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- February 29
- February 28
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- Northern California finds a second case of coronavirus spread through the community
- Freeman Dyson, quantum physicist who imagined alien megastructures, has died at 96
- Melting ice in Antarctica reveals new uncharted island
- Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" special report: Coronavirus
- Scientists spot the biggest known explosion in the universe
- February 27
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- How will the coronavirus outbreak end?
- 'Rusty lump' turns out to be 2,000-year-old silver dagger used by Roman soldier
- Are US communities and hospitals ready to take on COVID-19?
- California's latest coronavirus case wasn't tested for several days
- Chinese moon rover peers beneath surface of mysterious lunar far side
- A US coronavirus outbreak is almost inevitable. Here's how you can prepare.
- Mysterious, centuries-old rock inscription finally deciphered
- Polar bear photos: Stunning shots capture Earth's icons of climate change
- Northern California reports first case of coronavirus not tied to travel
- Trump announces Pence will be 'coronavirus czar'
- February 26
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- Possible new 'minimoon' discovered orbiting Earth
- US isn't 'remotely prepared' to test for coronavirus, experts say
- What can the coronavirus outbreak teach us about bringing Mars samples back to Earth?
- No nose picking! 15th-century guide taught kids how to mind their manners
- Spooky 'blood snow' invades Antarctic island
- Eerie seal 'ballet' beneath Antarctic iceberg wins underwater photo prize
- February 25
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- 'Mad Mike' wasn't trying to prove 'flat Earth' theory on ill-fated rocket launch
- Will coronavirus spread in the US? It's not 'if' but 'when,' CDC says.
- Ancient inscription reveals lost civilization in Turkey that may have defeated King Midas
- Mysterious 'antihydrogen' particles reveal uncanny quantum effect
- Seabird-eating 'monster' crabs are chatty during sex
- 'Shocked' scientists find brain parasites in baby lizards still in shells
- Billion-year-old green algae is an ancestor of all plants on Earth
- February 24
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- A woman's bladder 'brewed' its own alcohol, tripping drug test
- It's still too soon to call coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, WHO says
- Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe
- 46,000-year-old bird, frozen in Siberian permafrost, looks like it 'died a few days ago'
- DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky
- See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice
- The universe could possibly have more dimensions. Here's how.
- 3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in buried city in Israel
- Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 6: Mysteries of eating and drinking
- 'Starter' Earth grew in a flash. Here's how the planet did it.
- February 23
- February 22
- February 21
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- 12 trippy objects hidden in the zodiac
- Tomb of Rome's mythical founder Romulus unearthed
- Coronavirus-stricken cruise ship passengers returned to US against CDC advice
- Bones of Neolithic immigrants killed in massacre found in Spanish cave
- Wreckage of lost American WWII planes finally found, in a Pacific lagoon
- Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins
- Your brain waves could predict if an antidepressant will work for you
- February 20
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- Despite a 'double-barreled' flu season, the vaccine is mostly doing its job
- Specialized respirators are key to stopping spread of coronavirus to medical staff
- New coronavirus may spread through poop
- What should we do if a 'planet-killer' asteroid takes aim at Earth?
- Bone walls made of human limbs and skulls discovered under church in Belgium
- Duck-billed dinosaur's tail had tumors found in children
- February 19
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- World's richest person, Jeff Bezos gives $10 billion to fight climate change
- Coronavirus 'spike' protein just mapped, leading way to vaccine
- Coronavirus quarantine ends for some cruise ship passengers, sparking worries over virus spread
- Bizarre 'ice volcanoes' erupt on Lake Michigan beach
- How ancient microbes could help save coastal cities from rising seas
- 70,000-year-old Neanderthal remains may be evidence that 'closest human relative' buried its dead
- Photos: Squashed skull of 70,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered in cave
- Ripples in space-time could explain the mystery of why the universe exists
- February 18
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- Florida officials cordon off park for annual snake orgy
- Ancient engraving of warrior with 'elaborate hairstyle' and 'pronounced butt' discovered in Scotland
- Plague victims in medieval mass grave were arranged with care by 'last chance' hospital's clergy
- Neuroscientists discover 'engine of consciousness' hiding in monkeys' brains
- Rare pink manta ray caught courting lady friend Down Under
- Sophisticated Soviet spy radio discovered buried in former forest in Germany
- Ancient game board could be a missing link tied to the Egyptian Book of the Dead
- February 17
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- February 14
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- Flu season is getting weirder
- Blood from cured coronavirus patients could help treat infection
- Antarctica just saw its all-time hottest day ever
- Scientists discover largest bacteria-eating virus. It blurs line between living and nonliving.
- NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet could be built by the end of 2020
- Bermuda Triangle theory busted: 1925 ship Cotopaxi found near Florida
- US military's 'Jetson' laser can ID your unique heartbeat hundreds of feet away
- Heart-warming? More like heart-harming. Here are 5 cardiac parasites ... for Valentine's Day
- February 13
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- Images of new coronavirus just released
- Scientists just watched a newfound asteroid zoom by Earth. Then they saw its moon.
- Coronavirus cruise ship nightmare: Are quarantines the right answer?
- This is the most violent object in the solar system
- To find alien life, we should focus on white dwarf stars
- Upside-down jellyfish release venom-filled 'bombs' in their snot
- This may be the biggest turtle that ever lived
- February 12
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- Can pregnant mom pass coronavirus to her unborn child? Early research says no.
- Some coronavirus testing kits sent around the world are not working properly
- Epic battle between 2 subway mice takes people's choice prize at wildlife photography competition
- Skin microbes betray your age
- The last woolly mammoths on Earth had disastrous DNA
- Hackers could shut down satellites — or turn them into weapons
- 800-year-old spiral rock carvings marked the solstices for Native Americans
- Iran satellite launch fails to reach orbit
- February 11
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- Can the new coronavirus spread through building pipes?
- Saturn's weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life
- Read an excerpt from 'The Falcon Thief'
- 'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler
- Ancient 'outlaw temple' discovered in Israel
- This bizarre virus has genes never seen before
- 2 Russian satellites are stalking a US spysat in orbit. The Space Force is watching.
- One of Antarctica's fastest-shrinking glaciers just lost an iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C.
- New pattern uncovered in mysterious 'fast radio bursts' from deep space
- The lost continent of Zealandia hides clues to the Ring of Fire's birth
- Satellite 'license plates' and re-igniting rocket fuel could head off space junk crashes
- February 10
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- UK 'superspreader' may have passed coronavirus to nearly a dozen people in 3 countries
- Single lightning strike kills 4 endangered mountain gorillas
- 'Reaper of death,' newfound cousin of T. rex, discovered in Canada
- 28 Devastating Infectious Diseases
- Devastating solar storms could be far more common than we thought
- Why are children 'missing' from coronavirus outbreak cases?
- Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 4: Mysterious dogs
- February 9
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- February 7
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- Stolen painting reappears after 23 years, in the same gallery where it was taken
- 1,200-year-old 'gumdrop' might have belonged to elite gamer at UK monastery
- Satellite spies gigantic 'fuzzball' clouds spreading near Australia coast
- Trial begins for archaeologist accused of forging earliest portrayal of Jesus' crucifixion
- Why are these sharks doing the 'pipi' dance?
- Pluto's famous heart powers icy winds on the dwarf planet
- Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet changed color as it neared the sun. Here's why.
- Men who took erectile-dysfunction drug had blue-tinted vision for days.
- February 6
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- Fearsome Triassic 'ocean lizard' was a tweezer-nosed weirdo
- Hidden baby Jesus revealed under Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Virgin of the Rocks'
- Ocean currents are getting faster
- Here's how to read election news like a scientist
- When did the universe 'wake up'?
- A galaxy from the early universe grew astonishingly fast, then suddenly stopped
- How experts plan to treat the new coronavirus
- February 5
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- 12th US case of coronavirus reported in Wisconsin
- This month on the forums: Celebration Days, AMAs and Giveaways!
- A 'normal' resting heart rate may not be so normal after all
- 9,900-year-old skeleton of horribly disfigured woman found in Mexican cave
- Jackass penguins have a jackass language not so different from English
- 4 more planes filled with US citizens fly back from Wuhan
- Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 3: Mysterious cats
- Trump touts Space Force in State of the Union address
- A super-rare 'Zee burst' in Antarctica could one day unlock a key mystery of ghostly neutrinos
- Arctic sinkholes open in a flash after permafrost melt
- What's causing mysterious 'ice rings' to form in the world's deepest lake?
- Two invisible stars are bending space-time deep in the Milky Way
- February 4
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- Seal caught clapping underwater … and scientists flip out
- Photons could reveal 'massive gravity,' new theory suggests
- Will airport screenings be enough to stop coronavirus in the US?
- Woman grows 'eyelash-like' hairs in her mouth
- British 'X-Files' of UFO sightings is going public
- Electrical 'storms' and 'flash floods' drown the brain after a stroke
- Oddball sexaquark particles could be immortal, if they exist at all
- February 3
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- 'Vampire' star sparks brilliant 'super-outburst' while gorging on its neighbor
- Stopping the spread of coronavirus: Quarantines go back thousands of years
- Mystery deepens over 42 oddly buried skeletons found on UK farm
- Treasure hunters search for fabled gold on Philippines island. Hoard may not even exist.
- Pliny the Elder died in the Mount Vesuvius eruption of A.D. 79. Is this his skull?
- February 2
