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Family using metal detector to look for lost earring instead finds treasures from Viking-era burial

[ad_1] Just days after it was revealed that a man with a metal detector made the “gold find of the century” in Norway, a family in the country has made another unprecedented discovery using the same kind of device. The family was looking for a lost gold earring in their garden with a metal detector…

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In a first, scientists recover RNA from an extinct species — the Tasmanian tiger

[ad_1] Scientists have for the first time recovered and sequenced RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, a Stockholm University researcher told CBS News. The breakthrough potentially raises hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever.  “People didn’t think it could really be done,” Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology…

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New “electrical” blue tarantula species found in Thailand: “Enchanting phenomenon”

[ad_1] Entomologists in Thailand have been stunned by an electrifying new species of tarantula found in the southern part of the country.  The spider, known as the Chilobrachys natanicharum, has a “blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” researchers from the Entomology Museum at Khon Kaen University and the Natural History Museum of the National…

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Video shows NASA spacecraft flying through “one of the most powerful” sun explosions ever recorded

[ad_1] A NASA solar probe flew “gracefully” through a powerful eruption from the sun, helping scientists prove a decades-old theory, the agency announced this week.  The fortified spacecraft not only survived the journey but it also captured video of the rare event. The Parker Solar Probe flew through the coronal mass ejection on Sept. 5,…

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Bioluminescence lights up Southern California’s coastal waters

[ad_1] Bioluminescence lights up Southern California’s coastal waters – CBS News Watch CBS News In Southern California, people are flocking to the water for what may be one of the hottest tickets in town, a light show unlike any other. Carter Evans has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…

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Researcher shows bodies of purported “non-human” beings to Mexican congress at UFO hearing

[ad_1] A journalist and researcher on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), or UFOs as they’re better known, presented the remains of purported “non-human” beings to lawmakers in Mexico on Tuesday during the country’s first public congressional hearing on the topic. Jamie Maussan brought two boxes containing what he said were the small, stuffed bodies of extraterrestrials…

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Chip Designer: SoftBank’s Arm soars nearly 25% in market debut to $65 billion valuation

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Shares in SoftBank’s Arm Holdings soared almost 25% above their Nasdaq debut price on Thursday, rekindling investor hopes for a turnaround in the moribund market for initial public offerings (IPO). The stock, which had opened at $56.10, notched a 24.68% gain to close at $63.59, giving the British chip designer a valuation…

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