyzing images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have found evidence that liquid nitrogen may still be seeping up from beneath the dwarf planet’s giant glacier, Sputnik Planitia, marking the first suggested case of recently flowing liquid on Pluto’s surface.
The post Liquid Nitrogen May Have Flowed on Pluto’s Surface in Recent Past appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:00:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Liquid, Nitrogen, May, Have, Flowed, Pluto’s, Surface, Recent, Past</media:keywords>
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<title>New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-troodontid-dinosaur-genus-identified-from-fossil-bone-found-decades-ago-in-new-mexico</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-troodontid-dinosaur-genus-identified-from-fossil-bone-found-decades-ago-in-new-mexico</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus of small, bird-like dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico approximately 73 million years ago.
The post New Troodontid Dinosaur Genus Identified from Fossil Bone Found Decades Ago in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:45:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Inouye Solar Telescope Discovers Hidden Plasma Vortices on Sun</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/inouye-solar-telescope-discovers-hidden-plasma-vortices-on-sun</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/inouye-solar-telescope-discovers-hidden-plasma-vortices-on-sun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the 4-m Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have detected tiny plasma vortices on the Sun’s surface (photosphere) for the first time, revealing a long-suspected process that could transport energy into the million-degree corona.
The post Inouye Solar Telescope Discovers Hidden Plasma Vortices on Sun appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-points-to-sugar-not-just-meat-as-fuel-for-human-brain-evolution</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-points-to-sugar-not-just-meat-as-fuel-for-human-brain-evolution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow argues that dietary sugars, not animal foods, may have played the decisive role in the expansion of the human brain over the past 4 million years, as hominin brain size grew nearly fivefold, from about 300 grams in early relatives like […]
The post Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:30:31 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Dodo Had Surprisingly Keen Sense of Smell and Owl&#45;Like Vision, New Study Reveals</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dodo-had-surprisingly-keen-sense-of-smell-and-owl-like-vision-new-study-reveals</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dodo-had-surprisingly-keen-sense-of-smell-and-owl-like-vision-new-study-reveals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by University of Lethbridge scientists offers the most detailed look yet at how the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) -- the flightless bird driven to extinction by the 1600s -- actually perceived its world, suggesting the ‘stupid bird’ had a far more complex sensory life than its reputation implies.
The post Dodo Had Surprisingly Keen Sense of Smell and Owl-Like Vision, New Study Reveals appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:45:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>La Brea Tar Pits Yield New Species of Ice Age Toad</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/la-brea-tar-pits-yield-new-species-of-ice-age-toad</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/la-brea-tar-pits-yield-new-species-of-ice-age-toad</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists studying the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world’s richest Ice Age fossil sites, have identified a previously unknown species of spadefoot toad that lived in what is now California during the latest Ice Age.
The post La Brea Tar Pits Yield New Species of Ice Age Toad appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Tiny New Primate Species Emerges from 50&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Wyoming Sandstone</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tiny-new-primate-species-emerges-from-50-million-year-old-wyoming-sandstone</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tiny-new-primate-species-emerges-from-50-million-year-old-wyoming-sandstone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists working in southern Wyoming have identified a previously unknown species of omomyid primate, adding a new chapter to the story of one of the best-studied fossil lineages in North America.
The post Tiny New Primate Species Emerges from 50-Million-Year-Old Wyoming Sandstone appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Curiosity Finds Massive Field of Honeycomb&#45;Shaped Fractures on Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-finds-massive-field-of-honeycomb-shaped-fractures-on-mars</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-finds-massive-field-of-honeycomb-shaped-fractures-on-mars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
NASA’s Curiosity rover has stumbled on the largest patch of polygon-shaped ground fractures it has ever seen on Mars, a discovery that could reveal more about the planet’s watery past.
The post Curiosity Finds Massive Field of Honeycomb-Shaped Fractures on Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:15:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Curiosity, Finds, Massive, Field, Honeycomb-Shaped, Fractures, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>Moving Cat Indoors is Easier than Owners Expect: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/moving-cat-indoors-is-easier-than-owners-expect-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/moving-cat-indoors-is-easier-than-owners-expect-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Moving a free-roaming cat indoors for good is a decision many owners approach with dread: guilt over confining a former outdoor explorer, worry about litter boxes and scratched furniture, and doubts about whether the cat will ever adjust.
The post Moving Cat Indoors is Easier than Owners Expect: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Fossil Find in China Reveals Dinosaur Family Never Before Seen in East Asia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-find-in-china-reveals-dinosaur-family-never-before-seen-in-east-asia</link>
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Paleontologists working in southern China have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur that appears to belong to a group never before documented anywhere in East Asia.
The post Fossil Find in China Reveals Dinosaur Family Never Before Seen in East Asia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Astronomers Discover First&#45;Ever Three&#45;Lobed Asteroid</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-first-ever-three-lobed-asteroid</link>
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High-resolution images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Large Binocular Telescope reveal that the E-type asteroid (44) Nysa may be unlike any other world in the Solar System, with three connected lobes and a newly discovered satellite that could help explain how the bizarre object formed.
The post Astronomers Discover First-Ever Three-Lobed Asteroid appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>244&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/244-million-year-old-fossil-preserves-earliest-reptilian-digestive-system</link>
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An exquisitely preserved specimen of Austronaga minuta, a small, long-necked marine reptile from the Triassic of China, contains a fossilized stomach, liver and intestines, offering paleontologists their oldest detailed glimpse yet of how early reptiles digested food.
The post 244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:45:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/plutos-thin-atmosphere-may-be-starting-to-shrink</link>
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Pluto’s tenuous atmosphere appears to have begun contracting after years of holding steady, according to a new study published in the Planetary Science Journal.
The post Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Propose New Strategy in Fight against High Blood Pressure</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-propose-new-strategy-in-fight-against-high-blood-pressure</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
In a perspective paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of researchers and health experts calls for a ‘paradigm shift’ in how public health agencies address hypertension.
The post Scientists Propose New Strategy in Fight against High Blood Pressure appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-find-traces-of-two-unknown-archaic-hominins-in-human-dna</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-find-traces-of-two-unknown-archaic-hominins-in-human-dna</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by the University of California, Berkeley reveals that beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans, humans interbred with two mysterious ‘ghost’ lineages: one in Africa more than 50,000 years ago, another in Eurasia over 1.7 million years ago.
The post Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>224,000&#45;Year&#45;Old Homo Skull Fragment Adds New Mystery to Human Origins</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/224000-year-old-homo-skull-fragment-adds-new-mystery-to-human-origins</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/224000-year-old-homo-skull-fragment-adds-new-mystery-to-human-origins</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A fossilized skull fragment of Homo sp. unearthed in central Spain offers paleoanthropologists a fresh window into the story of ancient humans who lived in Europe hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The post 224,000-Year-Old Homo Skull Fragment Adds New Mystery to Human Origins appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dinosaur&#45;Killing Asteroid Didn’t Just Strike Earth, Its Dust Cloud Cooked It</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-didnt-just-strike-earth-its-dust-cloud-cooked-it</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-didnt-just-strike-earth-its-dust-cloud-cooked-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Chicxulub impact not only plunged Earth into an impact winter but also produced a dust blanket that later overheated the planet, according to new research from Purdue University and the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The post Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Didn’t Just Strike Earth, Its Dust Cloud Cooked It appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>40,000&#45;Year&#45;Old Bird Figurines Found in German Cave</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/40000-year-old-bird-figurines-found-in-german-cave</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Archaeologists in southwestern Germany have unearthed two miniature bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory, among the smallest and most delicate examples of Ice Age art ever found.
The post 40,000-Year-Old Bird Figurines Found in German Cave appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Species of Triassic Dinosaur Discovered on Shores of Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-triassic-dinosaur-discovered-on-shores-of-zimbabwes-lake-kariba</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-triassic-dinosaur-discovered-on-shores-of-zimbabwes-lake-kariba</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An international team of paleontologists has identified a new species of early sauropodomorph dinosaur in Zimbabwe, adding to growing evidence that southern Africa hosted a richer diversity of dinosaurs during the Late Triassic epoch than previously recognized.
The post New Species of Triassic Dinosaur Discovered on Shores of Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Spot Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Far From Its Galaxy’s Heart</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-wandering-supermassive-black-hole-far-from-its-galaxys-heart</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-wandering-supermassive-black-hole-far-from-its-galaxys-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers have discovered a dormant supermassive black hole 30,000 light-years from the center of WISEA J014656.04-152214.7 -- a massive galaxy located about 750 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus -- after it briefly lit up by tearing apart a star.
The post Astronomers Spot Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Far From Its Galaxy’s Heart appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient Footprints in Kenya Hint at Bigger Bodies and Group Behavior among Early Human Relatives</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-footprints-in-kenya-hint-at-bigger-bodies-and-group-behavior-among-early-human-relatives</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A set of 1.43-million-year-old fossil footprints preserved along the margin of an ancient lake in northern Kenya is offering paleoanthropologists new evidence about the size, gait and social lives of the beings who made them and reopening questions about which species they belonged to.
The post Ancient Footprints in Kenya Hint at Bigger Bodies and Group Behavior among Early Human Relatives appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Decades of Financial Hardship Linked to Faster Brain Aging</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/decades-of-financial-hardship-linked-to-faster-brain-aging</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A large British study spanning more than 70 years has found that people who experience chronic money struggles over their working lives show measurable declines in memory and processing speed by their 50s, along with signs of accelerated brain shrinkage decades later.
The post Decades of Financial Hardship Linked to Faster Brain Aging appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:15:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Decades, Financial, Hardship, Linked, Faster, Brain, Aging</media:keywords>
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<title>Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two&#45;Million&#45;Year Gap in Honeybee History</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/japanese-fossil-bee-fills-two-million-year-gap-in-honeybee-history</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/japanese-fossil-bee-fills-two-million-year-gap-in-honeybee-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the evolutionary record of the genus Apis.
The post Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two-Million-Year Gap in Honeybee History appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Study Finds Eating Breakfast Boosts Diet Quality in Teens Who Usually Skip It</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-study-finds-eating-breakfast-boosts-diet-quality-in-teens-who-usually-skip-it</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-study-finds-eating-breakfast-boosts-diet-quality-in-teens-who-usually-skip-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Adding breakfast back into the daily routine of teens around age 18 who habitually skip the meal can meaningfully improve their nutrition, with the biggest gains seen among those given protein-rich morning meals, according to a six-month clinical trial.
The post New Study Finds Eating Breakfast Boosts Diet Quality in Teens Who Usually Skip It appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Warped by Cosmic Forces</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-spots-spiral-galaxy-warped-by-cosmic-forces</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A stunning new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the lopsided intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 4654, whose unusual shape was sculpted by both a close encounter with another galaxy and a headlong plunge through the hot gas of the Virgo Cluster.
The post Hubble Spots Spiral Galaxy Warped by Cosmic Forces appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Europa’s Ice Shell May Be Tougher Barrier than Planetary Scientists Hoped</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/europas-ice-shell-may-be-tougher-barrier-than-planetary-scientists-hoped</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/europas-ice-shell-may-be-tougher-barrier-than-planetary-scientists-hoped</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Europa’s subsurface ocean has long topped astrobiologists’ wish lists as a place to search for life beyond Earth.
The post Europa’s Ice Shell May Be Tougher Barrier than Planetary Scientists Hoped appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Planetary&#45;Mass Exomoon Found Circling Brown Dwarf</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/planetary-mass-exomoon-found-circling-brown-dwarf</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered a gas giant around a brown dwarf in the stellar system CD-35 2722.
The post Planetary-Mass Exomoon Found Circling Brown Dwarf appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-miocene-fossil-rewrites-family-tree-of-little-carnivorous-marsupials</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-miocene-fossil-rewrites-family-tree-of-little-carnivorous-marsupials</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists at the University of New South Wales have described a new genus and species of dasyurid marsupial from the Early Miocene of Australia, offering the first solid evidence that the family Dasyuridae -- which today includes quolls, Tasmanian devils and tiny antechinuses -- existed long before scientists had proof of it in the fossil record.
The post Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Giant Rift Valleys Hint Venus is Still Tectonically Active</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-rift-valleys-hint-venus-is-still-tectonically-active</link>
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New 3D computer simulations from ETH Zurich show that young rift flanks on Venus stay tall and steep, while older ones flatten out over time.
The post Giant Rift Valleys Hint Venus is Still Tectonically Active appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/did-early-snakes-burrow-swim-or-crawl-80millionyearold-fossil-suggests-all-three</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/did-early-snakes-burrow-swim-or-crawl-80millionyearold-fossil-suggests-all-three</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest snakes lived and complicating the long-running debate over whether their ancestors burrowed underground, swam in the sea or crawled the surface.
The post Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Juno’s Microwave Vision Peers beneath Surface of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/junos-microwave-vision-peers-beneath-surface-of-jupiters-volcanic-moon-io</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/junos-microwave-vision-peers-beneath-surface-of-jupiters-volcanic-moon-io</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show temperatures spike more than 20 degrees Celsius just a few meters under Io’s surface, providing the first look at what’s happening below the crust of the Solar System’s most volcanic world.
The post Juno’s Microwave Vision Peers beneath Surface of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fern&#45;Fueled Wildfires Raged across Europe for Millennia during End&#45;Triassic Mass Extinction</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fern-fueled-wildfires-raged-across-europe-for-millennia-during-end-triassic-mass-extinction</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fern-fueled-wildfires-raged-across-europe-for-millennia-during-end-triassic-mass-extinction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A 201-million-year-old climate catastrophe turned Europe into a landscape of fern savannahs that repeatedly caught fire, according to new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The post Fern-Fueled Wildfires Raged across Europe for Millennia during End-Triassic Mass Extinction appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jurassic Pliosaur Liopleurodon Was Big, but Not as Big as Once Feared</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-pliosaur-liopleurodon-was-big-but-not-as-big-as-once-feared</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-pliosaur-liopleurodon-was-big-but-not-as-big-as-once-feared</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Liopleurodon ferox is a short-necked marine reptile that patrolled the seas of what is now England and France some 163 million years ago.
The post Jurassic Pliosaur Liopleurodon Was Big, but Not as Big as Once Feared appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:30:19 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Stone Tools from Armenian Cave Reveal Split Strategy for Survival 50,000 Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/stone-tools-from-armenian-cave-reveal-split-strategy-for-survival-50000-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/stone-tools-from-armenian-cave-reveal-split-strategy-for-survival-50000-years-ago</guid>
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Ararat-1, a modest limestone cave that lies at an elevation of 1,034 m on the eastern flanks of the Ararat Depression in central Armenia, has yielded a striking puzzle about how Middle Paleolithic humans moved across their landscape.
The post Stone Tools from Armenian Cave Reveal Split Strategy for Survival 50,000 Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:15:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hugs May Be an Ancient Peacekeeping Tool, Ape Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hugs-may-be-an-ancient-peacekeeping-tool-ape-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hugs-may-be-an-ancient-peacekeeping-tool-ape-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new study of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), scientists found that embraces, touches and other reassuring gestures before competition for food were linked to more peaceful sharing, suggesting the roots of human social touch stretch back at least six million years.
The post Hugs May Be an Ancient Peacekeeping Tool, Ape Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Our Milky Way Galaxy Likely Underwent Disk Flip after Ancient Galactic Collision: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/our-milky-way-galaxy-likely-underwent-disk-flip-after-ancient-galactic-collision-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/our-milky-way-galaxy-likely-underwent-disk-flip-after-ancient-galactic-collision-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A head-on collision with another galaxy billions of years ago may have dramatically reoriented the Milky Way’s disk, according to new supercomputer simulations that reveal how violent mergers can leave spiral galaxies looking surprisingly normal today.
The post Our Milky Way Galaxy Likely Underwent Disk Flip after Ancient Galactic Collision: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:30:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Small Sauropod Dinosaur from Jurassic Period Discovered in India</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/small-sauropod-dinosaur-from-jurassic-period-discovered-in-india</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/small-sauropod-dinosaur-from-jurassic-period-discovered-in-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in India have unearthed a partial skeleton of a diminutive, previously unknown neosauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic rocks of Gujarat’s Kachchh Basin.
The post Small Sauropod Dinosaur from Jurassic Period Discovered in India appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Puzzling Near&#45;Earth Asteroid Turns Out to Be Comet with Weak Tail</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/puzzling-near-earth-asteroid-turns-out-to-be-comet-with-weak-tail</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/puzzling-near-earth-asteroid-turns-out-to-be-comet-with-weak-tail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The near-Earth object (875163) 1998 SH2, which is currently classified as an asteroid, has revealed a hidden identity: it’s actually a comet in disguise, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
The post Puzzling Near-Earth Asteroid Turns Out to Be Comet with Weak Tail appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>3.5&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/35-million-year-old-fossil-from-japan-reveals-lost-lineage-of-giant-salamanders</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/35-million-year-old-fossil-from-japan-reveals-lost-lineage-of-giant-salamanders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of cryptobranchid salamander that lived in lakes in Japan about 3.5 million years ago has been identified from three fossil vertebrae, filling a major gap in the fossil record of one of the world’s oldest amphibian lineages.
The post 3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:15:47 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>3.5-Million-Year-Old, Fossil, from, Japan, Reveals, Lost, Lineage, Giant, Salamanders</media:keywords>
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<title>Oldest Known Male Gecko Found Preserved in Kachin Amber</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/oldest-known-male-gecko-found-preserved-in-kachin-amber</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/oldest-known-male-gecko-found-preserved-in-kachin-amber</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of ancient gecko found in two pieces of amber from the 99-million-year-old (mid-Cretaceous) amber deposits in Kachin province, Myanmar.
The post Oldest Known Male Gecko Found Preserved in Kachin Amber appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>CERN Physicists Take New Look at Why Matter Beat Antimatter</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-take-new-look-at-why-matter-beat-antimatter</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-take-new-look-at-why-matter-beat-antimatter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the largest sample yet of particles called beauty mesons, physicists with the CMS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) refined a decades-old test of the subtle imbalance that let our Universe exist at all.
The post CERN Physicists Take New Look at Why Matter Beat Antimatter appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Moderate Coffee and Caffeine Intake Poses Little Heart Risk, and May Even Help</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/moderate-coffee-and-caffeine-intake-poses-little-heart-risk-and-may-even-help</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/moderate-coffee-and-caffeine-intake-poses-little-heart-risk-and-may-even-help</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new review paper, Dr. Gregory Marcus from the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues analyzed decades of research on how caffeine -- most often consumed as coffee -- affects the heart and its risk factors.
The post Moderate Coffee and Caffeine Intake Poses Little Heart Risk, and May Even Help appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Moderate, Coffee, and, Caffeine, Intake, Poses, Little, Heart, Risk, and, May, Even, Help</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Find Omega Centauri’s First Stellar&#45;Mass Black Hole</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-omega-centauris-first-stellar-mass-black-hole</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-omega-centauris-first-stellar-mass-black-hole</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
After decades of searching, astronomers have pinpointed the first of an estimated 10,000 stellar-mass black holes thought to lurk in Omega Centauri, the most massive stellar system in the Milky Way found so far, with a stellar mass of 3.6 million solar masses.
The post Astronomers Find Omega Centauri’s First Stellar-Mass Black Hole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Find, Omega, Centauri’s, First, Stellar-Mass, Black, Hole</media:keywords>
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<title>Researchers Challenge Long&#45;Held Beliefs about Water, Spicy Food and Digestion</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researchers-challenge-long-held-beliefs-about-water-spicy-food-and-digestion</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/researchers-challenge-long-held-beliefs-about-water-spicy-food-and-digestion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new review of previous studies in the journal Appetite undercuts the popular belief that water fills you up at the table.
The post Researchers Challenge Long-Held Beliefs about Water, Spicy Food and Digestion appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Dinosaurs May Have Been Wiped Out by ‘Oddball’ Space Rock</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-been-wiped-out-by-oddball-space-rock</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-been-wiped-out-by-oddball-space-rock</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By analyzing nickel isotopes preserved in the 66-million-year-old debris left by the Chicxulub impact, researchers conclude that the asteroid responsible for Earth’s last mass extinction most likely belonged to an exceptionally rare class of primitive meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites of the Ornans type (CO chondrites).
The post Dinosaurs May Have Been Wiped Out by ‘Oddball’ Space Rock appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:30:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dinosaurs, May, Have, Been, Wiped, Out, ‘Oddball’, Space, Rock</media:keywords>
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<title>385&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Amber Found in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/385-million-year-old-amber-found-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/385-million-year-old-amber-found-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in China have discovered what they say is the earliest confirmed pieces of amber ever found, a fossilized resin roughly 385 million years old (Middle Devonian epoch) that predates the previous record-holder by about 65 million years.
The post 385-Million-Year-Old Amber Found in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:15:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>385-Million-Year-Old, Amber, Found, China</media:keywords>
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<title>Potential Atmosphere Detected on Habitable&#45;Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140b</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/potential-atmosphere-detected-on-habitable-zone-exoplanet-lhs-1140b</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/potential-atmosphere-detected-on-habitable-zone-exoplanet-lhs-1140b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using spectral data from the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, astronomers detected helium escaping from LHS 1140b, a rocky exoplanet that orbits in the habitable zone of the nearby low-mass star LHS 1140.
