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February 28
- Butt Implants Linked to Rare Cancer in First Reported Case
- Painted Wolves: The Colorful Carnivores of the African Wild
- Here's the Science Behind Finding North Korea's Nuclear Weapons
- The World's Smallest Baby Boy Is Even More Remarkable Than You Think
- THC vs. CBD: Which Marijuana Compound Is More Beneficial?
- Tropical Spiders Cause 'Surprising Amount of Death,' Hunting Opossums, Frogs and More
- Mysterious 'Planet Nine' Is Probably 5 to 10 Times the Size of Earth
- 'Extraordinarily Rare' Semi-Identical Twins Were Born in Australia
- Prickly Pear Cactus Needles Are Oldest Tattoo Tool in Western North America
- Mayan Artifacts Used in Ritual Sacrifices Discovered at the Bottom of Sacred Lake
- Newfound 'FarFarOut' Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen
- Doctors Often Miss Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults, New Study Suggests
February 27
- An Exploding Asteroid Blasted Across Mars' Surface in the Last 10 Years
- What Are Radio Waves?
- Oldest Frog Relative from North America Could Fit on Your Pinky Finger
- Dramatic Moment Shark Clamps Jaws Down on Parrotfish Captured in Exhilarating Photo
- Photos of Colorful, Majestic Marine Creatures Are 'A Visual Feast'
- What Is Infrared?
- Photos: The Ram-Headed Sphinx of Gebel el-Silsila
- California's Hidden Threat: High-Risk Volcanoes That Might Erupt in the Next Decade
- Scientists Discover New Mineral Icicles, Dead Mollusks, Plastic at the Bottom of the Great Blue Hole
- Ripples in Space-Time Could Help Solve Cosmic Mystery of How Fast Universe Is Expanding
- Humpback Whale That Washed Ashore in Amazon Jungle Was Likely Sick
- A Man's Trouble Smelling Was Caused By a Tooth Growing in His Nose
- Ram-Headed Sphinx Abandoned by King Tut's Grandfather Found in Egypt
February 26
- Someone Decapitated a 'Crusader' Mummy in Ireland and Ran Off with Its Head
- Fat Rat Rescued from Manhole Cover by Germany's Loveliest Firefighters
- What Are Parabens?
- Charles Dickens Plotted to Send His Sane Wife to an Asylum
- Ocean Microphones May Have Recorded Lost Malaysian Jet's Crash … Thousands of Miles from Search Sites
- Man's Radioactive Remains Spread Radiation All Over Cremation Chamber
- Maybe Dying Stars Fart So Much Because They're in a Relationship
- Scientists Finally Solve Mystery of Tiny, Ancient Worm’s 'Mismatched' Head and Body
- Mount Vesuvius Didn't Kill Everyone in Pompeii. Where Did the Survivors Go?
- At-Home Test for Colorectal Cancer Could Simplify Screening
- Barren Desert 'Fairy Circles' Caused by … Rain?
February 25
- Why This Man's Blood Turned 'Milky' Colored
- Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which Would Scorch the Planet
- Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year
- Stolen Mummy Feet, Arms and More Found Stashed in Speakers at Cairo Airport
- Physicists Just Solved a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic Cores
- This Weight Loss Strategy Takes Just 15 Minutes a Day
- 21 Totally Sweet Spider Superlatives
- Ming Dynasty Skeletons Reveal Secrets of Foot-Binding
February 24
- Weird 'Snowman-Pancake' Asteroid Gets Its Close-Up. And It Really Is an Oddball.
- If You Don't Have This Gene, You May Recover Better from a Stroke
- A 12-Year-Old Built a Fusion Reactor in His Playroom
February 23
- Why Does Earth Have an Atmosphere?
- An Iceberg Twice the Size of NYC Could Soon Break Off Antarctica
February 22
- Inca Ritual Baths Fed by Waterfall Reveals More of Its Secrets
- A 'Dragon Aurora' Appeared in the Sky Over Iceland, and NASA Is a Little Confused
- Microwaved Grapes Spit Plasma, and Scientists Finally Know Why
- A Stunning 'Firefall' Flared to Life in Yosemite This Week
- Biblical Archaeology: The Study of Biblical Sites & Artifacts
- Why It'll Take Israel's Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon
- Sunscreen 'Sea Change' May Be Coming with New FDA Rules
- 480-Million-Year-Old Mystery Creature Finally Identified from Its Preserved Guts
- Tiny Dino-Era 'Night Mouse' Found Above Arctic Circle
- Photos: Cretaceous 'Night Mouse' Was a Wee Mammal
February 21
- This Bird's Body Is Half Male, Half Female. So Is Its Brain.
- Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters
- Mighty T. Rex Began As Cute, Deer-Size Dino
- Hawaii's False Missile Alert Shows Americans Have No Idea What to Do in Nuclear Attack
- A Woman Died After Reportedly Eating Prized Mushrooms at Fancy Restaurant in Spain
- What Are Neutrinos?
- Huge Open Buckets of Uranium Ore Found at Grand Canyon? Totally Fine, Experts Say.
- Our Atmosphere Is So Big It Tickles the Moon
- Could Earth's Oceans Ever Boil Away?
- This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore.
- A Brilliant Daytime Meteor Exploded Over Cuba This Month. Here's Where It Came From
- This Fish Just Gave Evolution the Finger and Got Pregnant
- Kratom 'Poisonings' Have Increased 50-Fold in Recent Years
- Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's Smallest Moon Has a Name (and a Violent Past)
February 20
- What the Heck Is a Blobfish?
- Yes, That Viking Warrior Buried with Weapons Really Was a Woman
- Photos: Viking warrior is actually a woman
- What Are the Milankovitch Cycles?
- Was Roman Emperor Nero's Evil Reputation Just 'Fake News'?
- Mountain Range More Rugged Than the Rockies Found Buried Deep Within Earth
- A High-Fat Diet May Be Bad for Your Gut Bacteria
- Japan Just Shot a Fake Asteroid with a Space Bullet … for Science
- Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military Space Force
- Why Do So Many Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana?
February 19
- 5,600-Year-Old Human Skull Bone Fished Out of the Thames by Lucky 'Mudlarker'
- 'Young Blood' Transfusions to Prevent Aging Are Unproven and Risky, FDA Warns
- The 'Rubber Ducky' Comet Is Stressed and Keeps Cracking Its Neck
- In Photos: Stunning Views of Grand Canyon National Park
- WWII Sailor in Controversial 'The Kiss' Photo Dies at 95
- Stonehenge May Have First Stood in Wales, According to Speculative Idea
- Here's Why Great White Sharks Are Natural-Born Superheroes
- Customs Letter About a Long-Lost Suitcase Leads to Artifacts from Desert with Early 'Jesus' Painting
- 'River of Stars' Streaming Through the Milky Way Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 1 Billion Years
- The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises with February's Full Moon
February 18
- A Single Earthquake Can Move Millions of Tons of Carbon into Earth's Deepest Trenches
- Marvel at This Glittering 'Galaxy' Inside a Fly's Testicles
- Why an Outlaw Was Stabbed to Death and Then Buried Face-Down in Medieval Sicily
February 17
- Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing Matter
- What the Heck Happened to This Yo-Yo Champ's Index Finger?
- Mendeleev's Periodic Table Draft Is Virtually Unrecognizable — But It Changed Science Forever
February 16
- Rarely Glimpsed Scaly Pangolins Caught Hugging Trees in the Dark
- Why Men Who Can Do 40 Pushups May Have Better Heart Health
February 15
- England's Oldest Cave-Art Site Is Covered with Signs to Ward off Evil Spirits
- Black Snow Is Falling from the Skies in Siberia, and It Is Toxic
- Humans Crossed the Bering Land Bridge to People the Americas. Here’s What It Looked Like 18,000 Years Ago.
- Russia Claims Strobe-Light Weapon Causes Nausea & Hallucinations. Is That Even Possible?
- Rare 12th-Century Triple Toilet Let Three People Go Number Two at Once
- Yellow, Blob-Like Cell Transforms into Wriggling Salamander in Surreal Time-Lapse Video
- Life Really Is Harder for Night Owls. Here's Why.
- Why Do Humans Hear So Well? You Can Thank the Tiny 'Jell-O' Violin Inside Your Ear
- Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One
- A Solar Flare '10 Billion Times More Powerful' Than Earth's Sun Blasted Out of Orion's Sword
February 14
- Search for Shackleton's Antarctic Shipwreck Turns Back to Avoid Deadly Ice Trap
- Ancient Fresco of Mythical Narcissus Found in Pompeii
- Plasma Waves Are Cooking Electrons in Earth's Magnetic Shield
- Remains of USS Hornet, Storied WWII Aircraft Carrier, Discovered at Bottom of South Pacific
- Medieval Letter Reveals Bawdy Nun Who Faked Her Death to Escape Convent
- AI Sucks at Making Adorable Cat Photos, Clearly Misses the Entire Point of the Internet
- Why Can't NASA's Curiosity Rover Rescue Opportunity?
