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Astonishing artifact of the week! 🏹

The stunning Memento Mori mosaic was found in a Roman house that doubled as a shop in Pompeii and is one of the most recognizable pieces of artwork from the ill-fated city.

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Memento Mori: A mosaic that predates Mount Vesuvius' eruption in Pompeii and reminds us that we will all die
A famous mosaic from Pompeii holds lessons for today.
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🚀🌠 NASA spacecraft spots interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brighten rapidly as it swings behind the sun! Check this out

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/nasa-spacecraft-reveal-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-brightened-rapidly-as-it-swooped-behind-the-sun
New simulations show that a solar storm on par with the infamous Carrington Event could potentially wipe out every single satellite orbiting our planet

https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/the-next-carrington-level-solar-superstorm-could-wipe-out-all-our-satellites-new-simulations-reveal
Was the small tyrannosaur Nanotyrannus a distinct species or merely a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex? Now, a remarkably complete fossil reveals all.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/i-was-wrong-dinosaur-scientists-agree-that-small-tyrannosaur-nanotyrannus-was-real-pivotal-new-study-finds
Escaped lab monkeys in Mississippi? 🐒
Tulane University confirm they aren't infectious but experts warn they could still be dangerous if approached

https://www.livescience.com/animals/monkeys/lab-monkeys-on-the-loose-in-mississippi-dont-have-herpes-university-says-but-are-they-dangerous
Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed the remnants of a rare iron saber, jewelry and other artifacts in the 1,300-year-old tomb of an elite warrior.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/exceptionally-rare-iron-saber-arrowheads-and-jewelry-discovered-in-seventh-century-warriors-tomb-in-hungary
Researchers in South Korea have built an artificial muscle that can lift approximately 4,000 times its own weight 🤖

https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/humanoid-robots-could-lift-4-000-times-their-own-weight-thanks-to-breakthrough-artificial-muscle
Two extremely rare dinosaur "mummies" found in the badlands of Wyoming are the first examples of hoofed reptiles! 🦕

https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/first-ever-mummified-and-hoofed-dinosaur-discovered-in-wyoming-badlands
If it were up to you, would you abandon daylight saving time? Take our poll on livescience.com and let us know what you think in the comments

https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/would-you-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have spotted a mysterious object that could be the universe's earliest known galaxy

https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/puzzling-object-discovered-by-james-webb-telescope-may-be-the-earliest-known-galaxy-in-the-universe

Meet the extraordinary artifact: a gilded-copper nose ornament dating around A.D. 200-900, crafted by the Moche civilization on the north coast of Peru.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/decapitator-nose-ornament-1-500-year-old-gold-jewelry-depicting-a-bloodthirsty-south-american-god
Over 100 videos of venomous snake strikes reveal three different types of attacks, with some biting down several times "to prolong the venom flow into their prey."

https://www.livescience.com/animals/snakes/venomous-snake-strikes-captured-in-extreme-detail-through-high-speed-videos-for-first-time
Experts believe that a five-foot-wide piece of space debris discovered near an Australian mining town was part of a dead Chinese rocket.

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/charred-piece-of-secretive-chinese-rocket-found-still-smoldering-in-the-australian-outback
Experts at a laboratory in Botswana recently examined an extraordinary natural diamond with two distinct color zones

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/rare-half-pink-rough-diamond-with-astounding-weight-of-37-4-carats-discovered-in-botswana
This week's Diagnostic Dilemma shares a case report of a toddler who accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dish!🧫

https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/diagnostic-dilemma-a-toddler-accidently-ate-gonorrhea-bacteria-from-a-lab-dish
An astrophotographer snapped a stunning shot of Comet Lemmon's tail getting shredded by a strong gust of solar wind, just 3 days before it reaches its closest point to Earth.

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/superbright-comet-lemmon-gets-its-tail-temporarily-torn-to-pieces-by-solar-wind
Chinese engineers have published a video of a robot that moves so fluidly you'd be forgiven for thinking it's artificial intelligence (AI) generated.

http://livescience.com/technology/unitrees-h2-robot-poses-pirouettes-and-pulls-off-deft-karate-moves-with-eerily-lifelike-movement
Scientists may be closer to understanding why time seems to pass more quickly as we age — and brain scans of people watching an old Alfred Hitchcock show helped them.

https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/new-study-reveals-why-time-seems-to-move-faster-the-older-we-get