The post Potential Atmosphere Detected on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140b appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Barnard’s Star Planetary System May Be Filled with Water&#45;Poor Rocky Worlds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/barnards-star-planetary-system-may-be-filled-with-water-poor-rocky-worlds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/barnards-star-planetary-system-may-be-filled-with-water-poor-rocky-worlds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis suggests the four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s star -- the Sun’s nearest single-star neighbor -- are likely packed with the deep-Earth mineral periclase, stripped of their atmospheres and far too hostile to support life.
The post Barnard’s Star Planetary System May Be Filled with Water-Poor Rocky Worlds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Scientists Discover New Monkey Species in Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-new-monkey-species-in-democratic-republic-of-congo</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-new-monkey-species-in-democratic-republic-of-congo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers have identified and formally described a new species of the African monkey genus Colobus living in the remote interior of the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking only the fifth new monkey species found on the continent in the past 75 years.
The post Scientists Discover New Monkey Species in Democratic Republic of Congo appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Tyrannosaurus rex Scavenged Duck&#45;Billed Dinosaurs in Ancient Wyoming, Bite Marks Reveal</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-scavenged-duck-billed-dinosaurs-in-ancient-wyoming-bite-marks-reveal</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-scavenged-duck-billed-dinosaurs-in-ancient-wyoming-bite-marks-reveal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Thousands of fossilized bones from a Cretaceous-period bonebed in Wyoming, the United States, offer rare physical evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex fed on the carcasses of a duck-billed dinosaur species called Edmontosaurus annectens.
The post Tyrannosaurus rex Scavenged Duck-Billed Dinosaurs in Ancient Wyoming, Bite Marks Reveal appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Detect Gamma&#45;Ray Burst’s Magnetic Fingerprint</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-gamma-ray-bursts-magnetic-fingerprint</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-gamma-ray-bursts-magnetic-fingerprint</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using NSF’s Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers made the first radio detection of polarized light and Faraday rotation from a gamma-ray burst afterglow, offering an unprecedented glimpse of the magnetic fields surrounding one of the Universe’s most powerful explosions.
The post Astronomers Detect Gamma-Ray Burst’s Magnetic Fingerprint appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-and-directly-image-third-planet-in-beta-pictoris-system</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-and-directly-image-third-planet-in-beta-pictoris-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Named Beta Pictoris d, the newly-discovered world is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b -- the first planet discovered around the A5-type star Beta Pictoris -- and is among the lightest exoplanets ever to be imaged from the ground.
The post Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Pluto’s Moon Charon May Still Be Slowing Its Spin, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/plutos-moon-charon-may-still-be-slowing-its-spin-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/plutos-moon-charon-may-still-be-slowing-its-spin-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research indicates that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, may continue to lose rotational energy despite the pair’s long-standing tidal lock, offering scientists a rare glimpse into the hidden interiors of distant icy worlds.
The post Pluto’s Moon Charon May Still Be Slowing Its Spin, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pluto’s, Moon, Charon, May, Still, Slowing, Its, Spin, Study, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Losing Even 80 Minutes of Sleep a Night Linked to Weight Gain</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/losing-even-80-minutes-of-sleep-a-night-linked-to-weight-gain</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/losing-even-80-minutes-of-sleep-a-night-linked-to-weight-gain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research from Columbia University found that adults who cut their sleep by about 80 minutes for six weeks packed on a pound (0.45 kg) and moved less during the day.
The post Losing Even 80 Minutes of Sleep a Night Linked to Weight Gain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:15:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Crested Dinosaur Species Identified in Canada</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-crested-dinosaur-species-identified-in-canada</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-crested-dinosaur-species-identified-in-canada</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur has been identified in southern Alberta, Canada, dating back 77 million years to the Campanian age of the Cretaceous period.
The post New Crested Dinosaur Species Identified in Canada appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb Catches Supermassive Black Hole Feeding from Cosmic Gas Streams</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-catches-supermassive-black-hole-feeding-from-cosmic-gas-streams</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-catches-supermassive-black-hole-feeding-from-cosmic-gas-streams</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New images of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4696 from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal gas filaments funneling material into a spinning disk around a supermassive black hole 800 light-years across.
The post Webb Catches Supermassive Black Hole Feeding from Cosmic Gas Streams appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Discover Four New White Dwarfs in Solar Neighborhood</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-four-new-white-dwarfs-in-solar-neighborhood</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-discover-four-new-white-dwarfs-in-solar-neighborhood</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using near-UV spectroscopic data from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered four white dwarfs orbiting nearby red dwarf stars.
The post Astronomers Discover Four New White Dwarfs in Solar Neighborhood appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paleontologists Discover New Species of Titanosaur in Uruguay</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-discover-new-species-of-titanosaur-in-uruguay</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-discover-new-species-of-titanosaur-in-uruguay</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in Uruguay have identified a new species of aeolosaurine titanosaur from a pair of remarkably well-preserved tailbones unearthed in the 1980s near the Uruguay River.
The post Paleontologists Discover New Species of Titanosaur in Uruguay appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Detect Sugar in Interstellar Space for First Time</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-sugar-in-interstellar-space-for-first-time</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-sugar-in-interstellar-space-for-first-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the Yebes 40-m and IRAM 30-m radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar commonly found in raspberries and sunless tanning cosmetics, in the molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027.
The post Astronomers Detect Sugar in Interstellar Space for First Time appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:45:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Detect, Sugar, Interstellar, Space, for, First, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Bumblebees Display Emotion&#45;Like Reactions to Sweet and Bitter Tastes</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bumblebees-display-emotion-like-reactions-to-sweet-and-bitter-tastes</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bumblebees-display-emotion-like-reactions-to-sweet-and-bitter-tastes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Slow-motion video reveals that buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) respond to sweet and bitter tastes with distinct, context-dependent behaviors resembling mammalian expressions of pleasure and disgust, adding fresh evidence to the debate over insect consciousness.
The post Bumblebees Display Emotion-Like Reactions to Sweet and Bitter Tastes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Beans and Broccoli Linked to Lower Heart Risk in Young Adults</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/beans-and-broccoli-linked-to-lower-heart-risk-in-young-adults</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/beans-and-broccoli-linked-to-lower-heart-risk-in-young-adults</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of data from the Western Australian-based Raine Study suggests that two humble vegetable groups -- legumes and cruciferous vegetables -- may play an outsize role in protecting young adults from early cardiometabolic risk, though the benefits appear to diverge sharply between men and women.
The post Beans and Broccoli Linked to Lower Heart Risk in Young Adults appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tiny-triassic-reptile-sheds-light-on-early-lizard-evolution</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tiny-triassic-reptile-sheds-light-on-early-lizard-evolution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Today, lepidosaurs -- the reptile group that includes lizards, snakes and New Zealand’s tuatara -- are among the most diverse vertebrates on Earth, but their earliest evolutionary history remains poorly understood.
The post Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tiny, Triassic, Reptile, Sheds, Light, Early, Lizard, Evolution</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Uncover Hidden Structures Surrounding Orion Nebula</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-uncover-hidden-structures-surrounding-orion-nebula</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-uncover-hidden-structures-surrounding-orion-nebula</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) s and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have created the sharpest-ever radio maps of neutral hydrogen around the Orion Nebula.
The post Astronomers Uncover Hidden Structures Surrounding Orion Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Uncover, Hidden, Structures, Surrounding, Orion, Nebula</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Long&#45;Necked Dinosaur Identified in Thailand</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-long-necked-dinosaur-identified-in-thailand</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-long-necked-dinosaur-identified-in-thailand</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists working in northeastern Thailand have identified a new species of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur, offering fresh evidence that a group of giant sauropods once thought to be almost exclusively East Asian also roamed mainland Southeast Asia.
The post New Species of Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Thailand appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Probe Chemistry of Giant Exoplanet Beta Pictoris b</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-probe-chemistry-of-giant-exoplanet-beta-pictoris-b</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-probe-chemistry-of-giant-exoplanet-beta-pictoris-b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the upgraded GRAVITY+ instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), astronomers have measured the ratio of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere of the young exoplanet Beta Pictoris, offering new insights into how giant planets form.
The post Astronomers Probe Chemistry of Giant Exoplanet Beta Pictoris b appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Probe, Chemistry, Giant, Exoplanet, Beta, Pictoris</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Turkish Cave Reveals Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Shared Same Way of Life</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-turkish-cave-reveals-neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-shared-same-way-of-life</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Üçağızlı II Cave on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast has yielded a rare and detailed record of two Homo species living the same way of life, one after the other, over more than 20,000 years, offering new evidence that the transition from Neanderthals to modern humans in the region was far more culturally seamless than previously understood.
The post Ancient Turkish Cave Reveals Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Shared Same Way of Life appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Ancient, Turkish, Cave, Reveals, Neanderthals, and, Homo, sapiens, Shared, Same, Way, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Hayabusa&#45;2 Snaps Stunning Close&#45;Up Images of Asteroid Torifune during Flyby</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hayabusa-2-snaps-stunning-close-up-images-of-asteroid-torifune-during-flyby</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hayabusa-2-snaps-stunning-close-up-images-of-asteroid-torifune-during-flyby</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
On July 5, 2026, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft completed the first asteroid encounter of its extended mission, flying past the two-lobed near-Earth asteroid Torifune and returning its close-up visible and thermal images.
The post Hayabusa-2 Snaps Stunning Close-Up Images of Asteroid Torifune during Flyby appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Hayabusa-2, Snaps, Stunning, Close-Up, Images, Asteroid, Torifune, during, Flyby</media:keywords>
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<title>New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-jurassic-fossil-reveals-how-birds-lost-their-dinosaur-tails</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-jurassic-fossil-reveals-how-birds-lost-their-dinosaur-tails</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in China have described a small, previously unknown Jurassic bird whose short tail offers new evidence for how the earliest birds traded their long, dinosaur-like tails for the compact tailbone that helps living birds fly.
The post New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Discover Four New Genetic Lineages of Cacao in Peru</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-four-new-genetic-lineages-of-cacao-in-peru</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-discover-four-new-genetic-lineages-of-cacao-in-peru</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In an analysis of 390 traditionally cultivated cacao trees representing traditional Amazonian varieties, researchers identified four previously unknown genetic lineages, with two showing ancestry linked to exceptional flavor potential and offering new opportunities for growers and chocolate makers.
The post Scientists Discover Four New Genetic Lineages of Cacao in Peru appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scientists, Discover, Four, New, Genetic, Lineages, Cacao, Peru</media:keywords>
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<title>China’s Tianwen&#45;2 Spacecraft Reaches Earth’s Quasi&#45;Moon after One Billion&#45;Kilometer Journey</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/chinas-tianwen-2-spacecraft-reaches-earths-quasi-moon-after-one-billion-kilometer-journey</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/chinas-tianwen-2-spacecraft-reaches-earths-quasi-moon-after-one-billion-kilometer-journey</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
On July 2, 2026, the Tianwen-2 probe closed to within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the small near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3, one of only seven Earth quasi-satellites identified to date, kicking off a science campaign ahead of an eventual sample-return attempt.
The post China’s Tianwen-2 Spacecraft Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon after One Billion-Kilometer Journey appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China’s, Tianwen-2, Spacecraft, Reaches, Earth’s, Quasi-Moon, after, One, Billion-Kilometer, Journey</media:keywords>
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<title>Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-likely-originated-in-outskirts-of-ancient-planetary-system</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-likely-originated-in-outskirts-of-ancient-planetary-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar visitor to sweep through the Solar System.
The post Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interstellar, Comet, 3IATLAS, Likely, Originated, Outskirts, Ancient, Planetary, System</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Peers into 13&#45;Billion&#45;Year&#45;Old Globular Cluster</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-peers-into-13-billion-year-old-globular-cluster</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-peers-into-13-billion-year-old-globular-cluster</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of NGC 6426, an ancient globular cluster in the Milky Way’s outer halo.
The post Hubble Peers into 13-Billion-Year-Old Globular Cluster appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Peers, into, 13-Billion-Year-Old, Globular, Cluster</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Americans Were Megafauna Hunters, Not Generalists, Study Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-americans-were-megafauna-hunters-not-generalists-study-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-americans-were-megafauna-hunters-not-generalists-study-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research suggests that the first widespread human cultures in the Americas were not opportunistic foragers who ate whatever they could find, but specialized big-game hunters who built their lives around killing the largest animals on the landscape: mammoths, elephant-like gomphotheres, giant ground sloths, and other Ice Age giants.
The post Ancient Americans Were Megafauna Hunters, Not Generalists, Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Giant Exoplanet around White Dwarf May Reveal Jupiter’s Fate Billions of Years from Now</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-exoplanet-around-white-dwarf-may-reveal-jupiters-fate-billions-of-years-from-now</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-exoplanet-around-white-dwarf-may-reveal-jupiters-fate-billions-of-years-from-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have analyzed the atmosphere of a massive exoplanet orbiting the white dwarf WD 1856+534. Their results provide a window into the ultimate fate of giant planets orbiting stars with masses similar to our Sun.
The post Giant Exoplanet around White Dwarf May Reveal Jupiter’s Fate Billions of Years from Now appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Did Clovis People Hunt Mammoths or Simply Scavenge Their Carcasses?</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/did-clovis-people-hunt-mammoths-or-simply-scavenge-their-carcasses</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/did-clovis-people-hunt-mammoths-or-simply-scavenge-their-carcasses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For decades, the discovery of stone spear points lying next to proboscidean (mammoth, mastodon, and gomphothere) bones has been treated as archaeology’s version of a smoking gun.
The post Did Clovis People Hunt Mammoths or Simply Scavenge Their Carcasses? appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Homo floresiensis Probably Didn’t Hunt Stegodons or Use Fire</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/homo-floresiensis-probably-didnt-hunt-stegodons-or-use-fire</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/homo-floresiensis-probably-didnt-hunt-stegodons-or-use-fire</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
When paleoanthropologists announced the discovery of Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, the tiny, small-brained species quickly earned a reputation as an evolutionary surprise.
The post Homo floresiensis Probably Didn’t Hunt Stegodons or Use Fire appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Biologists Build Synthetic Cell that Can Feed, Grow, Divide and Evolve</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/biologists-build-synthetic-cell-that-can-feed-grow-divide-and-evolve</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/biologists-build-synthetic-cell-that-can-feed-grow-divide-and-evolve</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Biologists at the University of Minnesota say they have built a synthetic cell -- made entirely from non-living chemical components -- that can complete a full life cycle: taking in nutrients, growing, copying its genetic material, dividing into daughter cells and passing along beneficial mutations to the next generation.
The post Biologists Build Synthetic Cell that Can Feed, Grow, Divide and Evolve appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Scientists Recover Ancient Human DNA from Cave Walls</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-recover-ancient-human-dna-from-cave-walls</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-recover-ancient-human-dna-from-cave-walls</guid>
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For the first time, researchers have extracted ancient human DNA directly from the walls of a cave.
The post Scientists Recover Ancient Human DNA from Cave Walls appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>83&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/83-million-year-old-fossil-rewrites-timeline-of-antarcticas-first-dinosaur-discovery</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/83-million-year-old-fossil-rewrites-timeline-of-antarcticas-first-dinosaur-discovery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that roamed Antarctica roughly 83 million years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
The post 83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Ancient Sea Creature Pushes Back Origins of Spider Fangs to 518 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-sea-creature-pushes-back-origins-of-spider-fangs-to-518-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-sea-creature-pushes-back-origins-of-spider-fangs-to-518-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Urokodia aequalis, an early Cambrian marine predator from the Chengjiang biota of China, preserves the earliest known evidence of chelicerae -- the pincer-like structures that later evolved into the fangs of spiders and the pincers of scorpions.
The post Ancient Sea Creature Pushes Back Origins of Spider Fangs to 518 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Common Sleep Supplement May Also Ease Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/common-sleep-supplement-may-also-ease-chronic-musculoskeletal-pain-study-suggests</link>
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A large review of clinical trials published this week in the journal PAIN suggests that melatonin may offer meaningful relief for patients suffering from chronic musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia.
The post Common Sleep Supplement May Also Ease Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hubble Detects Ultraviolet Light from Tiny Starburst Galaxy in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-detects-ultraviolet-light-from-tiny-starburst-galaxy-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-detects-ultraviolet-light-from-tiny-starburst-galaxy-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, MXDFz4.4 -- a galaxy 100 times smaller than the Milky Way -- was blasting ionizing light through the neutral hydrogen that once shrouded everything, giving astronomers their closest-ever look at cosmic reionization in action.
The post Hubble Detects Ultraviolet Light from Tiny Starburst Galaxy in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fossils from German Quarry Reveal New Subspecies of European Leopard</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossils-from-german-quarry-reveal-new-subspecies-of-european-leopard</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossils-from-german-quarry-reveal-new-subspecies-of-european-leopard</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Named Panthera pardus burgtonnae, the newly-identified leopard subspecies roamed Europe during the Eemian interglacial period and was far more heavily built than modern leopards.
The post Fossils from German Quarry Reveal New Subspecies of European Leopard appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Matter on Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/perseverance-finds-complex-organic-matter-on-mars</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered the most extensive evidence yet of complex organic molecules on Mars, detecting macromolecular carbon in rocks from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater.
The post Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Matter on Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Perseverance, Finds, Complex, Organic, Matter, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>Pterosaurs May Have Sported Far More Varied Wings than Paleontologists Imagined</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/pterosaurs-may-have-sported-far-more-varied-wings-than-paleontologists-imagined</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/pterosaurs-may-have-sported-far-more-varied-wings-than-paleontologists-imagined</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research from the University of Bristol suggests that pterosaurs -- the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight -- probably displayed a much wider array of wing shapes and flying styles than fossil-based reconstructions have depicted.
The post Pterosaurs May Have Sported Far More Varied Wings than Paleontologists Imagined appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Early Saber&#45;Toothed Cat Gets New Face after Decades of Mystery</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-saber-toothed-cat-gets-new-face-after-decades-of-mystery</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-saber-toothed-cat-gets-new-face-after-decades-of-mystery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A nearly complete skull unearthed decades ago in Arizona has given paleontologists their clearest look yet at Adelphailurus kansensis, an enigmatic felid species that inhabited North America more than 5 million years ago and occupied an early branch of the saber-toothed cat family tree.
The post Early Saber-Toothed Cat Gets New Face after Decades of Mystery appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>World’s Smallest Marsupial is Actually Four Distinct Species</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/worlds-smallest-marsupial-is-actually-four-distinct-species</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists in Australia have revealed that what was long thought to be a single widespread planigale species is actually four distinct ones, including an entirely new species found only in the rocky slopes in Kakadu National Park.
The post World’s Smallest Marsupial is Actually Four Distinct Species appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Flowering Plants Were Already Thriving before Dinosaur&#45;Killing Asteroid Hit</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/flowering-plants-were-already-thriving-before-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-hit</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/flowering-plants-were-already-thriving-before-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-hit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils from the Jose Creek Formation in New Mexico reveal that angiosperms (flowering plants) had built dense, fruit-bearing forests nearly 75 million years ago -- nearly 9 million years before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs -- challenging a long-held evolutionary narrative about how they came to dominate the planet.
The post Flowering Plants Were Already Thriving before Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Flowering, Plants, Were, Already, Thriving, before, Dinosaur-Killing, Asteroid, Hit</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Maps Millions of Stars in Messier 82</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-maps-millions-of-stars-in-messier-82</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has resolved roughly 16.5 million stars in the edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82, NGC 3034 or the Cigar Galaxy), offering astronomers an unprecedented look inside a galaxy undergoing an intense burst of star formation.
The post Webb Maps Millions of Stars in Messier 82 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Maps, Millions, Stars, Messier</media:keywords>
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<title>New Research Traces Origins of Human Laughter</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-research-traces-origins-of-human-laughter</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
New research by the University of Warwick and the University of Portsmouth shows that all great apes, from orangutans to gorillas to chimpanzees, share the same fundamental timing structure in their laughter.
The post New Research Traces Origins of Human Laughter appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Research, Traces, Origins, Human, Laughter</media:keywords>
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<title>Distant Cousin of Crocodiles Stalked Brazil 240 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/distant-cousin-of-crocodiles-stalked-brazil-240-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/distant-cousin-of-crocodiles-stalked-brazil-240-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists working in Brazil have identified a previously unknown species of archosauriform that lived about 240 million years ago and may belong to a poorly understood group of ancient reptiles that closely resembled the ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs.
The post Distant Cousin of Crocodiles Stalked Brazil 240 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Euclid Captures Most Detailed Visible&#45;Light Image Ever Taken of Milky Way’s Core</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/euclid-captures-most-detailed-visible-light-image-ever-taken-of-milky-ways-core</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/euclid-captures-most-detailed-visible-light-image-ever-taken-of-milky-ways-core</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
ESA’s Euclid space telescope mapped more than 60 million stars in the Milky Way’s central bulge, producing the largest high-resolution visible-light portrait ever of our Galaxy’s crowded heart and opening a new window on alien worlds.
