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- July 12
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- How is DNA used to identify victims of mass disasters?
- AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California
- Kākāpō: The chonky parrot that can live almost 100 years
- Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the first dynasty
- Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it
- Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?
- Science news this week: 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles
- July 11
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- 'Epigenetic memory' may help explain why PCOS tends to run in families
- Scientists grow mini amniotic sacs in the lab using stem cells
- Experimental treatment for high cholesterol edits DNA in the body to reduce LDL
- In disasters like the Texas floods, warning people of danger isn't so simple
- Man in Australia dies of rare, rabies-like disease
- Earliest evidence of humans catching disease from animals dates to 6,500 years ago
- Going, going, gone! Final Prime Day discounts on the best astrophotography gear ahead of the Perseids and upcoming Sturgeon moon
- Venus news, features and articles
- Uranus news, features and articles
- Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why.
- Antarctic sea ice collapse linked to a mysterious spike in ocean salt
- In a first, congenital deafness in teens and adults treated with new gene therapy
- Prime Day ends tonight! Save $400 on Apple MacBooks, AirPods and Watches but act fast
- Collapse of key Atlantic currents may be held off by newly-discovered back-up system, study finds
- Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during record-breaking flight
- Last chance to grab a Prime Day streaming deal — get up to 90% off and enjoy all your favorite sci-fi and wildlife shows for a fraction of the cost
- 140,000-year-old child's skull may have been part modern human, part Neanderthal — but not everyone is convinced
- Garmin and Samsung finish the Prime Day sale with a bang — these two smartwatches are now under $200 and at their lowest-ever price
- A dangerous condition that can cause seizures, coma and death could rise dramatically as the climate warms
- Down to $15 today! Cheap Prime Day star projector deals on quality models
- Texas flood devastation revealed in before-and-after satellite images
- At $20 an Airtag for Prime Day, this is a genius way of protecting telescopes, cameras, drones and more
- 'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies
- Last chance! The Canon EOS R8 is still cheapest at Walmart — just in time for the Perseids and late summer wildlife
- Don't miss these last-minute Prime Day deals for clean teeth and a bright smile, handpicked by our health writers
- Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'
- July 10
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- 1,600-year-old tomb of Maya city's first ruler unearthed in Belize
- Scientists discover that mysterious giant structures beneath the North Sea seemingly defy what we know about geology
- Earth just had a freakishly short day, but the fastest day of the year is yet to come
- Now less than $29! This space-saving star projector from Cadrim is a steal.
- Severed bow of US warship blown off by Japanese torpedo finally found in South Pacific
- Scientist's cat helps discover a rare virus — yet again
- Stunning facial reconstructions of 'hobbit,' Neanderthal and Homo erectus bring human relatives to life
- Mystery of Mars' missing water could be solved by the planet's tipsy tilt
- 3I/ATLAS: Everything you need to know about the new 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system
- This expert works out for a living — here are their 3 top picks for portable exercise equipment
- Don't miss your chance to get the best beginner telescope before Prime Day ends — just in time for Saturn's return to the evening sky
- We practically live in Under Armour shoes — these are the 3 Prime Day deals we would recommend
- 'Alpha male' primates are rare, with females about as likely to dominate the opposite sex, study finds
- 'We're bringing back avian dinosaurs': De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years
- Don’t miss out! The best beginner Canon deals we’ve found this Prime Day — just in time for the Perseid meteor shower
- Don't miss out on over $1400 off the Sony A1. Only six left, and not on Amazon!
- Quantum materials with a 'hidden metallic state' could make electronics 1,000 times faster
- Save up to $375 with these 10 stellar Prime Day telescope deals
- Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim
- Beat the summer heat with this excellent Dyson fan-purifier, now 43% off in the Prime Day sale
- July 9
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- Extraordinary 'sacrificial ass' with severed head discovered from Bronze Age Israel — and it was from a faraway land
- Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows
- Weight loss may 'rejuvenate' fat tissues, clearing away aged cells
- Metformin may prevent severe morning sickness
- New AI system can 'predict human behavior in any situation' with unprecedented degree of accuracy, scientists say
- 8-year-old with rare, fatal disease shows dramatic improvement on experimental treatment
- Turbocharge your productivity with this excellent HP workstation — nearly 50% off in the Prime Day sale
- It's the final day of Amazon Prime Day — these are the only star projectors worth buying today!
- Outdoor explorers! Don't miss these 8 last-minute Prime Day smartwatch deals
- Diagnostic dilemma: Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person's fatal aneurysm
- Hurry! These 14 Prime Day fitness deals are still live
- Scientists discover Burmese pythons have never-before-seen cells that help them digest entire skeletons
- July 8
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- Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots 'Cosmic Owl,' super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies
- This viral star projector just got a rare Prime Day discount
- Chimps develop fashion trend by shoving grass in their ears — and in their butts
- Saturn news, features and articles
- Pluto news, features and articles
- Neptune news, features and articles
- Why were the Texas flash floods so catastrophic?
