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August 31
- FDA authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters
- What muscles do push ups work?
- Does magnesium help you sleep?
- Mammals ballooned in size after the dinosaurs went extinct. Here's how they did it.
- NASA will try to launch Artemis again on Saturday, Sept. 3
- Who were the Huns, the nomadic horse warriors who invaded ancient Europe?
- Watch a gargantuan fireball tumble over New York in the dead of night
- Oldest African dinosaur ever found unearthed in Zimbabwe
- Does dairy cause acne?
- What are the best supplements for anxiety?
- How It Works issue 168: Discover 7 Wonders of the modern world
August 30
- Can sunspots affect the weather?
- 3-bladed arrowhead 'last touched by Vikings' revealed by melting ice patch
- Who were the Vandals, the 'barbarians' who sacked Rome?
- 7,500-year-old Spanish 'Stonehenge' discovered on future avocado farm
- Seven sources of vitamin B12 to boost energy and reduce fatigue
- Can supplements help with weight loss?
- Cryptic 4,000-year-old writing system may finally be deciphered
- Scythian arrowheads and Bronze Age dwelling uncovered in Ukraine
- Chocolate: History, types, production & other fun facts
August 29
- NASA calls off Artemis 1 moon rocket launch over engine cooling issue
- Functional training: What is it and what are the benefits?
- Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought
- Nazi warships revealed as Danube River levels drop
- Who were the Denisovans?
August 28
- What is cardiovascular endurance?
- What will NASA's Artemis I mission teach us?
- Video reveals baby steps of newly hatched ‘walking’ sharks
- Could Earth ever leave our solar system?
August 27
- What is cross training?
- How many meteorites hit Earth every year?
- NASA's Artemis 1 mission will blast off Monday (Aug. 29). Here's how to watch.
August 26
- 'Merciless' sea monster with broken teeth prowled the seas 66 million years ago
- Powerful solar flare lashes Earth, causes radio blackout across Europe and Africa
- Why do I feel sleepy after eating?
- Save up to $300 on the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro laptop at Amazon
- Your doppelgänger doesn’t just look like you — they behave like you too
- Oldest human-made structure in the Americas is older than the Egyptian pyramids
- Watch a cannibal alligator chomp down on another gator in jaw-dropping video
- The best exercises for chest muscles
- Nine benefits of antioxidants: From disease prevention to healthy aging
- Aerobic exercise: Here's what it really does to your body
- Is Diet Coke bad for you?
- Save up to $300 on MacBook Pro models at Amazon
- Spirulina: Uses, potential health benefits and risks
August 25
- What is blood flow restriction training?
- Lab-made mouse embryos grew brains and beating hearts, just like the real thing
- Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Causes, symptoms and treatment
- The best ab exercises, according to science
- Bodyweight exercises: How to build muscle without equipment
- Tubby 'mermaids' vanished from Chinese waters 2 decades ago, now declared extinct
- Why does hunger sometimes cause nausea?
- Are insects edible?
- Is oat milk good for you?
- Which vegetables are high in iron?
- Could a solar storm ever destroy Earth?
- 7 million years ago, our earliest relatives took their first steps on 2 feet
- Crohn's disease: Symptoms, diagnosis & treatment
August 24
- What to eat before a workout
- Broken fortress discovered under 'mega-monument' burial mound in Cyprus
- 'Magic mushroom' psychedelic could treat alcohol addiction, trial finds
- What's the best exercise for weight loss?
- 1,000 years ago, a woman was buried in a canoe on her way to the 'destination of souls'
- Scientists find a simple way to destroy 'forever chemicals' — by beheading them
- How has Magic Johnson survived with HIV?
- A planet-size sunspot grew 10-fold in the last 2 days, and it's aimed directly at Earth
- These are the best exercises for lower back pain
- Why do guys get sleepy after sex?
- What's the difference between fruit and vegetables?
- Acer Aspire Vero review: an affordable, eco-friendly laptop that’s well suited to student life
- Brand-new mini 'moon' found lurking in the outer solar system
- Probiotics for eczema: Do they really work?
- What is normal blood sugar?
- Type 3 diabetes: Symptoms, causes and treatments
- Nikon D850 review
- Could extinct Tasmanian tigers be brought back from the dead?
August 23
- How to do an elimination diet
- Do 30-day fitness challenges actually work?
- Can walking lower blood pressure?
- How to get the Apple student discount
- Frogs: The largest group of amphibians
- Sacred chickens, witches and animal entrails: 7 unusual ancient Roman superstitions
- Does running increase testosterone?
- Miscarriage: Signs, symptoms & causes
- Signs of labor: 6 clues baby is on the way
- Why is poop brown?
August 22
- Document supposedly written by Galileo is a fake
- Jupiter glows in stunning new James Webb telescope images
- 4 billion-year-old chunk of Earth's crust found below Australia
- How long does it take to build muscle?
- Orcas are attacking boats near Europe. It might be a fad.
