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- July 31
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- 3,600-year-old jewelry and weapon hoard found under field in Czech Republic
- Olympic athletes dive into the Seine — days after it was deemed too contaminated with poop for safe swimming
- Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe
- NASA Mars rover finds 'first compelling detection' of potential fossilized life on the Red Planet
- Never-before-seen shapes up to 1,300 feet long discovered beneath Antarctic ice
- Heavy rains expose one of the oldest dinosaur skeletons ever discovered, researchers claim
- Continental collision 2.1 billion years ago may have sparked '1st attempt' at complex life on Earth
- 'My jaw just dropped': 500 million-year-old larva fossil found with brain preserved
- Even trees 'hold their breath' to avoid harmful wildfire smoke, research finds
- At what age does athleticism peak in different sports?
- Longstanding physics mystery may soon be solved, thanks to Einstein and quantum computing
- 'Defects' in silicon chips could house qubits, hastening the arrival of a future quantum internet
- 3,500-year-old tablet in Turkey turns out to be a shopping list
- Human origins tied to ancient jawless blood-sucking fish
- July 30
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- 'Simone is a very, very rare bird': Experts discuss the science behind Simone Biles' gymnastic prowess
- Genetically engineered 'mind control' parasite could deliver drugs to the brain
- The 1st week of August is a stargazer's delight. Here's why.
- 17th-century home and silver spoon from 'affluent household' found in Colonial Williamsburg
- Eating too much sugar may accelerate cellular aging
- Should you floss before or after you brush your teeth?
- Yellowstone Biscuit Basin explosion may have created a new geyser
- 'If you can bench press a car, you are good to go': Inside the incredible bite-force of crocodiles
- The unsung 'cognitive expertise' needed to excel in elite sports
- Massive sinkholes in China hold 'heavenly' forests with plants adapted for harsh life underground
- Ancient Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build their 1st pyramid, controversial study claims
- 'Absurdly fast' algorithm solves 70-year-old logjam — speeding up network traffic in areas from airline scheduling to the internet
- Earth from space: Wall of haze gets trapped behind mountains near 'Throne of Solomon' in Pakistan
- July 29
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- Identity of 2,200-year-old skeleton in 'Tomb of Cerberus' is a mystery
- New blood test for colorectal cancer approved by FDA
- Short-term vegan diet may slow aging, but questions remain
- China's Chang'e 5 rover detects hints of water on the moon
- Unistellar Odyssey is still its lowest ever price of $1,799
- Methane 'kitchens' in Siberia's permafrost form mounds that can erupt, creating giant craters
- Hydrogen-powered VTOL aircraft makes record 523-mile journey — and lands with 10% of its fuel left in the tank
- Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside?
- July 28
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- Earth's weather is getting weirder. Here's why.
- 'A remarkable conspiracy': Why is matter neutral? Physicist Frank Close explores the mystery in a new book
- What's the heaviest weight a person can lift?
- Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'fossil' holding some of the oldest stars in the universe
- Scientists achieve record-breaking 402 Tbps data transmission speeds — 1.6 million times faster than home broadband
- Why do we see colors that aren't there?
- July 27
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- Dogs can smell their humans' stress, and it makes them sad
- Weird new device measures how 'liquid' lava is
- Teotihuacan's 'Pyramid of the Moon' is aligned with the solstice sun, researchers argue
- Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes
- Future chips could swap silicon for a 3-atom-thick crystal semiconductor full of 'defects' that pack in more power
- What's the most dangerous sport in the world?
- Otherworldly video captures rare jellyfish with a hitchhiker in its bell
- Will we ever reach Alpha Centauri, our closest neighboring star system?
- Tonga eruption entombed deep-sea life in ash
- An undersea eruption rocked the Aegean 520,000 years ago
- July 26
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- 'It gave me goosebumps': Most powerful gamma ray burst ever detected hid a secret, scientists say
- 12,500-year-old rock art 'canvas' in the Amazon reveals early Americans' connection with wildlife
- These bacteria trigger a sex change in wasps — scientists finally know how
- Will Olympic athletes ever stop breaking records?
- 'Wall of flames' from out-of-control Canadian wildfire devastates town of Jasper and national park
- 'Brain-eating' infections could become more common, scientists warn
- Can you get a brain-eating amoeba from tap water?
- This is what it's like to treat a 'brain-eating' amoeba infection
- 'Brain-eating' amoebas kill nearly 100% of victims. Could new treatments change that?
- Spectacularly rare fossils of snakes that died huddled together 38 million years ago unearthed in Wyoming
- Panathenaic prize amphora: A pot brimming with olive oil awarded at the ancient Greek Olympics
- 47,000 years of Aboriginal history destroyed in mining blast in Australia
- Lake Kivu: The ticking time bomb that could one day explode and unleash a massive, deadly gas cloud
- New HCTI file format lets you send 'touch' over the internet just as easily as you would send a video
- Which Olympic sport burns the most calories?
- 'Upwelling' deep in the mantle triggered magnitude 6.8 Morocco earthquake
- July 25
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- Anxiety and depression raise the risk of dangerous blood clots, study finds
- There's a 2nd El Niño — and scientists just figured out how it works
- Ultra-rare black hole found hiding in the center of the Milky Way
- What causes blushing? Science finally reveals the answer.
- 'Failed' microcontinent found hiding beneath Greenland and Canada
- Boeing Starliner astronauts remain stuck on International Space Station with no set return date, NASA announces
- Antimatter detected on International Space Station could reveal new physics
- Stunning ancient Egyptian artifacts discovered in more than 60 burials, including 'ba-birds' and 'eye of Horus'
- Save $300 on the new OM System OM-1 Mark II
- World's loneliest tree species can't reproduce without a mate. So AI is looking for one hidden in the forests of South Africa.