The post Euclid Captures Most Detailed Visible-Light Image Ever Taken of Milky Way’s Core appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Final Chapter of Neanderthal Life in Northwestern Europe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-final-chapter-of-neanderthal-life-in-northwestern-europe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-final-chapter-of-neanderthal-life-in-northwestern-europe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have generated genetic data from 27 Neanderthals who lived in Belgium and France less than approximately 52,500 years ago, painting a richer and more surprising portrait of how our closest hominin cousins organized their lives before their disappearance.
The post Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Final Chapter of Neanderthal Life in Northwestern Europe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ancient, DNA, Sheds, Light, Final, Chapter, Neanderthal, Life, Northwestern, Europe</media:keywords>
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<title>Getting Enough Bright Light during the Day May Help Protect against Dementia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/getting-enough-bright-light-during-the-day-may-help-protect-against-dementia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/getting-enough-bright-light-during-the-day-may-help-protect-against-dementia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers at Guangzhou Medical University tracked nearly 88,000 people for over eight years, finding a significant link between daytime light exposure and reduced dementia rates.
The post Getting Enough Bright Light during the Day May Help Protect against Dementia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Getting, Enough, Bright, Light, during, the, Day, May, Help, Protect, against, Dementia</media:keywords>
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<title>Modified Mediterranean Diet Extends Healthy Lifespan in Mice: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/modified-mediterranean-diet-extends-healthy-lifespan-in-mice-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/modified-mediterranean-diet-extends-healthy-lifespan-in-mice-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new animal study published in the journal Cell Metabolism, scientists found that adding a precise amount of a single amino acid to a low-protein, plant-based diet dramatically reduced frailty and fat in mice; a cross-sectional analysis of epidemiological data from over 200,000 men and women pointed to similar benefits.
The post Modified Mediterranean Diet Extends Healthy Lifespan in Mice: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Modified, Mediterranean, Diet, Extends, Healthy, Lifespan, Mice:, Study</media:keywords>
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<title>New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock&#45;Like Tail</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-feathered-dinosaur-from-china-had-peacock-like-tail</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-feathered-dinosaur-from-china-had-peacock-like-tail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding another twist to the story of how birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors.
The post New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Human&#45;Dog Bond is Ancient, Universal and Strikingly the Same Everywhere: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/human-dog-bond-is-ancient-universal-and-strikingly-the-same-everywhere-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/human-dog-bond-is-ancient-universal-and-strikingly-the-same-everywhere-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research spanning five continents and vastly different cultures -- from the steppes of Mongolia to the rainforests of the Pacific -- shows that hunting dogs and their owners cooperate, communicate and rely on each other in nearly identical ways, suggesting the relationship was forged in deep evolutionary time, perhaps 30,000 years ago.
The post Human-Dog Bond is Ancient, Universal and Strikingly the Same Everywhere: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Human-Dog, Bond, Ancient, Universal, and, Strikingly, the, Same, Everywhere:, Study</media:keywords>
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<title>Domestic Cats Age Like Humans, New Study Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/domestic-cats-age-like-humans-new-study-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/domestic-cats-age-like-humans-new-study-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Domestic cats (Felis catus) develop the same patterns of brain shrinkage and neurological decline as aging humans, and scientists think that makes them an ideal window into dementia and aging.
The post Domestic Cats Age Like Humans, New Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-up-to-12-billion-years-ago-new-observations-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-up-to-12-billion-years-ago-new-observations-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have formed 10 to 12 billion years ago, before our Sun even existed, according to two papers published in the journal Nature.
The post Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interstellar, Comet, 3IATLAS, Formed, Billion, Years, Ago, New, Observations, Suggest</media:keywords>
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<title>New Study Challenges Long&#45;Held Idea that Our Ancestors Simply Got Bigger Over Time</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-study-challenges-long-held-idea-that-our-ancestors-simply-got-bigger-over-time</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-study-challenges-long-held-idea-that-our-ancestors-simply-got-bigger-over-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For decades, paleoanthropologists assumed that hominins -- the lineage leading to modern humans -- gradually grew larger over millions of years.
The post New Study Challenges Long-Held Idea that Our Ancestors Simply Got Bigger Over Time appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Secret to Heliconius Butterflies’ Longevity May Be Hidden in Pollen</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/secret-to-heliconius-butterflies-longevity-may-be-hidden-in-pollen</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/secret-to-heliconius-butterflies-longevity-may-be-hidden-in-pollen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Entomologists have compiled decades of data from butterfly houses, wild field studies, and lab experiments to build the most comprehensive picture yet of how long Heliconius butterflies live and how slowly they age.
The post Secret to Heliconius Butterflies’ Longevity May Be Hidden in Pollen appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut&#45;Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/asteroid-donaldjohanson-is-wobbly-peanut-shaped-object-with-watery-past-scientists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/asteroid-donaldjohanson-is-wobbly-peanut-shaped-object-with-watery-past-scientists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears to wobble through space while preserving clues to the migration of water-rich worlds in the early Solar System, according to a new analysis of images and data from NASA’s Lucy spacecraft.
The post Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:19 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb Sees Jupiter&#45;Size Exoplanet Being Roasted by Its Star</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-sees-jupiter-size-exoplanet-being-roasted-by-its-star</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-sees-jupiter-size-exoplanet-being-roasted-by-its-star</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
HD 80606b has one of the most extreme orbits of any known exoplanet and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope just caught it getting flash-fried as it whipped past its star.
The post Webb Sees Jupiter-Size Exoplanet Being Roasted by Its Star appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>113&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Pterosaur Fossil Reveals What Flying Reptiles Ate</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/113-million-year-old-pterosaur-fossil-reveals-what-flying-reptiles-ate</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/113-million-year-old-pterosaur-fossil-reveals-what-flying-reptiles-ate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A 113-million-year-old pterosaur fossil from northeastern Brazil has yielded rare evidence of soft tissues, organic molecules and chemical traces of a diet heavy in fish and cephalopods such as squid or nautilus relatives.
The post 113-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Fossil Reveals What Flying Reptiles Ate appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Earth’s First Land Animals May Never Have Been Amphibian&#45;Like After All</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/earths-first-land-animals-may-never-have-been-amphibian-like-after-all</link>
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Paleontologists from the Field Museum of Natural History have described the fossilized remains of baby embolomeres, crocodile-like predators that prowled ancient rivers and swamps between 350 and 280 million years ago.
The post Earth’s First Land Animals May Never Have Been Amphibian-Like After All appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>125&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Crocodile Relative Reveals Its True Colors</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/125-million-year-old-crocodile-relative-reveals-its-true-colors</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/125-million-year-old-crocodile-relative-reveals-its-true-colors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Exceptionally preserved skin of Montsecosuchus depereti, an extinct crocodylomorph no larger than a house cat that prowled the tropical wetlands of Early Cretaceous Spain, has allowed paleontologists to reconstruct details of its scales, sensory organs and even possible banded markings along its tail.
The post 125-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Relative Reveals Its True Colors appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>CERN Physicists Discover Third and Final Member of Doubly Charmed Baryon Family</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-discover-third-and-final-member-of-doubly-charmed-baryon-family</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-discover-third-and-final-member-of-doubly-charmed-baryon-family</guid>
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Physicists with LHCb Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected the elusive Ωcc⁺ baryon, a particle containing two charm quarks and one strange quark, completing a long-sought family of doubly charmed baryons first predicted over half a century ago.
The post CERN Physicists Discover Third and Final Member of Doubly Charmed Baryon Family appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Use Math to Solve Viral Word Game ‘Wordle’ with 99% Success Rate</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-use-math-to-solve-viral-word-game-wordle-with-99-success-rate</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-use-math-to-solve-viral-word-game-wordle-with-99-success-rate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers at Binghamton University have applied a 70-year-old theory of information to the viral word game Wordle, revealing how a carefully chosen first guess can dramatically improve a player’s chances of solving the puzzle.
The post Scientists Use Math to Solve Viral Word Game ‘Wordle’ with 99% Success Rate appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Consciousness is Not Exclusive to Earth’s Biology, Philosophers Argue</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/consciousness-is-not-exclusive-to-earths-biology-philosophers-argue</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/consciousness-is-not-exclusive-to-earths-biology-philosophers-argue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
University of California, Riverside’s Professor Eric Schwitzgebel and University of Lisbon postdoctoral researcher Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness is substrate flexible, meaning it can arise not just in the biological tissue we find on Earth, but potentially in radically different physical materials found elsewhere in the cosmos.
The post Consciousness is Not Exclusive to Earth’s Biology, Philosophers Argue appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Consciousness, Not, Exclusive, Earth’s, Biology, Philosophers, Argue</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Trace Elusive High&#45;Energy Neutrino to Star&#45;Forming Galaxy in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-trace-elusive-high-energy-neutrino-to-star-forming-galaxy-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-trace-elusive-high-energy-neutrino-to-star-forming-galaxy-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source of the high-energy neutrino event IC 210922A, according to a team of astronomer led by Yuji Urata of MITOS Science Co.
The post Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Astronomers, Trace, Elusive, High-Energy, Neutrino, Star-Forming, Galaxy, Early, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>New Supernova Study Confirms Universe’s Expansion is Still Accelerating</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-supernova-study-confirms-universes-expansion-is-still-accelerating</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-supernova-study-confirms-universes-expansion-is-still-accelerating</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A fresh analysis of Type Ia supernovae overturns a controversial 2025 claim that cosmic expansion is slowing.
The post New Supernova Study Confirms Universe’s Expansion is Still Accelerating appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>New, Supernova, Study, Confirms, Universe’s, Expansion, Still, Accelerating</media:keywords>
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<title>New Duck&#45;Billed Dinosaur Unearthed in Romania</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-duck-billed-dinosaur-unearthed-in-romania</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-duck-billed-dinosaur-unearthed-in-romania</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An international team of paleontologists from Romania, Hungary and Italy has identified a new genus and species of herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in the Hațeg Basin, a bowl-shaped depression in the Carpathians of present-day Romania.
The post New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Unearthed in Romania appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:30:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Species of Walking Shark Discovered off Papua New Guinea</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-walking-shark-discovered-off-papua-new-guinea</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-walking-shark-discovered-off-papua-new-guinea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Marine biologists have identified a new species of the shark genus Hemiscyllium in the waters of eastern Papua New Guinea, expanding a remarkable group of reef-dwelling sharks known for using their four fins to ‘walk’ across the seafloor.
The post New Species of Walking Shark Discovered off Papua New Guinea appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/evidence-of-fire-use-by-early-humans-may-date-back-nearly-18-million-years</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/evidence-of-fire-use-by-early-humans-may-date-back-nearly-18-million-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have uncovered compelling new evidence that early human ancestors, likely Homo erectus, were deliberately bringing fire into Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa as far back as 1.79 million years ago.
The post Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossils-from-chinese-cave-fill-crucial-gap-in-history-of-gigantopithecus-blacki</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossils-from-chinese-cave-fill-crucial-gap-in-history-of-gigantopithecus-blacki</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilized teeth belonging to Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest primate species ever known to have lived.
The post Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Experimental Copper&#45;Based Drug Clears Alzheimer’s Plaques and Boosts Memory in Mice</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/experimental-copper-based-drug-clears-alzheimers-plaques-and-boosts-memory-in-mice</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/experimental-copper-based-drug-clears-alzheimers-plaques-and-boosts-memory-in-mice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Copper diacetyl bis(4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone), or Cu(ATSM), restored a key waste-removal system in the brain, reducing toxic amyloid-beta buildup and improving spatial memory in lab models of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a team of researchers at Monash University.
The post Experimental Copper-Based Drug Clears Alzheimer’s Plaques and Boosts Memory in Mice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Marsupial Lineage Emerges from Australian Fossils</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-marsupial-lineage-emerges-from-australian-fossils</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-marsupial-lineage-emerges-from-australian-fossils</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and three new species of small, insect-eating marsupials from the Early Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland, one of Australia’s richest fossil sites.
The post New Marsupial Lineage Emerges from Australian Fossils appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>New, Marsupial, Lineage, Emerges, from, Australian, Fossils</media:keywords>
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<title>Eliminating Sucrose from Low&#45;Fat Diet Alters Gut Microbiome, Animal Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/eliminating-sucrose-from-low-fat-diet-alters-gut-microbiome-animal-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/eliminating-sucrose-from-low-fat-diet-alters-gut-microbiome-animal-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a mouse study conducted by scientists at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait, rodents fed a sucrose-free diet developed insulin resistance, gut microbial imbalances and signs of fatty liver disease despite maintaining similar body weight.
The post Eliminating Sucrose from Low-Fat Diet Alters Gut Microbiome, Animal Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Eliminating, Sucrose, from, Low-Fat, Diet, Alters, Gut, Microbiome, Animal, Study, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Delivers Strongest&#45;Ever Case for ‘Black Hole Stars’ Lurking in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-delivers-strongest-ever-case-for-black-hole-stars-lurking-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-delivers-strongest-ever-case-for-black-hole-stars-lurking-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using Webb’s NIRCam and NIRSpec instruments, astronomers have obtained the deepest spectrum ever taken of a little red dot.
The post Webb Delivers Strongest-Ever Case for ‘Black Hole Stars’ Lurking in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Webb, Delivers, Strongest-Ever, Case, for, ‘Black, Hole, Stars’, Lurking, Early, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>Entomologists Reconstruct Evolutionary History of Millipedes</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/entomologists-reconstruct-evolutionary-history-of-millipedes</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/entomologists-reconstruct-evolutionary-history-of-millipedes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Two elusive groups of millipedes, Siphoniulida and Siphonocryptida, were the last missing pieces in the evolutionary history of Earth’s oldest land animals, according to a team of entomologists led by Virginia Tech.
The post Entomologists Reconstruct Evolutionary History of Millipedes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Entomologists, Reconstruct, Evolutionary, History, Millipedes</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers May Have Found Supernova Remnant near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-may-have-found-supernova-remnant-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-may-have-found-supernova-remnant-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole</guid>
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Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers identified a possible remnant of ancient stellar explosion just a few dozen light-years from Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The post Astronomers May Have Found Supernova Remnant near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Species of Ancient Bear&#45;Dog Identified in Spain</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-ancient-bear-dog-identified-in-spain</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-ancient-bear-dog-identified-in-spain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown species of amphicyonid -- the extinct family of carnivorous mammals popularly known as bear-dogs -- from two specimens unearthed at a rich fossil site in the Vallès-Penedès Basin near Barcelona, Spain.
The post New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Amazon’s Elusive Short&#45;Eared Dog May Be More Common than Researchers Once Thought</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/amazons-elusive-short-eared-dog-may-be-more-common-than-researchers-once-thought</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/amazons-elusive-short-eared-dog-may-be-more-common-than-researchers-once-thought</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Hundreds of camera-trap records from Bolivia and Peru suggest the short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), one of the world’s least-known canids and one of Latin America’s least-known carnivores, may be thriving in intact upland forests.
The post Amazon’s Elusive Short-Eared Dog May Be More Common than Researchers Once Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Capture First&#45;Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-capture-first-ever-images-of-cozumel-dwarf-fox</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-capture-first-ever-images-of-cozumel-dwarf-fox</guid>
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Researchers have obtained the first-ever photographs of the Cozumel dwarf fox (Urocyon sp.), an elusive dwarf fox living on the Caribbean island of Cozumel, off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Captured in September 2023, the images provide the first confirmed evidence since 2001 that the elusive animal still survives on the island.
The post Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Study: Cave Lions were Distinct Species that Occasionally Bred with Ancestors of Today’s Lions</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-cave-lions-were-distinct-species-that-occasionally-bred-with-ancestors-of-todays-lions</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-cave-lions-were-distinct-species-that-occasionally-bred-with-ancestors-of-todays-lions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The extinct Eurasian cave lion (Panthera spelaea) and today’s African and Asian lions (Panthera leo) belong to separate evolutionary lineages that diverged roughly 1.7 million years ago -- far earlier than previously thought, according to an analysis of 12 cave lion genomes spanning more than 100,000 years.
The post Study: Cave Lions were Distinct Species that Occasionally Bred with Ancestors of Today’s Lions appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Schrödinger’s Cat Gets Stranger: Physicists Demonstrate Quantum States No One Has Seen Before</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/schroedingers-cat-gets-stranger-physicists-demonstrate-quantum-states-no-one-has-seen-before</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/schroedingers-cat-gets-stranger-physicists-demonstrate-quantum-states-no-one-has-seen-before</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Physicists at the University of Oxford have engineered a new class of ‘cat states’ -- quantum superpositions constructed not from ordinary wave packets, but from deeply exotic, nonclassical components -- opening unexpected paths toward more resilient quantum computers.
The post Schrödinger’s Cat Gets Stranger: Physicists Demonstrate Quantum States No One Has Seen Before appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Earth’s Earliest Animals May Have Thrived Too Easily to Evolve</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/earths-earliest-animals-may-have-thrived-too-easily-to-evolve</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/earths-earliest-animals-may-have-thrived-too-easily-to-evolve</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils from some of the oldest-known animals on Earth, dating from 574 million years ago (Ediacaran period), suggest that cloning, not competition, dominated the Ediacaran seas, slowing evolution until environmental stress helped drive the rise of sexual reproduction and a burst of biodiversity.
The post Earth’s Earliest Animals May Have Thrived Too Easily to Evolve appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:45:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of Colossal Asteroid Strike</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/lunar-meteorite-preserves-evidence-of-colossal-asteroid-strike</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/lunar-meteorite-preserves-evidence-of-colossal-asteroid-strike</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Planetary scientists analyzing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa (NWA) 12593 have uncovered evidence of an asteroid impact that occurred 3.5 billion years ago on the Moon, helping to reconstruct a period of intense bombardment that left lasting marks across the inner Solar System.
The post Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of Colossal Asteroid Strike appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Secret to Sloths’ Slow Life May Lie in Ancient ‘Jumping Genes’</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/secret-to-sloths-slow-life-may-lie-in-ancient-jumping-genes</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/secret-to-sloths-slow-life-may-lie-in-ancient-jumping-genes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In new research, scientists sequenced and analyzed chromosome-level genomes of the Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and the southern anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla).
The post Secret to Sloths’ Slow Life May Lie in Ancient ‘Jumping Genes’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-discovery-in-patagonia-reveals-new-species-of-horned-turtle</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fossil-discovery-in-patagonia-reveals-new-species-of-horned-turtle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian age, just before the asteroid-triggered mass extinction that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs.
The post Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Spanish Cave Sanctuary Reveals More Than 11,500 Years of Activity</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/spanish-cave-sanctuary-reveals-more-than-11500-years-of-activity</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/spanish-cave-sanctuary-reveals-more-than-11500-years-of-activity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New radiocarbon dates from Sala Keimada, a hard-to-reach chamber of Cueva Palomera in the province of Burgos, northern Spain, suggest that generations of people returned to the sacred space from the end of the Ice Age through the Iron Age, leaving behind art, structures and offerings.
The post Spanish Cave Sanctuary Reveals More Than 11,500 Years of Activity appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Scan Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS for Alien Radio Signals</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-scan-interstellar-object-3iatlas-for-alien-radio-signals</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-scan-interstellar-object-3iatlas-for-alien-radio-signals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array, a 42-element radio interferometer at Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Hat Creek, California, astronomers probed 3I/ATLAS for artificial radio transmissions but found only human-made interference.
The post Astronomers Scan Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS for Alien Radio Signals appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Astronomers, Scan, Interstellar, Object, 3IATLAS, for, Alien, Radio, Signals</media:keywords>
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<title>Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ornithologists-describe-new-bird-species-from-remote-indonesian-islands</link>
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A small songbird inhabiting the Babar Islands, in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, has been identified as a new species after a duo of researchers discovered that its distinctive song sets it apart from its closest relative.
The post Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ornithologists, Describe, New, Bird, Species, from, Remote, Indonesian, Islands</media:keywords>
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<title>Acheulean Toolmakers Chose Their Stone with Surprising Precision</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/acheulean-toolmakers-chose-their-stone-with-surprising-precision</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Geochemical analysis of 780,000-year-old stone tools from Israel suggests Acheulean (or Acheulian) hominins repeatedly sought specific basalt sources, revealing sophisticated planning and deep knowledge of their landscape.
The post Acheulean Toolmakers Chose Their Stone with Surprising Precision appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:11 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Acheulean, Toolmakers, Chose, Their, Stone, with, Surprising, Precision</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Finally Find Milky Way’s Missing Black Hole Wind</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-finally-find-milky-ways-missing-black-hole-wind</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
After a 50-year search, astronomers have uncovered evidence that Sagittarius A* -- the 4.3-million-solar-mass black hole that resides at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy -- is blowing a hot cosmic wind into its surroundings, carving out a giant cavity near the Galaxy’s heart.
The post Astronomers Finally Find Milky Way’s Missing Black Hole Wind appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Geoscientists Find Vast Fan&#45;Shaped Structure beneath Antarctica’s Ice</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/geoscientists-find-vast-fan-shaped-structure-beneath-antarcticas-ice</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/geoscientists-find-vast-fan-shaped-structure-beneath-antarcticas-ice</guid>
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By combining seismic, gravity and topographic data, a team of researchers from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom found that several well-known subglacial basins in East Antarctica are part of a single fan-shaped province whose origins trace back to ancient continental stretching.
