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- June 30
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- Artificial Synapses Could Lead to Smarter AI
- Ancient Roman Skulls Reveal Local Groups' Distinctive Facial Features
- New Island Pops Up Off the Coast of North Carolina
- Secret Square Discovered Beneath Neolithic Stone Monument
- Do Smokers' Lungs Heal After They Quit?
- Do Some People Really Think Chocolate Milk Comes from Brown Cows?
- Air Pollution May Make Solar Panels Less Efficient
- Has anyone ever gone blind from staring at a solar eclipse?
- Nanotech's Big Ideas: From Tumor Zappers to Space Elevators
- What Are Genies?
- Great Facts About the Five Great Lakes
- Lake Ontario Facts
- June 29
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- Millions of 'Sea Pickles' Invade Northwest Waters
- Quitting Religion? Mom and Dad Would Prefer a Slow Fade
- Light Makes New Material Creep Like a Caterpillar
- July Fourth Comes Early: NASA Sounding Rocket Releases Colorful Morning Cloud Show (Photos, Video)
- Chicken Sandwich Takes One Giant Leap for Food-Kind
- Why Scientists Are Growing Herpes-Ridden Turtle Skin in the Lab
- What Really Made the iPhone So Transformative?
- KFC Chicken Sandwich to Launch to Edge of Space 6/29 @ 8AM ET
- Delaware-Size Iceberg Is About to Break Off of Antarctica
- 10 Cool Technologies You Can Thank the iPhone For
- Lake Huron Facts
- June 28
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- Brain-Infecting 'Rat Lungworm' Spreads in Florida
- This Is What Happens When a Firecracker Explodes in Your Eye
- Amazing Video Shows Spider Spinning 80+ Feet of Webbing
- No, There Isn't Poop in Your Iced Coffee
- Cockatoos Drop Sick Beats to Charm Mates
- In Photos: Carved Human Skulls Discovered at Ritual Site
- Carved Human Skulls Reveal Cultic Rituals at Mysterious Site in Turkey
- Is There a Limit to the Human Life Span?
- Tiny, Lens-Free Camera Could Hide in Clothes, Glasses
- OMG Mission: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster Than Previously Thought (Video)
- The Second Amendment & the Right to Bear Arms
- Gene Thieves: Female Salamanders Hijack DNA from Multiple Males
- No More Glare: 'Moth Eye' Smartphone Coating Doesn't Reflect Sunlight
- Boaty McBoatface Is Back! Here's What the Sub Found on Its 1st Mission
- iPhone Turns 10: Why It Has Isolated, Not Connected, Humans
- This Country, Once Again, Is the Happiest Nation in the World
- Lake Superior: Facts About the Greatest Great Lake
- Lake Erie Facts
- June 27
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- Too Much Tech Tied to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Photos: How 'Microneedles' Can Deliver the Flu Vaccine
- 'Microneedle' Patch Promises Painless Flu Vaccine
- States with the Fattest Pets Revealed in New Report
- 3 People Have Caught Plague in New Mexico This Month
- Toothpick Crossbow: What They Are, How They Work and Safety Concerns
- Can Your Pet Go Blind from the Solar Eclipse?
- DNA Solves 200-Year-Old Mystery of Weird Ice Age Creature
- Can Acupuncture Treat Women's Health Issues? Studies Find Mixed Results
- Why We Find It Harder to Filter Out Background Noise As We Age
- Monkey-Mapping Satellites Could Identify At-Risk Populations
- Why Fake News Goes Viral: Science Explains
- Nearly One-Third of Ocean Animals Perished 2.6 Million Years Ago
- Can You Put a Price on the Great Barrier Reef? Economists Just Did
- Ancient Samurai Scroll Describes Blinding Powders, Moonless Battles
- New Zealand's Long-Lost Pink and White Terraces May Have Been Found
- No, NASA Hasn't Found Alien Life
- June 26
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- Drug May Help with Common Form of Vision Loss
- Amazon's Delivery Drones Could Take Off from Beehive-Like 'Airport'
- Who Would Win a Human-vs.-Chimp Wrestling Match?
