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- September 30
- September 29
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- Model's Botched 'Eyeball Tattoo': The Dangers of Sclera Tattooing
- Why the Brain Forgets Details to Make Sense of the Bigger Picture
- Picnic Time! 230 Polar Bears Feast on Whale Carcass
- Robotic Farm Completes 1st Fully Autonomous Harvest
- Harvey's Floodwaters Tied to Woman's Deadly 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria Infection
- Czar's Treasures? Mystery 'Antiques' Sent to US at End of Cold War
- Desert Tarantulas: Photos of the Amazing Arachnids of the Sonoran Desert
- Viking Fort Reveals Secrets of Danish King's Elaborate Military Network
- Photos: Viking-Age Fortress Unearthed in Denmark
- Astronauts to Flat-Earther B.o.B: We've Seen the Curve
- Ancient Stone Carvings Capture Maya Ballplayers in Action
- Photos: Carvings Depict Maya Ballplayers in Action
- Elon Musk Wants Giant SpaceX Spaceship to Fly People to Mars by 2024
- Aaron Hernandez's 'Severe' CTE: How Does It Progress So Quickly?
- Rare 'Functional Amnesia' Gets 1st Comprehensive Study
- Opioid Crisis Has Frightening Parallels to Drug Epidemic of Late 1800s
- Facts About Sulfur
- Eiffel Tower: Information & Facts
- September 28
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- Shipping Regulation Lifted for Puerto Rico: What Is the Jones Act?
- SpaceX's Elon Musk, Lockheed Martin Announcing Updated Mars Plans Tonight
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Diagnosis: Breast Cancer By the Numbers
- Meditation Could Play a Role in Heart Disease Prevention, Experts Say
- Less Than Half of Americans Got Their Flu Shots Last Year
- Lost City of Alexander the Great Unearthed in Kurdish Iraq
- Meet the Colorful Nocturnal Moths of 'Mariposas Nocturnas' (Photos)
- 7 Ways to Prove the Earth Is Round (Without Launching a Satellite)
- Rams: Facts About Male Bighorn Sheep
- Facts About Nitrogen
- September 27
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- America's STD Epidemic: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea & Syphilis Cases on the Rise
- Rapper B.o.B Is Trying to Launch a Satellite to Show the Earth Is Flat
- Arecibo Observatory 'Still Standing' After Hurricane Maria Ravaged Puerto Rico
- This Cat Was Buff: Saber-Toothed Kittens Were Muscly
- Origami-Style Suits Turn Robots into Real-Life 'Transformers'
- Zealandia: Sunken 8th Continent Reveals Its Buried Secrets
- Oldest Evidence of Life Found in 3.95-Billion-Year-Old Rocks
- This AI Helps You Paint Like Van Gogh
- Rose Gold Jewelry Was All the Rage with Ancient Colombians
- Giant Rodent: 18-Inch Rat Species Discovered
- Inhaled Toy Triggers 'Traffic Jam' in Lungs 40 Years Later
- In Photos: Macaque Mother Cares For Mummified Corpse of Daughter
- Mourning Mom? Macaque Carries Daughter's Mummified Corpse for 4 Weeks
- Facts About Deer
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Inertia & Newton's First Law of Motion
- Force, Mass & Acceleration: Newton's Second Law of Motion
- September 26
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- Toddler Swallows 28 Buckyballs: Why These Magnets Are So Dangerous
- Iceberg 4.5 Times the Size of Manhattan Breaks Off Antarctic Glacier
- Could CTE Brain Disorder Be Diagnosed While Football Players Are Alive?
- After 15 Years in Vegetative State, Man Responds to Nerve Stimulation
- Up for Auction: Einstein Letters Detailing General Relativity and Grand Unified Theory
- Prizewinning Videos Show It's a Small World After All
- How a Boy Who Was Obsessed with Dinosaurs Discovered Dreadnoughtus
- Surprise Find: Dolphin Bones Unearthed in Medieval Island 'Grave'
- To Keep AI from 'Eating a Table,' Scientists Make It Read Wikipedia
- Beasts in Battle: 15 Amazing Animal Recruits in War
- 4,000-Year-Old Jar of Headless Toads Discovered in Jerusalem Burial
- Photos: A Bronze Age Burial with Headless Toads
- Equal & Opposite Reactions: Newton's Third Law of Motion
- September 25
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- Some Vaginal Bacteria May Raise Risk of STDs
- Liposuction Nearly Turns Deadly for One Woman
- Aaron Hernandez's CTE: 5 Facts About This Brain Disease
- 'Janus Cat' Born in China: How Can an Animal Have 2 Faces?
