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- September 30
- September 29
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- Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desert
- Prenatal RSV vaccine protects newborns from the virus, CDC says
- Scientists investigate mysterious case of orca that swallowed 7 sea otters whole
- Watch ghostly dumbo octopus swim with its massive 'ears' in rare new footage
- Woman is 1st to survive infection with deadly 'blackleg' bacteria she caught while gardening bare-handed
- The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests
- September 28
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- See green comet Nishimura's tail get whipped away by powerful solar storm as it slingshots around the sun
- Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally returns to Earth after accidentally spending 371 days in space
- Scientists just proved that 'monster' black hole M87 is spinning — confirming Einstein’s relativity yet again
- New drug could prevent bone loss on lengthy space missions, study in space-faring mice suggests
- Alien life may evolve from radically different elements than human life did
- 'Parasitic provider of sperm on-tap': Why the sex lives of deep sea creatures demand extreme solutions
- 'Very rare' Bronze Age arrow with quartzite tip uncovered from melting ice after 3,000 years
- Kelping is a 'global phenomenon' sweeping the world of humpback whales, scientists say
- For 1st time, scientists write words in liquid water
- September 27
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- Major CERN experiment proves antigravity doesn't exist — at least when it comes to antimatter
- 1,400-year-old tomb of emperor in China reveals evidence of royal power struggle among brothers and a warlord
- Simultaneous rupture of faults triggered massive earthquake in Seattle area 1,100 years ago — and it could happen again
- Octopus sucker-inspired patch delivers drugs into the body without needles or pills
- 125 million-year-old dinosaur feathers were remarkably similar to modern bird feathers, analysis reveals
- Strange purple lump on infant's head is rare case of protruding brain tissue, case report says
- Opportunistic orcas have developed a new feeding behavior that appears to be killing them
- The strange story of sharks that lived in a golf course pond for 20 years — then vanished
- How to see the Harvest Moon, the final supermoon of 2023, rise this weekend
- 'Ritual text' from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey
- September 26
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- Rat 'lungworm' that can invade the human brain found in Georgia rodents
- Stunningly perfect 'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen
- James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that 'shouldn't exist' swarming across the early universe
- Ancient supernova in James Webb telescope image could help solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries
- September 25
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- Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they're not entirely sure how it works
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander fails to answer wake-up call, may be dead for good
- New 'inverse vaccine' could wipe out autoimmune diseases, but more research is needed
- Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima
- COVID drug molnupiravir may be driving the virus to mutate — should we worry?
- Scientists have figured out when the biggest bull sharks are most active — and it's not when official advice suggests
- What's the highest temperature water can freeze, and the lowest it can boil on Earth?
- September 24
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- NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule returns to Earth with a sample from the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu
- Science news this week: Pink diamonds and nuclear 'pasta'
- See the 'amazing' facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old grave
- Is glass a liquid or a solid?
- September 23
- September 22
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- Landslide reveals 2,500-year-old 'richly decorated' gold necklaces in Spain
- James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
- Bronze Age hexagonal 'pyramid' not like anything 'found before in the Eurasian steppe'
- An ancient, ravenous black hole has been hiding an 11-billion-year-old galaxy in its glare
- Roman glass keeps turning into photonic crystals. Scientists finally know why
- At-home DNA tests predict how you'll respond to drugs — but how well do they work?
- Mysterious 'fossilized' bubble 10,000 times the size of the Milky Way could be a relic from the Big Bang
- World's oldest aquarium fish 'Methuselah' could be decades older than we originally thought, DNA clock reveals
- Move over, Viagra — this spider's boner-inducing venom could treat people let down by the blue pill
- September 21
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- Mercury reaches its highest point in the sky this weekend. Here's how to see it.
- 2 rare Roman cavalry swords from 1,800 years ago discovered by UK metal detectorist
- Scientists in China find mysterious virus at the bottom of the Mariana Trench
- Oops! US Space Force may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere
- Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico
- Nuclear 'pasta' cooked up by dead stars could unravel the secrets of stellar afterlife
- Haunting new moon images reveal enormous crater deeper than the Grand Canyon near the lunar south pole
- September 20
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- Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt found brimming with 'treasures and secrets'
- Watch: NASA spacecraft flies through a violent solar explosion for 1st time ever — and survives unscathed
- Cup crafted from prehistoric human skull discovered in cave in Spain
- How many cells are in the human body? New study provides an answer.
