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- December 30
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- 8 Things We Learned About Human Nature in 2016
- 'New Year's Eve Comet' and More: Three Flybys Will Kick Off 2017 New Year
- Universe May Have Lost 'Unstable' Dark Matter
- Low Iron Levels May Be Linked to Hearing Loss
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots Purple Rocks on Mars
- Magnetic-Field 'Avalanches' May Explain 'Alien Megastructure' Star
- Why Does the Sun Have Spots?
- Earth Scientists Are Freaking Out. NASA Urges Calm.
- Magnetic Supersense Could Inspire Ultrasensitive Prosthetic Limbs
- What Does 2017 Hold for Climate Change Policy?
- One Breath Into This Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases
- December 29
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- Why Do We Celebrate New Year's on Jan. 1?
- Zika to Weed: 8 Huge Health Stories from 2016
- CRISPR 'Kill' Switch Could Make Human Gene Editing Safer
- Why It Pays to Be Vague When Negotiating Prices
- Debbie Reynolds' Death: Can You Die of a Broken Heart?
- Climate Change Could Kill the World's Oldest Trees
- Animal Sex: How Nine-Banded Armadillos Do It
- Weird Clouds Linger on Saturn's Moon Titan
- China's Lofty Space Ambitions Include 2018 Landing on Moon's Far Side
- WWII-Era Spy Tech Could Make Ultra Secure Bank Cards
- December 28
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- Ancient Stone Bowl Unearthed in Jerusalem Perplexes Experts
- Northern Lights' Festive Show Captured in Stunning NASA Image
- Harbor Near Ancient Corinth Turned It Into a Trading Hotspot
- Nice Try: Top 5 Retracted Science Studies of 2016
- Surreal Science: 9 Strange Health Findings from 2016
- The Biggest Solved and Unsolved Mysteries of 2016
- Long-Sought 'Attack' Signal in Type 1 Diabetes Identified
- Photos: Incredible New Species Discovered in 2016
- December 27
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- Cheetahs Are Racing Toward Extinction
- The 7 Most Intriguing Diet and Weight-Loss Findings of 2016
- Carrie Fisher's Death: What Happens When the Heart Stops Beating?
- Giant Dinosaur Discoveries of 2016
- The 16 strangest medical cases of 2016
- 10 Crazy New Skills That Robots Picked Up in 2016
- The Year in Climate Change: 2016's Most Depressing Stories
- Ancient Underwater Potato Garden Uncovered in Canada
- December 26
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- December 22
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- 7 Tips for Moving Toward a More Plant-Based Diet
- UN Will Take on 'Killer Robots' in 2017
- Ammonia Detected in Earth's Atmosphere for First Time
- Why do my eyes close when I sneeze?
- Time of Death? Check the Body's 'Necrobiome'
- Bizarre Fish Are Deadly Deep-Sea Predators (And Twitter Stars)
- Weird Dinosaur Species Had Teeth Only in Youth
- Colo, World's Oldest Gorilla, Turns 60 (Photos)
- Happy Birthday, Colo! World's Oldest Gorilla Celebrates 60th
- Baby 'Spiders' on Mars Expand Across Sand Dunes (Photos)
- Don't Be Fooled by This Giant 'Mech' Robot
- In Photos: 1.5-Ton Humanoid 'Robot'
- What Are Biofilms?
- December 21
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- Baby's Feet Outside Mom's Uterus: Amazing Image Shows Rare Rupture
- Colorful Hawaiian Fish Named in Honor of President Obama
- Mystery of 'Alien Megastructure' Star Testing Astronomers' Creativity
- Failed 'Blood Miracle' Forecasts Disaster in 2017
- Lavish Carpet Fragments Recovered from 17th-Century Dutch Shipwreck
- Pot-Shop Employees May Recommend Wrong Strain of Marijuana
- Are Wealthy People More Giving?
- Starfish Larvae Churn Whirlpools With 100,000 Tiny Hairs
- What's Cookin'? Nothing, If You Were an Early Human
- Obama Bans Arctic Drilling Ahead of Trump Inauguration
- Ups & Downs: The Evolution of Elevators
- December 20
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- The Longest Night: Do We Sleep Better on the Solstice?
- Seafloor Robot Breaks World Record While Collecting Climate Data
- Photos: The freakiest-looking fish
- Mysterious 'Ghost Shark' Found for 1st Time in Northern Hemisphere
- Mouthwash May Kill Gonorrhea Bacteria
- Bizarre Antimatter Emits Same Light As Regular Matter
- Anne Frank Wasn't Betrayed? New Research Could Rewrite History
- In Photos: Bizarre New Species Discoveries Include 'Klingon Newt'
- 'Klingon Newt' and 'Ziggy Stardust' Snake: New Species Found in Asia
- Deaths from Fentanyl Overdoses Double in a Single Year
- Facts About Echidnas
- December 19
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- Are Mars' Dark Streaks Really Evidence of Liquid Water?