- 11 phosphorus rich foods and why we need this essential mineral
- Which animal has the largest brain relative to its body size?
- Book of the Dead: The ancient Egyptian guide to the afterlife
August 21
- Fitbit Sense vs Fitbit Versa 3: Which is better?
- IBD vs IBS: Similarities, differences & treatments
- Is drinking rainwater safe?
August 20
- Can yoga help you lose weight?
- Seven healthy low carb grains to include in your diet
- Why do cats 'play' with their prey?
August 19
- Foot floating in a Yellowstone hot spring leaves more questions than answers
- Weird quantum experiment shows protons have more 'charm' than we thought
- Pottery, swords and jewelry: Rich Stone Age and early medieval graves found in Germany
- Aerobic vs anaerobic exercise
- Nebraska child likely died of a brain-eating-amoeba infection
- 10 Pokémon that resemble bizarre real-life animals
- Intermittent fasting for weight loss: What the science says
- Monkeys in Indonesia use rocks as 'sex toys'
- In which month are the most babies born?
- 'Nuclear winter' from a US-Russia conflict would wipe out 63% of the world's population
- Amazonian 'zombie' fungus bursts through fly's body in grisly, contest-winning photo
August 18
- Walk with dinosaurs in this puzzle-packed edition of Future Genius, now available on Amazon
- Megalodon was fastest swimming shark ever and could devour an orca in 5 bites, 3D model reveals
- Giant 'kraken' carcass with dinner plate-size eyes washes ashore in South Africa
- 'Fast-moving' E. coli outbreak prompts CDC investigation
- Which muscles do pull-ups work?
- Vitamin D: Everything you need to know about this essential nutrient
- Vegan diet for diabetes: Tips, benefits and safety
- Wrinkly 'sac' with no anus probably isn't humans' earliest ancestor. (Thank goodness!)
August 17
- Did the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs have a sibling? Crater in West Africa hints maybe.
- Which exercise burns belly fat? Here’s what the science says
- Flexibility exercises: the best moves for maintaining mobility
- 'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection from 'dark plasma plume' will slam into Earth tomorrow (Aug. 18)
- 'Magical' rock crystals found at Stone Age ceremonial site in England
- GERD diet: The best and worst foods for acid reflux
- Jurassic Park streaming guide: How to watch the Jurassic Park movies online
- This Lenovo Chromebook is 37% off on Amazon - ideal for students heading back to school
- Vitamin E: Sources, benefits & risks
August 16
- Beneath Greenland iceberg, scientists find a glowing snailfish with antifreeze coursing through its veins
- 1st suspected case of human-to-dog monkeypox transmission reported in France
- Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an 'extra' dimension of time
- Advancing Transformational Innovation in HIV Research: A Pillar of Gilead’s Efforts to Help End the Global HIV Epidemic
- GERD (acid reflux): Causes, symptoms & treatment
- What's the largest bone in the human body? (What about the smallest?)
- The Aztec civilization: Mexico's last great Indigenous empire
- Mars: The Red Planet
August 15
- Europa's icy shell may be made from pure underwater snow
- For the first time, scientists have named a heat wave
- Ancient asteroids are covered with popcorning pebbles, new study finds
- Exploding meteor startles Utah
- Plant-based diet: What to eat, health benefits and tips
- Do probiotics help IBS?
- Why is there so much biodiversity in the tropics?
- The 7 most terrifying things in space
- The 5 craziest ways emperors gained the throne in ancient Rome
August 14
- Heat intolerance: What are the symptoms, causes and treatment?
- Does drinking coffee help you live longer?
August 13
- Which vegetables are good for diabetics?
- What's the largest ocean that ever existed on Earth?
- Antikythera mechanism: Ancient celestial calculator
August 12
- Small, prickly dinosaur discovered in South America reveals an unknown lineage
- Extreme physics of 'supercritical' matter may be surprisingly simple
- One of the brightest stars in the sky dimmed in 2019. Now we know why.
- Mary vs Elizabeth: The battle of the Tudor queens in All About History 120
- Do testosterone supplements really work?
- What are the different muscle fiber types?
- What are the nuclear codes?
- Probiotics for vaginal health: Benefits, safety and risks
- Sweet dreams, spidey: Arachnids experience REM sleep, and may even dream
- Is Nazi gold real?
- Giant voids of nothingness may be flinging the universe apart
August 11
- Not just tiny arms: T. rex also had super small eyes to accommodate its big bite
- Last supermoon of the year — the 'Sturgeon moon' rises tonight (Aug. 11)
- 'Gigantic jet' that shot into space may be the most powerful lightning bolt ever detected
- How to lose fat and gain muscle
- Mysterious mineral on Mars was spat out by an explosive eruption 3 billion years ago
- Which fruits are high in protein?
- Rubber balls used in famous Maya game contained ashes of cremated rulers, archaeologists claim
- Massive expanse of towering hydrothermal vents discovered deep in the Pacific
- Bright-green fireballs spotted over New Zealand. Here's what's probably happening.
