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The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist
Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more…

January 7, 2026
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The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist
Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more…

A meteor explosion has been captured from space for the first time ever, thanks to a team aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The dramatic event took place over the North Pacific Ocean. Recorded by SEN’s 4K Space-TV-1 camera…

January 7, 2026
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Could This Fossil Be the Key Linking Humans, Neandertals and Denisovans?
Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common…

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, currently shines as a brilliant silvery “star” in Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. It forms an eye-catching scalene triangle configuration with the “Twin…

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa’s oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the earliest known cremation pyre for an adult that is still “in situ,” or in its original position, a…

Researchers have retrieved samples of 1.4 billion-year-old air from ancient crystals and found something surprising about a supposedly “boring” time period.
The team studied the gases and fluids locked in halite crystals…

Part of the Greenland Ice Sheet completely melted about 7,000 years ago at temperatures close to those predicted for the end of this century, and it could have big implications for future sea-level rises, according to a new study.
The Prudhoe…

January 7, 2026
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Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes Rattle Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Capsizing icebergs are violently clashing with the crumbling end of the Doomsday Glacier

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The centuries-old mummified remains of Indigenous Siberians are revealing secrets about their genetics over a vast period — before, during and after Russia’s conquest of their land — including that a female shaman buried in a red woolen…