- Babies Retain Their Early Exposure to Foreign Languages
- Puppy Love! How Baby Animal Photos Could Help Your Marriage
- A Bizarre New Form of Liquid Water Is Discovered
- 'Burung Harry Potter' Owls Found in Indonesian Markets
- Bread's Done! This Company Wants to Help Astronauts Bake in Space
- 4 Dead, Liverless Sharks Wash Ashore in Weird Whodunit
- Space Robots to the Rescue! How NASA Will Service Aging Satellites
- Why Total Solar Eclipses Are Total Coincidences
- Edges of Black Holes Re-Created in a Bathtub of Water
- Facts About Gnus (Wildebeests)
- Flood Facts, Types of Flooding, Floods in History
- What Are Sinkholes?
- Coastal Louisiana Is Sinking Faster Than Expected
- 10 Amazing Things Scientists Just Did with CRISPR
- June 25
- June 24
- June 23
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- 60% of Moms Have Been Mom-Shamed
- Canada Issues Guidelines for Safer Use of Marijuana
- Weight Bias May Show Up in School Kids As Young As 9
- Why 'Greener' Gas-Powered Vehicles Aren't As Clean As You Think
- Customizable 'Smart' Exoskeleton Learns from Your Steps
- The Gulf of Mexico's 'Dead Zone' Could Nearly Double in Size This Year
- Satellites Keep Eye on Huge Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf
- Planet 10? Another Earth-Size World May Lurk in the Outer Solar System
- What Is Raspberry Ketone?
- The Serengeti: Plain Facts about National Park & Animals
- Treading the Fine Line Between Climate Talk and Alarmism (Op-Ed)
- Yellowstone Grizzlies Lose Endangered Status
- Where the Mountains Meet: Take a Tour of Historic Fort Bowie (Photos)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): Facts & Symptoms of Lou Gehrig's Disease
- What is Testosterone?
- Melanoma: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
- June 22
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- House Pushes for Creation of Military 'Space Corps'
- Many Women (and Docs) Are in the Dark on No. 1 Killer ― Heart Disease
- 5,000-Year-Old 'Billboard' of Hieroglyphs Contains a Cosmic Message
- With Legal Pot, Fatal Car Crashes Haven't Increased
- Night Owl or Early Riser? Sleep Patterns Can Vary by 10 Hours
- Is There a Link Between Having Children and Heart Disease?
- Cold-Blooded Mummy: How India's Hot Weather Preserved a Reptile
- In Photos: Take a Tour of Grand Teton National Park
- 3,000-Year-Old Wooden Toe Prosthetic Discovered on Egyptian Mummy
- Pew Pew Pew! Why Scientists Are Fired Up About Futuristic Space Lasers
- Even Ugly Animals Can Win Hearts and Dollars for Conservation
- Blooming Beasts: Dinosaurs Are Coming Up Roses in AI Artwork
- Dinosaurs That Once Roamed Antarctica 'Live' Again in Exhibits and Film
- How Many Teens Are Really Having Sex These Days?
- Head Lice: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
- What is Acupuncture?
- June 21
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- Pets Help in Hospitals, But Safety May Be Lacking
- Breast-feeding May Lower Women's Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
- Good-Luck Root? Actually, That's a Lizard Penis
- How Much of the Ocean Is Whale Pee (and Worse)?
- New High-Speed, Sustainable Helicopter Concept Whirls into Air Show
- US National Parks Prepare for the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Insomnia: Causes, symptoms and treatment
- Hiking in Bear Country? How to Prevent an Attack
- Kim & Kanye Plan Another Baby: 4 Reasons Why Couples Use Surrogates
- Watch: The Mysterious Graveyard Where Turtles Go to Die
- Shimmering Sea: Why a Beautiful Blue Glow Lit Up the Coast of Wales
- New Pollution Map Offers Unprecedented View of City's Air Quality
- Your Genes May Influence Your Risk of Insomnia
- Solving the Riddle of Why Rolling Luggage Wobbles
- 200-Million-Year-Old Weird 'Worm' Creature Finally Identified
- When Did People Start Using Money?
- Is It Time to Rethink How We Search for Alien Life?