The post Geoscientists Find Vast Fan-Shaped Structure beneath Antarctica’s Ice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Geoscientists, Find, Vast, Fan-Shaped, Structure, beneath, Antarctica’s, Ice</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Glowing Nebulae Spark Cosmic Pareidolia in New VST Image</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/two-glowing-nebulae-spark-cosmic-pareidolia-in-new-vst-image</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/two-glowing-nebulae-spark-cosmic-pareidolia-in-new-vst-image</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have captured a spectacular image of two little-known nebulae: Gum 10 and Gum 11.
The post Two Glowing Nebulae Spark Cosmic Pareidolia in New VST Image appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>After Decade&#45;Long Hunt, Scientists Find East Asia’s Tallest Tree</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/after-decade-long-hunt-scientists-find-east-asias-tallest-tree</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/after-decade-long-hunt-scientists-find-east-asias-tallest-tree</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Deep in the mountains of northern Taiwan, a towering Taiwania cryptomerioides -- a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae whose ancestors date back 100 million years -- has been confirmed as the tallest known tree in East Asia.
The post After Decade-Long Hunt, Scientists Find East Asia’s Tallest Tree appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Fish Fossils from Early Paleocene Fill 10&#45;Million&#45;Year Gap after Dinosaur Extinction</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fish-fossils-from-early-paleocene-fill-10-million-year-gap-after-dinosaur-extinction</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fish-fossils-from-early-paleocene-fill-10-million-year-gap-after-dinosaur-extinction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described an assemblage of marine fish fossils from the 62.2-million-year-old site of Qreiya 3 in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, providing a window into this transition.
The post Fish Fossils from Early Paleocene Fill 10-Million-Year Gap after Dinosaur Extinction appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near&#45;Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jupiter-accelerates-electrons-to-near-light-speed-offering-clues-to-cosmic-ray-origins</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jupiter-accelerates-electrons-to-near-light-speed-offering-clues-to-cosmic-ray-origins</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator, firing electrons to relativistic energies of at least 1 MeV, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
The post Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Half&#45;Ton Cattle Relatives Roamed Europe 4 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/half-ton-cattle-relatives-roamed-europe-4-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/half-ton-cattle-relatives-roamed-europe-4-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Near-complete bovine skeletons unearthed the Early Pliocene site of Camp dels Ninots in northeastern Spain reveal that the ancestors of today’s buffalo and cattle were already growing to impressive sizes long before humans arrived on the continent.
The post Half-Ton Cattle Relatives Roamed Europe 4 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-weighs-most-distant-inactive-black-hole-ever-found</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-weighs-most-distant-inactive-black-hole-ever-found</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A supermassive black hole 6 billion times the mass of the Sun lurks in MRG-M0138, a gravitationally lensed quiescent galaxy seen when the Universe was just 3 billion years old, according to an analysis of data collected by the NIRSpec Integral Field Spectrograph onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
The post Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Microraptorine Dinosaur Discovered in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-microraptorine-dinosaur-discovered-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-microraptorine-dinosaur-discovered-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Jian changmaensis is the first non-avian dinosaur found at a paleontological site that has yielded more than 100 specimens of Early Cretaceous birds.
The post New Microraptorine Dinosaur Discovered in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Neolithic People May Have Hauled Stonehenge’s Giant Altar Stone across Britain</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neolithic-people-may-have-hauled-stonehenges-giant-altar-stone-across-britain</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neolithic-people-may-have-hauled-stonehenges-giant-altar-stone-across-britain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Neolithic people, not glaciers, moved the Altar Stone -- the six-ton central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge -- from northeast Scotland to Salisbury Plain, according to a new study led by archaeologists from Curtin University and Sheffield Hallam University.
The post Neolithic People May Have Hauled Stonehenge’s Giant Altar Stone across Britain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Giant Scorpions Ruled Ancient Britain during Devonian Period</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-scorpions-ruled-ancient-britain-during-devonian-period</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-scorpions-ruled-ancient-britain-during-devonian-period</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have confirmed that Praearcturus gigas, a creature that prowled shallow waters during the Devonian period, 415 million years ago, is the largest scorpion ever found.
The post Giant Scorpions Ruled Ancient Britain during Devonian Period appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Complex Colonial Life Was Already Thriving during Cambrian Explosion</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/complex-colonial-life-was-already-thriving-during-cambrian-explosion</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Tiny colonial animals called bryozoans were long thought to have appeared tens of millions of years after the Cambrian explosion.
The post Complex Colonial Life Was Already Thriving during Cambrian Explosion appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>When Food Runs Short, This Single&#45;Celled Organism Turns into Giant Cannibal to Survive</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/when-food-runs-short-this-single-celled-organism-turns-into-giant-cannibal-to-survive</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/when-food-runs-short-this-single-celled-organism-turns-into-giant-cannibal-to-survive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Euplotes gigatrox, a new species of ciliate collected from a seawater filtration system on the Caribbean Island of Curaçao, can transform into a cannibalistic ‘supergiant,’ raising new questions about the complexity of life at the microscopic scale.
The post When Food Runs Short, This Single-Celled Organism Turns into Giant Cannibal to Survive appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Meteorite Found in Africa Preserves Evidence of Long&#45;Lost Massive Protoplanet</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/meteorite-found-in-africa-preserves-evidence-of-long-lost-massive-protoplanet</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/meteorite-found-in-africa-preserves-evidence-of-long-lost-massive-protoplanet</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 12774, an angrite meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert, likely in Mauritania, appears to be a fragment of a vanished protoplanet, offering the strongest evidence yet that a large planetary body formed and was later destroyed during the Solar System’s chaotic infancy.
The post Meteorite Found in Africa Preserves Evidence of Long-Lost Massive Protoplanet appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Detect Clearest Signs Yet of Magnetic Fields on Extrasolar Planets</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-clearest-signs-yet-of-magnetic-fields-on-extrasolar-planets</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-detect-clearest-signs-yet-of-magnetic-fields-on-extrasolar-planets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By tracking fierce winds racing through the atmospheres of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that magnetic fields shape weather on worlds beyond our Solar System.
The post Astronomers Detect Clearest Signs Yet of Magnetic Fields on Extrasolar Planets appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Species of Fossil Axolotl Unearthed in Mexico</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-fossil-axolotl-unearthed-in-mexico</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-fossil-axolotl-unearthed-in-mexico</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new species of the axolotl genus Ambystoma from several fossilized specimens found deep in the rocky outcrops of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
The post New Species of Fossil Axolotl Unearthed in Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-detects-methane-on-interstellar-comet-3iatlas</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-detects-methane-on-interstellar-comet-3iatlas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the spectral data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected methane on 3I/ATLAS.
The post Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Pigeons May Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Superparamagnetic Immune Cells in Their Livers</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/pigeons-may-sense-earths-magnetic-field-using-superparamagnetic-immune-cells-in-their-livers</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/pigeons-may-sense-earths-magnetic-field-using-superparamagnetic-immune-cells-in-their-livers</guid>
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Scientists have identified supermagnetic macrophages in the livers of homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) that appear essential for navigation when the Sun is not visible, pointing to an entirely new mechanism for animal magnetoreception.
The post Pigeons May Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Superparamagnetic Immune Cells in Their Livers appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Daily Glass of Fruit Juice May Lift Your Mood: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/daily-glass-of-fruit-juice-may-lift-your-mood-study</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
In a small randomized trial in the United Kingdom, adults who added a serving of 100% fruit juice or a smoothie to a healthier diet reported lower depression scores after four weeks.
The post Daily Glass of Fruit Juice May Lift Your Mood: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:30:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hubble Captures Active Spiral Galaxy: Messier 88</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-captures-active-spiral-galaxy-messier-88</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A newly-released Hubble image shows Messier 88, a black hole-powered spiral galaxy that is gradually plunging toward the crowded heart of the Virgo Cluster.
The post Hubble Captures Active Spiral Galaxy: Messier 88 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:45:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paleontologists Identify New Hyaenodont Species in Pakistan</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-identify-new-hyaenodont-species-in-pakistan</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have recovered the fossilized remains of three hyaenodont species, including one previously unknown to science, from Miocene sediments in Pakistan.
The post Paleontologists Identify New Hyaenodont Species in Pakistan appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Paleontologists, Identify, New, Hyaenodont, Species, Pakistan</media:keywords>
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<title>490&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/490-million-year-old-arthropod-fossil-fills-puzzling-gap-in-fossil-record</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/490-million-year-old-arthropod-fossil-fills-puzzling-gap-in-fossil-record</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new species of corcoraniid arthropod that lived during the Furongian epoch, between 497 and 487 million years ago, has been identified from an exceptionally preserved specimen found near Québec, Canada.
The post 490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Dinosaur Species from Argentina May Have Specialized in Catching Fish</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-dinosaur-species-from-argentina-may-have-specialized-in-catching-fish</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-dinosaur-species-from-argentina-may-have-specialized-in-catching-fish</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in Argentina have identified a previously unknown species of unenlagiid dinosaur that stalked freshwater wetlands during the Late Cretaceous epoch, adding to evidence that some dinosaurs specialized in catching fish.
The post New Dinosaur Species from Argentina May Have Specialized in Catching Fish appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>New, Dinosaur, Species, from, Argentina, May, Have, Specialized, Catching, Fish</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Spots Supermassive Black Hole Older Than Its Home Galaxy</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-spots-supermassive-black-hole-older-than-its-home-galaxy</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-spots-supermassive-black-hole-older-than-its-home-galaxy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found an enormous black hole in the early Universe that appears to predate its own host galaxy, raising fresh questions about how the cosmos’ first supermassive monsters were born.
The post Webb Spots Supermassive Black Hole Older Than Its Home Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Webb, Spots, Supermassive, Black, Hole, Older, Than, Its, Home, Galaxy</media:keywords>
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<title>Fungi Bloomed Twice around End&#45;Cretaceous Mass Extinction</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fungi-bloomed-twice-around-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fungi-bloomed-twice-around-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By studying fungal microfossils in 66-million-year-old rock samples from the Denver Basin in Colorado, Johns Hopkins University microbiologists have confirmed that the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact triggered a worldwide fungal takeover, and uncovered a second, previously unknown ecological crisis just before it.
The post Fungi Bloomed Twice around End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fungi, Bloomed, Twice, around, End-Cretaceous, Mass, Extinction</media:keywords>
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<title>Is Dark Energy Unnecessary? Mathematicians Challenge Standard Cosmological Model of Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/is-dark-energy-unnecessary-mathematicians-challenge-standard-cosmological-model-of-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/is-dark-energy-unnecessary-mathematicians-challenge-standard-cosmological-model-of-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Mathematicians from University College London and the University of California, Davis, have published a mathematical proof that the Universe’s accelerating expansion can be explained without dark energy, dealing a serious blow to the Lambda-cold dark matter model.
The post Is Dark Energy Unnecessary? Mathematicians Challenge Standard Cosmological Model of Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cretaceous-bird-from-china-had-pair-of-tail-feathers-twice-as-long-as-its-body</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cretaceous-bird-from-china-had-pair-of-tail-feathers-twice-as-long-as-its-body</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, roughly 121 million years ago.
The post Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:15:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Cretaceous, Bird, from, China, Had, Pair, Tail, Feathers, Twice, Long, Its, Body</media:keywords>
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<title>Toothless, Bipedal Crocodile Relative Lived in New Mexico 212 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/toothless-bipedal-crocodile-relative-lived-in-new-mexico-212-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/toothless-bipedal-crocodile-relative-lived-in-new-mexico-212-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new species of bipedal shuvosaurid archosaur from New Mexico, shedding light on a group of creatures that roamed North America during the Triassic period, more than 200 million years ago.
The post Toothless, Bipedal Crocodile Relative Lived in New Mexico 212 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 17:30:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Great Pyramid of Giza’s Design Naturally Shields It from Earthquakes, Archaeologists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/great-pyramid-of-gizas-design-naturally-shields-it-from-earthquakes-archaeologists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/great-pyramid-of-gizas-design-naturally-shields-it-from-earthquakes-archaeologists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For more than four and a half millennia, the Khufu Pyramid has stood on the Giza plateau, enduring dozens of earthquakes without serious structural damage.
The post Great Pyramid of Giza’s Design Naturally Shields It from Earthquakes, Archaeologists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Great, Pyramid, Giza’s, Design, Naturally, Shields, from, Earthquakes, Archaeologists, Say</media:keywords>
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<title>Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom&#45;Dwellers</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-early-complex-life-forms-were-bottom-dwellers</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-early-complex-life-forms-were-bottom-dwellers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Analyzing 1.75-billion-year-old microfossils from ancient Australian seabeds, paleontologists say ancient eukaryotes -- the ancestors of every plant, animal and fungus -- huddled in oxygenated seafloor patches for over a billion years before breaking free into open water.
The post Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom-Dwellers appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:00:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Study:, Early, Complex, Life, Forms, Were, Bottom-Dwellers</media:keywords>
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<title>Bioluminescent Deep&#45;Sea Fish Use Crystal ‘Prisms’ to Recycle Their Own Glow</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bioluminescent-deep-sea-fish-use-crystal-prisms-to-recycle-their-own-glow</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bioluminescent-deep-sea-fish-use-crystal-prisms-to-recycle-their-own-glow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A marine biologist studying the photophores of a bioluminescent fish species found needle-shaped guanine crystals that scatter and redirect light instead of merely reflecting it, a discovery that could inspire more efficient biomedical and optical devices.
The post Bioluminescent Deep-Sea Fish Use Crystal ‘Prisms’ to Recycle Their Own Glow appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bioluminescent, Deep-Sea, Fish, Use, Crystal, ‘Prisms’, Recycle, Their, Own, Glow</media:keywords>
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<title>Tomato&#45;Soy Drink May Help Fight Chronic Inflammation in Adults with Obesity</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tomato-soy-drink-may-help-fight-chronic-inflammation-in-adults-with-obesity</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tomato-soy-drink-may-help-fight-chronic-inflammation-in-adults-with-obesity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a small clinical trial, researchers at the Ohio State University found that a tomato juice rich in lycopene and soy isoflavones lowered several proteins linked to chronic inflammation, raising hopes for food-based therapies.
The post Tomato-Soy Drink May Help Fight Chronic Inflammation in Adults with Obesity appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tomato-Soy, Drink, May, Help, Fight, Chronic, Inflammation, Adults, with, Obesity</media:keywords>
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<title>Rare Ostrich&#45;Like Dinosaur Fossil Found on Canadian Island</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/rare-ostrich-like-dinosaur-fossil-found-on-canadian-island</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/rare-ostrich-like-dinosaur-fossil-found-on-canadian-island</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in Canada say they have recovered a dinosaur tail vertebra from 75- to 80-million-year-old marine rocks on a small island off the coast of British Columbia, providing the clearest evidence yet that bird-like ornithomimosaurs once roamed the ancient Pacific coastline of North America.
The post Rare Ostrich-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found on Canadian Island appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rare, Ostrich-Like, Dinosaur, Fossil, Found, Canadian, Island</media:keywords>
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<title>CERN Physicists Observe New Exotic Particle</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-observe-new-exotic-particle</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-observe-new-exotic-particle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Physicists with the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have observed the Bc*+ meson, an excited version of the Bc+ meson -- both consist of a charm quark and a bottom antiquark.
The post CERN Physicists Observe New Exotic Particle appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Species of Octopus Discovered in Deep Waters near Galapagos Islands</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-octopus-discovered-in-deep-waters-near-galapagos-islands</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-octopus-discovered-in-deep-waters-near-galapagos-islands</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A single female specimen, collected 1,773 m below the surface near Darwin Island, has been described as a new species of deep-sea octopus, and it doesn’t fit neatly into the Megaleledonidae family it belongs to, forcing a revision of the textbook definition.
The post New Species of Octopus Discovered in Deep Waters near Galapagos Islands appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo&#45;Saturn TOI&#45;199b</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-detects-methane-in-atmosphere-of-exo-saturn-toi-199b</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-detects-methane-in-atmosphere-of-exo-saturn-toi-199b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using spectral data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers analyzed the atmosphere of TOI-199b, a distant Saturn-mass world that is neither frozen nor scorching hot.
The post Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo-Saturn TOI-199b appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:30:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Detects, Methane, Atmosphere, Exo-Saturn, TOI-199b</media:keywords>
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<title>Cows Can Recognize Familiar Human Faces, New Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cows-can-recognize-familiar-human-faces-new-study-finds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cows-can-recognize-familiar-human-faces-new-study-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by scientists from the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) suggests cows (Bos taurus taurus) can distinguish between known and unknown people, and even match a familiar voice to the correct face.
The post Cows Can Recognize Familiar Human Faces, New Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 07:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>83&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/83-million-year-old-crocodile-lizard-fossil-unearthed-in-france</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/83-million-year-old-crocodile-lizard-fossil-unearthed-in-france</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in southern France, pushing the presence of its lineage in Europe back by at least 30 million years.
The post 83-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>83-Million-Year-Old, Crocodile, Lizard, Fossil, Unearthed, France</media:keywords>
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<title>Gemini North Telescope Peers into Crystal Ball Nebula</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/gemini-north-telescope-peers-into-crystal-ball-nebula</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/gemini-north-telescope-peers-into-crystal-ball-nebula</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A stunning new image from the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i, reveals the Crystal Ball Nebula in unprecedented detail: a lumpy, glowing sphere of gas sculpted by a pair of stars.
The post Gemini North Telescope Peers into Crystal Ball Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Upright Walking and Larger Brains May Explain Why 90% of Humans Favor Their Right Hand</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/upright-walking-and-larger-brains-may-explain-why-90-of-humans-favor-their-right-hand</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/upright-walking-and-larger-brains-may-explain-why-90-of-humans-favor-their-right-hand</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research from the University of Oxford and the University of Reading suggests bipedalism and expanding brain size helped drive the overwhelming dominance of right-handedness in humans.
The post Upright Walking and Larger Brains May Explain Why 90% of Humans Favor Their Right Hand appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/t-rex-mosasaur-ruled-the-seas-80-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/t-rex-mosasaur-ruled-the-seas-80-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a gigantic new species of mosasaur -- stretching up to 13.2 m (43 feet) long and armed with serrated teeth -- and given it an unexpected name: T. rex (short for Tylosaurus rex).
The post ‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:15:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Ancient Crater Lakes May Have Provided Ideal Conditions for Earth’s Earliest Oxygen&#45;Breathing Life</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-crater-lakes-may-have-provided-ideal-conditions-for-earths-earliest-oxygen-breathing-life</link>
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Researchers have discovered stromatolites -- layered structures formed by microbial communities -- inside a 42,000-year-old asteroid crater in South Korea.
The post Ancient Crater Lakes May Have Provided Ideal Conditions for Earth’s Earliest Oxygen-Breathing Life appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:15:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fermi-identifies-hidden-engine-behind-superluminous-supernovae</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
New gamma-ray observations from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope suggest ultra-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could be fueling superluminous supernovae, a rare class of stellar explosions with peak luminosities 10-100 times greater than those of standard core-collapse supernovae.
The post Fermi Identifies Hidden Engine behind Superluminous Supernovae appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Before Dinosaur Extinction, Rodent&#45;Like Mammals were Already Flourishing in Ancient Arctic</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/before-dinosaur-extinction-rodent-like-mammals-were-already-flourishing-in-ancient-arctic</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/before-dinosaur-extinction-rodent-like-mammals-were-already-flourishing-in-ancient-arctic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described three previously unknown species of multituberculate mammals -- named Camurodon borealis, Qayaqgruk peregrinus, and Kaniqsiqcosmodon polaris -- that lived in polar forests about 73 million years ago.
The post Before Dinosaur Extinction, Rodent-Like Mammals were Already Flourishing in Ancient Arctic appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/violent-collision-may-have-destroyed-milky-ways-first-stellar-disk</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of star formation.
The post Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:15:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Violent, Collision, May, Have, Destroyed, Milky, Way’s, First, Stellar, Disk</media:keywords>
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<title>Mystery of Tyrannosaurus rex’s Tiny Arms May Finally Have an Answer</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mystery-of-tyrannosaurus-rexs-tiny-arms-may-finally-have-an-answer</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mystery-of-tyrannosaurus-rexs-tiny-arms-may-finally-have-an-answer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists from University College London and the University of Cambridge say the large predatory dinosaurs’ tiny arms evolved alongside massive heads and bone-crushing jaws, suggesting ancient predators increasingly relied on biting rather than grasping prey.
The post Mystery of Tyrannosaurus rex’s Tiny Arms May Finally Have an Answer appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mystery, Tyrannosaurus, rex’s, Tiny, Arms, May, Finally, Have, Answer</media:keywords>
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<title>New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-jurassic-pterosaur-unearthed-in-germany</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early monofenestratan pterosaur based on a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil skeleton discovered in Bavaria, Germany.
The post New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Jurassic, Pterosaur, Unearthed, Germany</media:keywords>
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<title>MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/maven-detects-rare-atmospheric-effect-on-mars</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect -- a phenomenon once thought unique to Earth’s magnetosphere, in which charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste coming out of a tube along magnetic structures called flux tubes -- is also reshaping the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere.
The post MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Sugary Diets May Cause Long&#45;Term Memory Problems Even after Eating Improves</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/sugary-diets-may-cause-long-term-memory-problems-even-after-eating-improves</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/sugary-diets-may-cause-long-term-memory-problems-even-after-eating-improves</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An analysis of 27 animal studies found that switching to a healthier diet improved memory performance, though the effects were far weaker after diets high in sugar.