- What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?
- In Photos: The Emperor Penguin's Beautiful and Extreme Breeding Season
- How Do Emperor Penguin Dads Stop Their Eggs From Freezing?
- Here's Why a Perfect Heart Shape Showed Up on a Girl's X-Ray
- Mars Rover Opportunity Is Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Red Planet
- Why This 'Atmospheric River' Could Cause Mudslides and 'Roofalanches' in California
February 13
- Titanosaur the Size of a School Bus Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
- Photos: 100-Million-Year-Old Tanzania Titanosaur Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
- These Newfound Catfish Species Are Either the Ugliest Fish Ever or Super Adorable
- Here's How Poor Sleep May Hurt Your Heart
- 'Unicorn' Tarantula Wears a Weird Horn on Its Back
- These Ancient Spider Fossils Still Have Silvery, Shimmering Eyes
- Did Great White Sharks Wipe Out the Giant Megalodon?
- Lakes of Melted Snow Are Literally Bending Antarctica's Ice Shelves in Half
February 12
- Photos: Craters Hidden Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
- Gorgeous Fractal Patterns, Normally Found Only in Nature, Re-Created Using Laser Light
- Huge Meteor Left Crater Hidden Beneath Greenland Ice
- What's So Special About the Atacama Desert?
- US Navy's 'Aquanauts' Tested the Boundaries of Deep Diving. It Ended in Tragedy.
- Eating 'Ultraprocessed' Foods Linked with Early Death
- 3 Reasons You Might Hate Valentine's Day
- Earth's Magnetic Field Booms Like a Drum, But No One Can Hear It
- Prehistoric Sailors May Be Responsible for Stonehenge, Other Megaliths
- Skeleton of Teen Girl Found Buried Next to Mysterious Pyramid in Egypt
- Photos: Teen's Skeleton Buried Next to Pyramid in Egypt
- A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'
- This 2.1-Billion-Year-Old Fossil May Be Evidence of Earliest Moving Life-Form
February 11
- With the US-Russian Nuclear Treaty in Tatters, Is 'Doomsday' Ticking Closer?
- 52 Polar Bears 'Invade' a Russian Town to Eat Garbage Instead of Starve to Death
- Bat on the Loose at NBA Game May Have Exposed Fans to Rabies
- Watch a Giant Spider Crab Bust Out of Its Own Shell in Wild Time-Lapse Video
- What Is the Coral Triangle?
- Ultima Thule Beyond Pluto Is Flat Like a Pancake (and Not a Space Snowman After All)
- Geologists Figured Out Where the Most Remote Part of the Ocean Came From
- We Finally Know When Our Milky Way Will Crash Into the Andromeda Galaxy
- Why Archaeologists Used a 'Ray Gun' to Blast This Ancient Shipwreck Pottery
- In Photos: Ancient Shipwreck's Ceramics Traced to Kilns in China
- Marijuana Lollipop May Have Triggered Man's Heart Attack
- Can the Pill Affect How Women Recognize Emotions in Others?
- Underwater Archaeologists Find Surprising Artifacts from Major Roman Naval Battle
February 10
- Why Do Babies Cry on Airplanes?
February 9
- Your Dog Can Get Sick from Marijuana. Here's How to Prevent Pot Poisoning.
- Do You Really Need to Buy Aluminum-Free Deodorant?
- Physicists Found a Brand-New Kind of Magnet Hiding in a Uranium Compound
February 8
- Measles Outbreak Spurs Vaccination Surge in Anti-Vaxxer Hotspot
- This One Number Shows Why Measles Spreads Like Wildfire
- Mighty Warrior's Medieval Sword Pulled Triumphantly … from Denmark Sewer
- This Adorable Cat Was Frozen by the Polar Vortex. But Vets Defrosted Her and Now She's Fine.