- Thousands of Decaying Wildebeest Corpses Keep Serengeti Well Fed
- June 20
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- Drugs and Carrie Fisher: How Cocaine, MDMA Affect Heart
- Photos: The US Military's Next-Generation F-35 Fighter Jet
- What Can an Autopsy on Otto Warmbier Reveal?
- NYT Bestseller Celebrates Trailblazing Women in Science [Deal]
- Stephen Hawking: Humans Should Ride a Beam of Light to Other Planets
- 'Hyperloop Hotel' Could Be the Future of Luxury Travel
- 'Breast Cancer Genes': How Much Do They Increase Cancer Risk?
- Sky-High Doses: Taking Large Amounts of Vitamin D Is on the Rise
- It’s So Hot in Phoenix, Planes Can’t Take Off
- Photos: Ancient Cat Remains Tell the Tale of Kitty Domestication
- 10 Real-Life Technologies That Will Turn You Into a Superhero
- Oh, the Humanity: What Will Tech Upgrades Do to People?
- Moral Outrage: Why Some Expressions of Anger Backfire
- This Volcano-Shaped Pyramid in Peru Has Experts Stumped
- Wine, Please! Ancient Pottery Inscription Requests More Drinks
- Genetics of Wizardry: Were Harry Potter's Magical Powers Written in His DNA?
- 1,800-Year-Old Roman Sculpture Fetches Nearly $1 Million at Auction
- NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Finds Hundreds of New Exoplanets, Boosts Total to 4,034
- Gallstones: Causes, Treatment and Prevention
- June 19
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- Downward Dog, Doctor's Order: Yoga Could Ease Back Pain
- Doctors Want Sugar and 'Cancer-Causing' Foods Out of Hospitals
- Cat Tale: Ancient DNA Reveals How Your Kitty Came to Be
- Snake Solution: Dangerous Venom Could Fight Kidney Disease
- Star Man: Q&A with Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- If We Live in a Multiverse, Where Are These Worlds Hiding?
- Ancient Tomb of Gold Worker Found Along Nile River
- Photos: 3,400-Year-Old Tomb Along Nile River
- Here's Why You Get Diarrhea When You're Sick
- 4 Myths About the History of American Slavery
- Brrr! How Much Can Temperatures Drop During a Total Solar Eclipse?
- The Mummy Returns: Egyptian Dignitary's Face and Brain Reconstructed
- Haunting Discovery: Medieval Skeletons Bear Evidence of Barbaric Punishment
- Shootings Are Now the 3rd-Leading Cause of Death in US Kids
- June 17
- June 16
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- Rep. Scalise's Injuries: Why a Bullet in the Hip Can Be So Damaging
- Ebola Leaves Unique Scar Inside Survivors' Eyes
- Ghostly Satellite Images Show Thick Fog Snaking into Strait of Juan de Fuca
- The Science of Sexism: Why Workplaces Are So Hard to Change
- Has Everest's Iconic Hillary Step Really Collapsed? Here's the Science
- New Biofuel Could Work in Regular Diesel Engines
- Ancient Jerusalem Tower Is (Much) Younger Than Thought
- 'Accidental Curator' Author Shares Zoo Stories with Live Science
- SpaceX's Mars Colony Plan: How Elon Musk Plans to Build a Million-Person Martian City
- Global Coal Production Takes a Dive
- 25 cultures that practiced human sacrifice
- Ancient Human Sacrifice Victims Faced Slavery Before Death
- Apple's New iMac Can Display 1 Billion Colors: Will You Notice?
