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April 30
- Russia is using military-trained dolphins in the Black Sea, according to satellite images
- Newfound species of wee frogs found in Mexico can fit on your fingertip
- Should you exercise if you're sick?
- Oldest evidence of tectonic plates unearthed, sealed in ancient crystals
April 29
- Stonehenge was a hunting hotspot long before the monument was built
- 17-story-tall 'mountain' of garbage spontaneously combusts during Indian heatwave
- Don't miss the solar eclipse today: How to watch live
- Man's 'shifting' rash caused by worms crawling under his skin
- Humanity locked in a 'spiral of self-destruction' unless we change our perception of risk, UN says
- H5N1 bird flu strain strikes 1st person in US
- 1,100-year-old 'altar of skulls' found in Mexico cave
- Meet Elliott Tanner, the 13-year-old who just got his college degree in physics
- Family of 5 bears found hibernating under Lake Tahoe home
- Medieval cargo ship unexpectedly found during construction work in Estonia
- Fireball 10 times brighter than the moon streaks over Mississippi, triggering a massive boom
- Large Hadron Collider breaks new record only days after it reopens
- Farmer unearths ancient statue of serpent-crowned goddess in Gaza
- Ultraprecise atomic optical clocks may redefine the length of a second
April 28
- Mars helicopter photographs wreckage of its own landing gear in eerily desolate image
- Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have exchanged 'BFF' friendship ornaments
- These meteorites contain all of the building blocks of DNA
- China to complete ‘Heavenly Palace’ and break world record for space launches in 2022
- Pot brimming with Roman coins discovered in Switzerland
- Mysterious ceramic jars may actually be 900-year-old Crusader hand grenades
- Study of nearly 500 human pelvises reveals intestinal parasites plagued early UK
- Tardigrades hitch risky rides inside snail bellies, then escape in their poop
- The April 30 solar eclipse: When, where and what to expect.
- Crows and ravens took over the world because they're spookily smart (and brawny, too)
- Mysterious hepatitis outbreak in children: What we know
- The world's largest ichthyosaur may have just been discovered in the Swiss Alps
- 1st human case of H3N8 bird flu reported in 4-year-old boy in China
April 27
- Dingoes are part domestic dog, part wolf (sort of)
- ISS and China's space station photobomb image of 4 planets aligned in the sky
- Over 100 brain tumors linked to NJ high school: Is it a cancer cluster?
- 2 giant marsquakes rock the far side of the Red Planet
- Underwater volcano in Antarctica triggers 85,000 earthquakes
- Viking boat burial discovered in Norway may hold the remains of royal figures
- Ancient temple dedicated to Zeus unearthed in Egypt
April 26
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid twice the size of the Empire State Building will skim past Earth Thursday, NASA says
- World's oldest person dies in Japan at age 119
- 4 planets line up like ducks in a row in gorgeous night-sky image
- Rare white humpback whale spotted swimming with dolphins Down Under
- Enormous beached sperm whale rescued in China. Will it survive?
- What is the largest arachnid to ever live?
- Massive fireball scattered loads of meteorites across southern Ontario
- Anglo-Saxon royals were largely vegetarian
- Venomous bloodworms grow deadly copper fangs with totally metal trick
- Ticking time bombs of DNA mutation may dictate when animals die
April 25
- Sunspot sends off double flare, as solar activity ramps up
- Human 'hobbit' ancestor may be hiding in Indonesia, new controversial book claims
- These male spiders use built-in leg catapults to escape sexual cannibalism
- Earliest documented aurora found in ancient Chinese text
- Can anything travel faster than the speed of light?
April 24
- Time might not exist — but that's okay
- The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth
- What color were the dinosaurs?
April 23
- Are there any mythological creatures that haven't been debunked?
- What has no eyes, walked on stilts and died in 'Paleo Pompeii'? This ancient weirdo.
- Sir David Attenborough earns prestigious UN 'Champion of the Earth' award
April 22
- Cretaceous dinosaurs come to life in stunning footage from 'Prehistoric Planet'
- Longest COVID-19 infection reported: Patient had virus for 505 days.
- Cosmic 'angel wings' emerge from violent galactic collision in Leo constellation
- Mars’ death-spiraling moon captured in gorgeous eclipse video
- 1,700-year-old sandal found on a remote mountain in Norway
- How deadly is Putin's nuclear 'Satan 2' missile?
- Swiftie scientist names millipede species after Taylor Swift
- Large Hadron Collider is waking up after a 3-year nap, and it could help explain why the universe exists.
April 21
- Cluster of mysterious hepatitis cases in US children prompts CDC health alert
- Woman's sudden dizziness and hearing loss had a rare cause
- Powerful solar ‘burp’ flares on the surface of the sun
- Ancient Roman pottery workshop discovered in Egypt
- Martian crater looks just like a human fingerprint in this incredible new image
- Prehistoric rock carvings may have been the first cartoons in history, new study suggests
- Largest crown jellyfish ever discovered is a blood red, saucer-like weirdo
April 20
- Death from rare tick-borne virus reported in Maine
- Large solar flare blasts toward Earth, causing radio blackouts
- Newly discovered 'micronovae' shoot out of the magnetic poles of cannibalistic stars
- US gov't report proposed nuking the moon, newly released documents reveal
- What's the weirdest sea creature ever discovered?
April 19
- Evidence of 'modern' plate tectonics dating to 2.5 billion years ago found in China
- Why was NASA's 'Mega Moon Rocket' test delayed (again)?
