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Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust update takes the battle to the alien Hive Worlds

Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust update takes the battle to the alien Hive Worlds

A new major update for Helldivers 2 has been unveiled, which will finally take the battle to the home of Super Earth’s enemies. Into the Unjust will see players explore the Hive Worlds behind the Gloom, to the home of the insect-like Terminids. That means battling through an underground labyrinth of cave tunnels without Super Destroyer support from …

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The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists

The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists

The skull of Skhul I child showing cranial curvature typical of Homo sapiens. Credit: Tel Aviv University Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest evidence of human-Neanderthal interbreeding: a 140,000-year-old child from Israel’s Skhul Cave. The fossil shows a unique blend of traits, revealing that humans and Neanderthals were mixing tens of thousands of years earlier than once believed. Fossil Discovery …

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What is the world’s slowest animal?

What is the world’s slowest animal?

Fast animals get plenty of attention for their incredible feats of speed. But what about animals that move at a slower pace? “We definitely are programmed to think that speed is good,” said James Maclaine, senior curator of fish at the Natural History Museum in London. “For a lot of animals, that doesn’t make any sense to them at all.” …

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Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

QUICK FACTS Name: Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) Where it lives: Steppes and high-elevation grasslands in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia and China What it eats: Small rodents, including gerbils, hamsters and pikas, small lizards and birds Pallas’s cat, also known as a manul, is a feline from Central Asia that yelps like a small dog and has such short legs that …

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‘What is Starfleet?’ Modern ‘Star Trek’ is still trying to work that out, but ‘Strange New Worlds” latest episode might have the answer

‘What is Starfleet?’ Modern ‘Star Trek’ is still trying to work that out, but ‘Strange New Worlds” latest episode might have the answer

“What is Starfleet?” asks the latest episode of “Strange New Worlds“. It’s a question the “Star Trek” franchise has been getting to grips with for the best part of 60 years. The answer was simple back in “The Next Generation” era, because Jean-Luc Picard was never in it for the money. Instead, noble ideals such as exploration, self-improvement, and the …

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DC-area airport on high alert after traveler diagnosed with world’s most infectious disease

DC-area airport on high alert after traveler diagnosed with world’s most infectious disease

Health officials have warned of a potential measles outbreak at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.  A passenger arriving on an international flight tested positive for the highly contagious respiratory illness, which is currently spreading through the US. Travelers who were at the airport, which serves the Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland region, on August 12 have been warned they …

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One of the world’s tallest trees is on fire and crews can’t put it out

One of the world’s tallest trees is on fire and crews can’t put it out

When flames were spotted within one of the world’s tallest trees, firefighters flooded the area. Drones, aircraft and hand crews worked for days to tame the fire, successfully stopping it from spreading across the dense forest that surrounds the famous Doerner Fir tree in Oregon’s Coast Range mountains. But the towering Coast Douglas-fir has remained stubbornly alight. And firefighters — …

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