- Impacted Wisdom Teeth: Oral Surgery and Extraction
- June 15
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- Unproven Treatments for 'Chronic Lyme Disease' Lead to Severe Infections
- New Drug Gives Skin a 'Natural Tan,' Without the UV Rays
- Tenochtitlán: History of Aztec Capital
- Science Leader No More? China Challenges US Dominance
- Broccoli: Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts
- Climate Change Prevents Study of Arctic Climate Change
- Man Burned in Yellowstone Hot Spring: Why These Geysers Are So Dangerous
- Tiny Organisms Turn the Black Sea Turquoise in Amazing NASA Earth Photo
- New Quantum-Entanglement Record Could Spur Hack-Proof Communications
- Book Excerpt: 'Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator' (Tenth Planet Press, 2017)
- Parkinson's May Begin in Gut Before Affecting the Brain
- New Weapon Against Desert Locust Plagues: Satellite Images
- Facial Fractures Increase: How Older Adults Hurt Themselves Exercising
- Please and Thank You: How DARPA Is Teaching Robots Manners
- Two-Headed Conjoined Porpoises Hauled Up from the Deep
- Insect Walking Dead: How a Fungus Turns Beetles into Killer Zombies
- Photos: Zombie Beetles Hang from Flowers
- Mesa Verde: Cliff Dwellings of the Anasazi
- June 14
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- Demi Moore's Missing Teeth: Can Stress Really Make Teeth Fall Out?
- In Photos: Century-Old Sunken Ship Found
- 100-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off California Coast
- Mom with Rare Blood Disorder Adopts 3 Kids with Same Condition
- Broccoli Compound Could Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes
- 'Wired' Roads Could Power Electric Cars As You Drive
- Long-Lost 'Faceless' Fish Shows Up Near Australia
- In Photos: 'Faceless' Fish Rediscovered After More Than a Century
- London Tower Disaster: How Did the Fire Spread So Quickly?
- Images of the Eyeborg, the Man with the Camera Eye
- Meet the 'Eyeborg': The Man with a Camera Eye
- Science Calls Out Jeff Sessions on Medical Marijuana
- A Politician's Name & Face: Why a Good Match May Win Votes
- We Live in a Cosmic Void, Another Study Confirms
- Man's 29 Lbs. of Poop Removed: What Is Hirschsprung's Disease?
- Climate Change Is Shrinking the Colorado River
- In Photos: A Rare Albino Risso's Dolphin
- Rare Albino Dolphin Spotted Off California Coast
- Aztec Temple in Mexico City Contains the Remains of Sacrificed Children
- Darwin's Tree of Life to Become Multi-Dimensional
- This Terrifying, Toothy 'Monster' Is the World's Deepest Living Predator
- Polynesian Seafaring Canoe to Complete Globe-Circling Voyage
- June 13
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- Lonely? Take the Focus Off Yourself, Study Suggests
- Poop Stains Help Scientists Track Antarctic Penguin Colonies
- Canker Sores: Causes & Treatments
- New Selfie Danger? Camera Flash May Trigger Seizure-Like Response
- Apple CEO Reveals Tech Giant Is Working on AI for Self-Driving Cars
- Smoking Out Sleep Problems: Pot May Fight Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sex in Space: The Final Frontier for Mars Colonization?
- 'Antivirus Software' That Protects Health Could Halt Next Pandemic
- 1,000-Year-Old Colored Glass Beads Discovered in West Africa
- Worm Grows 2 Heads in Space, Surprising Scientists
- Nail Fungus: Symptoms and Treatment
- June 12
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- Rare Genetic Mutation Makes People Prone to Colds
- NASA Rocket to Create Colorful Artificial Clouds Over US East Coast Tonight (Watch Live)
- Anne Frank: History & Legacy
- High-Profile 'Clean Coal' Project Staggers, as Trump Seeks to Slash R&D Funds
- How Your Education Level May Be Linked to Your Risk of Heart Disease
- Why Atheist Richard Dawkins Supports Religious Education in Schools
- Renaissance Mom: Leonardo Da Vinci's Mother Identified
- How Scientists Predict the Path of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Cicadas Are Coming! Brood VI Returns After 17 Years
- Massive Poppy Bust: Why Home-Grown Opium Is Rare
- Zesty Zucchini? Indulgently Named Veggies More Appealing
- Comet Likely Didn't Cause Bizarre 'Wow!' Signal (But Aliens Might Have)
- 5 Times 'Aliens' Fooled Us
- 1,600-Year-Old Paintings of Christ Discovered in Roman Catacombs
- Photos: Paintings of Christ and a 'Baker' Revealed in Roman Burial Chambers
- Medieval Farmers May Have Skinned Cats for Pagan Rituals
- 'Dear Diary': 14 Noteworthy Journal-Keepers
- After 75 Years, Anne Frank's Diary Still Holds Lessons for Us All
- June 11
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- June 9
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- Boy Dies Days After Swimming: What Is 'Dry Drowning'?
