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Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/quantum-battery-charges-in-a-quadrillionth-of-a-second-with-a-laser-larger-prototypes-could-last-for-years-after-charging-for-just-a-minute?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/the-brains-memory-center-doesnt-start-as-a-blank-slate-study-suggests?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/more-doomed-franklin-expedition-sailors-identified-revealing-clues-about-how-they-tried-to-find-safety?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hantavirus cruise LIVE: Five confirmed cases of linked to cruise ship outbreak, according to WHO briefing
https://www.livescience.com/health/live/hantivirus-cruise-thursday-may-7?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/human-ancestors-butchered-and-ate-elephants-18-million-years-ago-helping-to-fuel-their-large-brains?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Which solar eclipse viewing method is right for you?
https://www.livescience.com/products/optics/which-solar-eclipse-viewing-method-is-right-for-you?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Demon cavefish' discovered under WWII chemical weapons facility in Alabama
https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/demon-cavefish-discovered-under-wwii-chemical-weapons-facility-in-alabama?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Chinese rocket hit by rare midair lightning strike moments after launch as onlookers gasp in horror (video)
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/chinese-rocket-hit-by-rare-midair-lightning-strike-moments-after-launch-as-onlookers-gasp-in-horror-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Andes virus — the only hantavirus strain that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise ship
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/andes-virus-the-only-hantavirus-strain-that-can-spread-between-people-identified-as-culprit-on-cruise-ship?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 — here's why
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/antarctica-just-experienced-minus-119-f-earths-coldest-temperature-since-2012-heres-why?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests
https://www.livescience.com/animals/primates/monkeys-have-a-basic-intuition-for-geometry-study-suggests?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New telescope images provide best evidence yet that the bright red star Betelgeuse is actually 2 stars in disguise
https://www.livescience.com/space/after-100-year-hunt-scientists-get-their-best-look-yet-at-betelgeuses-secret-sidekick?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/more-doomed-franklin-expedition-sailors-identified-revealing-clues-about-how-they-tried-to-find-safety?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/gold-sword-scabbard-discovered-under-toppled-tree-in-norway-was-likely-sacrificed-by-an-elite-warrior-1-500-years-ago?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising facts about the famous naturalist
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/happy-100th-birthday-david-attenborough-13-surprising-facts-about-the-famous-naturalist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Andes virus — the only hantavirus strain that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise ship
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/andes-virus-the-only-hantavirus-strain-that-can-spread-between-people-identified-as-culprit-on-cruise-ship?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How to watch 'Expedition X: Atomic Sharks' – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere
https://www.livescience.com/animals/how-to-watch-expedition-x-atomic-sharks-stream-shark-week-2026?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/gold-sword-scabbard-discovered-under-toppled-tree-in-norway-was-likely-sacrificed-by-an-elite-warrior-1-500-years-ago?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Almost tragicomical': Coins minted to protect the English from the Vikings ended up as Viking jewelry, experts discover
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/almost-tragicomical-coins-minted-to-protect-the-english-from-the-vikings-ended-up-as-viking-jewelry-experts-discover?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Catch an orange 'Buck Moon' rise tonight before a month of solar and lunar eclipses
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/catch-an-orange-buck-moon-rise-tonight-before-a-month-of-solar-and-lunar-eclipses?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/the-brains-memory-center-doesnt-start-as-a-blank-slate-study-suggests?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/human-ancestors-butchered-and-ate-elephants-18-million-years-ago-helping-to-fuel-their-large-brains?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggests
https://www.livescience.com/animals/primates/monkeys-have-a-basic-intuition-for-geometry-study-suggests?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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High-powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid-flight
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/new-drone-can-be-charged-mid-flight-using-high-powered-lasers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising facts about the famous naturalist
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/happy-100th-birthday-david-attenborough-13-surprising-facts-about-the-famous-naturalist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/lasers-reveal-hundreds-of-geoglyphs-made-by-a-mysterious-civilization-in-the-amazon-rainforest-thousands-of-years-ago?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study finds
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/mangroves-clean-up-usd8-7-billion-of-nitrogen-pollution-every-year-study-finds?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Antarctica just experienced minus 119 F, Earth's coldest temperature since 2012 — here's why
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/antarctica-just-experienced-minus-119-f-earths-coldest-temperature-since-2012-heres-why?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The night sky could get three times brighter as new satellites launch — all but ruining the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's survey of the universe
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-night-sky-could-get-three-times-brighter-as-new-satellites-launch-all-but-ruining-the-vera-c-rubin-observatorys-survey-of-the-universe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hantavirus cruise LIVE: World Health Organization hosts briefing as authorities race to track contacts from cruise ship infections
https://www.livescience.com/health/live/hantivirus-cruise-thursday-may-7?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week
https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/watch-nasas-curiosity-rover-struggle-to-remove-a-rock-that-got-stuck-on-its-robotic-arm-for-nearly-a-week?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Demon cavefish' discovered under WWII chemical weapons facility in Alabama
https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/demon-cavefish-discovered-under-wwii-chemical-weapons-facility-in-alabama?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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42 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images
https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope-image-gallery?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How to watch 'Expedition X: Atomic Sharks' – stream 'Shark Week' 2026 from anywhere
https://www.livescience.com/animals/how-to-watch-expedition-x-atomic-sharks-stream-shark-week-2026?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week
https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/watch-nasas-curiosity-rover-struggle-to-remove-a-rock-that-got-stuck-on-its-robotic-arm-for-nearly-a-week?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lasers reveal hundreds of geoglyphs made by a mysterious civilization in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/lasers-reveal-hundreds-of-geoglyphs-made-by-a-mysterious-civilization-in-the-amazon-rainforest-thousands-of-years-ago?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in Luxor
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-stone-monument-depicting-a-roman-emperor-as-a-pharaoh-discovered-in-luxor?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Biological 'superspreader' event could be imminent as more than 1,000 ships idle in the Strait of Hormuz, scientists warn
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/biological-superspreader-event-could-be-imminent-as-more-than-1-000-ships-idle-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-scientists-warn?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environment
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/new-water-battery-could-last-until-the-24th-century-and-it-can-be-safely-discarded-in-the-environment?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The night sky could get three times brighter as new satellites launch — all but ruining the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's survey of the universe
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-night-sky-could-get-three-times-brighter-as-new-satellites-launch-all-but-ruining-the-vera-c-rubin-observatorys-survey-of-the-universe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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