The post Sugary Diets May Cause Long-Term Memory Problems Even after Eating Improves appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:45:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Sugary, Diets, May, Cause, Long-Term, Memory, Problems, Even, after, Eating, Improves</media:keywords>
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<title>Insects May Feel Pain, New Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/insects-may-feel-pain-new-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/insects-may-feel-pain-new-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
When an antenna of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) is touched with a heated probe, something curious happens: the insect turns its attention to the burned spot, grooming it repeatedly, for far longer than it would after a harmless touch or no contact at all.
The post Insects May Feel Pain, New Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Insects, May, Feel, Pain, New, Study, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Formicine Ants Produce Hidden Arsenal of Venom Peptides, Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/formicine-ants-produce-hidden-arsenal-of-venom-peptides-study-finds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/formicine-ants-produce-hidden-arsenal-of-venom-peptides-study-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Entomologists have discovered that carpenter ants -- the largest genus within the stingless ant subfamily Formicinae -- produce dozens of previously unknown venom peptides with antifungal properties.
The post Formicine Ants Produce Hidden Arsenal of Venom Peptides, Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 15:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Formicine, Ants, Produce, Hidden, Arsenal, Venom, Peptides, Study, Finds</media:keywords>
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<title>Do Europa’s Water Plumes Really Exist? New Study Reopens Debate</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/do-europas-water-plumes-really-exist-new-study-reopens-debate</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/do-europas-water-plumes-really-exist-new-study-reopens-debate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by planetary scientists from Southwest Research Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology suggests that evidence for vapor erupting from Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may be less conclusive than once believed.
The post Do Europa’s Water Plumes Really Exist? New Study Reopens Debate appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:15:37 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Europa’s, Water, Plumes, Really, Exist, New, Study, Reopens, Debate</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Space Telescope Peers into Post&#45;Starburst Galaxy</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-peers-into-post-starburst-galaxy</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-peers-into-post-starburst-galaxy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
NGC 1266 appears frozen between two cosmic identities, offering astronomers a close-up look at how star formation shuts down.
The post Hubble Space Telescope Peers into Post-Starburst Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Space, Telescope, Peers, into, Post-Starburst, Galaxy</media:keywords>
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<title>Giant Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in New Mexico</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-tyrannosaur-fossil-found-in-new-mexico</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-tyrannosaur-fossil-found-in-new-mexico</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A large tyrannosaurid dinosaur may have stalked the floodplains of what is now New Mexico nearly 74 million years ago, according to a team of paleontologists from the University of Bath, Montana State University and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
The post Giant Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Giant, Tyrannosaur, Fossil, Found, New, Mexico</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-catch-interstellar-turbulence-warping-light-across-milky-way</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-catch-interstellar-turbulence-warping-light-across-milky-way</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For the first time, astronomers have directly detected how turbulent clouds of ionized gas between the stars bend and blur radio signal from a distant quasar.
The post Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:45:27 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Catch, Interstellar, Turbulence, Warping, Light, across, Milky, Way</media:keywords>
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<title>Homo erectus May Have Co&#45;Existed with Denisovans in East Asia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/homo-erectus-may-have-co-existed-with-denisovans-in-east-asia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/homo-erectus-may-have-co-existed-with-denisovans-in-east-asia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have extracted and analyzed proteins from the tooth enamel of six Homo erectus individuals who lived in China roughly 400,000 years ago, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the genetic makeup of one of humanity’s most successful and far-ranging ancestors.
The post Homo erectus May Have Co-Existed with Denisovans in East Asia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Homo, erectus, May, Have, Co-Existed, with, Denisovans, East, Asia</media:keywords>
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<title>Galaxy Cluster Abell 2029 Had Violent Past, Chandra Reveals</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/galaxy-cluster-abell-2029-had-violent-past-chandra-reveals</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/galaxy-cluster-abell-2029-had-violent-past-chandra-reveals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Deep X-ray observations of Abell 2029 -- sometimes described as the most relaxed galaxy cluster in the Universe -- uncovered evidence of an ancient cosmic collision, including a gigantic spiral of superheated gas stretching 2 million light-years across.
The post Galaxy Cluster Abell 2029 Had Violent Past, Chandra Reveals appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Most Australia’s ‘Wild Dogs’ Are Actually Dingoes, DNA Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/most-australias-wild-dogs-are-actually-dingoes-dna-study-finds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/most-australias-wild-dogs-are-actually-dingoes-dna-study-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A large genetic survey reveals that the country’s so-called ‘wild dogs’ remain predominantly dingo, reshaping debates over conservation and wildlife management.
The post Most Australia’s ‘Wild Dogs’ Are Actually Dingoes, DNA Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Most, Australia’s, ‘Wild, Dogs’, Are, Actually, Dingoes, DNA, Study, Finds</media:keywords>
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<title>Giant New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Thailand Reveals Hidden Diversity of Asian Titans</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-thailand-reveals-hidden-diversity-of-asian-titans</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-thailand-reveals-hidden-diversity-of-asian-titans</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of somphospondylan titanosauriform dinosaur -- the largest ever found in Southeast Asia -- from the fossilized bones found in Thailand, offering fresh evidence that the region was home to a surprisingly diverse group of enormous plant-eaters during the Early Cretaceous.
The post Giant New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Thailand Reveals Hidden Diversity of Asian Titans appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:30:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paleontologists Find Lost Ice Age World in Flooded Texas Cave</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-find-lost-ice-age-world-in-flooded-texas-cave</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-find-lost-ice-age-world-in-flooded-texas-cave</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils of a giant tortoise, a ground sloth, a lion-sized armadillo relative called pampathere, scimitar-toothed cats, horses, camels and mastodons found in Bender’s Cave on the Edwards Plateau of Texas may reveal a previously unknown warm period in the region roughly 100,000 years ago.
The post Paleontologists Find Lost Ice Age World in Flooded Texas Cave appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Europa Clipper and Juice Team Up to Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/europa-clipper-and-juice-team-up-to-observe-interstellar-comet-3iatlas</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/europa-clipper-and-juice-team-up-to-observe-interstellar-comet-3iatlas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
When the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passed between ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in November 2025, scientists seized an once-in-a-lifetime chance: one spacecraft caught the comet’s glowing dayside, the other its dusty night side, simultaneously.
The post Europa Clipper and Juice Team Up to Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Ancient Earth Repeatedly Thawed during Catastrophic Ice Ages, New Research Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-earth-repeatedly-thawed-during-catastrophic-ice-ages-new-research-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-earth-repeatedly-thawed-during-catastrophic-ice-ages-new-research-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Earth experienced extreme climate swings during the Neoproterozoic epoch (one billion to 538.8 million years ago), including the Sturtian glaciation, when ice likely covered the planet.
The post Ancient Earth Repeatedly Thawed during Catastrophic Ice Ages, New Research Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tiny Bacteria in the Fog May Be Helping Clean the Air</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tiny-bacteria-in-the-fog-may-be-helping-clean-the-air</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tiny-bacteria-in-the-fog-may-be-helping-clean-the-air</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A study of radiation fog events over Pennsylvania has found that bacteria living inside fog droplets are actively growing and feeding on toxic chemicals like formaldehyde, revealing an unexpected biological force at work in the atmosphere.
The post Tiny Bacteria in the Fog May Be Helping Clean the Air appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tiny, Bacteria, the, Fog, May, Helping, Clean, the, Air</media:keywords>
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<title>Hidden Rift beneath Zambia May Be Tearing Africa Apart</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hidden-rift-beneath-zambia-may-be-tearing-africa-apart</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hidden-rift-beneath-zambia-may-be-tearing-africa-apart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Unusual gases rising from geothermal springs within the Kafue Rift of Zambia suggest a deep fracture in Earth’s crust could mark the early stages of a new tectonic boundary.
The post Hidden Rift beneath Zambia May Be Tearing Africa Apart appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hidden, Rift, beneath, Zambia, May, Tearing, Africa, Apart</media:keywords>
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<title>Rare New Zealand Penguins Are Three Distinct Subspecies, New Study Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/rare-new-zealand-penguins-are-three-distinct-subspecies-new-study-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/rare-new-zealand-penguins-are-three-distinct-subspecies-new-study-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For decades, scientists treated the yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a single species split into two broad populations.
The post Rare New Zealand Penguins Are Three Distinct Subspecies, New Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rare, New, Zealand, Penguins, Are, Three, Distinct, Subspecies, New, Study, Shows</media:keywords>
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<title>Duplicated Genomes Helped Flowering Plants Survive End&#45;Cretaceous Mass Extinction</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/duplicated-genomes-helped-flowering-plants-survive-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/duplicated-genomes-helped-flowering-plants-survive-end-cretaceous-mass-extinction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of 470 flowering plant species finds that whole-genome duplication surged precisely during Earth’s environmental crises, suggesting nature keeps a backup plan hidden in plain sight.
The post Duplicated Genomes Helped Flowering Plants Survive End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>New Species of Giant Long&#45;Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-giant-long-necked-dinosaur-identified-in-argentina</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-giant-long-necked-dinosaur-identified-in-argentina</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils unearthed on a remote Argentine ranch belong to a new genus and species of macronarian sauropod dinosaur, according to an international team of paleontologists led by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
The post New Species of Giant Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Build ‘Mind&#45;Reading’ Hearing System for Noisy Environments</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-build-mind-reading-hearing-system-for-noisy-environments</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-build-mind-reading-hearing-system-for-noisy-environments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A team of U.S. researchers has demonstrated, for the first time in human trials, a device that reads brain signals to automatically amplify the voice a listener wants to hear -- a potential lifeline for the 430 million people worldwide with disabling hearing loss.
The post Scientists Build ‘Mind-Reading’ Hearing System for Noisy Environments appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 15:45:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Scientists, Build, ‘Mind-Reading’, Hearing, System, for, Noisy, Environments</media:keywords>
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<title>Dinosaurs May Have Fed Their Young a Special Diet, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-fed-their-young-a-special-diet-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dinosaurs-may-have-fed-their-young-a-special-diet-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An analysis of wear on the fossilized teeth of the hadrosaurian dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum indicates their juveniles may have eaten softer, more nutritious food than adults, hinting at advanced parental care among dinosaurs.
The post Dinosaurs May Have Fed Their Young a Special Diet, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 13:30:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Gentoo Penguins Aren’t One Species After All</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/gentoo-penguins-arent-one-species-after-all</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/gentoo-penguins-arent-one-species-after-all</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Genetic evidence suggests the familiar seabird is actually four separate species -- including one previously unknown to science -- with three now facing growing climate threats.
The post Gentoo Penguins Aren’t One Species After All appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gentoo, Penguins, Aren’t, One, Species, After, All</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Peers into Brilliant Heart of Messier 77</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-peers-into-brilliant-heart-of-messier-77</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope capture the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77 as a whirlpool of glowing dust, newborn stars and a brilliantly active core.
The post Webb Peers into Brilliant Heart of Messier 77 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Peers, into, Brilliant, Heart, Messier</media:keywords>
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<title>Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/paleontologists-reconstruct-ecology-of-archaeopteryx</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence to offer the most complete portrait to date of Archaeopteryx’s ecology, behavior, and daily life.
The post Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Paleontologists, Reconstruct, Ecology, Archaeopteryx</media:keywords>
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<title>Researchers Create Detailed Map of Smell Receptors in Mouse Nose</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researchers-create-detailed-map-of-smell-receptors-in-mouse-nose</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/researchers-create-detailed-map-of-smell-receptors-in-mouse-nose</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By mapping millions of smell-sensing neurons in mice, scientists discovered precise striped patterns inside the nose, overturning decades-old assumptions about how olfaction is wired.
The post Researchers Create Detailed Map of Smell Receptors in Mouse Nose appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Researchers, Create, Detailed, Map, Smell, Receptors, Mouse, Nose</media:keywords>
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<title>Garlic Compound May Hold Clue to Slowing Muscle Aging</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/garlic-compound-may-hold-clue-to-slowing-muscle-aging</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/garlic-compound-may-hold-clue-to-slowing-muscle-aging</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers in Japan say S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine, a molecule found in aged garlic extract, restored strength and reduced frailty in older mice by activating a newly identified signaling pathway.
The post Garlic Compound May Hold Clue to Slowing Muscle Aging appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Garlic, Compound, May, Hold, Clue, Slowing, Muscle, Aging</media:keywords>
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<title>Giant Squid DNA Found in Deep Canyons off Australia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-squid-dna-found-in-deep-canyons-off-australia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-squid-dna-found-in-deep-canyons-off-australia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected from waters more than 4 km deep off Western Australia’s Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) coast, researchers identified a total of 226 species across 11 major animal groups.
The post Giant Squid DNA Found in Deep Canyons off Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Giant, Squid, DNA, Found, Deep, Canyons, off, Australia</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Fossil Koala Found in Museum Drawer</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-fossil-koala-found-in-museum-drawer</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-fossil-koala-found-in-museum-drawer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Long-overlooked fossils in the Western Australian Museum collection have been identified as a new species of koala.
The post New Species of Fossil Koala Found in Museum Drawer appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Fossil, Koala, Found, Museum, Drawer</media:keywords>
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<title>Space Junk Falls Faster When Sun Heats Up, New Study Finds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/space-junk-falls-faster-when-sun-heats-up-new-study-finds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/space-junk-falls-faster-when-sun-heats-up-new-study-finds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research shows that surges in solar activity can accelerate the descent of space debris, reshaping how scientists predict satellite lifetimes and collision risks.
The post Space Junk Falls Faster When Sun Heats Up, New Study Finds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Space, Junk, Falls, Faster, When, Sun, Heats, Up, New, Study, Finds</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Bite Marks Suggest Tyrannosaurs Were Not Just Hunters</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-bite-marks-suggest-tyrannosaurs-were-not-just-hunters</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-bite-marks-suggest-tyrannosaurs-were-not-just-hunters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by Aarhus University paleontologists overturns the image of tyrannosaurs as pure apex predators.
The post Ancient Bite Marks Suggest Tyrannosaurs Were Not Just Hunters appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ancient, Bite, Marks, Suggest, Tyrannosaurs, Were, Not, Just, Hunters</media:keywords>
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<title>Juno Snaps Rare Close&#45;Up of Jupiter’s Shadowy Moon Thebe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/juno-snaps-rare-close-up-of-jupiters-shadowy-moon-thebe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/juno-snaps-rare-close-up-of-jupiters-shadowy-moon-thebe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a new view of the irregular moon Thebe during a May 1 flyby, revealing the battered world from just 5,000 km away.
The post Juno Snaps Rare Close-Up of Jupiter’s Shadowy Moon Thebe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion: Before Shells and Limbs, There Was the Brain</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/rethinking-the-cambrian-explosion-before-shells-and-limbs-there-was-the-brain</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/rethinking-the-cambrian-explosion-before-shells-and-limbs-there-was-the-brain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new hypothesis proposes that the Cambrian Explosion -- the sudden burst of animal diversity 500 million years ago -- was not driven by shells or limbs, but by the early evolution of complex nervous systems.
The post Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion: Before Shells and Limbs, There Was the Brain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:45:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/earliest-organisms-on-earth-built-their-biochemistry-around-molybdenum-study-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/earliest-organisms-on-earth-built-their-biochemistry-around-molybdenum-study-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research reveals that 3.7 to 3.3 billion years ago (Archean Eon), ancient microbes relied on molybdenum -- a metal that was vanishingly rare at the time -- and even experimented with tungsten.
The post Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Webb Discovers Slow&#45;Rotating Galaxy in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-discovers-slow-rotating-galaxy-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-discovers-slow-rotating-galaxy-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a slow-rotating massive galaxy, named XMM-VID1-2075, at redshift z = 3.449 (we’re seeing the galaxy as it was about 12 billion years ago).
The post Webb Discovers Slow-Rotating Galaxy in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Discovers, Slow-Rotating, Galaxy, Early, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in China</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-sauropodomorph-dinosaur-unearthed-in-china</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-sauropodomorph-dinosaur-unearthed-in-china</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of massopodan sauropodomorph that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch has been identified from a partial skeleton unearthed in southwestern China.
The post Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in China appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Small, Frozen World beyond Pluto Appears to Have Thin Atmosphere</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/small-frozen-world-beyond-pluto-appears-to-have-thin-atmosphere</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/small-frozen-world-beyond-pluto-appears-to-have-thin-atmosphere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A team of astronomers in Japan has detected a thin atmosphere around (612533) 2002 XV93, a trans-Neptunian object about 500 km in diameter -- an object far too small and cold to retain one.
The post Small, Frozen World beyond Pluto Appears to Have Thin Atmosphere appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-dozens-of-potential-tatooine-worlds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-spot-dozens-of-potential-tatooine-worlds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A novel technique applied to the TESS data has revealed 27 new circumbinary candidates, hinting that such exotic systems may be more common than once believed.
The post Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:15:29 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Spot, Dozens, Potential, ‘Tatooine’, Worlds</media:keywords>
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<title>Study: Butterflies and Moths Have Reused Same Genetic Toolkit for 120 Million Years</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-butterflies-and-moths-have-reused-same-genetic-toolkit-for-120-million-years</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-butterflies-and-moths-have-reused-same-genetic-toolkit-for-120-million-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A landmark study of several butterfly lineages and a day-flying moth in South America shows that convergent evolution -- when unrelated species arrive at the same solution -- isn’t just a coincidence; it follows a surprisingly consistent genetic script, and this discovery could help predict how species adapt to climate change.
The post Study: Butterflies and Moths Have Reused Same Genetic Toolkit for 120 Million Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 10:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Jupiter is Little Smaller Than We Thought</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jupiter-is-little-smaller-than-we-thought</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jupiter-is-little-smaller-than-we-thought</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, planetary scientists have produced the most precise measurements of Jupiter’s size in half a century and found the Solar System’s largest planet is slimmer and flatter than long believed.
The post Jupiter is Little Smaller Than We Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jupiter, Little, Smaller, Than, Thought</media:keywords>
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<title>106&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Pterosaur Footprints Discovered in Korea</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/106-million-year-old-pterosaur-footprints-discovered-in-korea</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/106-million-year-old-pterosaur-footprints-discovered-in-korea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A set of neoazhdarchian pterosaur footprints discovered in South Korea is offering a rare glimpse into how some of the largest flying reptiles may have hunted on land.
The post 106-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Footprints Discovered in Korea appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>106-Million-Year-Old, Pterosaur, Footprints, Discovered, Korea</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy Packed with Brilliant Star Clusters: NGC 3137</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-captures-spiral-galaxy-packed-with-brilliant-star-clusters-ngc-3137</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-captures-spiral-galaxy-packed-with-brilliant-star-clusters-ngc-3137</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3137, which is located in the constellation Antlia.
The post Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy Packed with Brilliant Star Clusters: NGC 3137 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Urban Birds Seem to Fear Women More Than Men: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/urban-birds-seem-to-fear-women-more-than-men-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/urban-birds-seem-to-fear-women-more-than-men-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Experiments involving dozens of European bird species -- such as great tits, house sparrows and blackbirds -- suggest the birds can distinguish human sex and react differently, but the reasons remain unclear.
The post Urban Birds Seem to Fear Women More Than Men: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Urban, Birds, Seem, Fear, Women, More, Than, Men:, Study</media:keywords>
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<title>Omnivorous, Rodent&#45;Like Mammal Lived in Dinosaurs’ Shadow on Pacific Coast</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/omnivorous-rodent-like-mammal-lived-in-dinosaurs-shadow-on-pacific-coast</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/omnivorous-rodent-like-mammal-lived-in-dinosaurs-shadow-on-pacific-coast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have descibed a new species of the multituberculate mammal genus Cimolodon based on a fossil found in Baja California, Mexico.
The post Omnivorous, Rodent-Like Mammal Lived in Dinosaurs’ Shadow on Pacific Coast appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Dark Matter May Have Jump&#45;Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dark-matter-may-have-jump-started-universes-first-giant-black-holes</link>
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New research by astronomers from the University of California, Riverside, Sam Houston State University and the University of Oklahoma suggests decaying dark matter could have triggered the rapid collapse of early gas clouds, helping supermassive black holes form far sooner than current theories allow.
The post Dark Matter May Have Jump-Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Newly&#45;Discovered ‘X&#45;ray Dot’ Object May Reveal What Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Really Are</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/newly-discovered-x-ray-dot-object-may-reveal-what-mysterious-little-red-dots-really-are</link>
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An unusual object discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may represent a missing link between hidden ‘black hole stars’ and fully exposed supermassive black holes, offering new clues about how the first giants grew.
The post Newly-Discovered ‘X-ray Dot’ Object May Reveal What Mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ Really Are appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Develop Quicker Test to Measure Coffee Quality</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-develop-quicker-test-to-measure-coffee-quality</link>
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Researchers have developed a fast, practical test to evaluate quality of black coffee, offering baristas and scientists a clearer window into flavor without complex lab work.
The post Scientists Develop Quicker Test to Measure Coffee Quality appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Small Titanosaur Species from Morocco Reveals Surprising South American Ties</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/small-titanosaur-species-from-morocco-reveals-surprising-south-american-ties</link>
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A new genus and species of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur related to South American forms has been described by a team of paleontologist led by University of Bath’s Dr. Nick Longrich.
