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Soldiers looking for land mines in South Korea have found the country’s oldest gun, a 600-year-old inscribed bronze tube used to fire gunpowder-propelled arrows

Aj Mix Editor October 6, 2026

In November 2023, troops sweeping for a suspected minefield on Mount Geumseong in southwestern South Korea ended...

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Invasive plants choked Florida’s Saint Sebastian River; crews added 11,500-plus native plants to rebuild fish habitat |

Aj Mix Editor October 6, 2026

Representative Image of the Saint Sebastian River restoration with native plants returning along its banks (AI Generated...

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Rats were eradicated from Seychelles’ D’Arros Island in 2003; by 2016, its Wedge-tailed Shearwater colony had grown nearly 10-fold to 2,768 pairs |

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

D’Arros Island in Seychelles has recorded a sharp rise in its Wedge-tailed Shearwater breeding population after rats...

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ESA’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft changed direction by 20 degrees and gained 3.5 km/s in speed using Earth’s gravity; ESA’s Juice spacecraft needed no major engine burn for the boost

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

JUICE captures images of Earth during its flybyPhoto: ESA.int The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons...

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​J.K. Rowling lost her mother to multiple sclerosis at 45; in 2010, she donated £10 million for an Edinburgh research clinic in her mother’s name, and the facility now helps thousands of people with brain conditions

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

J.K. Rowling opened the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic in memory of her mother, who died of...

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Scientists found at least 10 likely new species of bizarre branching worms inside sea sponges; one was hiding in a museum specimen collected in Japan in 1914 |

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

PC: Nicole de Voogd/University of Göttingen Scientists have discovered at least ten new species of branching marine...

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Your gut bacteria may reveal how quickly your brain is ageing; UCLA researchers found specific microbes and chemical byproducts linked to older-looking brains, poorer memory, focus and mood

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

A person’s “brain age” may be different from their chronological age. For years, scientists have used brain...

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Scientists re-examined 46 skulls excavated from Egypt’s First Dynasty royal cemetery in the 1920s; 18 showed significant cranial trauma, adding new forensic evidence for retainer sacrifice about 5,000 years ago

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

There were many subsidiary burials around the tombs and enclosures. (Representational photo: La Nacion) Researchers have found...

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Oklahoma’s Ames crater was linked to a 470-million-year-old event; zircon dating suggests it may be nearly 370 million years old, near an extinction |

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

For decades, scientists linked Oklahoma’s Ames impact structure to a meteor event that swept across Earth nearly...

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Scientists develop a living building material for Mars using engineered yeast; it uses far less energy and can be recycled into new bricks |

Aj Mix Editor October 5, 2026

Scientists have developed a living building material designed for construction on Mars, combining inert sand with a...

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