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2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but 'how it got there will always be a mystery'
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2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but 'how it got there will always be a mystery'

The ancient coin was probably minted in what is now Spain in the first century B.C., but no one knows why it was used to pay a 1950s transport fare.

Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holes
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Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holes

A new paper makes the strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics.

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures
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In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures

Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small human study suggests.

The JWST Reveals Some Puzzling Surprises in Jupiter's Northern Aurora
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The JWST Reveals Some Puzzling Surprises in Jupiter's Northern Aurora

Jupiter's powerful, continuous aurorae dwarf those of Earth. Scientists know that Jupiter's Galilean moons created bright spots on Jupiter's northern aurora. The JWST observed these bright spots and generated infrared spectra of them for the first time. Those observations showed that Io's bright spot is extremely variable in both temperature and density, and researchers want to know why.

Stunning Fireball Over Germany Reportedly Dropped Meteorite Through Roof Of House
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Stunning Fireball Over Germany Reportedly Dropped Meteorite Through Roof Of House

Fortunately, there are no reported casualties.