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Thousands of bones found in a Tibetan cave have been analysed to learn how mysterious ancient humans known as Denisovans lived: https://rb.gy/98akps

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The return capsule of the Chang'e-6 probe lands in China on June 25, carrying the world's first samples collected from the moon's far side. The event brought the 53-day-long Chang'e 6 mission to a successful conclusion, delivering the first-ever lunar far side samples to Earth.

📷: Menghe Zhaoru/VCG/Getty Images

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The oldest fossilised forest known on earth has been discovered on the high sandstone cliffs in the United Kingdom. Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest and roughly 4 million years older than the previous record holder in New York.

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A male orangutan in Borneo on the island of Kaja, clinging to overhanging branches, trying to spear a passing fish.

📸: Gerd Schuster

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Every 8.5 years or so, the Earth emits a signal—the result of a “wobble” occurring in the inner core. To explain this phenomenon, scientists from Wuhan University analyzed polar movement and length-of-day changes, and concluded that the inner core is 0.17 degrees off of the rotational axis of the mantle: https://rb.gy/dvvibr

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Human beings will continue to decide “what should happen in the world” regardless of the rise of artificial intelligence, OpenAI’s Sam Altmann said Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: https://rb.gy/jqbr52

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The sun takes 225m Earth years to make one full orbit around the centre of The Milky Way. This is called the galactic year.

📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Google CEO told employees that more job cuts are coming this year. Sundar Pichai said the company has “ambitious goals” in areas such as artificial intelligence: https://rb.gy/78bxvt

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World's biggest iceberg has caves and arches carved into its frozen walls: Stunning footage shows formations on the side of the trillion tonne 'megaberg' as it begins to decay. New photos and video show the world's biggest iceberg, A23a, being steadily eroded as it drifts away from Antarctica.

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Researchers discovered a fossilized 29 million years old grasshopper egg pod filled with eggs that could be unlike anything paleontologists had ever seen before, according to a new study.

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Bill Gates is bullish on AI, but he's now predicting that the technology will be transformative for everyone within the next five years. The rise of AI has elicited fear that the technology will eliminate millions of jobs around the globe: https://rb.gy/3jmk04

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Astounding fact: Approximately 10% of your body mass consists of hydrogen atoms formed in the Big Bang, which means that about 1/10th of you is 13.8 billion years old.

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The world's five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes to $869bn (£681.5bn) since 2020, while the world's poorest 60% – almost 5 billion people – have lost money. Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase: https://rb.gy/ruuf1k

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Scientists have discovered an ultra-large structure in the distant universe that calls into question our understanding of the cosmos. It's 1.3 billion light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth: https://rb.gy/r7jdua

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T-Rex was one of the most ferocious predators to ever walk the Earth.

With a massive body, sharp teeth, and jaws so powerful they could crush a car, this famous carnivore dominated the forested river valleys in western North America, 68 million years ago 🦖

📷: Luigi Strano

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The sun fuses approximately 600 million tons of hydrogen every second, yielding 596 million tons of helium. The remaining four million tons of hydrogen are converted to energy, which makes the Sun shine 💥

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Do you know Raimondi Cove Plant reaches maturity only after 100 years, flowers only once in a lifetime, and can live over 1000 years? Raimondi Cove Plant (Puya Raimondi) is a unique and rare plant that can grow at a high altitude of about 3800 m.

It is the largest species of bromeliad, reaching up to 15 m (50 ft) in height.

📷: Waldemar Niclevicz