- Puerto Rico's Hilly Terrain Worsened Hurricane Maria's Damage
- Hurricane-Damaged Dam Threatens Thousands in Puerto Rico
- Solar-Powered Cars to Compete in Harrowing Race Across the Australian Outback
- Cosmic Kittens: Saturn Features Get Feline Names
- Book Giveaway: Win a Free Copy of 'Why Dinosaurs Matter'
- Kids Who See Hollywood Gunplay More Likely to Use Guns
- Trilobite Tummies Revealed in New Fossils
- What Happens to Tattoo Ink After It's Injected into Your Skin?
- One-Quarter of Cancer Patients Use Medical Marijuana, Study Finds
- Teens and Parents Agree – Mobile Devices Are Pervasive Distraction
- September 24
- September 23
- September 22
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- There's Meth-Laced 7Up in Mexico
- What Caused Mexico's 2 Major Earthquakes in 2 Weeks?
- Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What's the Difference?
- Norovirus: Causes, symptoms and treatment
- Apocalypse Now? Doomsday Predictions Are Just Recycled Bogus Theories
- World's Largest Aircraft Starts Engine Tests
- 3% of High-School Seniors Have Used K2 or Spice in the Past Month
- Wasp Bite Gives Man a Heart Attack
- Aaron Hernandez Had 'Severe' Form of Brain Disease: What Is CTE?
- 'Hijacking' Cells: Scientists Aim to Create More Powerful Cell Building Blocks
- Hurricane Maria Pounds Turks and Caicos As It Heads to the Bahamas
- Celebrate the Autumn Equinox 2017 with Jupiter, Moon Conjunction
- 15 Secretive Places You Can Now See on Google Earth (And 3 You Can't)
- Jaguar Facts: Biggest Cat in Americas
- September 21
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- 1 in 12 Deaths Worldwide Could Be Prevented with Regular Physical Activity
- Were Mexico's Recent Earthquakes Related?
- Parasite From Contact Lens Causes Woman to Lose Vision in One Eye
- Sphinx, Baboon and Cat Statues Found in Ancient Egyptian Burial
- Photos: Ancient Egyptian Statues of Deities Found in Pit
- California's Hepatitis A Outbreaks: Why Is the Virus Spreading?
- Astronaut's Dramatic Photos Show Hurricane Maria Raging Over Puerto Rico
- Babies Learn Perseverance by Watching You Sweat
- Ancient Marsupial Relative Was Tree-Climbing Oddball
- Plate Tectonics May Have Begun a Billion Years After Earth's Birth
- How Neanderthals Got Their Unusually Large Brains
- Jellyfish Don't Have Brains, But They Do Sleep
- Fossil-Footprint Thief Couldn't Outrun the Law
- Your Brain Sees Faces, Even When You Don't
- New Ancient Sloth Discovered in Mexican Sinkhole
- Teen Dies from 'Rapunzel Syndrome': Why Do People Eat Their Hair?
- 'Vegetarian' Dinos Made Exception for Shellfish, Poop Study Shows
- Extinct Big-Mouthed Frogs May Have Dined on Dinos
- WWI German U-Boat Found Nearly Intact Off Belgium Coast
- Astrology: Why Your Zodiac Sign and Horoscope Are Wrong
- September 20
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- Highly Caffeinated 'Death Wish' Coffee Recalled Over Botulism Hazard
- Hurricane Irma Unearths Another Surprise on Florida Shore
- Parasitic Worm Squirms Through Teen's Eye, Damaging His Vision
- Terrifying 'Pinhole' Eye: Why Hurricane Maria Strengthened So Quickly
- Blood Levels of Magnesium May Predict Dementia Risk
- Super-Sticky Robot Clings Underwater Like 'Hitchhiker' Fish
- Who Were Cassini and Huygens?