- Remains of Roman mercenary and beheaded victim found at ancient site in UK
- Scientists find evidence for biggest earthquake in human history
- New swarms of sunspots are so gigantic they could devour Earth whole
- The Lyrids are about to peak. Here's how to watch.
April 18
- Shimmering 'night spiral' captured above Hawaii is actually a dying SpaceX rocket
- Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever
- Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa really falling over?
- Stunning aurora glow above Iceland after 'dead' sunspot erupts
April 17
- Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique
- Why is chocolate bad for dogs?
April 16
- What is the coldest place in the solar system?
April 15
- Dozens of unexplained cases of liver disease seen in UK children
- Zoo anteater exposed people to rabies in first-of-its-kind case
April 14
- Sudden eruption from 'dead' sunspot could bring auroras as far south as New York
- Ultra-rare black hole ancestor detected at the dawn of the universe
- The sun has blasted Mercury with a plasma wave
- No, the Loch Ness Monster was not a whale's penis
- Tardigrades may hitchhike on snails ... and then suffocate in their slime
- 'Secret code' behind key type of memory revealed in new brain scans
- Earliest evidence of Maya divination calendar discovered in ancient temple
- World's first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, 'started up' in 178 B.C., scientists claim
April 13
- 100 million-year-old fairy shrimp reproduced without sex, rare fossils reveal
- Astronomers perplexed by plummeting temperatures in Neptune's atmosphere
- The universe would not make sense without mathematics
- Largest comet ever seen has a heart 'blacker than coal,' and it's headed this way
April 12
- Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died: What is myotonic dystrophy type II?
- School bus-size 'Reaper of death' was an apex predator. Here's why that matters.
- Colossal asteroid impact forever changed the balance of the moon
- Spanish police seize more than 1,000 stuffed animals, including endangered and extinct species
- How It Works issue 163: Your nervous system explained
- Don't miss April's full Pink Moon this Saturday
April 11
- Large meningitis outbreak among gay, bisexual men in Florida, CDC warns
- 'Dead sunspot' launches ball of plasma toward Earth
- 'Magic mushroom' compound creates a hyper-connected brain to treat depression
- 'Baby Jupiter' discovered in the process of forming around a star 500 light-years away
- The planets are prepping for an epic alignment. Here's how to see it shape up.
- Ancient people in India may have buried their dead in giant stone jars
- An interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified government data reveal
- How many space rocks hit the moon every year?
April 10
- Thousands of new viruses discovered in the ocean
- Why do dogs and other animals lick their wounds?
April 9
- What's the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth?
- A dozen squirming fly larvae cause man's 'itchy eye'
- Dark matter could be a cosmic relic from extra dimensions
- Where did the unicorn myth come from?
April 8
- 100-year-old Greenland shark that washed up on UK beach had brain infection, autopsy finds
- Oddly heavy particle may have just broken the reigning model of particle physics
- Get ready, the next great North American total solar eclipse is 2 years from today
- Galactic bones inside Milky Way's skeleton are a magnetic mess
- Chinese rocket photobombs aurora with spinning orb of light
- Jamestown colonists killed and ate the dogs of Indigenous Americans
April 7
- Brain differences tied to autism can be detected in the womb
- Dinosaur leg might be from the day the asteroid struck, scientists claim
- Astronomers just discovered the farthest object in the known universe — but what is it?
- Big John, world's largest Triceratops, got mauled by a rival dinosaur, fossils suggest
- 'Magnetic anomalies' may be protecting the moon's ice from melting
April 6
- A woman would faint whenever she tried to stand. New implant lets her walk.
- World's oldest known case of cannibalism revealed in trilobite fossils
- Charles Darwin's stolen 'tree of life' notebooks returned after 20 years
- Ukraine invasion's impacts on the world of science: Live updates
- Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds
- Russia could end its role in the International Space Station by 2024, say experts
- NASA's 'Mega moon rocket' test resumes. Why were so many details about it kept secret?
- Is it time to send another message to intelligent aliens? Some scientists think so.
April 5
- How satellite technology uncovered evidence of a Russian massacre of civilians in Ukraine
- UFOs left 'radiation burns' and 'unaccounted for pregnancies,' new Pentagon report claims
- New part of the body found hiding in the lungs
- A 12,000-mile-deep 'canyon of fire' has opened on the sun, spitting intense solar wind toward Earth
- 'Dead' telescope discovers Jupiter's twin from beyond the grave
April 4
- NASA's 2nd attempt to fuel giant Artemis 1 moon rocket hits snag
- It's 'now or never' to stop climate disaster, UN scientists say
- Should you get a second booster shot for COVID-19?
- Bloated 'alien' creature that washed ashore in Australia possibly identified
- Lightning strikes Artemis I mission's 'Mega Moon rocket' launch pad during tests
- What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded?
- How did cockroaches survive the dino-killing asteroid strike?
April 3
- Why isn't Earth perfectly round?
April 2
- The sun let out another flare and the photos are stunning
- French farmer finds rare coin featuring Charlemagne just before his death
- Is it safe to feed cats and dogs a vegetarian diet?
April 1
- 'Potentially hazardous' Apollo-class asteroid sails harmlessly past Earth
- Scotland's 'bodies in the bog' traveled hundreds of miles to die in a toilet
- Ultra-fast electron rain is pouring out of Earth's magnetosphere, and scientists think they know why
- Strange 'reverse shock wave' supernova is exploding in the wrong direction