The post Small Titanosaur Species from Morocco Reveals Surprising South American Ties appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Ultra&#45;Cold Planetary System, ALMA Reveals</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-ultra-cold-planetary-system-alma-reveals</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-ultra-cold-planetary-system-alma-reveals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
With more than 30 times deuterated water or semi-heavy water seen in solar system comets, 3I/ATLAS preserves evidence of radically different conditions in its birthplace billions of years ago.
The post Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Ultra-Cold Planetary System, ALMA Reveals appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-platypuses-had-strong-teeth-and-powerful-jaws-fossils-show</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-platypuses-had-strong-teeth-and-powerful-jaws-fossils-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New fossils from the Namba Formation of South Australia reveal that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis thrived in lush inland lakes alongside freshwater dolphins and other now-lost species.
The post Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Geologists Love Pond Scum</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/why-geologists-love-pond-scum</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
If you’ve ever wondered how geologists know so much about ancient beaches and shallow oceans, they owe it all to the sand particles bound together by microbes, forming structures known as microbial mats.
The post Why Geologists Love Pond Scum appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant ‘Kraken&#45;Like’ Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/in-cretaceous-oceans-giant-kraken-like-octopuses-may-have-been-top-predators</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/in-cretaceous-oceans-giant-kraken-like-octopuses-may-have-been-top-predators</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Massive, soft-bodied cephalopods up to 19 m (62 feet) long rivaled -- and perhaps hunted -- the ocean’s fiercest reptiles in the Cretaceous period, according to new research led by Hokkaido University paleontologists.
The post In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant ‘Kraken-Like’ Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Honeybees Can Process Numerical Information, New Study Confirms</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/honeybees-can-process-numerical-information-new-study-confirms</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of honeybee vision suggests their ability to distinguish quantities is not a trick of visual patterns, but evidence of genuine numerical cognition shaped by how their brains see the world.
The post Honeybees Can Process Numerical Information, New Study Confirms appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Marine Biologists Solve Mystery of Deep&#45;Sea ‘Golden Orb’</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/marine-biologists-solve-mystery-of-deep-sea-golden-orb</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/marine-biologists-solve-mystery-of-deep-sea-golden-orb</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History suggests the ‘golden orb’ is the remains of a rarely seen species of anemone.
The post Marine Biologists Solve Mystery of Deep-Sea ‘Golden Orb’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:45:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre&#45;Dinosaur Herbivores</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-fossil-from-brazil-reveals-unexpected-diversity-among-pre-dinosaur-herbivores</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-fossil-from-brazil-reveals-unexpected-diversity-among-pre-dinosaur-herbivores</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur -- an extinct lineage of beaked, herbivorous reptiles -- based on a partial skull and lower jaws recovered from Triassic rocks.
The post New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Study Finds Genetic Key to Vitamin D’s Role in Diabetes Prevention</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-study-finds-genetic-key-to-vitamin-ds-role-in-diabetes-prevention</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-study-finds-genetic-key-to-vitamin-ds-role-in-diabetes-prevention</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a large clinical trial, Tufts University researcher Bess Dawson-Hughes and colleagues found that vitamin D supplements reduced diabetes risk only in people with certain genetic variants, pointing toward a more personalized approach to prevention.
The post New Study Finds Genetic Key to Vitamin D’s Role in Diabetes Prevention appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sound of Rain May Help Plant Seeds Decide When to Grow</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/sound-of-rain-may-help-plant-seeds-decide-when-to-grow</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/sound-of-rain-may-help-plant-seeds-decide-when-to-grow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New experiments with rice suggest that the acoustic vibrations of falling droplets can jolt dormant seeds into growth, offering the first direct evidence that plants can sense natural sound.
The post Sound of Rain May Help Plant Seeds Decide When to Grow appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Long&#45;Standing Muon Mystery May Be Settled</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/long-standing-muon-mystery-may-be-settled</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
A new high-precision calculation of a key component underpinning the magnetic moment of the muon, a heavier cousin of the electron, brings theory and experiment into rare alignment, reinforcing the Standard Model and dimming hopes of new physics.
The post Long-Standing Muon Mystery May Be Settled appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:45:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Curiosity Reveals Richest Trove of Organic Molecules Yet on Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-reveals-richest-trove-of-organic-molecules-yet-on-mars</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-reveals-richest-trove-of-organic-molecules-yet-on-mars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected more than 20 carbon-containing compounds -- including seven never before seen on Mars -- in a sample collected from 3.5-billion-year-old clay-bearing sandstones in Gale crater.
The post Curiosity Reveals Richest Trove of Organic Molecules Yet on Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Curiosity, Reveals, Richest, Trove, Organic, Molecules, Yet, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>Study: Malaria Shaped Human Settlement Patterns for Over 74,000 Years</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-malaria-shaped-human-settlement-patterns-for-over-74000-years</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-malaria-shaped-human-settlement-patterns-for-over-74000-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research led by Max-Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and University of Cambridge scientists suggests malaria did more than sicken ancient populations, it steered where early humans could live, fragmenting groups and influencing the genetic map of our species.
The post Study: Malaria Shaped Human Settlement Patterns for Over 74,000 Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Curiosity Finds Chemical Traces of Ancient Shallow Lake in Gale Crater</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-finds-chemical-traces-of-ancient-shallow-lake-in-gale-crater</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/curiosity-finds-chemical-traces-of-ancient-shallow-lake-in-gale-crater</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using data from the ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity rover, planetary scientists found minerals with high amounts of iron, manganese, and zinc in preserved ripple beds in Gale Crater rocks, indicating the high likelihood that a shallow lake existed at this location.
The post Curiosity Finds Chemical Traces of Ancient Shallow Lake in Gale Crater appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>450&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossils Reveal Strange, Tube&#45;Dwelling Jellyfish Relative</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/450-million-year-old-fossils-reveal-strange-tube-dwelling-jellyfish-relative</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/450-million-year-old-fossils-reveal-strange-tube-dwelling-jellyfish-relative</guid>
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Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of soft-bodied, tubicolous polyp medusozoan from well-preserved specimens found about 50 km northeast of Quebec City in Canada.
The post 450-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Strange, Tube-Dwelling Jellyfish Relative appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Study Links Coffee Intake to Microbiome Changes and Improved Mental Well&#45;Being</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-study-links-coffee-intake-to-microbiome-changes-and-improved-mental-well-being</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-study-links-coffee-intake-to-microbiome-changes-and-improved-mental-well-being</guid>
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New research led by University College Cork scientists suggests that both caffeinated and decaf coffee reshape the gut microbiome in ways tied to lower stress and improved psychological well-being, offering clues to the drink’s long-suspected health effects.
The post New Study Links Coffee Intake to Microbiome Changes and Improved Mental Well-Being appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Scientists Reconstruct One of Oldest Known Neanderthal Communities</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-reconstruct-one-of-oldest-known-neanderthal-communities</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from eight fossils found in Stajnia Cave in Poland reveals a tight-knit group of Neanderthals who lived about 100,000 years ago, offering one of the clearest genetic snapshots yet of a single community in prehistoric Europe.
The post Scientists Reconstruct One of Oldest Known Neanderthal Communities appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Museum Fossil Reveals Triassic Crocodile Cousin with Powerful Jaws</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/museum-fossil-reveals-triassic-crocodile-cousin-with-powerful-jaws</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/museum-fossil-reveals-triassic-crocodile-cousin-with-powerful-jaws</guid>
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CT scans of a decades-old specimen from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History show a new species of short-snouted crocodylomorph with unusually strong jaws, offering a rare snapshot of ecological specialization in the Late Triassic epoch.
The post Museum Fossil Reveals Triassic Crocodile Cousin with Powerful Jaws appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Newly&#45;Identified Geological Feature Points to Vast, Long&#45;Dried Up Ocean in Northern Plains of Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/newly-identified-geological-feature-points-to-vast-long-dried-up-ocean-in-northern-plains-of-mars</link>
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A continent-like shelf beneath the Martian surface hints that a vast ocean once covered up to a third of Mars, reshaping the long-running debate over its watery past.
The post Newly-Identified Geological Feature Points to Vast, Long-Dried Up Ocean in Northern Plains of Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Study: Parrots Use Names in Flexible, Sometimes Human&#45;Like Ways</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-parrots-use-names-in-flexible-sometimes-human-like-ways</link>
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By studying almost 900 parrots living with humans, a team of researchers found evidence that some birds don’t just mimic speech, they may assign and use names to identify specific individuals.
The post Study: Parrots Use Names in Flexible, Sometimes Human-Like Ways appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/black-holes-from-before-big-bang-could-still-exist-today-as-cosmic-fossils</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/black-holes-from-before-big-bang-could-still-exist-today-as-cosmic-fossils</guid>
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New research suggests some black holes formed before the Big Bang and survived a cosmic ‘bounce,’ potentially explaining dark matter, gravitational-wave backgrounds, and the early growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies.
The post Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Triassic Dinosaur Species Identified in New Mexico</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-triassic-dinosaur-species-identified-in-new-mexico</link>
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A new genus and species of carnivorous herrerasaurian dinosaur has been described from an incomplete but well-preserved skull found in northern New Mexico, the United States.
The post New Triassic Dinosaur Species Identified in New Mexico appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Record&#45;Breaking Map Charts Universe in 3D Like Never Before</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/record-breaking-map-charts-universe-in-3d-like-never-before</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on NSF’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-m telescope have produced the largest high-resolution 3D map of the Universe, tracing the positions of more than 47 million galaxies and quasars.
The post Record-Breaking Map Charts Universe in 3D Like Never Before appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>780,000&#45;Year&#45;Old Charcoal Reveals How Early Humans Mastered Fire</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/780000-year-old-charcoal-reveals-how-early-humans-mastered-fire</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/780000-year-old-charcoal-reveals-how-early-humans-mastered-fire</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Hominins at the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in Israel relied on driftwood gathered along a lakeshore to fuel their hearths, according to new research led by archaeologists from the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social and Bar-Ilan University.
The post 780,000-Year-Old Charcoal Reveals How Early Humans Mastered Fire appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Observe Shape&#45;Shifting Planetary System: TOI&#45;201</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-observe-shape-shifting-planetary-system-toi-201</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The TOI-201 system consists of a super-Earth, a warm Jupiter, and a more massive brown dwarf at 5.8-, 53-, and 2,900-day orbital periods, respectively.
The post Astronomers Observe Shape-Shifting Planetary System: TOI-201 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Big&#45;Nosed Herbivorous Dinosaur May Have Been Picky Eater</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/big-nosed-herbivorous-dinosaur-may-have-been-picky-eater</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/big-nosed-herbivorous-dinosaur-may-have-been-picky-eater</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research shows that the large-bodied ornithopod dinosaur Muttaburrasaurus langdoni from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia was no ordinary herbivore.
The post Big-Nosed Herbivorous Dinosaur May Have Been Picky Eater appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mercury’s Sulfur&#45;Rich Magma May Rewrite How Solar System’s Innermost Planet Formed</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mercurys-sulfur-rich-magma-may-rewrite-how-solar-systems-innermost-planet-formed</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mercurys-sulfur-rich-magma-may-rewrite-how-solar-systems-innermost-planet-formed</guid>
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New research from Rice University suggests sulfur keeps Mercury’s interior molten at lower temperatures, offering new clues to how the planet’s strange crust and mantle evolved.
The post Mercury’s Sulfur-Rich Magma May Rewrite How Solar System’s Innermost Planet Formed appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers Propose New Way to Find Alien Life without Knowing What It Looks Like</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-propose-new-way-to-find-alien-life-without-knowing-what-it-looks-like</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-propose-new-way-to-find-alien-life-without-knowing-what-it-looks-like</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new ‘agnostic biosignature’ method searches for patterns across exoplanets, suggesting alien life could be detected by how it spreads and reshapes entire planetary systems.
The post Astronomers Propose New Way to Find Alien Life without Knowing What It Looks Like appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Shifting Chemistry after Perihelion</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-shows-shifting-chemistry-after-perihelion</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-shows-shifting-chemistry-after-perihelion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Observations from the Subaru Telescope on January 7, 2026, revealed a surprisingly low carbon dioxide-to-water ratio, suggesting the composition of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS changed as it heated up near the Sun.
The post Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Shifting Chemistry after Perihelion appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:15:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Interstellar, Comet, 3IATLAS, Shows, Shifting, Chemistry, after, Perihelion</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Tidal Flats Were Busier Than We Thought</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-tidal-flats-were-busier-than-we-thought</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-tidal-flats-were-busier-than-we-thought</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New trace fossil discoveries from the half-billion-year-old Cambrian tidal flats of Wisconsin at a site called Blackberry Hill continue to paint the picture of some of the earliest animals to set foot on land and what they might have been eating.
The post Ancient Tidal Flats Were Busier Than We Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Large Language Models Don’t Just Analyze People, They Judge Them</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/large-language-models-dont-just-analyze-people-they-judge-them</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/large-language-models-dont-just-analyze-people-they-judge-them</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that large language models (LLMs) form structured ‘trust’ assessments much like humans do, yet apply them more mechanically and, sometimes, with stronger, more consistent demographic bias.
The post Large Language Models Don’t Just Analyze People, They Judge Them appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Two Earth&#45;Size Worlds in TRAPPIST&#45;1 System Reveal Stark Divide Between Day and Night</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/two-earth-size-worlds-in-trappist-1-system-reveal-stark-divide-between-day-and-night</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/two-earth-size-worlds-in-trappist-1-system-reveal-stark-divide-between-day-and-night</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New Webb observations of two exoplanets TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c show blistering days and frozen nights, offering the first detailed climate maps of rocky exoplanets and dimming hopes for habitability.
The post Two Earth-Size Worlds in TRAPPIST-1 System Reveal Stark Divide Between Day and Night appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dragonflies and Humans Share Way of Seeing Red, New Research Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dragonflies-and-humans-share-way-of-seeing-red-new-research-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dragonflies-and-humans-share-way-of-seeing-red-new-research-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A newly-identified visual protein lets dragonflies detect deep red and near-infrared light using a mechanism strikingly similar to that in human eyes, an unexpected case of parallel evolution with potential medical applications, according to new research from Osaka Metropolitan University.
The post Dragonflies and Humans Share Way of Seeing Red, New Research Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>CERN Physicists Pin Down W Boson Mass with Unprecedented Precision</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-pin-down-w-boson-mass-with-unprecedented-precision</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-pin-down-w-boson-mass-with-unprecedented-precision</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using data from over one billion proton-colliding events collected at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), physicists have measured the mass of the W boson with record accuracy.
The post CERN Physicists Pin Down W Boson Mass with Unprecedented Precision appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:45:16 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>CERN, Physicists, Pin, Down, Boson, Mass, with, Unprecedented, Precision</media:keywords>
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<title>Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/californian-hybrid-honeybee-population-has-evolved-natural-defense-against-varroa-mites-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/californian-hybrid-honeybee-population-has-evolved-natural-defense-against-varroa-mites-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In new research, scientists studied a hybrid honeybee population in Southern California, a genetic mix of Western European, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and African lineages.
The post Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:30:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mysterious Flashes in 1950s Skies Linked to Nuclear Tests and UAP Sightings: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-flashes-in-1950s-skies-linked-to-nuclear-tests-and-uap-sightings-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/mysterious-flashes-in-1950s-skies-linked-to-nuclear-tests-and-uap-sightings-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new statistical analysis of archival sky surveys from the early Cold War has found that mysterious, short-lived bursts of light in the night sky were more likely to appear around the time of above-ground nuclear weapons tests and to increase alongside reports of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs).
The post Mysterious Flashes in 1950s Skies Linked to Nuclear Tests and UAP Sightings: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>250&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Embryonated Dicynodont Egg Found in South Africa</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/250-million-year-old-embryonated-dicynodont-egg-found-in-south-africa</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/250-million-year-old-embryonated-dicynodont-egg-found-in-south-africa</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using high-resolution CT and synchrotron scanning, paleontologists confirmed that the fossilized specimen from the Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Basin contains an unborn dicynodont Lystrosaurus, resolving a long-standing mystery about whether early mammal ancestors laid eggs.
The post 250-Million-Year-Old Embryonated Dicynodont Egg Found in South Africa appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Physicists Detect Elusive Nuclear State</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-detect-elusive-nuclear-state</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-detect-elusive-nuclear-state</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An experiment in Germany offers the first evidence of a long-predicted pairing between a nucleus of carbon-11 and η’ meson (eta prime meson), shedding light on how the strongest force in nature helps generate mass.
The post Physicists Detect Elusive Nuclear State appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Permian Fossil is Earliest Evidence of Rib&#45;Powered Breathing</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/permian-fossil-is-earliest-evidence-of-rib-powered-breathing</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/permian-fossil-is-earliest-evidence-of-rib-powered-breathing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have examined 289-million-year-old specimens of the early reptile Captorhinus aguti that preserve a covering of three-dimensional skin, a complete shoulder girdle and ribcage with cartilages, and protein remnants that predate the previous oldest-known example by nearly 100 million years.
The post Permian Fossil is Earliest Evidence of Rib-Powered Breathing appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Neanderthals Hunted Pond Turtles, But Not for Dinner</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-hunted-pond-turtles-but-not-for-dinner</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-hunted-pond-turtles-but-not-for-dinner</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New evidence from Germany suggests Neanderthals captured European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) around 125,000 years ago, likely valuing their shells as tools rather than their modest meat yield.
The post Neanderthals Hunted Pond Turtles, But Not for Dinner appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Webb Captures Striking Edge&#45;On Views of Two Planet Nurseries</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-captures-striking-edge-on-views-of-two-planet-nurseries</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-captures-striking-edge-on-views-of-two-planet-nurseries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal two young stars surrounded by planet-forming disks, Tau 042021 (left) and Oph 163131 (right), offering a rare edge-on glimpse into how worlds like our own may take shape.
The post Webb Captures Striking Edge-On Views of Two Planet Nurseries appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>‘Oldest Fossil Octopus’ Wasn’t One After All</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/oldest-fossil-octopus-wasnt-one-after-all</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/oldest-fossil-octopus-wasnt-one-after-all</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Pohlsepia mazonensis, a cephalopod species first described in 2000 from a 300-million-year-old specimen and featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest octopus, has been reclassified as a distant relative of nautiluses, reshaping paleontologists’ timeline for when octopuses first evolved.
The post ‘Oldest Fossil Octopus’ Wasn’t One After All appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Trumpet&#45;Shaped Unicellular Microorganism, Drawn to Corners, Reveals Hidden Sense of Geometry</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/trumpet-shaped-unicellular-microorganism-drawn-to-corners-reveals-hidden-sense-of-geometry</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/trumpet-shaped-unicellular-microorganism-drawn-to-corners-reveals-hidden-sense-of-geometry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A protist species called Stentor coeruleus appears to navigate by sensing physical shapes -- a discovery that suggests even the simplest life forms can exploit geometry to survive.
The post Trumpet-Shaped Unicellular Microorganism, Drawn to Corners, Reveals Hidden Sense of Geometry appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jupiter’s Strong Magnetic Field May Explain Why It Has So Many Large Moons</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jupiters-strong-magnetic-field-may-explain-why-it-has-so-many-large-moons</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jupiters-strong-magnetic-field-may-explain-why-it-has-so-many-large-moons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New simulations suggest Jupiter’s powerful magnetism carved a gap in its early disk, helping capture and preserve major moons like Io and Ganymede, while Saturn’s weaker field left its system sparsely populated.
The post Jupiter’s Strong Magnetic Field May Explain Why It Has So Many Large Moons appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Before Casinos, Before Ancient Rome: Ice Age Americans Were Rolling the Dice</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/before-casinos-before-ancient-rome-ice-age-americans-were-rolling-the-dice</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/before-casinos-before-ancient-rome-ice-age-americans-were-rolling-the-dice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Colorado State University archaeologist says Native Americans were crafting dice and playing games of chance as far back as 12,000 years ago, long before such practices were thought to exist outside the Old World.
The post Before Casinos, Before Ancient Rome: Ice Age Americans Were Rolling the Dice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Giant Exoplanet TOI&#45;5205b Has Carbon&#45;Rich, Oxygen&#45;Poor Atmosphere, Webb Observations Show</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/giant-exoplanet-toi-5205b-has-carbon-rich-oxygen-poor-atmosphere-webb-observations-show</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/giant-exoplanet-toi-5205b-has-carbon-rich-oxygen-poor-atmosphere-webb-observations-show</guid>
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Using the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have characterized the atmosphere of TOI-5205b, an extrasolar gas giant orbiting a small, dim red dwarf star.
The post Giant Exoplanet TOI-5205b Has Carbon-Rich, Oxygen-Poor Atmosphere, Webb Observations Show appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Ediacaran Fossils from China Rewrite Timeline of Animal Evolution</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ediacaran-fossils-from-china-rewrite-timeline-of-animal-evolution</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ediacaran-fossils-from-china-rewrite-timeline-of-animal-evolution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An assemblage of more than 700 Ediacaran fossils from the end of the Ediacaran period indicates that key animal groups -- including early relatives of vertebrates -- were already diversifying millions of years earlier than long believed.
