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- Type 2 Diabetes May Be Linked to Erectile Dysfunction
- More Babies Are Conceived Over the Holiday Season Than Other Times of Year
- WATCH: First-Ever Footage of a Lizard Breathing Underwater
- This Week's Strangest Science News
- Alien Architects Didn't Build This Pre-Incan Complex, 3D Models Show
- Explorer Reaches the Deepest Point in the Atlantic Ocean
- Disappointment About Gifts Is Good for Kids Who Have Enough
- Study: You're Going to Keep Aging Until You Die
- December 20
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- Brain of Mysterious 'Little Foot' Human Relative Was Half-Man, Half-Ape
- Dinosaur-Era Shark Nabbed Flying Reptile, Losing a Tooth
- Japan May Start Commercial Whale Hunting Again
- Is It Unethical to Give Your Cat Catnip?
- What Winter Solstice Rituals Tell Us About Indigenous People
- Russian Scientists Hope to Restore Ice Age Steppe with 'Pleistocene Park.' Will It Work?
- These Baby Sharks Swim from One Uterus to Another to Eat Their Unfertilized Siblings
- Ancient Aramaic Incantation Describes 'Devourer' that Brings 'Fire' to Victims
- December 19
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- World’s Oldest Flower Unfurled Its Petals More Than 174 Million Years Ago
- 'Blind' on Climate, Trump Inspires Name for Sightless, Slimy, Worm-Like Creature
- Men Who Smoke Pot May Have Lower Sperm Count
- Why Are You Still Sleeping in Your Contact Lenses?
- The Science of Saying Goodbye to Santa
- Photos: Carnivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Italian Alps
- 'Miracle' Dinosaur Whose Bones Survived Being Blown Up Discovered in Italian Alps
- This Humongous Fungus Has Been Around Since the Birth of Socrates
- Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body Ever Spotted
- Saturn Is Losing Its Rings
- December 18
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- Monster Waves Are Battering the West Coast. Here's Why.
- Can You Really Get Sick from Smelling Dirty Socks?
- Opioids Don't Really Do That Much for Chronic Pain, Meta-Analysis Finds
- An Underwater 'Ghost Fleet' of Shipwrecks Is On the Move, and Here's Why
- Matter Sucked in by Black Holes May Travel into the Future, Get Spit Back Out
- Too Much Screen Use Really Might Change Your Kid's Brain
- All That Glitters Is Not Food: FDA Warns to Watch Out for Non-Edible Glitters
- The Weird Reason 'Tsunami Fires' Broke Out After Japan Earthquake
- Massive Star Is So Big It Gives Birth to a Tiny Twin
- December 17
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- Proton-Size Droplets of Primordial Soup May Be the Tiniest in the Universe
- This 87-Year-Old Woman Donated Her Body So Doctors Could Slice It into 27,000 Pieces
- Canada's Huge New Diamond Is … Well, Fine, We Guess
- It's Official: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs Were Covered in Fluffy Feathers
- Scientists Proposed a Nuclear 'Tunnelbot' to Hunt Life in Europa's Hidden Ocean
- Bizarre 'Dark Fluid' with Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe
- Long-Hidden 'Pyramid' Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple
- A Punch to the Face Left a Man Starry-Eyed — Literally
- Photos: Artifacts from a Watery Desert Grave
- Archaeologists Sift Through Soup of Human Remains in Waterlogged Mass Grave in Egypt
- December 16
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- Leo DiCaprio's Rumored Plan to Buy a Dinosaur Duo Has Paleontologists Upset
- Tornadoes Don't Form Like Meteorologists Thought They Did
- Study 'Proves' Parachutes Don't Save People Who Fall Out of Airplanes
- Half-Size, Ruffle-Headed Relative of Triceratops Discovered
- What Lies Beneath the Transylvanian Castle That Imprisoned 'Dracula'?
- 50,000-Year-Old Tiara Made from Woolly Mammoth Ivory Found in Denisova Cave
- Mountain of Evidence Confirms: Climate Change Is Really, Really Bad for Human Health and Well-Being
- December 13
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- Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate
- Watch an Elephant Named Kelly Scoop Cereal Into Her Mouth in Easily the Best Study of 2018
- Do You Carry Neanderthal DNA? The Shape of Your Skull May Tell.
- Invasive Tick Is 'Here to Stay,' and Here's Where It Could Spread Next
- Comet Will Make Closest Approach to Earth This Weekend. And You Can See It Without a Telescope.
- US Navy's Secrecy Likely Stalled Ocean Science Progress for Decades
- Fireball That Exploded Over Greenland Shook Earth, Triggering Seismic Sensors
- December 12
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- The Rubber Ducky Comet Blasted a Magnetic Path Through Space
- Huge Marsupial Lion Terrorized Ancient Australia, Sat Adorably on Its Tail
- Some Kotex Tampons Recalled After Reports of 'Pieces Left in the Body'
- Exploding Stars Helped Kill Earth's Ancient Sea Monsters, New Study Suggests
- A Woman Fell Asleep During Cupping Therapy. She Woke Up with Bizarre Blisters.
- All About Apples: Health Benefits, Nutrition Facts and History
- NASA Space Lasers Creating Most Detailed Map Ever of Antarctica's Ice
- 8,300-Year-Old Stone Snake Heads Reveal Stone Age Ritual Ceremonies
- How This Supercolony of 1.5 Million Penguins Stayed Hidden for Nearly 3,000 Years
- The US Lost 1 Warship in WWI. 100 Years Later, We Know What Caused the Sinking.