- 6 myths about miscarriage
- The 6th mass extinction hasn’t begun yet, study claims, but Earth is barreling toward it
August 10
- Newly-discovered Langya virus infected 35 people in China
- Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule'
- Why are rest days important?
- Most of Florida's newly-hatched sea turtles are female. Why?
- Low fat diet: what are the pros and cons?
- Vitamin A: Sources, benefits & deficiency
- 37,000-year-old mammoth butchering site may be oldest evidence of humans in North America
- A 'potentially hazardous' blue-whale-size asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Friday
- Best meal delivery service 2024: Complete nutrition delivered to your door
- Scientists uncover ancient source of oxygen that could have fueled life on early Earth
- What is a fecal transplant?
- Twin 'grumpy mouth' reliefs of Olmec contortionists discovered in Mexico
- Creepy deep-sea 'vanilla Vader' woodlouse is 25 times bigger than a land louse
August 9
- 'STEVE' descends on North America after surprise solar storm
- What are the different components of fitness
- Astronomers plan to fish an interstellar meteorite out of the ocean using a massive magnet
- What is genocide?
- Honeywell TP50WKN dehumidifier review
- How to watch the Perseids peak (despite the full moon)
August 8
- Intact WWII-era bomb discovered in Italy's River Po following extreme drought
- Surprise solar storm bashes Earth, with a second wave predicted for Monday
- Hidden passage leads explorers to deepest cave Down Under
- Anaerobic exercise: What it is and how it affects the body
- Treasure trove of gold and jewels recovered from a 366-year-old shipwreck in the Bahamas
- Best science books 2024: Popular science books to feed your imagination
- Who were the ancient Goths, Visigoths and Ostrogoths?
- Perseid meteor shower 2024: What it is, where to see it, and how to watch
- Save up to $300 on Apple’s latest MacBook Pro at Best Buy
- If blood is red, why do veins look bluish?
- 'Yoda' primates sing duets like opera stars
August 7
- Oclean X10 electric toothbrush review
- How can you experience weightlessness?
August 6
- Is Earth getting closer to the sun, or farther away?
August 5
- Huge, potentially disruptive sunspot will swing round to face Earth this weekend
- Weird deep-sea worm looks like a luminous lump of spaghetti
- What is binge eating disorder?
- Spotlight Oral Care Water Flosser review
- A man's voice grew hoarse for no obvious reason. It turns out, he had fungus in his throat.
- Enormous sinkhole wide enough to swallow the White House opens in Chile
- Tikal: The iconic ancient Maya city in Guatemala
August 4
- 'Monkey gang' member executed in Japan as marauding macaques run amok
- Gluten-free diet for weight loss: Fact or fiction?
- 1st synthetic mouse embryos — complete with beating hearts and brains — created with no sperm, eggs or womb
- MacBook Air M1 is now just $849, grab this fantastic back to school laptop deal
- Mass grave of Revolutionary War mercenaries and rare gold coin unearthed in New Jersey
- Does swimming build muscle?
- James Webb telescope snaps mesmerizing image of Cartwheel Galaxy
- Unsaturated vs saturated fat: Which is better for your health?
- SpaceX space junk crash lands in Australian sheep farm
- Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo
August 3
- Surprise! Asteroid wider than 2 football fields is barreling toward Earth tonight
- Scientists revived the cells of pigs an hour after death, a potential organ transplant breakthrough
- Zone 2 training: Definition and benefits
- Pilates vs yoga: How do the two practices affect the body?
- Half-blind Greenland shark possibly spotted in the Caribbean, thousands of miles from its usual home
- Seven science-backed benefits of the Mediterranean diet
- Probiotics vs digestive enzymes: What's the difference?
- Irritable bowel syndrome: Symptoms, diagnosis & treatment
- Best MacBooks for students 2024: Get the best Apple tech for working on the go
August 2
- Glute muscles: What they are and how to make them stronger
- Thousands of jellyfish swarm near Israel, mesmerizing images reveal
- How to get a six pack: here's what it really takes
- Ancient 'ritual bath' and elite villa unearthed by Jerusalem's Western Wall
- 'Gummy squirrel' found in deep-sea abyss looks like a stretchy half-peeled banana
- 'Ghost footprints' left by ancient hunter-gatherers discovered in Utah desert
- What's the youngest age that a person can get pregnant and give birth?
- Is it possible to work in VR?
August 1
- Should you do cardio before or after weights?
- Solar storm from hole in the sun will hit Earth on Wednesday (Aug. 3)
- Mammal ancestor looked like a chubby lizard with a tiny head and had a hippo-like lifestyle
- 'Cold sore' virus may have gained prominence thanks to Bronze Age smooching
- Webb space telescope has just imaged another most-distant galaxy, breaking its record after a week
- Anorexia nervosa: Causes, symptoms & treatment
- Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth’s atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer
- Roman 'Zodiac' coin with cancer sign unearthed in Israel
- 7 diet tricks that actually work
- Could we ever eradicate the flu?