- Could Hurricane Maria Make Landfall in the US?
- Early Viking Boat Grave Discovered in Norway
- How 139 Countries Could Be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
- Volcanic Hotspots Are Relative Slowpokes, Study Finds
- 'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Maria Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico
- More than 200 Dead After 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Central Mexico
- What It's Like to Climb Up the Face of a 600-Foot-Tall Dam
- September 19
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- Officer's Failed Drug Test: How Long Does Marijuana Stay in Hair?
- In Photos: Hurricane Maria Seen from Space
- Brain-Computer Interface Allows Users to Compose Music With Only Their Thoughts
- E.T. Art? Crop Circles Look 'Alien' from Space
- War Games: Xbox 360 Controllers Will Operate Submarine Periscopes
- Hurricane Irma's Wake: Caribbean's Scars Will Likely Last Years
- Why Today's Teens Aren't in Any Hurry to Grow Up
- In Photos: The Science and Silliness of the 2017 Ig Nobels
- How Deaths from Opioids Have Impacted US Life Expectancy
- Toilet Paper Power: How Used Bathroom Tissue (Yuck) Could Generate Electricity
- Did Ancient Greeks Deliberately Build Temples on Earthquake Faults?
- London's 143-Ton 'Fatberg' Gets Second Chance As Biofuel
- US Cities Ranked by Exercise Rates: Full List
- These Cities Have the Highest Rates of Regular Exercise
- September 18
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- Human-Caused Climate Change Could Doom Coastal Cities, Neil Tyson Says
- Newfound Roman Mosaic Is So Rare, an Archaeologist Thought It Was a Hoax
- Satan's Enigma: 'Possessed' Nun's 17th-Century Letter Deciphered
- This Area of the Brain May Explain a Link Between Poor Sleep and Depression
- Who Invented Zero?
- Antibiotics, Agriculture & Superbugs: Q&A with 'Big Chicken' Author Maryn McKenna
- Belly Up: Why Ankylosaurs Are Always Found Upside Down
- Antarctic Caves Warmed by Volcanic Steam May Harbor Life
- 500-Million-Year-Old Creature Looks Like Space Alien in Re-Creation
- 1,000-Year-Old Tomb of Maya King Discovered in Guatemala
- September 16
- September 15
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- Here Are the Top Causes of Death Worldwide
- What Is Ultraviolet Light?
- Glowing Slinky-Like 'Creature' Is Actually a Mass of Eggs
- 300 'Shooting Star' Drones Light Up Skies with 'Wonder Woman' Display
- Nothing to See Here: India's Oldest Use of Zero Identified
- Moon Birth and Methane Weather: Cassini's 7 Oddest Saturn Finds
- RIP, Cassini: Historic Mission Ends with Fiery Plunge into Saturn
- Does Marijuana Really Help You Sleep?
- Spectacular Saturn Images by 'Amateurs' Will Make Your Jaw Drop
- The 2017 Ig Nobel Awards: Cats Flow Like Liquids and Didgeridoos Stop Snoring
- Krakatoa Volcano: Facts About 1883 Eruption
- Foxes: Facts & Pictures
- Tramadol: Dosage & Side Effects
- 'Liquid' Cats and Old Men's Big Ears: Humorous Research Abounds at the Ig Nobels
- September 14
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- Mysterious Fanged Eel Washes Ashore During Hurricane Harvey
- Cassini's Greatest Hits: Best Photos of Saturn and Its Moons
- Viking 'Warrior' Presumed to Be a Man Is Actually a Woman
- Watch LIVE @ 5:40 p.m. ET: 2017 Ig Nobel Awards
- Hurricane Irma: How Good Were the Forecasts?
- Why Selena Gomez Needed a Kidney Transplant
- Elon Musk's SpaceX Blooper Reel: 'It's Just a Scratch'
- Farewell, Basi: World's Oldest Captive Panda Dies at 37
- Dinosaur Gets Strange Diagnosis 78 Million Years After Its Death
- What Are Saturn's Rings?