- See extremely rare photos of alien-looking '7-arm octopus' spotted near Washington coast
- Archaeologists in Zambia discover oldest wooden structure in the world, dating to 476,000 years ago
- 'True rarity': Gigantic alligator gar caught and released in Texas reservoir could break 2 world records
- See the stunning facial approximation of a medieval man with dwarfism
- 'Ghost' particles from the sun could lead us straight to an invisible trove of dark matter
- Should we rethink our legal definition of a human embryo?
- 'Grand cosmic fireworks': See the stunning winners of the 2023 astronomy photo of the year contest
- Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it means
- Snake choking on invasive fish the size of its head saved by scientist
- Bizarre blob-like animal may hint at origins of neurons
- September 19
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- Paleolithic 'art sanctuary' in Spain contains more than 110 prehistoric cave paintings
- Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
- RNA extracted from a extinct Tasmanian tiger for the 1st time
- DARPA is funding AI to help make battlefield decisions
- Green comet Nishimura survives its superheated slingshot around the sun. Will we get another chance to see it?
- James Webb telescope snaps rainbow 'lightsaber' shockwaves shooting out of a newborn sun-like star
- Earth's biggest cache of pink diamonds formed in the breakup of the 1st supercontinent 'Nuna'
- Some people whose brains flatline but survive can recall lucid 'experiences of death'
- Knife blade lodged in a man's belly mysteriously 'floated' to the other side of his body without causing damage
- Mysterious source of water on the moon traced to Earth's magnetic shield
- Weight-loss products labeled as 'Nuez de la India' contain highly toxic yellow oleander, FDA warns
- Watch slime-covered penis mushroom that smells like rotting flesh grow and decay in mesmerizing time-lapse
- September 18
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- Early medieval warrior found buried with his weapons in Germany
- Cancer screening may not extend lives, new study suggests. But experts say it's flawed.
- Mysterious flashes on Venus may be a rain of meteors, new study suggests
- Watch elusive, sucker-less squid in rare footage captured off the Galapagos
- 'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation
- 'Outstanding' 2,200-year-old child's shoe discovered deep underground in Austrian mine
- Humanity's future on the moon: Why Russia, India and other countries are racing to the lunar south pole
- Astronomers measure dark matter 'haloes' around hundreds of ancient black holes for 1st time
- 14th-century shipboard cannon that fired 'stone shots' may be Europe's oldest on record
- Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs allowed flowers to thrive in a post-apocalyptic world
- How accurate are our first childhood memories?
- September 17
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- September 15
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- New mothers more likely to experience pareidolia, when your brain thinks it see faces in inanimate objects
- Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to 'unsolvable' 3-body problem
- Mystery of 'living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years finally solved
- Evidence of mysterious 'recurring nova' that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217
- Blood transfusions might transfer proteins involved in brain hemorrhage — but it would be incredibly rare
- September 14
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- 'This is complete nonsense': Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican congress
- No aliens in NASA's debut UFO report — but big questions remain
- No one 'expected to find what we did': 4,000-year-old Canaanite arch in Israel may have been used by cult
- James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world
- 200,000 Americans could die of temperature-related causes each year if global warming hits 3 C
- Should we rename the Hitler beetle or the Mussolini butterfly? Scientists are shockingly divided.
- New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists chasing mysterious black hole photon spheres
- $100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe
- Human elbows and shoulders evolved as 'brakes' for climbing ape ancestors
- World's 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China
- September 13
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- Asteroid that collided with NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly, high school class discovers
- Who should get the new COVID vaccines? What to know about the 2023-2024 shots
- The closest black holes to Earth may be lurking in a star cluster visible to the naked eye
- Team Egg or Team Sponge? Scientists divided over identity of mysterious golden orb from bottom of ocean
- 1st of its kind footage shows guard dogs saving sheep from puma attack on a pitch black mountain
- Early human relatives purposefully crafted stones into spheres 1.4 million years ago, study claims
- What happens to cancer cells when they die?
- Who were the first farmers?
- September 12
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- Leading ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants doesn't work, FDA panel rules
- 'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space
- New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nuclear reactors on the moon
- Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests
- 'Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world
- 7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Arabia
- Green comet Nishimura has passed its closest point to Earth, and it won't be back for another 430 years
- 'Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye
- Gene variant carried by 1 in 5 people may guard against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, massive study finds
- Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists ahead of once-in-a-century blooming event
- September 11
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- Florida alligator weighing over 900 pounds could have been 90 years old when caught
- See a European satellite take a fiery fall through the atmosphere in world-1st mission
- In a 1st, scientists grow human kidneys inside developing pig embryos
- James Webb telescope could detect life on Earth from across the galaxy, new study suggests
- Ian Wilmut, British embryologist who created Dolly the sheep clone, dies at 79
- Ancient sea monsters grew their long necks super fast after Great Dying by adding more vertebrae
- Tortoise beetle larvae use their telescopic anuses to build shields from shed skin and poop
- Divers recover US airman's remains from WWII bomber wreck near Malta
- NASA is hunting for life outside the solar system. Here's how.