- These are the best laptop deals we'd recommend on Prime Day — with up to 50% off the latest devices
- We love these beginner astronomy binoculars — now $79 for Prime Day
- These are the three shoes we will be wearing for marathon training
- Prime Day ends tonight! Binocular deals you should know about to see the moon and wildlife like never before
- Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the Mediterranean
- We recommend this premium Garmin smartwatch Prime Day deal at its lowest-ever price
- Perfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast — Earth from space
- July 7
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- Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe, study finds
- Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4,000-year-old bones suggest
- 'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder'
- Last chance! Prime Day ends tonight — these are the camera deals we'd buy before they're gone
- Spider quiz: Test your web of knowledge
- 'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women
- Celestron NexStar 8SE cheapest since January for Prime Day
- Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter
- Scientists burned, poked and sliced their way through new robotic skin that can 'feel everything'
- Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru
- What color is moonlight?
- HP ZBook Power G11 review: An all-aluminum beast
- July 6
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- What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...
- Buck Moon 2025: How to spot the year's farthest full moon from the sun
- Mercury's 'missing' meteorites may have finally been found on Earth
- James Webb telescope reveals dizzying galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week
- Why do giraffes have spots?
- HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024) review: A breathtaking OLED 2-in-1
- July 5
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- Japanese quail: The bird with weird sperm foam, a post-sex strut and a spot in space history
- AI chatbots oversimplify scientific studies and gloss over critical details — the newest models are especially guilty
- What are dwarf planets — and how many are there?
- Spacecraft carrying cannabis and human remains crashes into the ocean
- Why are men taller than women, on average?
- Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14 Aura Edition review: A wonderfully vibrant prosumer device — with one catch
- Science news this week: An 'interstellar visitor' and the oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever sequenced
- July 4
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- Dell Pro 13 Premium review: Featherweight with a punch
- Scientists transform pee into material fit for medical implants
- Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants
- Astronaut snaps giant red 'jellyfish' sprite over North America during upward-shooting lightning event
- One of the best-value Garmin watches has dropped to its lowest ever price
- Live Science crossword puzzle #1: Largest organ in the human body — 9 across
- Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds
- Giant radio telescope in the Nevada desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physics
- Whale Valley: The whale graveyard in the Sahara desert that shows they once had feet and toes
- May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study reveals
- Save up to $200 on Celestron NexStar telescopes in these 4th of July deals ahead of Prime Day
- Small, room-temperature quantum computers that use light on the horizon after breakthrough, scientists say
- July 3
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- Can adults make new brain cells? New study may finally settle one of neuroscience's greatest debates
- RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn
- Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced
- 1,400-year-old temple ruins the size of a city block unearthed in Bolivia
- Our gut bacteria can absorb and remove toxic 'forever chemicals' — at least in lab mice
- Astrophotographer snaps 'once-in-a-lifetime' shot of solar flare photobombing the ISS
- Watch newly discovered 'interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS shoot toward us in first livestream
- 300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar
- NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name
- Mesopotamia quiz: Test your knowledge about the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent
- 'Alien' skull of toddler is actually evidence of long-standing practice of head shaping
- July 2
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- Ozempic-style drugs treat type 1 diabetes, not only type 2, study finds
- 125,000-year-old 'fat factory' run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany
- BMI should be replaced, experts argue — here's what the alternative could be
- 8 ancient Roman shoes of 'exceptional size' discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall
- Astronomers spot potential 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system toward Earth
- Wild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?
- Oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian human genome ever sequenced reveals ties to Mesopotamia
- 'A completely new phenomenon': Astronomers spot a planet causing its star to constantly explode
- James Webb telescope discovers tentacled 'jellyfish' galaxy swimming through deep space
- First-ever evidence of star 'double detonation' captured in stunning image
- Diagnostic dilemma: Shingles popped a hole in a man's bladder
- July 1
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- Chemotherapy can make healthy blood cells 'look old,' study suggests
- Zapping the brain may help boost math skills, study hints
- 2 'new stars' have exploded into the night sky at once — potentially for the first time in history
- Mercury news, features and articles
- Jupiter news, features and articles
- 'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie
- Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
- Astronomers discover origins of mysterious double hot Jupiter exoplanets: 'It is a dance of sorts'
- Man's body crawling with parasitic worms after infected kidney transplant at US hospital
- Bear's new metal tooth is world's biggest-ever crown
- ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft shockingly well, early tests find
- The Rubin Observatory found 2,104 asteroids in just a few days. It could soon find millions more.
- Would outsourcing everything to AI cost us our ability to think for ourselves?
- Stunning cloud vortices swirl off 6 different Atlantic islands — Earth from space