- Do Fidget Spinners Contain Lead? What Parents Should Know
- Heroin Vaccine Could Turn Body's Defenses Against the Drug
- 'There Is No Future': Brad Pitt Gives Doomsday Forecast in Comedy Skit
- How Do Scientists 'Weigh' Stars?
- After Life of Adventure, Attenborough Regrets Missed Family Time
- Photos: Notoriously Dangerous Ocean Reef Holds Shipwreck Secrets
- Hair Regrowth Products for Women & Men: Who Pays More?
- 100-Million-Year-Old Amber Holds Tiny, Feathery Chick
- Hatchling Preserved in Amber (Photos)
- Can World's Largest Atom Smasher Solve the Universe's Deepest Mysteries?
- Comey 'Stunned' by Trump: Why We 'Freeze' in Uncomfortable Situations
- Groundswell of Local Support to Meet US Goals in Paris Accord
- NYC's Hidden Marine Wonderland Revealed in New Map
- Pretty Volcanic Plume Seen in Space Image
- Take a Whiff of Cities' Unique Smells with 'Pollution Pods'
- A Famous 19th-Century Shipwreck Has Vanished from the South Pacific
- June 8
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- FDA Asks Drug Company to Pull Painkiller in First
- Endangered Gorilla Gives Birth at Philadelphia Zoo
- Deep-Brain Stimulation May Be Possible with Noninvasive Technique
- 2 Cases of Legionnaires' Disease in Newborns Linked to Water Births
- Octopus facts
- Should a 'Resurrected' Dodo or Mammoth Get a New Name?
- Despite Stigma, 'Electroshock' Therapy Gains Patient Appreciation
- 'Subway for the Street' Driverless Train Unveiled
- Save $15 On This Easy-to-Fly Drone [Deal]
- California Prepares for Solar Power Loss During the Great Eclipse
- Mysterious Fire Monument in England Predates Stonehenge by 800 Years
- Surprising Find: Ancient Mummy DNA Sequenced in First
- Victorians Missed Key Dental Detail in 1st Dinosaur Ever Named
- The Long History of the Shia-Sunni Divide
- In First, Einstein Relativity Experiment Used to Measure a Star's Mass
- Facts About Promethium
- June 7
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- Teen Pot Use Linked to Illegal Drug Use by Age 21, Study Suggests
- How Your Belly Fat Is Linked to Your Immune System
- Death by Vampire Bat: How Rabies Kills
- Overweight Kids More Likely to Be Ostracized
- Warts and All: Octopus' Skin Bumps Divide Species
- AI Predicts Autism Based on Infant Brain Scans
- World's Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago
- Oldest Fossils of Our Species Push Back Origin of Modern Humans
- In Photos: Oldest Homo Sapiens Fossils Ever Found
- Cracked Cellphone Screens Could Soon Be a Thing of the Past
- Plant Seeds Use Mini 'Brains' to Decide When to Sprout
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Becomes 1st American to Receive Stephen Hawking Medal
- French Astronaut Throws Shade at Trump Over Withdrawal from Climate Deal
- Earth Faces an Increased Risk of Being Hit by an Asteroid, Astronomers Warn
- Many Women Experience Paralysis During Sexual Assault
- Medical Marijuana: Benefits, Risks & State Laws
- Marijuana: Effects of Weed on Brain and Body
- June 6
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- Tuna Steaks Recalled in 3 US States for Hepatitis A
- George & Amal Clooney's Twins: How Can You Get 1 Boy and 1 Girl?
- Saint John Bosco's Brain Vanishes from Italian Basilica
- Self-Replicating 3D Printers Could Build Moon Bases, Fight Global Warming
- After a Life in Slow Motion, World's Oldest Sloth Dies
- In Photos: WWII Ship Discovered 77 Years After It Sank
- Lip-Smacking Good! How 'Mushroom-Lipped' Fish Score Hard-to-Get Meals
- Sunken WWII Destroyer Found by Paul Allen's Research Company
- Trump's Seldom-Seen Glasses: Why Vision Declines with Age
- Scary Snake Strategy: Cuban Boas Hunt in Packs
- One of Malaysia's Last Sumatran Rhinos Dies
- Why Are Super-Destructive Supervolcanoes So Rare?
