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Astronomers Keep Finding Stars That Should Be Dead. Now, We May Finally Know Why

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The most massive stars in the Universe are also the shortest-lived. The more mass a star has, the more quickly it burns through its fuel reserves, resulting in lifespans that are less than around 10 million years.   This fascinating fact leads us to a puzzle. Most of these stars are found relatively close to … Read more

A Man Declared Dead by Three Doctors Woke Up Shortly Before His Autopsy

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A few years ago, Spanish prison authorities were rather baffled after a prisoner who had been declared dead by three separate doctors woke up in the morgue – just hours before his own autopsy was set to commence.   The prisoner, then-29-year-old Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, was found unresponsive in his cell during a morning roll … Read more

Reconstructed human spines may honor Peru’s defiled dead | Science

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In 2012, archaeologists were excavating a series of large stone tombs in Peru’s Chincha Valley when they found something none of them had ever seen before: human vertebrae threaded onto a reed, almost like a spinal abacus. Over the next 10 years, researchers found nearly 200 such remains in the same valley. At first, they … Read more

What We Learned From a Dead Star Erupting With The Fire And Fury of 100,000 Suns

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In a nearby galaxy, a rare kind of dead star erupted into a giant outburst. This in itself may not be so peculiar; but, for the first time, changes in its brightness during this event have been documented in detail, giving scientists a window into understanding the processes that produce these colossal flares.   The … Read more

Mind-Blowing New Fossil Site Found in The ‘Dead’ Heart of Australia

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The arid heart of Australia may not easily support life now, but once, many aeons ago, it was lush and teeming. What is now arid desert and dry shrub- and grasslands was once thick with dense forests, alive with life.   In one of these grasslands, in the Central Tablelands of NSW, paleontologists have found … Read more

Congress drops U.S. ban on foreign talents programs from defense bill, but it’s not dead | Science

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Congress has dropped language from a must-pass bill governing U.S. defense policy that would have effectively prevented U.S. scientists from participating in Chinese programs aimed at attracting foreign scientific talent. But a similar provision applying to such programs may be tucked into a second bill aimed at outcompeting China that is now being hammered out … Read more