The post Ediacaran Fossils from China Rewrite Timeline of Animal Evolution appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ediacaran, Fossils, from, China, Rewrite, Timeline, Animal, Evolution</media:keywords>
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<title>Asteroid Bennu’s Minerals and Organic Matter Occur in Distinct Chemical Domains: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/asteroid-bennus-minerals-and-organic-matter-occur-in-distinct-chemical-domains-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/asteroid-bennus-minerals-and-organic-matter-occur-in-distinct-chemical-domains-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new nanoscale analysis of the Bennu sample OREX-800066-3 returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows that organic compounds and minerals cluster into distinct regions, suggesting water once altered the asteroid in uneven, localized ways.
The post Asteroid Bennu’s Minerals and Organic Matter Occur in Distinct Chemical Domains: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Asteroid, Bennu’s, Minerals, and, Organic, Matter, Occur, Distinct, Chemical, Domains:, Study</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Find Vast Reservoirs of Hydrogen around Early Galaxies</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-vast-reservoirs-of-hydrogen-around-early-galaxies</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-vast-reservoirs-of-hydrogen-around-early-galaxies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have detected enormous hydrogen halos, called Lyman-alpha nebulae, around more than 30,000 galaxies 10 billion to 12 billion years ago.
The post Astronomers Find Vast Reservoirs of Hydrogen around Early Galaxies appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Find, Vast, Reservoirs, Hydrogen, around, Early, Galaxies</media:keywords>
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<title>New Form of Matter May Lurk Deep Inside Uranus and Neptune</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-form-of-matter-may-lurk-deep-inside-uranus-and-neptune</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-form-of-matter-may-lurk-deep-inside-uranus-and-neptune</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New computational simulations suggest ice-giant planets like Uranus and Neptune harbor a quasi-one-dimensional superionic state of carbon hydride that could reshape how scientists understand planetary interiors.
The post New Form of Matter May Lurk Deep Inside Uranus and Neptune appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:15:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Form, Matter, May, Lurk, Deep, Inside, Uranus, and, Neptune</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomy Students Discover Most Pristine Star Ever Found</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomy-students-discover-most-pristine-star-ever-found</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomy-students-discover-most-pristine-star-ever-found</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The newly-discovered star, SDSS J0715-7334, formed in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud and migrated to our Milky Way Galaxy billions of years ago, according to a group of undergraduate students at University of Chicago.
The post Astronomy Students Discover Most Pristine Star Ever Found appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomy, Students, Discover, Most, Pristine, Star, Ever, Found</media:keywords>
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<title>Jurassic Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in Cuba</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-found-in-cuba</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-found-in-cuba</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Deep inside a limestone cave in western Cuba, paleontologists have found the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton yet found on the island.
The post Jurassic Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in Cuba appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jurassic, Ichthyosaur, Fossil, Found, Cuba</media:keywords>
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<title>Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/vera-c-rubin-observatory-discovers-over-11000-new-asteroids</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/vera-c-rubin-observatory-discovers-over-11000-new-asteroids</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids, including hundreds of trans-Neptunian objects and 33 previously unknown near-Earth asteroids.
The post Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:15:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vera, Rubin, Observatory, Discovers, Over, 11, 000, New, Asteroids</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on IC 486</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-focuses-on-ic-486</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-focuses-on-ic-486</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Hubble team has released a beautiful close-up shot of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486.
The post Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on IC 486 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Space, Telescope, Focuses, 486</media:keywords>
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<title>Bizarre Harvestman Species Found Preserved in Ukrainian and Baltic Amber</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/bizarre-harvestman-species-found-preserved-in-ukrainian-and-baltic-amber</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/bizarre-harvestman-species-found-preserved-in-ukrainian-and-baltic-amber</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a paper published online March 18 in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, paleontologists described a new species of harvestman found in two pieces of Eocene-aged amber from Ukraine and the Baltic region.
The post Bizarre Harvestman Species Found Preserved in Ukrainian and Baltic Amber appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bizarre, Harvestman, Species, Found, Preserved, Ukrainian, and, Baltic, Amber</media:keywords>
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<title>Ultra&#45;Hot Jupiter WASP&#45;189b Mirrors Its Star’s Chemistry, Astronomers Find</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ultra-hot-jupiter-wasp-189b-mirrors-its-stars-chemistry-astronomers-find</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ultra-hot-jupiter-wasp-189b-mirrors-its-stars-chemistry-astronomers-find</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometer (IGRINS) on the Gemini South telescope at the International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have directly measured the atmospheric composition of WASP-189b and found it echoes the elemental makeup of its host star.
The post Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-189b Mirrors Its Star’s Chemistry, Astronomers Find appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ultra-Hot, Jupiter, WASP-189b, Mirrors, Its, Star’s, Chemistry, Astronomers, Find</media:keywords>
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<title>500&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Identified as Oldest Known Chelicerate</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/500-million-year-old-fossil-identified-as-oldest-known-chelicerate</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/500-million-year-old-fossil-identified-as-oldest-known-chelicerate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists at Harvard University have described a large predatory arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive three-segmented chelicerae.
The post 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Identified as Oldest Known Chelicerate appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>500-Million-Year-Old, Fossil, Identified, Oldest, Known, Chelicerate</media:keywords>
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<title>Saturn’s Magnetic Shield is Skewed, Offering Clues to Alien Worlds</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/saturns-magnetic-shield-is-skewed-offering-clues-to-alien-worlds</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/saturns-magnetic-shield-is-skewed-offering-clues-to-alien-worlds</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Archival data from ESA’s Cassini mission reveal that Saturn’s protective magnetic bubble is lopsided, shaped not just by the solar wind but by its rapid spin and the material streaming from its moons.
The post Saturn’s Magnetic Shield is Skewed, Offering Clues to Alien Worlds appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saturn’s, Magnetic, Shield, Skewed, Offering, Clues, Alien, Worlds</media:keywords>
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<title>Nickel&#45;Rich Rocks Discovered by Perseverance Hint at Complex Chemistry on Early Mars</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/nickel-rich-rocks-discovered-by-perseverance-hint-at-complex-chemistry-on-early-mars</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/nickel-rich-rocks-discovered-by-perseverance-hint-at-complex-chemistry-on-early-mars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New findings from Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that once transported water into Jezero crater on Mars, reveal unusually high nickel levels in 3-billion-year-old sediments, echoing mineral patterns on Earth sometimes linked to microbial processes.
The post Nickel-Rich Rocks Discovered by Perseverance Hint at Complex Chemistry on Early Mars appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nickel-Rich, Rocks, Discovered, Perseverance, Hint, Complex, Chemistry, Early, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>Earth’s Building Blocks Came from Close to Home, Planetary Scientists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/earths-building-blocks-came-from-close-to-home-planetary-scientists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/earths-building-blocks-came-from-close-to-home-planetary-scientists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new analysis of isotopic signatures across planets and meteorite parent bodies suggests our home world formed entirely from inner solar system material, challenging long-standing theories of distant origins.
The post Earth’s Building Blocks Came from Close to Home, Planetary Scientists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Earth’s, Building, Blocks, Came, from, Close, Home, Planetary, Scientists, Say</media:keywords>
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<title>2,400&#45;Year&#45;Old Iron&#45;Smelting Workshop Unearthed in Senegal</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/2400-year-old-iron-smelting-workshop-unearthed-in-senegal</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/2400-year-old-iron-smelting-workshop-unearthed-in-senegal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Excavations at the archaeological site of Didé West 1 in eastern Senegal have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved iron-smelting workshop dated between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE, representing nearly eight centuries of activity.
The post 2,400-Year-Old Iron-Smelting Workshop Unearthed in Senegal appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/chimpanzees-drum-solo-offers-clues-to-origins-of-music</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/chimpanzees-drum-solo-offers-clues-to-origins-of-music</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady rhythms and expressive ‘play face’ hint at how early humans may have transformed vocal emotion into instrumental sound.
The post Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:45:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chimpanzee’s, Drum, Solo, Offers, Clues, Origins, Music</media:keywords>
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<title>Galapagos Lava Heron is Distinct Bird Species, New Study Shows</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/galapagos-lava-heron-is-distinct-bird-species-new-study-shows</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/galapagos-lava-heron-is-distinct-bird-species-new-study-shows</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Galápagos lava heron, a small heron that stalks the lava-strewn shores of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, may finally have secured its place as a distinct species.
The post Galapagos Lava Heron is Distinct Bird Species, New Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Galapagos, Lava, Heron, Distinct, Bird, Species, New, Study, Shows</media:keywords>
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<title>Researchers Discover Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian Devil Paintings in Northern Australia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/researchers-discover-tasmanian-tiger-and-tasmanian-devil-paintings-in-northern-australia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/researchers-discover-tasmanian-tiger-and-tasmanian-devil-paintings-in-northern-australia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Both the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) are believed to have become extinct on the Australian mainland about 3,000 years ago.
The post Researchers Discover Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian Devil Paintings in Northern Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Gigantic Prehistoric Dragonfly&#45;Like Insects May Not Owe Their Size to Oxygen: Study</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/gigantic-prehistoric-dragonfly-like-insects-may-not-owe-their-size-to-oxygen-study</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/gigantic-prehistoric-dragonfly-like-insects-may-not-owe-their-size-to-oxygen-study</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Long thought to be fueled by increased atmospheric oxygen concentration, enormous griffinflies from the Carboniferous period, 300 million years ago, may have grown large for other reasons.
The post Gigantic Prehistoric Dragonfly-Like Insects May Not Owe Their Size to Oxygen: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Physicists Find First Experimental Evidence of Elusive Critical Point in Supercooled Water</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-first-experimental-evidence-of-elusive-critical-point-in-supercooled-water</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/physicists-find-first-experimental-evidence-of-elusive-critical-point-in-supercooled-water</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By probing supercooled water with ultrafast lasers before it crystallizes, physicists at Stockholm University observed telltale signs of a long-theorized transition between two liquid states, including surging heat capacity and critical fluctuations.
The post Physicists Find First Experimental Evidence of Elusive Critical Point in Supercooled Water appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:45:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/triassic-coelacanths-may-have-heard-the-ocean-with-their-lungs</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/triassic-coelacanths-may-have-heard-the-ocean-with-their-lungs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound to the inner ear, offering new clues to how early vertebrates perceived their environment.
The post Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Early Miocene Fossil Fills Gap in Ape Family Tree</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-miocene-fossil-fills-gap-in-ape-family-tree</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-miocene-fossil-fills-gap-in-ape-family-tree</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of fossil ape that lived about 17-18 million years ago in northern Egypt.
The post Early Miocene Fossil Fills Gap in Ape Family Tree appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Early, Miocene, Fossil, Fills, Gap, Ape, Family, Tree</media:keywords>
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<title>Vitamin D Shows Promise in Resetting Immune System in Inflammatory Bowel Disease</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/vitamin-d-shows-promise-in-resetting-immune-system-in-inflammatory-bowel-disease</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/vitamin-d-shows-promise-in-resetting-immune-system-in-inflammatory-bowel-disease</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research suggests that vitamin D supplements can reshape how the immune system responds to gut bacteria in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, potentially nudging the body toward a more protective, less inflammatory state.
The post Vitamin D Shows Promise in Resetting Immune System in Inflammatory Bowel Disease appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vitamin, Shows, Promise, Resetting, Immune, System, Inflammatory, Bowel, Disease</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient DNA Study Rewrites Origins of Europe’s First Dogs</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-study-rewrites-origins-of-europes-first-dogs</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-dna-study-rewrites-origins-of-europes-first-dogs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Scientists have extracted and analyzed DNA from 216 canid remains, including 181 from Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe.
The post Ancient DNA Study Rewrites Origins of Europe’s First Dogs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Webb and Hubble Telescopes Capture Saturn in Unprecedented Detail</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-and-hubble-telescopes-capture-saturn-in-unprecedented-detail</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-and-hubble-telescopes-capture-saturn-in-unprecedented-detail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By combining infrared observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light imagery from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have produced new views of Saturn, revealing atmospheric bands, storms and brilliantly reflective rings.
The post Webb and Hubble Telescopes Capture Saturn in Unprecedented Detail appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, and, Hubble, Telescopes, Capture, Saturn, Unprecedented, Detail</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-steamer-duck-discovered-in-chile</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-steamer-duck-discovered-in-chile</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In the cold, wave-battered channels off southern Chile, scientists have identified what they say is a new species of the steamer duck genus Tachyeres, a group of notoriously aggressive, often flightless waterfowl found only in South America.
The post New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:15:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Steamer, Duck, Discovered, Chile</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Species of Marsupials Thought Lost for 6,000 Years Found Alive in New Guinea</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/two-species-of-marsupials-thought-lost-for-6000-years-found-alive-in-new-guinea</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/two-species-of-marsupials-thought-lost-for-6000-years-found-alive-in-new-guinea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In the remote rainforests of New Guinea’s Vogelkop Peninsula, scientists have spotted two marsupial species -- the pygmy long-fingered possum (Dactylonax kambuayai) and the ring-tailed glider (Tous ayamaruensis) -- believed to have been lost for roughly 6,000 years.
The post Two Species of Marsupials Thought Lost for 6,000 Years Found Alive in New Guinea appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two, Species, Marsupials, Thought, Lost, for, 6, 000, Years, Found, Alive, New, Guinea</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Protoplanets Emerge from Dusty Disk around Nearby Young Star</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/two-protoplanets-emerge-from-dusty-disk-around-nearby-young-star</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/two-protoplanets-emerge-from-dusty-disk-around-nearby-young-star</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and VLT Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile, astronomers have directly observed two gas giants emerging from the planet-forming disk around a star known as WISPIT 2, offering one of the clearest views yet of how a planetary system may form.
The post Two Protoplanets Emerge from Dusty Disk around Nearby Young Star appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two, Protoplanets, Emerge, from, Dusty, Disk, around, Nearby, Young, Star</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Find Second&#45;Generation Star in Pictor II</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-second-generation-star-in-pictor-ii</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-second-generation-star-in-pictor-ii</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
PicII-503, a primordial star located in the &gt;10-billion-year-old ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Pictor II, appears to preserve the chemical imprint of the Universe’s first stars.
The post Astronomers Find Second-Generation Star in Pictor II appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:45:15 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Find, Second-Generation, Star, Pictor</media:keywords>
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<title>CT Scans Solve Decades&#45;Old Mystery of Triassic Cynodont</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ct-scans-solve-decades-old-mystery-of-triassic-cynodont</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ct-scans-solve-decades-old-mystery-of-triassic-cynodont</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Known from a single skull discovered in South Africa in 1952, Cistecynodon parvus has been shuffled across the evolutionary tree: described at various times as a close relative of advanced cynodonts, a juvenile of another species and even something outside the group altogether.
The post CT Scans Solve Decades-Old Mystery of Triassic Cynodont appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Scans, Solve, Decades-Old, Mystery, Triassic, Cynodont</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Iconic Crab Nebula</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-revisits-iconic-crab-nebula</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-space-telescope-revisits-iconic-crab-nebula</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By comparing new Hubble observations with images first taken in 1999, astronomers traced the continuing expansion of one of the sky’s most studied supernova remnants, energized by a rapidly spinning pulsar at its core.
The post Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Iconic Crab Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Space, Telescope, Revisits, Iconic, Crab, Nebula</media:keywords>
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<title>VLT Zooms in on Nearby Triangulum Galaxy</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/vlt-zooms-in-on-nearby-triangulum-galaxy</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/vlt-zooms-in-on-nearby-triangulum-galaxy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new close-up of the Triangulum galaxy, captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), traces the tangled gas and dust that shape how stars are born and how galaxies evolve.
The post VLT Zooms in on Nearby Triangulum Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VLT, Zooms, Nearby, Triangulum, Galaxy</media:keywords>
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<title>CERN Physicists Discover Heavier Cousin of Proton</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-discover-heavier-cousin-of-proton</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/cern-physicists-discover-heavier-cousin-of-proton</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Physicists from the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new kind of heavy proton-like particle.
The post CERN Physicists Discover Heavier Cousin of Proton appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>CERN, Physicists, Discover, Heavier, Cousin, Proton</media:keywords>
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<title>Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented and Mobile 3.5 Billion Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/earths-lithosphere-was-already-segmented-and-mobile-35-billion-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/earths-lithosphere-was-already-segmented-and-mobile-35-billion-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
By tracing magnetic signals preserved in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, geoscientists have found the oldest direct evidence yet that parts of the planet’s outer shell were shifting across the globe, pushing the origins of plate motion deep into Earth’s early history.
The post Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented and Mobile 3.5 Billion Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:21 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Earth’s, Lithosphere, was, Already, Segmented, and, Mobile, 3.5, Billion, Years, Ago</media:keywords>
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<title>Democracy’s Roots Run Far Deeper than Ancient Greece, New Study Says</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/democracys-roots-run-far-deeper-than-ancient-greece-new-study-says</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/democracys-roots-run-far-deeper-than-ancient-greece-new-study-says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Examining 31 ancient societies across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, researchers found that democratic systems were more widespread than once believed -- and not determined by population size or geography.
The post Democracy’s Roots Run Far Deeper than Ancient Greece, New Study Says appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Democracy’s, Roots, Run, Far, Deeper, than, Ancient, Greece, New, Study, Says</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Create Catalogue of Habitable&#45;Zone Rocky Exoplanets</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-create-catalogue-of-habitable-zone-rocky-exoplanets</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-create-catalogue-of-habitable-zone-rocky-exoplanets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission and the NASA Exoplanet Archive, astronomers at Cornell University have identified 45 rocky exoplanets in the empirical habitable zone and 24 worlds in the narrower 3D habitable zone, offering scientists a focused guide in the search for extraterrestrial life.
The post Astronomers Create Catalogue of Habitable-Zone Rocky Exoplanets appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Create, Catalogue, Habitable-Zone, Rocky, Exoplanets</media:keywords>
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<title>New Species of Plant&#45;Eating Dinosaur Unearthed in Korea</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-plant-eating-dinosaur-unearthed-in-korea</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-species-of-plant-eating-dinosaur-unearthed-in-korea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new species of small plant-eating dinosaur has been identified from a partial skeleton of a juvenile individual discovered in the Republic of Korea.
The post New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Unearthed in Korea appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Species, Plant-Eating, Dinosaur, Unearthed, Korea</media:keywords>
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<title>Long Before Pottery, Children Shaped Clay to Tell Stories</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/long-before-pottery-children-shaped-clay-to-tell-stories</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/long-before-pottery-children-shaped-clay-to-tell-stories</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A cache of 142 beads and pendants from five Natufian (15,000 to 11,650 years before the present) sites in Israel reveals that clay was first used not for tools or cooking, but for symbolism and identity, often crafted by children whose fingerprints still mark the objects.
The post Long Before Pottery, Children Shaped Clay to Tell Stories appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Long, Before, Pottery, Children, Shaped, Clay, Tell, Stories</media:keywords>
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<title>Fungi Found to Trigger Ice Formation</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fungi-found-to-trigger-ice-formation</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/fungi-found-to-trigger-ice-formation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A team of researchers from the United States and Germany has identified fungal proteins that can freeze water at relatively warm subzero temperatures, raising the prospect of safer cloud seeding, improved climate models and new advances in food preservation and medicine.
The post Fungi Found to Trigger Ice Formation appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fungi, Found, Trigger, Ice, Formation</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-captures-breakup-of-comet-c2025-k1-atlas</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-captures-breakup-of-comet-c2025-k1-atlas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The breakup of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, opens a window into how fragile comet nuclei evolve and collapse.
The post Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hubble, Captures, Breakup, Comet, C2025, ATLAS</media:keywords>
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<title>Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-may-have-used-birch-tar-as-natural-antibiotic</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-may-have-used-birch-tar-as-natural-antibiotic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark -- long known as a tool adhesive -- can inhibit harmful bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, suggesting Neanderthals may have used it to treat wounds and manage infection during the Ice Age.
The post Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Neanderthals, May, Have, Used, Birch, Tar, Natural, Antibiotic</media:keywords>
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<title>Kepler&#45;51d Challenges Theories of Planetary Formation</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/kepler-51d-challenges-theories-of-planetary-formation</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/kepler-51d-challenges-theories-of-planetary-formation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Kepler-51 is a young G-dwarf star hosting three super-puffs and one low-mass non-transiting exoplanet.
The post Kepler-51d Challenges Theories of Planetary Formation appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kepler-51d, Challenges, Theories, Planetary, Formation</media:keywords>
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<title>Ornithologists Identify Cryptic New Bird Species in Japan</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ornithologists-identify-cryptic-new-bird-species-in-japan</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ornithologists-identify-cryptic-new-bird-species-in-japan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Genetic and acoustic evidence show that the rare Ijima’s leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae) is actually two distinct bird species, including the newly-identified Tokara leaf warbler -- both with small, vulnerable populations.
The post Ornithologists Identify Cryptic New Bird Species in Japan appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:15:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ornithologists, Identify, Cryptic, New, Bird, Species, Japan</media:keywords>
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<title>Oviraptors May Have Needed the Sun to Hatch Their Eggs</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/oviraptors-may-have-needed-the-sun-to-hatch-their-eggs</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/oviraptors-may-have-needed-the-sun-to-hatch-their-eggs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New experiments indicate bird-like oviraptorid dinosaurs could not fully warm their eggs with body heat alone, instead combining brooding with solar warmth in semi-open nests.