- Space Junk Solution? Japan Would Use a Tether to Nab Debris & Destroy It
- Patients Treated by Female Docs Have Lower Risk of Death
- Dozens Dead in Siberia from Drinking Bath Oil: How Methanol Kills
- Why Do Kids Believe in Santa Claus?
- Molten 'Jet Stream' Discovered Deep Inside Earth
- If an Asteroid Hits the Ocean, Does It Make a Tsunami? (Probably Not)
- Marijuana Use on the Rise Among Pregnant Women
- 8 Ways Animal Flight Inspires Drone Designs
- Your Giving Brain: Are Humans 'Hardwired' for Generosity?
- Anxiety May Give Dogs Gray Hair
- How to Search for Life on Mars
- December 16
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- 'Nightmare' Superbug May Have Spread Outside Hospitals
- Could an Earthquake 'Invisibility Cloak' Shield Buildings from Damage?
- Newfound Plant Named for Music Legend Jimi Hendrix
- New Flying Robots Take Cues From Airborne Animals
- IBM's Watson Turns Its Computer Brain to NASA Research
- Hundreds of Historic Texts Hidden in ISIS-Occupied Monastery
- In Photos: Historic Texts Hidden in Christian Monastery in Iraq
- 'Very Dangerous' Powdered Gloves Banned for Doctors
- Winter Outlook 2017: What's the Forecast for Your Region?
- Zap! 'Petrified Lightning' Could Reveal the Shocking Heat of the Strikes
- How to Build a Death Star
- Mysterious Metallic Sound in the Mariana Trench Finally Identified
- Hairy Crab and Other Bizarre Creatures Found at Deep-Sea 'Smoker'
- In Photos: Wild Creatures Inhabit Undersea Vent
- Photos: Take a Tour of the Spectacular Yosemite Valley
- Who Invented the Traffic Light?
- How Researchers Tapped into Brain Activity to Boost People's Confidence
- December 15
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- Isaac Newton's Book Auctioned for Record-Setting $3.7 Million
- Water Ice Found On Dwarf Planet Ceres, Hidden in Permanent Shadow
- What Does the Department of Energy Do, Really?
- 'Mic'd Up' Underwater Volcano Offers Unique Glimpse of Submarine Eruptions
- Denying Abortion Access May Harm Women's Mental Health
- Aging May Be Reversible: Researchers Rejuvenate Older Mice
- Glowworms Spit Out Urine Ingredient to Make Webs Sticky
- Earth's Biggest Diamonds May Form in Strange 'Metal Pools'
- Imaging Advance May Soon Show Unborn Babies in 3D
- Here's What Caused the New York City 'Zombie' Outbreak
- For Goodness' Sake? Santa Delivers for Both Naughty and Nice Kids, Study Finds
- Polar Vortex: The Chilly Science of an Arctic Blast
- Do Hair and Nails Keep Growing After a Person Dies?
- Atacama Desert May Have Been Marshland When First Settlers Arrived
- New Sea-Level Rise Projection Raises Threat to World's Coasts
- December 14
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- Cold War-Era Satellites Spy on Himalayan Glaciers
- Alan Thicke's Death: How Do Heart Attacks Kill So Fast?
- Is Climate Change Shrinking Glaciers? Likelihood Is 99 Percent
- Real, Fake or Natural? Why Sweetener Type May Not Matter For Diet
- Jingle Bytes? Artificial Intelligence Writes a Christmas Song
- 62-Foot Wave Off Iceland Smashes World Record
- Tiny Starfish Larva Mesmerizes in Award-Winning Video
- 'Slow Motion' Earthquake Put New Zealand at Risk for Another Temblor
- 2016 'Arctic Report Card' Gives Grim Evaluation
- Mysterious 'Crater' in Antarctica Has Ominous Cause
- Antarctica Photos: Meltwater Lake Hidden Beneath the Ice
- In Photos: How Ancient Sharks and 'Sea Monsters' Inspired Mayan Myths
- Giant Megalodon Shark Teeth May Have Inspired Mayan Monster Myths
- 'Lucy' Species May Have Been Polygynous
- Facts About Pangolins
- Asparagus Pee? Why Only Some People Smell It
- December 13
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- 'Pokémon Go' Got Players Moving for 6 Weeks…Then Fizzled
- Ice Watch: Satellites Reveal How Glaciers Creep and Crawl
- Teen Use of Many Drugs Drops to Record Lows
- Sounding the Alarm: Comets Pose Threat to Earth, Too
- Rick Perry Tapped to Run Energy Agency He Vowed to Kill
- Syrian Refugees Flee from War...and Into Risky Earthquake Areas
- Excavations of Greek 'Village' Reveal Ancient Metropolis
- Older But Wiser: Why Risky Behavior Declines with Age
- Leading Causes of Death in US Vary Greatly by Region
- What Is Consciousness? Physicists Look for Answers
- Forget Selfie Sticks: This Drone Captures Photos and Videos in Midair
- Rudolph Is Shrinking: Climate Change Is Starving Santa's Reindeer
- Could a Limestone Sunshade Cool the Planet?