- What Is the World's Oldest Photograph?
- Expect the Unexpected at the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
- Photos: Teeth Show Humans Arrived in Southeast Asia Up to 73,000 Years Ago
- Ancient Teeth Push Back Early Arrival of Humans in Southeast Asia
- September 13
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- Lady Gaga's Chronic Pain: What Is Fibromyalgia?
- Lost Language, Code or Hoax? Why the Voynich Manuscript Still Stumps Experts
- Load of Croc: 'Bird' Teeth May Actually Be from Teenage Crocodilians
- Ebola, Zika & More: How Many Viruses Can Get into Men's Semen?
- Check Out SpaceX's New Spacesuit: Elon Musk Shares on Instagram
- This Space Age-Looking Flying Car Actually Flies
- Assemble! 'Voltron'-Like Robots Can Elect Their Own Leader
- Break It Up! Territorial Hippos 'Save' Wildebeest from Crocodile Attack
- No, We Can't Control Hurricanes from Space
- 19 of the World's Oldest Photos Reveal a Rare Side of History
- September 12
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- 3 People Die After Falling into Volcanic Crater
- 'Coffee-Ring Effect' Could Reveal What's in Your Tap Water
- How do palm trees withstand hurricanes?
- Alleged Massacre of Uncontacted Tribe Members Spurs Probe in Brazil
- How Hurricane Irma's Winds (Temporarily) Drained Tampa Bay
- Hurricane Harvey Before and After: Satellite Images Show Storm's Destruction
- Stretchy Artificial 'Skin' Could Give Robots a Sense of Touch
- Ancient Action Figures: Toy Swords Unearthed at Roman Fort
- Photos: Discoveries at Roman Fort Vindolanda
- How Do You Weigh an Atom?
- September 11
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- Six-Toed 'Hemingway Cats' Survive Hurricane Irma
- Hurricane Irma Siphons Water from Shore, Strands 2 Manatees
- Hurricane Irma by the Numbers
- Puppies Are 'Likely Source' of Outbreak That Has Sickened Dozens in US
- Hurricane Irma: Everything You Need to Know About This Monster Storm
- Monster Solar Flare Marks 7th Powerful Sun Storm in 7 Days
- Hurricane Harvey Caused 500,000-Year Floods in Some Areas
- World Trade Center: Ground Zero on September 11, 2001
- That's Cold! Molecules Cooled to a Shade Above Absolute Zero
- Frozen in Time: Ancient, Long-Fingered Lizard Trapped in Amber
- Irma Heads North, Downgraded to a Tropical Storm
- Are Catastrophic Disasters Striking More Often?
- September 10
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- Irma Batters Florida, Could Retain Hurricane Strength Through Monday
- Dolphins Evacuated by Helicopter in Cuba, Ahead of Hurricane Irma
- Inside Irma: Riding Out the Storm with the 'Hurricane Hunters' (Photos)
- Hurricane Irma Makes Landfall in Keys; Deadly Surge in Store for SW Florida
- Hurricane Irma Photos: Images of a Monster Storm
- Hurricanes Normally Peak Today
- Hurricanes Irma, Jose & Tropical Storm Katia: See the Latest Videos from Space
- See Hurricane Irma in Motion in These NASA and NOAA GIFs
- How Do Hurricanes Spawn Tornadoes?
- September 9
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- Hurricane Irma Could Re-Strengthen Before Slamming into Florida
- Hurricane Irma: Biggest Storm Surge Threat Along Florida's Southwest Coast
- Hurricane Irma: How Do You Safely Evacuate 5.6 Million People?
- Ancient Goldsmith's Tomb Filled with Mummies Discovered in Luxor
- In Photos: Ancient Tomb Full of Mummies Discovered in Luxor
- Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward Florida; Nowhere in FL Keys Safe
- September 8
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- Where Will Hurricane Irma Make Landfall on the Florida Peninsula?
- Giraffe Facts & Photos
- Who Are the Millennials?