- The Best Photos of the Sony's 2019 Wildlife Photography Competition
- Photos: Stunning Shots of the Natural World and Wildlife
- Something Is Not Quite Right In the Universe, Ultraprecise New Measurement Reveals
- Photos: Traces of an Ancient Ice Stream
- Weird, Bumpy Landscape in African Desert Explained by Ancient Ice Stream
- European Slaughter of Indigenous Americans May Have Cooled the Planet
- No, Drinking 'Beer Before Wine' Won't Prevent a Hangover, Study Finds
February 7
- A Rover That Will Look for Life on Mars Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin
- Bed Used in Hotel for 15 Years Turns Out to Be Henry VII’s Marriage Bed
- How Sand Fleas Cause 'Extreme' Infections
- More Women Reported to Have Rare Cancer Linked to Breast Implants
- In Photos: The Majestic Painted Wolves of Zimbabwe
- Painted Wolves Caught on Camera Hunting Baboons for the First Time
- 'Oldest' Case of Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed in a 240-Million-Year-Old Shell-Less Turtle
- How Does Consciousness Arise in the Brain?
- Earth Once Swallowed Its Own Superocean. Could It Happen Again?
- Mysterious Blobs Around These Small Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life
- Ominous Cracks Form in the Northern Hemisphere's Longest Floating Glacier
February 6
- This Spiky-Spined Beast Is the Most Punk-Rock Dino Ever Discovered
- 2018 Was 4th Hottest Year on Record, NASA Finds
- Here's Why These Creepy Little Moths Have Noisy, Clicking Wings
- Bees Can Solve Math Problems That Would Stump the Average Toddler
- Patient Tested for Ebola in Pennsylvania
- Humans Are Eating Most of Earth's Largest Animals to Extinction
- After 1-Year Joyride in Space, Starman Has Probably Trashed Elon's Roadster
- Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a Monstrous Corpse of Comet Dust
- Lost City in South Africa Discovered Hiding Beneath Thick Vegetation
- Thousands of Writhing Maggots Create the World's Creepiest Fountain
- Smoking Marijuana Linked to Better Sperm Counts in Surprising Study
February 5
- Snowball Earth: When the Blue Planet Went White
- Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii
- Kite-Blown Sled Climbs Antarctic Ice Dome, One of the Coldest Places on Earth
- Maze of Tombs in Egypt Holds Many Mummies Dating Back 2,300 Years
- Photos of the World's Smallest (and Cutest) Owl
- Historian Collects 'Forgotten' Relics from One of the Most Poignant Symbols of the Cold War
- Photos: The Berlin Wall Through Time
- Why Physicists Are Interested in the Mysterious Quirks of the Heftiest Quark
February 4
- A Cactus Prick Likely Caused Former NHL Player's Life-Threatening Infection
- Doctors Zapped a Woman's Brain So She Could Laugh Through 'Awake' Brain Surgery
- Earth's Magnetic North Pole Was Moving So Fast, Geophysicists Had to Update the Map
- Women's Brains Are 3 Years 'Younger' Than Men's, Study Suggests
- The Milky Way Is Totally Twisted
- See a Newborn Baby Humpback Whale Swim with Its Mom, Minutes After Being Born
- Snack Attack! Chip Factory Finds WWI Grenade Packed in Potatoes
- Floating Robots Spotted a Huge Plume of Magma Under the Galápagos
- Super-Earth Smackdowns May Explain Diverse Worlds
- Why Alexander the Great May Have Been Declared Dead Prematurely (It's Pretty Gruesome)
- This 210-Million-Year-Old 'Dragon' Ate Bones (and Its Own Teeth) for Breakfast
- In Photos: Mysterious Stone Structures in the Sahara
- Hundreds of Mysterious Stone Structures Discovered in Western Sahara
- Obesity-Related Cancer Rates Are Rising Among Millennials
February 3
- China Tests World's 1st Robot Ship for Launching Small Rockets
- NASA Watched This Baby Island Burst From the South Pacific. And It Seems to Be Here to Stay.
February 2
- Why Do People Ghost?
- Here's What Groundhogs Will Do If Winter Goes Long
February 1
- Forgotten Parchments About King Arthur, Merlin and the Holy Grail Discovered in UK Library
- Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View
- Chinese Probe Uncovers New Mystery on the Dark Side of the Moon
- What Is Genetic Modification?
- World's First Dolphin Spinal Tap Cranks Marine Medicine Up to 11
- Was The Queen's Twitter Hacked, or Does She Just Really Like Mushrooms?
- First Private Lunar Spacecraft Shoots for the Moon
- Black Hole Plasma Jets Shine Like Cosmic Lighthouses in These Gorgeous Images
- Stunning New Map of the Milky Way Shows 800 Million Stars, Galaxies and Near-Earth Asteroids