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February 28
- 11 minutes of moderate exercise a day cuts early death risk by 20%, huge analysis suggests
- Otherworldly 'fairy lantern' plant, presumed extinct, emerges from forest floor in Japan
- Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say. Is that safe?
- Insect that flings pee with a butt catapult is 1st known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature
- Terrifying sea monster 'hafgufa' described in medieval Norse manuscripts is actually a whale
- 'Building blocks of life' recovered from asteroid Ryugu are older than the solar system itself
- Ancient Roman 'spike defenses' made famous by Julius Caesar found in Germany
- New Moai statue that 'deified ancestors' found on Easter Island
- Lab-grown minibrains will be used as 'biological hardware' to create new biocomputers, scientists propose
- Cerebral organoids: What are lab-grown 'minibrains'?
February 27
- Alien-like giant phantom jellyfish spotted in frigid waters off Antarctica
- NASA warns of 3 skyscraper-sized asteroids headed toward Earth this week. Thankfully, they'll all miss.
- Human brain looks years 'older' after just one night without sleep, small study shows
- Painful 'cross-shaped incision' in medieval woman's skull didn't kill her, but second surgery did
- Was Catherine the Great a tyrant? Find out in All About History 127
- Puzzle of the sun's mysterious 'heartbeat' signals finally solved
- Why are kids such fast learners?
February 26
- 'Microdiamonds' discovered at French winery point to ancient meteor crater below the vines
- Who invented the telephone?
February 25
- 'Brain-eating' amoeba case in Florida potentially tied to unfiltered water in sinus rinse
- Wormholes might bend light like black holes do — and that could be the key to finding them
- Could dogs survive without humans?
February 24
- Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns
- 3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak
- Rare black hole 1 billion times the mass of the sun could upend our understanding of galaxy formation
- Haunting 'mermaid' mummy discovered in Japan is even weirder than scientists expected
- Fragment of 1,000-pound meteor that exploded over Texas could reveal new insights about our solar system
- 450-mile-wide solid metal ball forms Earth's innermost core, earthquake waves reveal
- 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq
- Medieval synagogue that predates the Inquisition found hidden under Spanish nightclub
February 23
- No, archaeologists haven't found 'elite housing' at Chichen Itza
- 20,000-foot-tall mountain on the moon named in honor of trailblazing computer scientist Melba Roy Mouton
- In rare case, mother delivers two sets of identical twins, back to back
- See photos of stunningly preserved 52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt
- Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggests
- 'Muscle memories' get 'zipped and unzipped' in the brain, like computer files
- In a 1st, scientists grow stem cells that could show how bats harbor lethal viruses without dying
February 22
- 3,400 years ago, 'brain surgery' left man with square hole in his skull, ancient bones suggest
- Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa
- 2,400-year-old flush toilet unearthed in China could be one of the world's oldest
- Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can hear it smashing into Earth
- COVID-19 linked to 40% increase in autoimmune disease risk in huge study
- James Webb Telescope spots galaxies from the dawn of time that are so massive they 'shouldn't exist'
- GPS-tagged possums and raccoons could be sacrificed to capture Florida's invasive pythons
- The early universe was crammed with stars 10,000 times the size of our sun, new study suggests
February 21
- 'Runaway' black hole the size of 20 million suns caught speeding through space with a trail of newborn stars behind it
- Sea dragon dad glues his brood to his tail for safekeeping, stunning image shows
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid that recently zipped past Earth is an elongated weirdo with an odd rotation
- 3rd-century-B.C. woman was buried facedown with a nail hole in her skull. Here's why.
- Naked mole-rats 'never stop having babies.' Now we know why.
- Do dogs love us?
February 20
- Can you see Earth spin?
- Smooth wooden phallus found at a Roman fort was likely a sex toy
February 19
- Do mice really like cheese?
February 18
- How did humans first reach the Americas?
February 17
- Cosmic 'tadpole' points to ultra-rare black hole hiding near the Milky Way's center
- Archaeologists find unexploded artillery shell under Gettysburg battlefield
- Otherworldly 'Lord of the Rings' frog discovered in the mountains of Ecuador
- Book of Revelation's vision of the apocalypse inspired by pagan curses, researcher claims
- Meet Hinat, a Nabataean woman who lived 2,000 years ago in what is now Saudi Arabia
February 16
- Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia: What to know about the disorder
- 1st UK child to receive gene therapy for fatal genetic disorder is now 'happy and healthy'
- Plants 'slept' with curled leaves 250 million years ago, ancient insect bites reveal
- Monster black holes could be the source of dark energy driving the accelerating expansion of the universe, study suggests
- NASA rover snaps photos of ancient 'waves' carved into Mars mountainside
February 15
- FDA no longer requires animal testing for new drugs. Is that safe?