- These Lab Chimpanzees Are Getting a 2nd Lease on Life
- Former 'Bachelorette' Star's Health Scare: What Causes Seizures?
- Charmed Existence: Mysterious Particles Could Reveal Mysteries of the Big Bang
- This Mask Is Among the Oldest Human-Made Metal Objects in South America
- Hottest Alien Planet Ever Discovered Is a Real Scorcher
- Baby Volcanic Domes Pop Out in Space Image
- Marijuana for Menstrual Cramps? New York Considers Medical Option
- June 5
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- Herbal Tea Linked to Man's Psychosis in Unusual Case
- The Science of Jet Lag: 5 Surprising Findings
- Inexpensive Kit Offers Augmented Reality Alternative to High-End Headsets
- Climber Becomes 1st to 'Free Solo' Yosemite's Most Challenging Peak
- Snowball 'Tumbleweeds' Blow Across Antarctica
- 'Twilight Zone' Horror Story: Lionfish Prey on Unknown Fish Species
- Photos: Lionfish Invade the 'Twilight Zone'
- Preschoolers Happier When They Share Because They Want To
- Mars Crater or Collapse? A Photo Mystery in Martian 'Swiss Cheese'
- Photos: Artistic Views of Earth from Above
- Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?
- History at Risk: 20,000 Archaeological Sites Threatened by Conflict
- The Grand Canyon Is Extra Grand in This Stunning Student Photo from Space
- Gay Dads More Involved in Kids' Lives Than Heterosexual Fathers
- Animal Sex: How Narwhals Do It
- Skeleton of Teen Girl Yields Central America's Oldest Cancer Case
- June 3
- June 2
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- Want to Really Boost the Economy? Stay in the Paris Agreement
- Man Dies After His Tattoo Gets Infected with Ocean Bacteria
- 1st Test Track for Superfast Hyperloop Transport System Opens in Europe
- Sleepiness and Snoring Tougher for Women, Study Suggests
- Beyond Wonder Woman: 12 Mighty Female Warriors
- Northern Lights from Space! Astronaut Captures Aurora Over Europe
- Knowing Yourself: How to Improve Your Understanding of Others
- False! Trump Claims Paris Deal Would Only Make 'Tiny' Difference
- When You Eat Can 'Reset' Your Biological Clock
- Save $51 on This All-Inclusive Raspberry Pi Starter Kit [Deal]
- This Is Nutty: 2 Flying Squirrel Species Are Really 3
- Elon Musk Says He'll No Longer Advise Trump After Paris Climate Pact Withdrawal
- Trump's Base the Big Winner from Paris Withdrawal
- 14th Hole's a Killer: 2 Deadly Snakes Fight in Golf Course Video
- June 1
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- Watch the Waters Rise in 'Holoscenes' Climate Art Installation
- 'Death Cap' Mushrooms Sicken 14 in California
- Trump Pulls Out of Paris Climate Deal: 5 Likely Effects
- Trump Pulls US Out of Global Climate Change Pact
- Ripples in Space-Time! Gravitational-Wave Observatory Detects 3rd Black Hole Merger
- How Learning to Read Rewrites the Brain
- Huge Underwater Eruptions Blasted Craters into Arctic Seafloor
- Lost Since World War II, Egyptian Artifact Returns to Germany
- Aliens Have Visited Earth, Space Entrepreneur Robert Bigelow Believes
- Rich Kids and Drugs: Addiction May Hit Wealthy Students Hardest
- Himalayan Salt Lamps: What Are They (and Do They Really Work)?
- The 11 most beautiful mathematical equations
- Asteroid Collision May Have Tipped Saturn's Moon Enceladus
- The Secret to Sperm's Sexy Swimming
- Brain-Hacking Tech Gets Real: 5 Companies Leading the Charge
- Botulism: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
- Preeclampsia: Signs, Symptoms & Treatment