- Hat-Shaped Spider Named for Magical Object in 'Harry Potter'
- Underwater Hebrew Tablet Reveals Biblical-Era Ruler of Judea
- December 12
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- Santa's Reindeer Feel the Heat as Numbers Shrink Worldwide
- New Test Could Improve Diagnosis of Rare, Fatal Brain Disorder
- Extinction-Level Superflares May Blast Earth's Nearest Exoplanet Proxima b
- World's Oldest Wild Breeding Bird Is Expecting Her 41st Chick
- What Doomed Franklin's Polar Expedition? Thumbnail Holds Clue
- No Need to Delay Getting Pregnant After Miscarriage, Study Suggests
- ISIS May Face War-Crime Charges for Destruction of Historic Sites
- In Photos: The Destruction of Iraq Heritage Sites by ISIS
- Benefits of 'Kangaroo Mother Care': Do They Last?
- 1 in 6 Americans Takes a Psychiatric Drug
- Ancient Marsupial Relative May Have Eaten Little Dinosaurs
- Age-Old Problem: River in Jordan Polluted by Copper 7,000 Years Ago
- Flexible Film Captures Energy from Motion
- December 11
- December 9
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- Smallpox Found in Lithuanian Mummy Could Rewrite Virus' History
- Dying Star Offers Glimpse of Earth's Doomsday in 5B Years
- Rare Elizabethkingia Infections: Report Suggests More Than 1 Source
- Inscription About Ancient 'Monkey Colony' Survives ISIS Attacks
- Photos: Ancient Inscriptions Tell of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II
- Spoiler Alert: Artificial Intelligence Can Predict How Scenes Will Play Out
- Mystery Solved! Cause of London's 1952 'Killer Fog' Revealed
- Having Family for Dinner: 'Cannibalism' Author Dishes
- 'Star in a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy
- Ancient Space Dust Washes Up in Rooftop Gutters
- Why Do We Fall for Fake News?
- Culprit of Deadly Tibet Avalanche: Climate Change
- ChooseMyPlate: Tools & Resources for Healthier Diet
- Does Marijuana Use Affect a Person's Vision?
- December 8
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- Conjoined Twin Girls Successfully Separated
- John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95
- Fungal Infection Causes Swirling, 'Maze-Like' Rash
- Plague Strikes 6 Cats in Idaho
- Feathered Dinosaur Lost Its Tail in Sticky Trap 99 Million Years Ago
- How to Give Better Gifts, According to Science
- Giraffes Are Threatened with Extinction
- 255-Million-Year-Old Tumor Is Oldest of its Kind
- Forget About the Road. Why Are Chickens So Bad at Flying?
- Trump Picks Strident Foe of EPA to Lead the EPA
- Rump Recognition: Chimps Remember Butts Same as Faces
- Historic Iraq Sites Reclaimed in Mosul Offensive
- Will Artificial Intelligence Be the Next Einstein?
- What Is the MIND Diet?
- Facts About Plutonium
- December 7
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- Unfrozen: Greenland Was Once Ice-Free for 280,000 Years
- The Universe Is Flat — Now What?
- Optimistic Outlook May Lower Women's Risk of Dying
- Can a Chemotherapy Drug 'Turn Back the Clock' in Women's Ovaries?
- California's Long Drought Has Killed 100 Million Trees
- What Is a 'Self'? Here Are All the Possibilities
- Secret Spies, Sunken Ships: 9 Pearl Harbor Mysteries Explained
- Lady Gaga and PTSD: 5 Misconceptions About the Disorder
- Legal Pot Farmers Hope to Grow a Green Energy Revolution
- Does Your Doctor Need to Show More Empathy?