- WATCH: Harrowing Flight into Irma Captured in Time-Lapse Video
- This Ultrathin Craft Could Soon Envelop and Destroy Space Junk
- Today Was the Worst Hurricane Day on Record in the Atlantic
- 3 Hurricanes at Once? No Biggie, Experts Say
- During a Hurricane, What Happens Underwater?
- The World Is Running Out of Sand
- Triceratops Skull, Skeleton Discovered Together in Rare Find
- Hurricane Irma Remains Dangerous After Dropping to Category 4
- How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?
- Solar Flares May Explain Mass Whale Stranding
- Summer in the US Was Hotter and Wetter Than Average
- Strongest Earthquake in a Century Strikes Mexico
- Marijuana with 'CBD' May Pose Less Risk to Long-Term Users
- September 7
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- If Hurricane Irma Hits Miami, Damage Could Be 'Unprecedented'
- Girding for Irma: 2 Nuclear Reactors in Florida May Close Ahead of Hurricane
- Irma Heads Toward Florida, But Final Impacts Unclear
- Raw Deal: Is 'Chicken Sashimi' Safe?
- Zigzagging Rodents Dodge Death with Unpredictable Moves
- Secret Vatican Manuscript's Mysterious Purple Spots Decoded
- SpaceX Rocket Launches X-37B Space Plane on Secret Mission, Aces Landing
- Huge Jelly Blobs Spotted Off Norway Coast: What Are They?
- Child Nearly Dies After Taking Big Bite of Hot Dog
- Finger Length Could Predict Athletic Ability
- African Dogs Vote by Sneezing
- How Hurricane Irma Could Change Florida's Coast
- September 6
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- 3 Hurricanes Are Roiling the Atlantic At Once
- Lack of Sleep May Be a Cause, Not a Symptom, of Mental Health Conditions
- This Man's Bladder Stone Was Almost As Big As an Ostrich Egg
- 'Hearing Voices' in Schizophrenia May Trace to Specific Brain Region
- Hurricane Irma Poses Serious Storm Surge Threat, But Path Remains 'Uncertain'
- Here's How You Can Track Hurricane Irma Online
- Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Flare, Strongest in a Decade
- Storm Warning: Solar Outburst Could Scramble Earth's Communications
- Inside Irma's Eye: Hurricane Hunters Capture Jaw-Dropping Photos
- See Hurricane Irma's Massive Eye Engulf an Island
- Irma Has Company: 2 New Tropical Storms Are Brewing in the Atlantic
- Record-Breaking Hurricane Irma Makes Landfall, Slams Caribbean Islands
- The 20 Costliest, Most Destructive Hurricanes to Hit the US
- How Your Height May Raise Your Risk for Blood Clots
- September 5
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- How Zika Virus Could Help Fight Brain Cancer
- How Hurricane Irma Became a Monster Storm
- Why Category 5 Hurricanes Like Irma Are So Rare
- Where Will Hurricane Irma Make Landfall?
- PSA Screening May Reduce Prostate Cancer Deaths After All
- 'Potentially Catastrophic' Hurricane Irma Approaches Caribbean in Satellite Views
- Hurricane Irma Now a Category 5 Storm: What That Means
- Florida Declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Irma Becomes Category 5 Superstorm
- Hurricane Preparation: What to Do
- This Lumpy Robot Lends Endearing Touch to Social Bots
- September 3
- September 1
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- Did Squabble Over a Vaccine Cause a Rift in Ben Franklin's Marriage?
- Solar Eclipse Lawsuit: Couple Sues Amazon Alleging Faulty Glasses
- See the World's Driest Desert Covered in Wildflowers
- The First Adhesive Was Invented by Neanderthals 200,000 Years Ago
- Even Small Increases in Ocean Temperature Can Affect Marine Life
- Another Monster Storm Is Brewing in the Eastern Atlantic
- Dive into the 'Mouth of Hell': Virtual Tour Takes You Inside an Active Volcano
- How Long Will It Take Houston's Floodwaters to Drain?
- Looted Skeleton Could Be Among the Oldest in the Americas
- Why Is It Called Labor Day?
- Amazon Sale: Best Force Friday II Deals You Can Buy Now
- Well-Aged: Oldest Traces of Italian Wine Discovered