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid twice the size of the World Trade Center will shoot past Earth tonight
- Da Vinci understood key aspect of gravity centuries before Einstein, lost sketches reveal
- World's deadliest mushroom conquered California with a clone army, study reveals
- Doomsday Glacier is melting slower than previously thought — but it's still in big trouble
- Elusive Planet Nine could be surrounded by hot moons, and that's how we'd find it
- Stunning reconstruction reveals 'lonely boy' with deformed skull who died in cave in Norway 8,300 years ago
February 14
- See the lifelike face of Zuzu, a man who lived 9,600 years ago in Brazil
- 'Pristine' meteorite contaminated with table salt upon crash landing on Earth
- Deadly case of 'penile gangrene' linked to improperly applied catheter
- Even brief exposure to diesel fumes alters activity in key brain network, study finds
- Wild queen bees attempt to invade commercial hives, but get slaughtered by rival workers
- Why are we seeing so many UFOs over America all of a sudden?
- In 'extremely rare' attack, polar bear killed mother and child in Alaska. Now we know why.
- 900% increase in babies born with syphilis in Mississippi may be part of nationwide trend
February 13
- Medieval religious hermit buried in 'extremely unusual' position had syphilis
- Giraffe sex is even weirder than we thought, and it involves pee
- Some narcissists chase status, others are driven by a need to be admired, study finds
- Do birds pee?
February 12
- What energy source sparked the evolution of life?
- US shoots down UFOs over Lake Huron and Canada
February 11
- What stops nuclear weapons from accidentally detonating?
February 10
- Enormous 'polar vortex' on the sun is unprecedented, scientists say
- Lasers reveal ruins of 5th-century fortress in Spanish forest
- James Webb telescope finds Milky Way's long-lost twin 9 billion years in the past
- In rare attack, great white shark decapitates diver in Mexico. But why?
- Cockatoos join humans and chimps as only species that can use a set of tools
- Italian woman's rare 'foreign accent syndrome' caused her to sound Canadian
- Earth's mantle has a gooey layer we never knew about
- More than a third of US wildlife at risk of extinction, 'grim' new report shows
- 'Impossible' new ring system discovered at the edge of the solar system, and scientists are baffled
February 9
- Scientists reveal 'invisible' galaxy from the early universe, using space-time trick predicted by Einstein
- Weird green bruise on woman's hand turns out to be rare tumor
- You have one last chance to view the green comet this week, thanks to a close flyby with Mars
- Bering Land Bridge was only passable during 2 brief windows, study finds
- Is 'lucky girl syndrome' trending on TikTok just old-school magical thinking?
February 8
- One-and-done injection halves risk of COVID hospitalization in large trial
- Why was the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria so deadly?
- Physicists want to use gravitational waves to 'see' the beginning of time
- Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal
- Orca males are burnouts who let their moms do all the hunting, surprising study finds
- Fear of reanimated corpses may explain mysterious burials at 1,600-year-old cemetery
- Monet and Turner's atmospheric landscapes actually depicted air pollution, new study finds
- Mary, Queen of Scots' cryptic prison letters finally deciphered
February 7
- Jupiter officially has the most moons in the solar system, discovery of 12 new satellites confirms
- AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old 'lost book' describing life after Alexander the Great
- Massive, 1.2 million-year-old tool workshop in Ethiopia made by 'clever' group of unknown human relatives
- NASA scientists 'weigh' a white dwarf for the first time using a space-time trick predicted by Einstein
- Bright green laser lines shoot across night sky in Hawaii. What caused them?
- Pfizer is using AI to help revolutionize the development of life-saving medications
February 6
- Fatal 'brain-eating' amoeba successfully treated with repurposed UTI drug
- 7.5-foot-long sword from 4th-century Japan may have 'protected' deceased from evil spirits
- Statue of slain Roman emperor dressed as Hercules found near sewer in Rome
- 17th-century Frenchwoman's 'innovative' gold dental work was likely torturous to her teeth
- Which came first: The chicken or the egg?
February 5
- What did the ancient Egyptian pyramids look like when they were built?
February 4
- '1-in-10-billion' star system is doomed to explode in a fiery kilonova
- Do bees have knees?
February 3
- Hidden tide in Earth's magnetospheric 'plasma ocean' revealed in new study
- Eye drops recalled after CDC links them to vision loss, 1 death
- 8 possible alien 'technosignatures' detected around distant stars in new AI study
February 2
- Rat brain injuries 'plugged' with lab-grown human minibrains in world-first experiment
- Scientists created a weird new type of ice that is almost exactly as dense as water
- Battle site of 'Great Revolt' recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt
- The full 'Snow micromoon' rises Feb. 5. Here's how to see it.
- Massive, volcano-like eruption may explain dead star's mysterious slowdown
- 17-pound meteorite found in Antarctica, likely hidden for millennia, is perfectly intact
- How accurate are Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day forecasts?
- Dozens of genes linked to thyroid disease risk in largest study of its kind
- 'Leonardo DiCaprio' snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle
February 1
- New map of the universe's matter reveals a possible hole in our understanding of the cosmos
- Does coffee really give you an 'energy boost'?
- Only filmed interview with Georges Lemaître, 'father of the Big Bang,' rediscovered after 60 years
- Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds
- Eye drop product may be tied to cluster of drug-resistant bacterial infections, CDC says
- Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search
- Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain
- Elaborate underground embalming workshop discovered at Saqqara
- 10 surprising facts about the 'mind-control' parasite Toxoplasma gondii
- How to watch the rare green comet whiz past Earth tonight