- Brain Gain: Aerobic Exercise Pumps Up Gray Matter
- Background Checks May Lower School Shootings: Study
- Decrypting the Japanese Cipher Couldn't Prevent Pearl Harbor
- King Arthur May Have Visited England's Oldest Known Monastery
- Slowing of Earth's Spin Revealed in Ancient Astronomers' Tablets
- Facts About Trans Fats
- Mexico-Size Chunk of Ice Missing from the Arctic
- December 6
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- Don't Drowse and Drive: Sleepiness as Risky as DUI
- Jumping Robots Mimic Adorable Big-Eyed Primates
- 2,000-Year-Old Roman Skeletons Show Signs of Malaria
- 70-Mile-Long Crack Opens Up in Antarctica
- Fingernails on a chalkboard: Why this sound gives you the shivers
- Best & Worst States for Older Adults' Well-Being: The Full List
- Golden Years: Americans Get Happier in Older Age
- This Tiny Electronic Chip Is Just 3 Atoms Thick
- Some Football Positions Linked to High Blood Pressure
- How Humans Lost Their Tail, Twice
- Humpback Whales 'Mug' Boat in South Pacific (Video)
- Pearl Harbor Subs: See Underwater Graves in Live-Stream Dives
- How Lasers and a Goggle-Wearing Parrot Could Aid Flying Robot Designs
- Pubic Hair Grooming May Raise STI Risk
- December 5
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- MDMA for PTSD? How Ecstasy Ingredient Works in the Brain
- Mammoth Fossils Found at Site of LA Subway Dig
- 2 Million Pounds of Ready-to-Eat Chicken Recalled: Here's Why It's Risky
- Black Death 'Plague Pit' with 48 Skeletons Is 'Extremely Rare' Find
- Staying Well: A Guide to Flu Season When You're Pregnant
- All Human-Made Objects on Earth Amount to 30 Trillion Tons
- Why do our feet smell worse in the winter?
- What Tangled Web: Galaxy's Messy 'Threads' Star in New Pic
- 3D-Print Your Laugh and Launch It Into Space
- 'Mythical' Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery
- In Photos: Gorgeous Sea Blob in Monterey Bay
- December 3
- December 2
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- Reel Big: 112-Pound Catfish Caught in North Carolina
- Flying Robotic Ambulance Completes First Solo Test Flight
- In Rare Disorder, Woman's Immune System Attacks Her Own Brain
- Lack of Sun in Teen Years Linked to Nearsightedness Later On
- Tornado Cluster Sizes Skyrocket, and No One Knows Why
- Stolen Mummy Hand Makes Its Way Home
- Operation Mummy's Curse: Photos of Smuggled Artifacts
- Photos: Rare Diamonds Make US Debut at LA Natural History Museum
- Stellar 'Circle of Life' Captured in New NASA Photo
- Diabetes in America: Full List of State Rankings
- Here Are the States with the Lowest & Highest Diabetes Rates
- Book Excerpt: 'Are Numbers Real?' (US 2016)
- Bipedal Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Was a Tree Climber, Too
- Doting Daddy Spiders Do the Housekeeping
- Why Aspartame May Prevent Weight Loss
- Herbal Tea Error Leads to ER Visit
- In Photos: Frozen Lakes in Winter
- Photos: Viking-Age Tools Uncovered at Ring-Shaped Fortress in Denmark
- 1,000-Year-Old Viking Toolbox Found at Mysterious Danish Fortress
- Facts About Oganesson (Element 118)
- Facts About Tennessine (Element 117)
- Facts About Moscovium (Element 115)
- Facts About Nihonium (Element 113)
- Facts About Iridium
- December 1
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- How Drinking Too Much Water Put One Woman's Life In Danger
- Bodybuilder Injects Coconut Oil, Damages Arm Muscle
- Russian Space Cargo Ship Destroyed in Failed Launch, Debris Burns Up
- Mystery Mummy Legs Belonged to Egyptian Queen Nefertari
- In Photos: The Mummy of Queen Nefertari of Egypt
- Could Dinosaurs Fly?
- Utah's Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking
- Royal 7th-Century Ship Burial Holds Rare 'Tar' Substance
- US Military Develops 'Multi-Object Kill Vehicle' to Blast Enemy Nukes
- 2.5-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Predate Earth's Oxygen
- 4 New Superheavy Elements Have Official Names
- Underwater Stone Age Site Was Fisherman's Paradise
- 'Magic Mushrooms' Compound May Treat Depression in Cancer Patients
- New American Divide: Organic Food and GMOs Spur Disagreement
- The Mysterious Sex Lives of Hawaii's Endangered Yellow-Faced Bees
- What's the Real Potential of Fusion Energy?
