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Geminid meteor shower 2024: How to see the year's last big display of 'shooting stars' before it's too late
The Geminid meteor shower is upon us. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth during the shower's peak on Dec. 13 and 14, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing.
Early Americans ate tons of mammoth, 13,000-year-old bones from Clovis culture baby reveal
Radioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths.
'Spectacular' asteroid blazes over Siberia just hours after it was detected
Asteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia.
WHO is investigating mystery illness behind 12 dozen deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Between 67 and 143 people in the DRC have died of an unknown, flu-like disease, officials have said.
Strange pile of Stone Age skulls unearthed in Italian village baffles archaeologists
At least 15 human skulls at a Neolithic site in Italy may represent the group's collective ancestors, although archaeologists aren't certain.
We are fast approaching the sun's 'battle zone' — and it could be even worse than solar maximum, experts warn
Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone."
Babies' brain activity changes dramatically before and after birth, groundbreaking study finds
New brain scans have shown that neurons in several regions of the brain become significantly more active across birth.
Extremely rare, black 'anti-auroras' paint luminous 'letter E' above Alaska
A "bizarre" E-shaped aurora was recently photographed dancing in the sky above Alaska. The unusual light show was caused by rare black auroras, a.k.a. anti-auroras, which catapult charged particles from the sun back out of Earth's atmosphere and into space.
'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds
A polar bear stands on floating sea ice in the Arctic. The bears rely on sea ice to move throughout their hunting grounds.
'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal
If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating.
'Accidental discovery' creates candidate for universal memory — a weird semiconductor that consumes a billion times less power
A chance discovery by researchers could drastically lower the energy needed for next-generation memory technologies.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman cleaned her fish tank and ended up in the hospital
A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium.
Weird photo captures secretary bird's third eyelid as it catches locust midflight
The secretary bird photograph was among the winners of the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize.
5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world's 1st governments
Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.
James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed
James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Scientists reveal 'neural tourniquet' that can stop bleeding with nerve stimulation
Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.
1,600-year-old burials in Crimea hold gold and silver jewelry from 'rich women'
Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.
Doctors discover live worms growing under a woman's eyelid in China
An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid.