- Future Humans May Call Us the 'Chicken People,' and Here's Why
- December 11
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- Cannibalism? Nope, This 8,000-Year-Old Man Was Likely Burned in a Ritual
- The Arctic Is Not Doing Well (at All)
- Blood-Sucking 'Dracula Ant' Sets Animal Speed Record with 200-Mph Bite
- Asteroid Bennu Had Water! NASA Probe Makes Tantalizing Find
- 'Miracle' Excavation of 'Little Foot' Skeleton Reveals Mysterious Human Relative
- Super-Steamy Megalodon May Have Been Too Hot to Avoid Extinction
- These Simple Tips May Prevent Holiday Weight Gain, Study Suggests
- December 10
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- Here’s Why Scientists Are Poring Over Ancient Alpaca Poo
- Earth's Mysterious 'Deep Biosphere' Is Home to Millions of Undiscovered Species, Scientists Say
- How Rising Temperatures Suffocated 96 Percent of Sea Life in Earth's Biggest Extinction
- It's Official! NASA's Famed Voyager 2 Spacecraft Reaches Interstellar Space
- How to Survive the 'Game of Thrones,' According to Science
- 16 of the Most Interesting Ancient Board and Dice Games
- 4,000-Year-Old Game Board Carved into the Earth Shows How Nomads Had Fun
- December 9
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- Climate Change Is Making Sharks Right-Handed
- How Do Animals Breathe Underwater?
- Man Coughs Up a Giant Blood Clot in the Shape of His Lung
- Physicists Keep Trying — and Failing — to Find Dark Matter in Dark Places
- The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels
- Sorry Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant Is Not Inside This Ethiopian Church
- December 6
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- Polonium: A Rare and Highly Volatile Radioactive Element
- Centuries-Old Ninja Oath Warns of Divine Wrath
- 'It Was Just Dead Brain Tissue': Seattle Woman Dies from Extremely Unusual Infection
- Stonehenge Archaeologists Furious at Construction Crew Accused of ‘Smashing’ a 6,000-Year-Old Platform
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
- 'Chemo Brain' May Result from Effects on 'Helper Cells.' The Finding Could Lead to Possible Treatments.
- Uterine Cancer Killing More US Women, with Black Women Hardest Hit
- Young Seals Keep Getting Eels Stuck Up Their Noses, and Nobody Knows Why
- Ancient, Unknown Strain of Plague Found in 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Sweden
- Astronomers Think They've Figured Out the Raging Swirls of Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes
- A Common Virus May Be Linked to Heart Problems in Fetuses
- Man Unknowingly Buys 4,000-Year-Old Pottery at Flea Market, Uses It As Toothbrush Holder
- December 5
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- SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station, But Misses Rocket Landing
- Scary Map Shows Where Animal Poop Is Turning into Deadly Ammonia Pollution
- This Salamander Breathes Through 'Christmas Trees' Growing from Its Head
- Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Ever
- What Is X-Ray Spectroscopy?
- This Frozen Russian Island Is the World's Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle
- 500-Year-Old Body of Man Wearing Thigh-High Boots Found in London Sewer Construction
- Photos: 500-Year-Old Body of Man with Thigh-High Boots
- Here's the Truth Behind a NASA Document on Aliens Visiting Earth
- Rare Rainfall in the Atacama Is Deadly for Its Tiniest Inhabitants
- A Woman's Odd Symptoms After Chiropractic 'Neck Manipulation' Revealed a Brain Cyst
- December 4
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- Tehran Is Sinking Dramatically, And It May Be Too Late to Recover
- Carnivores: Facts About Meat Eaters
- Cancer DNA Binds to Gold. That Could Lead to New Cancer Blood Test.
- Centipedes and Millipedes: Lots of Legs, What's the Difference?
- The Sun's Turbulent North Pole Looks Like a Spooky Vortex in This Composite Image
- Moldy Mouse Chow Delays SpaceX Dragon Launch to Space Station
- Delay of SpaceX Launch May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments
- Scientists Just Discovered What May Be Canada's Largest Cave. And It Looks Like the Sarlacc's Pit.
- Humanity's Largest Atom Smasher Takes a Pause, Will Wake Up Again in 2021
- Common Chemicals in Toiletries May Lead to Early Puberty
- Were Paleo Artists Also Self-Mutilators?
- December 3
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- Hello, Bennu! NASA Asteroid-Sampling Probe Reaches Its Target Space Rock
- SpaceX Rocket Makes Historic 3rd Launch Into Space with 64 Satellites On Board
- Sculptor Unknowingly Poisons Herself with Her Own Art
- Shingles: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
- Sir David Attenborough Predicts the ‘Collapse of Civilization’ at UN Climate Summit
- This Ring Bears the Name of the Man Who Condemned Jesus to Death. Who Really Wore It?
- Watch a Brainless, Single-Cell Slime Hunt for Food in This Eerie GIF
- NASA Arrives at Bennu Today, But Exactly Where Is That Asteroid?
- How Butt Gas, Drugs and Amazing Memories Led to This Weird Turtle Photo
- Thriving Plateau Region That Slipped Beneath North Sea 8,000 Years Ago Reveals Its Secrets
- Bones of Handless Man Found Near Mysterious Medieval Dolphin Burial
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