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Jack in for a cyberpunk jolt with this energized first trailer for Apple TV's 'Neuromancer'

Apple TV is moving forward with a television adaptation of William Gibson's landmark 1984 novel "Neuromancer." The project released its first trailer,…

3 days ago
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Did Celtic women fight in battle?

# Celtic Women Warriors: New Evidence Reshapes Understanding of Iron Age Combat Scholars have long debated whether Celtic women participated directly…

4 days ago
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Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Peter Heller's novel "The Dog Stars" presents a post-apocalyptic world through the eyes of Hig, a pilot who survives alone after a superflu pandemic d…

5 days ago
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How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film

Peter Heller's post-apocalyptic novel "The Dog Stars" arrives as a feature film directed by Ridley Scott this month, with the author now discussing hi…

5 days ago
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'The End of Oak Street: Could JJ Abrams' new 'Twilight Zone meets Jurassic Park' movie be the sleeper hit of the summer?

JJ Abrams' upcoming film "The End of Oak Street" blends supernatural mystery with dinosaur terror, creating a hybrid that borrows narrative DNA from "…

5 days ago
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Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization

Whale shark research published this week offers new insights into the migratory patterns and feeding behavior of Earth's largest fish species. Scienti…

5 days ago
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Rice bran compound may help ease irritable bowel symptoms

Researchers have identified ferulic acid, a compound naturally present in rice bran, as a potential treatment for irritable bowel symptoms driven by e…

Jul 31, 2026
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A forgotten fossil just revealed a new Triassic predator from 210 million years ago

Researchers have identified a previously unknown predator from the early Triassic using a fossil that sat unstudied in museum collections for nearly 8…

Jul 31, 2026
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This 4,000-year-old city defied the rules of history

Mohenjo-daro, a 4,000-year-old city in what is now Pakistan, operated under economic principles strikingly different from other ancient civilizations.…

Jul 31, 2026
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Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female

Researchers analyzing genetic data from woolly mammoth remains discovered a striking pattern in how prehistoric humans hunted these massive Ice Age an…

Jul 31, 2026
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In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars

Astronomers have detected two supernova remnants originating from a binary star system, marking the first confirmed observation of sibling supernovas …

Jul 31, 2026

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