- Why does Earth have magnetic poles?
- September 10
- September 9
- September 8
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- 'Gold find of the century': Metal detectorist in Norway discovers massive cache of jewelry
- In a 1st, NASA's Perseverance rover makes breathable oxygen on Mars
- 2,700-year-old 'extremely well preserved' skeleton found in fortress in Turkey may be an earthquake victim
- 5 asteroids will skim past Earth over the next 2 days, NASA says
- Moment falcon digs its talons into pelican's head to protect its nest captured in incredible photo
- Anatolian fault that gave rise to deadly Turkey and Syria quakes formed 5 million years ago
- Lost 'rainbow cup' coin minted by Celts 2,000 years ago discovered in Germany
- Blood clot risk linked to taking common painkillers alongside certain hormonal birth control
- 'It is biological in origin': 1st analysis of weird golden orb from ocean floor leaves scientists stumped
- Move over, python — this tiny snake holds the record for swallowing the largest prey whole relative to body size
- September 7
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- Most advanced lab-made human embryo models look like the real thing
- India's lunar lander finds 1st evidence of a moonquake in decades
- Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by DNA analysis
- For the 1st time, scientists accidentally measure the swirling ring around a black hole
- Could an impending rise in solar storms cause more whales to strand?
- This was the hottest summer ever recorded on Earth
- DNA's 'topography' influences where cancer-causing mutations appear
- Mysterious 17th-century 'cauldron' may be primitive submarine used to salvage treasure from a sunken galleon
- Do black holes really suck in matter?
- Used coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger
- Perseverance rover spots a shark fin and crab claw on Mars
- September 6
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- Astronomers discover new class of cosmic explosion brighter than 100 billion suns
- SpaceX launches record-breaking 62nd orbital mission of the year
- 'It's a dream': 4 Roman swords likely stolen as war booty 1,900 years ago discovered in Israeli cave
- RSV spread in the Southeastern US hints that season will soon ramp up nationwide
- Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dangerous major hurricane' by this weekend
- Scientists finally figured out what's making German wild boars radioactive, and it's not just Chernobyl
- Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video
- NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
- Brightest supernova of past 420 years revealed in stunning new James Webb telescope images
- Bronze Age girl buried with more than 150 animal ankle bones, potentially to help her to the next world
- Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art
- September 5
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- CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab
- Why can't we smell ourselves as well as we smell others?
- Teen unearths 34 million-year-old whale skull on her family's Alabama timber farm
- Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena
- Grizzly bear filmed brutally mauling black bear in rare footage
- Will the sun ever become a black hole?
- September 4
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- 2,800-year-old figurines unearthed at Greek temple may be offerings to Poseidon
- Scientists manipulate quantum mechanics to slow down a chemical reaction by 100 billion times
- CDC health warning issued after 5 killed by 'flesh-eating' bacteria across East Coast
- Scientists reveal the hidden math that governs how neurons cluster in the brain
- Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why
- Genetically engineered pink pineapples are flying off shelves: What gives them their distinctive color?
- Infant's dark-brown eyes suddenly turn indigo blue after COVID-19 antiviral treatment. But why?
- Scientists finally figure out why cats are obsessed with tuna
- Unknown ultra-light particles linked to dark matter could be found using atomic clocks
- 15 jaw-dropping spacewalk images
- Hot weather could boost aggression — but only in certain conditions
- Why are animals so colorful?
- September 3
- September 2
- September 1
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- Russia's Luna 25 lunar lander left a 33-foot-wide crater when it crashed into the moon, NASA images reveal
- 'Doubly magic' form of oxygen may challenge a fundamental law of physics
- James Webb telescope reveals the universe may have far fewer active black holes than we thought
- India's lunar rover finds 1st evidence of sulfur near the moon's south pole
- Will El Niño end the Southwest's megadrought?
- How do electric batteries work, and what affects their properties?
- 3,000-year-old tomb of shaman who may have mediated 'between spiritual and earthly worlds' found in Peru
- 'Twisty' new theory of gravity says information can escape black holes after all
- Why are humans good long-distance runners?