The post Oviraptors May Have Needed the Sun to Hatch Their Eggs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Oviraptors, May, Have, Needed, the, Sun, Hatch, Their, Eggs</media:keywords>
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<title>DNA’s Building Blocks May Have Arrived from Space, Asteroid Ryugu Samples Suggest</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/dnas-building-blocks-may-have-arrived-from-space-asteroid-ryugu-samples-suggest</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/dnas-building-blocks-may-have-arrived-from-space-asteroid-ryugu-samples-suggest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Samples returned by JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 mission from the C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases -- purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine and uracil) -- pointing to a cosmic origin for some of life’s fundamental chemistry.
The post DNA’s Building Blocks May Have Arrived from Space, Asteroid Ryugu Samples Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:45:07 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>DNA’s, Building, Blocks, May, Have, Arrived, from, Space, Asteroid, Ryugu, Samples, Suggest</media:keywords>
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<title>Early Triassic Cyclidan Crustacean Had Powerful Jaws</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-triassic-cyclidan-crustacean-had-powerful-jaws</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-triassic-cyclidan-crustacean-had-powerful-jaws</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have described a new species of enigmatic cyclidan crustacean on the basis of three well-preserved specimens from the Early Triassic Guiyang biota of China.
The post Early Triassic Cyclidan Crustacean Had Powerful Jaws appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:00:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Early, Triassic, Cyclidan, Crustacean, Had, Powerful, Jaws</media:keywords>
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<title>Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-may-have-hunted-giant-elephants-that-roamed-across-prehistoric-europe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neanderthals-may-have-hunted-giant-elephants-that-roamed-across-prehistoric-europe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in Germany suggest these massive animals traveled hundreds of kilometers -- and that Neanderthals may have deliberately hunted them at the site.
The post Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>New Kind of Planet May Lurk in Milky Way: Extreme World of Magma and Sulfur</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-kind-of-planet-may-lurk-in-milky-way-extreme-world-of-magma-and-sulfur</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-kind-of-planet-may-lurk-in-milky-way-extreme-world-of-magma-and-sulfur</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New observations of L 98-59d, a member of the five-planet system L 98-59, suggest it harbors a vast global magma ocean that traps sulfur deep inside, forming a previously unrecognized class of extraterrestrial worlds.
The post New Kind of Planet May Lurk in Milky Way: Extreme World of Magma and Sulfur appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Kind, Planet, May, Lurk, Milky, Way:, Extreme, World, Magma, and, Sulfur</media:keywords>
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<title>Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot&#45;Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/tropical-bush-crickets-hot-pink-phase-may-be-natures-perfect-disguise</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/tropical-bush-crickets-hot-pink-phase-may-be-natures-perfect-disguise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Entomologists in Panama have observed a leaf-masquerading katydid species that begins life bright pink before turning green days later, a shift that may mimic rainforest leaves that flush red or pink before maturing -- an adaptive camouflage strategy previously mistaken for a rare genetic anomaly.
The post Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot-Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Supergiant Star Makes Rare Leap to Hotter Phase, Astronomers Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/supergiant-star-makes-rare-leap-to-hotter-phase-astronomers-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/supergiant-star-makes-rare-leap-to-hotter-phase-astronomers-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Long-term observations of WOH G64 -- once considered the most extreme red supergiant star in its galaxy -- reveal that the star has undergone a dramatic transition, possibly shedding part of its outer layers as it entered a hotter and rarer stellar phase.
The post Supergiant Star Makes Rare Leap to Hotter Phase, Astronomers Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/sun-may-have-escaped-milky-ways-crowded-core-billions-of-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/sun-may-have-escaped-milky-ways-crowded-core-billions-of-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that our home star traveled outward with thousands of stellar counterparts roughly 4 to 6 billion years ago, offering new clues to the formation of the Milky Way’s central bar.
The post Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-fossil-crocodile-from-ethiopia-lived-alongside-australopithecus-afarensis</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-fossil-crocodile-from-ethiopia-lived-alongside-australopithecus-afarensis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists analyzing fossils from Ethiopia have described a previously unknown crocodile species that shared the landscape with a hominid species called Australopithecus afarensis.
The post New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>New, Fossil, Crocodile, from, Ethiopia, Lived, alongside, Australopithecus, afarensis</media:keywords>
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<title>Early Howler Monkeys Adapted to Eating Leaves 13 Million Years Ago</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-howler-monkeys-adapted-to-eating-leaves-13-million-years-ago</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-howler-monkeys-adapted-to-eating-leaves-13-million-years-ago</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossil jaws of the ancient monkey species Stirtonia victoriae from the La Victoria Formation in Colombia suggest that a shift toward leaf-eating allowed early primates in South America to grow larger and occupy new ecological niches.
The post Early Howler Monkeys Adapted to Eating Leaves 13 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Early, Howler, Monkeys, Adapted, Eating, Leaves, Million, Years, Ago</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Witness Aftermath of Catastrophic Planetary Collision</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-witness-aftermath-of-catastrophic-planetary-collision</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-witness-aftermath-of-catastrophic-planetary-collision</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An unusual flickering of a young F-type star called Gaia20ehk and an expanding cloud of dust around it suggest that a catastrophic planetary crash unfolded in real time, offering a rare glimpse of the violent processes that can shape young planetary systems.
The post Astronomers Witness Aftermath of Catastrophic Planetary Collision appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Witness, Aftermath, Catastrophic, Planetary, Collision</media:keywords>
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<title>New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-research-links-daily-multivitamins-to-slower-biological-aging</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-research-links-daily-multivitamins-to-slower-biological-aging</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed epigenetic markers of aging -- equivalent to roughly four months less biological aging compared with a placebo.
The post New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Research, Links, Daily, Multivitamins, Slower, Biological, Aging</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Observe Neutron Star Crash in Unexpected Environment</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-observe-neutron-star-crash-in-unexpected-environment</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-observe-neutron-star-crash-in-unexpected-environment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have traced a short-duration gamma-ray burst event called GRB 230906A to a faint dwarf galaxy embedded in a vast stream of intergalactic gas.
The post Astronomers Observe Neutron Star Crash in Unexpected Environment appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Observe, Neutron, Star, Crash, Unexpected, Environment</media:keywords>
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<title>Study: Raccoons Don’t Just Solve Puzzles for Food, They Do It for Fun</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/study-raccoons-dont-just-solve-puzzles-for-food-they-do-it-for-fun</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/study-raccoons-dont-just-solve-puzzles-for-food-they-do-it-for-fun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
In a new study led by University of British Columbia Ph.D. student Hannah Griebling, raccoons (Procyon lotor) continued manipulating complex puzzle boxes long after retrieving the only marshmallow reward, suggesting the animals seek information for its own sake -- a behavior that may underpin their urban success.
The post Study: Raccoons Don’t Just Solve Puzzles for Food, They Do It for Fun appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Study:, Raccoons, Don’t, Just, Solve, Puzzles, for, Food, They, for, Fun</media:keywords>
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<title>275&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Amphibian Relative with Twisted Jaws Rewrites Early Tetrapod Diets</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/275-million-year-old-amphibian-relative-with-twisted-jaws-rewrites-early-tetrapod-diets</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/275-million-year-old-amphibian-relative-with-twisted-jaws-rewrites-early-tetrapod-diets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A new genus and species of archaic stem tetrapod from the Permian period has been identified from fossil jawbones found in Brazil.
The post 275-Million-Year-Old Amphibian Relative with Twisted Jaws Rewrites Early Tetrapod Diets appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>275-Million-Year-Old, Amphibian, Relative, with, Twisted, Jaws, Rewrites, Early, Tetrapod, Diets</media:keywords>
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<title>Ancient Parrot DNA Points to Pre&#45;Inca Animal Trade</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/ancient-parrot-dna-points-to-pre-inca-animal-trade</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/ancient-parrot-dna-points-to-pre-inca-animal-trade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Ancient DNA from brightly colored feathers found in Peru shows that at least four distinct species of Amazonian parrots -- the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), the blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), the red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) and mealy amazon (Amazona farinosa) -- were transported alive over the Andes centuries before the Inca Empire.
The post Ancient Parrot DNA Points to Pre-Inca Animal Trade appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ancient, Parrot, DNA, Points, Pre-Inca, Animal, Trade</media:keywords>
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<title>VLT Discovers Third Gas Cloud near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/vlt-discovers-third-gas-cloud-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/vlt-discovers-third-gas-cloud-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The newly-identified gas cloud, dubbed G2t, follows nearly the same orbit as two known clouds, suggesting they were all expelled by a pair of massive stars near the core of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The post VLT Discovers Third Gas Cloud near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>VLT, Discovers, Third, Gas, Cloud, near, Milky, Way’s, Central, Black, Hole</media:keywords>
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<title>Two New Bird Species Identified in Amazonia</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/two-new-bird-species-identified-in-amazonia</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/two-new-bird-species-identified-in-amazonia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An antbird long thought to be a single widespread species across the Amazon rainforest is, in fact, several different ones. Among them are two newly-described species -- Cercomacra mura and Cercomacra raucisona -- that inhabit separate regions of southern Amazonia.
The post Two New Bird Species Identified in Amazonia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:30:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two, New, Bird, Species, Identified, Amazonia</media:keywords>
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<title>3I/ATLAS is Unusually Rich in Methanol, ALMA Observations Show</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/3iatlas-is-unusually-rich-in-methanol-alma-observations-show</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/3iatlas-is-unusually-rich-in-methanol-alma-observations-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected hydrogen cyanide (nitrogen-bearing organic molecule commonly seen in comets) as well as unusually high levels of methanol (organic molecule tied to prebiotic chemistry) in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
The post 3I/ATLAS is Unusually Rich in Methanol, ALMA Observations Show appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:45:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>3IATLAS, Unusually, Rich, Methanol, ALMA, Observations, Show</media:keywords>
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<title>Triassic Crocodile Relative May Have Learned to Walk on Two Legs</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/triassic-crocodile-relative-may-have-learned-to-walk-on-two-legs</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/triassic-crocodile-relative-may-have-learned-to-walk-on-two-legs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Fossils from the Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, the United States, reveal that Sonselasuchus cedrus, a species of shuvosaurid that lived about 215 million years ago (Triassic period), likely began life walking on four legs before shifting to a bipedal stance as it matured.
The post Triassic Crocodile Relative May Have Learned to Walk on Two Legs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:45:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>NASA’s Planetary Defense Test Changed Binary Asteroid’s Orbit around the Sun</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/nasas-planetary-defense-test-changed-binary-asteroids-orbit-around-the-sun</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/nasas-planetary-defense-test-changed-binary-asteroids-orbit-around-the-sun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New measurements show that the DART impact in 2022 not only shortened the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos around its parent asteroid, Didymos, but also subtly shifted the entire binary system’s path around the Sun.
The post NASA’s Planetary Defense Test Changed Binary Asteroid’s Orbit around the Sun appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:45:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/new-giant-mosasaur-species-discovered-in-morocco</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/new-giant-mosasaur-species-discovered-in-morocco</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Paleontologists have identified a new, giant species of the mosasaur genus Pluridens from the Late Cretaceous phosphate deposits of Morocco.
The post New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:15:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>New, Giant, Mosasaur, Species, Discovered, Morocco</media:keywords>
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<title>Graecopithecus May Have Been Partially Bipedal, New Fossil Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/graecopithecus-may-have-been-partially-bipedal-new-fossil-suggests</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/graecopithecus-may-have-been-partially-bipedal-new-fossil-suggests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
A 7.2-million-year-old thigh bone unearthed at the fossil site of Azmaka in southern Bulgaria displays a mosaic of features suggesting a unique combination of locomotor capabilities, including aspects of terrestrial quadrupedalism and bipedalism.
The post Graecopithecus May Have Been Partially Bipedal, New Fossil Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:15:05 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Graecopithecus, May, Have, Been, Partially, Bipedal, New, Fossil, Suggests</media:keywords>
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<title>Webb Captures Io’s and Europa’s Auroral Footprints in Jupiter’s Atmosphere</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/webb-captures-ios-and-europas-auroral-footprints-in-jupiters-atmosphere</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/webb-captures-ios-and-europas-auroral-footprints-in-jupiters-atmosphere</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using the NIRSpec data, planetary scientists measured the physical properties of the auroral footprints of Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons, Io and Europa, including the local temperature and ionospheric density, in the near-infrared.
The post Webb Captures Io’s and Europa’s Auroral Footprints in Jupiter’s Atmosphere appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:15:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Webb, Captures, Io’s, and, Europa’s, Auroral, Footprints, Jupiter’s, Atmosphere</media:keywords>
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<title>Neolithic Europeans Had Surprisingly Complex Cuisine, Archaeologists Say</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/neolithic-europeans-had-surprisingly-complex-cuisine-archaeologists-say</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/neolithic-europeans-had-surprisingly-complex-cuisine-archaeologists-say</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
An international team of archaeologists has examined a total of 85 pottery sherds with substantial amounts of foodcrusts from 13 archaeological sites across Northern and Eastern Europe i dating from the 6th to the 3rd millennium BCE.
The post Neolithic Europeans Had Surprisingly Complex Cuisine, Archaeologists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:00:05 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Neolithic, Europeans, Had, Surprisingly, Complex, Cuisine, Archaeologists, Say</media:keywords>
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<title>Astronomers Find Hidden Structures in Early Universe</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-hidden-structures-in-early-universe</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/astronomers-find-hidden-structures-in-early-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map yet of faint cosmic structures from 9-11 billion years ago, revealing galaxies and intergalactic gas once invisible to telescopes.
The post Astronomers Find Hidden Structures in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:15:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Astronomers, Find, Hidden, Structures, Early, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>Extremophile Bacteria May Hitch Rides on Asteroid Fragments</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/extremophile-bacteria-may-hitch-rides-on-asteroid-fragments</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/extremophile-bacteria-may-hitch-rides-on-asteroid-fragments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New research shows that Deinococcus radiodurans has outstanding ability to survive the extreme transient pressures associated with impact-induced ejection from Mars.
The post Extremophile Bacteria May Hitch Rides on Asteroid Fragments appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:15:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Extremophile, Bacteria, May, Hitch, Rides, Asteroid, Fragments</media:keywords>
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<title>Hubble and Euclid Telescopes Highlight Hidden Complexity of Cat’s Eye Nebula</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/hubble-and-euclid-telescopes-highlight-hidden-complexity-of-cats-eye-nebula</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/hubble-and-euclid-telescopes-highlight-hidden-complexity-of-cats-eye-nebula</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
New images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Euclid mission have revealed the complex, multi-shell structure of the extraordinary planetary nebula NGC 6543, also known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula.
The post Hubble and Euclid Telescopes Highlight Hidden Complexity of Cat’s Eye Nebula appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:00:06 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Southernmost Fossils of Earliest Primate Relative Unearthed in Colorado</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/southernmost-fossils-of-earliest-primate-relative-unearthed-in-colorado</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/southernmost-fossils-of-earliest-primate-relative-unearthed-in-colorado</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The newly-discovered minuscule fossils of Purgatorius -- a shrew-sized mammal considered the earliest known relative of all primates, including humans, and long thought to be confined to northern North America -- extend the known range of this mammal hundreds of km south.
The post Southernmost Fossils of Earliest Primate Relative Unearthed in Colorado appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:00:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chatty News</dc:creator>
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<title>Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Face of ‘Little Foot’</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-digitally-reconstruct-face-of-little-foot</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/scientists-digitally-reconstruct-face-of-little-foot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Beyond their value for classification and evolutionary relationships, changes in the size and shape of the hominin face through time can reflect important functional adaptations.
The post Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Face of ‘Little Foot’ appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>280&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Evidence of Land Predators Attacking Herbivores</title>
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Paleontologists at the University of Toronto Mississauga have found dozens of tooth marks on the fossilized bones of three juveniles of Diadectes, one of the earliest large plant-eating vertebrates to walk on land.
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<title>Rare Fossil of Baby Dome&#45;Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada</title>
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Paleontologists have described the youngest example yet of a pachycephalosaur body, offering a look at how these dinosaurs grew and moved during their first months of life.
The post Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>VLT Focuses on Brown Dwarfs and Infant Stars in RCW 36</title>
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Using the High Acuity Wide-field K-band Imager (HAWK-I) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured a new image of the emission nebula RCW 36, highlighting the luminous cradle of newborn stars and substellar objects known as brown dwarfs.
The post VLT Focuses on Brown Dwarfs and Infant Stars in RCW 36 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>Study: Ancient Mating Preferences Helped Shape Human Genome</title>
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Prehistoric humans and Neanderthals didn’t just interbreed, they did so with a consistent sex bias, as male Neanderthals and female modern humans mated more often.
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<title>Study: Ancient Mating Preferences, Not Natural Selection, Helped Shape Human Genome</title>
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Prehistoric humans and Neanderthals didn’t just interbreed, they did so with a consistent sex bias, as male Neanderthals and female modern humans mated more often.
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<title>Ganymede’s Auroral Patches Reveal Shared Physics with Earth’s Aurorae</title>
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Planetary scientsts from the United States, Europe and China have used the Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft to map detailed patch structures in Ganymede’s aurorae that parallel those seen on Earth.
The post Ganymede’s Auroral Patches Reveal Shared Physics with Earth’s Aurorae appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:00:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS</title>
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The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
The post Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:30:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Webb’s Infrared Vision Reveals Planetary Nebula that Looks Strikingly Like Celestial Brain</title>
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The unmatched sensitivity of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in both near- and mid-infrared light sheds new light on PMR 1, a little-studied nebula in the constellation of Vela.
The post Webb’s Infrared Vision Reveals Planetary Nebula that Looks Strikingly Like Celestial Brain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:45:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/fossil-amber-preserves-ecological-interactions-between-ancient-ants-and-other-organisms</link>
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Fossils trapped in amber aren’t just beautiful, they may preserve real ecological interactions, including possible parasitism or commensal relationships between ants and mites, as revealed by a new, cutting-edge morphological study of six specimens of Baltic, Dominican and Burmese amber.
The post Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:15:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Arrival of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia Changed Mosquito Menu, New Study Suggests</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/arrival-of-homo-erectus-in-southeast-asia-changed-mosquito-menu-new-study-suggests</link>
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The ancestors of today’s malaria-spreading mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group may have shifted to feeding on humans around 1.8 million years ago, coinciding with the arrival of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia.
The post Arrival of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia Changed Mosquito Menu, New Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:30:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/scientists-observe-electrical-discharges-on-trees-under-thunderstorms</link>
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Pennsylvania State University researchers have directly observed and measured an electrical phenomenon called corona on sweetgum, loblolly pine and other tree species under thunderstorms in several U.S. states.
The post Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<title>90&#45;Million&#45;Year&#45;Old Patagonian Fossil Reveals Missing Chapter in Evolution of Alvarezsauroid Dinosaurs</title>
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A remarkably complete skeleton of the alvarezsauroid dinosaur species Alnashetri cerropoliciensis from Patagonia, Argentina, as well as two alvarezsauroid specimens from the northern hemisphere reveal how the once-mysterious lineage of theropod dinosaurs evolved and spread before continents drifted apart.
The post 90-Million-Year-Old Patagonian Fossil Reveals Missing Chapter in Evolution of Alvarezsauroid Dinosaurs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:30:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>ALMA Produces Largest and Most Detailed Image Ever Taken of Milky Way’s Center</title>
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With the record-setting image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have mapped the molecular heart of our Milky Way Galaxy in breathtaking detail.
The post ALMA Produces Largest and Most Detailed Image Ever Taken of Milky Way’s Center appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:45:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Early Humans May Have Invented System of Symbols Long Before Writing</title>
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Early humans living in Europe some 40,000 years ago developed a conventional system of geometric signs -- deliberate, repeatable markings that went beyond decoration and hint at an early form of structured communication.
The post Early Humans May Have Invented System of Symbols Long Before Writing appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:15:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Astrophysicists Propose New Method to Measure Hubble Constant</title>
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Astrophysicists from the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago have developed an innovative method to measure the Hubble constant -- the rate at which the Universe is expanding -- using the subtle background hum of gravitational waves.
The post Astrophysicists Propose New Method to Measure Hubble Constant appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:15:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Avocado and Mango Daily Might Boost Vascular Health in Adults with Prediabetes</title>
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Adding one avocado and a cup of mango each day improves vascular health indices and reduces key cardiometabolic risk factors in people with elevated blood sugar, suggesting a simple dietary shift could strengthen heart health long before diabetes develops.
The post Avocado and Mango Daily Might Boost Vascular Health in Adults with Prediabetes appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:45:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Early Triassic Fossils from Australia Uncover Diverse Marine Amphibian Community</title>
<link>https://chattynews.com/early-triassic-fossils-from-australia-uncover-diverse-marine-amphibian-community</link>
<guid>https://chattynews.com/early-triassic-fossils-from-australia-uncover-diverse-marine-amphibian-community</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Several 250-million-year-old specimens from museum collections in Australia and the United States have revealed a surprising diversity of trematosaurid temnospondyls in Western Australia, showing that early marine amphibians spread across continents soon after the end-Permian mass extinction.
The post Early Triassic Fossils from Australia Uncover Diverse Marine Amphibian Community appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. ]]></description>
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