- Strange compound used to treat cancer can extract rare-earth metals from old tech at 99% efficiency
- ChatGPT isn’t 'hallucinating' — it's just churning out BS
- July 24
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- Moat that protected ancient Jerusalem's royalty discovered near parking lot
- Scientists find secret 'back door' flu viruses use to enter cells
- 'I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life': Why some people feel happiness near death
- New, faster sepsis test could save lives, scientists say
- 'Spectacular and definitely hazardous': Yellowstone geyser erupts, firing steam and debris over nearby tourists
- Next-gen quantum computers could be powered using chip with high-energy lasers made 10,000 times smaller
- Andes region formed in 4 stages over the last 24 million years, new modeling study suggests
- 'Double' meteor shower will light up the skies next week. Here's how to watch.
- Why are scars permanent?
- PFAS can absorb through the skin, potentially threatening our health, study finds
- July 23
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- Lasers reveal Roman-era circus in Spain where 5,000 spectators watched horse-drawn chariot races
- Trotting hippos can 'fly,' but only in 0.3-second bursts, study finds
- 'It's risky for male frogs out there': Female frog drags and attempts to eat screaming male
- Severely injured giraffe with 'very twisted' zigzag neck spotted in South Africa
- Earth from space: 'River of tea' bleeds into sea after Hurricane Sally smashes into US coast
- The best meteor showers of 2024 are yet to come. Here are the key nights to watch for.
- July 22
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- July 19
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- NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally reveals ultra-rare sulfur crystals after crushing a rock on Mars
- 'We can't answer these questions': Neuroscientist Kenneth Kosik on whether lab-grown brains will achieve consciousness
- Nearly half a million 'invasive' owls, including their hybrid offspring, to be killed by US
- 2 young orcas ram sailboat off northern France — 800 miles from 'attack' hotspot
- Could blocking this one protein extend human life span?
- Last Chance Lake: The unusual 'soda lake' with conditions that may have given rise to life on Earth
- Ultra-rare whale never seen alive washes up on on New Zealand beach — and scientists could now dissect it for the 1st time
- Dead stars sometimes shine again — and gravity itself may be responsible
- See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade
- July 18
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- 1,800-year-old ring depicting Roman goddess discovered by ancient quarry in Israel
- Rare 'stiff person syndrome' treated with reconfigured cancer therapy
- Rock carvings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs found underwater near Aswan
- Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they've found a solution
- How worried should we be about PFAS, the 'forever chemicals'?
- Deadly snake delivers enough venom to kill 400 humans in record-breaking 'milking'
- 'ChatGPT moment for biology': Ex-Meta scientists develop AI model that creates proteins 'not found in nature'
- 9-mile-thick layer of solid diamonds may lurk beneath Mercury's surface, study hints
- July 17
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- Astronomers want to change how we define a planet — again
- Famous Taung Child fossil from South Africa is 2.58 million years old, new study finds
- Snap up last-minute discounts on our favorite fitness trackers with these Amazon Prime Day deals
- Humans reached Argentina by 20,000 years ago — and they may have survived by eating giant armadillos, study suggests
- These are the best health and fitness tech deals you can buy this Amazon Prime Day
- Best air purifier deals we recommend this Amazon Prime Day
- We have found all the best electric toothbrush deals this Amazon Prime Day
- Our recommendations of the best Prime Day tech deals of 2024
- Comet predicted to light up Earth's skies this fall may be falling apart
- Prime Day may be over, but you can still snap up a 28% discount on the new Apple Watch
- Magic mushrooms temporarily 'dissolve' brain network responsible for sense of self
- Spotted: $150 off this amazing research-grade Swift SW380T microscope
- 'Rare daylight fireball' meteor over NYC created loud boom near Statue of Liberty
- Prime Day may be over, but you can still save 25% on this rowing machine at Amazon
- Click your fingers and get LEGO Iron Man Nano Gauntlet for less than $50 on Prime Day
- Massive 100-inch transparent screen set to enter production — scientists claim it will be 10 times cheaper than transparent OLEDs
- Deal ends today: The most powerful air purifiers are at a lowest-ever price this Prime Day
- This gorgeous LEGO artwork set is under $40 for Amazon's Prime Day
- Cosmic crime scene reveals ancient supernova aftermath of dead star merger
- Earth is wobbling and days are getting longer — and humans are to blame
- Post-Prime Day exclusive deal: BlueAir air purifier over 30% off
- July 16
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- Venus of Brassempouy: The 23,000-year-old ivory carving found in the Pope's Grotto
- I really want this Apple laptop Prime Day deal: Get $300 off the latest MacBook Pro
- I have been using Apple AirPods for years and this sub-$120 Amazon deal is the best ever!
- My favorite camera ever is now $400 off including extras at Adorama
- Canon EOS R8 bundle now lowest-ever price in Anti-Prime Day deal
- Save $76 on Celestron Nature DX 12x56 binoculars before Prime Day ends
- Last chance to save $200 on the Celestron NexStar 8SE in this Prime Day telescope deal
- New fungal infection discovered in China
- Fixing Boeing's leaky Starliner — and returning NASA's stranded astronauts to Earth — is much harder than it sounds
- 'Dark comets' may be a much bigger threat to Earth than we thought, new study warns
- Slip into VR for less with this Meta Quest 3 Prime Day deal
- Best Prime Day running shoes deals from Adidas, Asics, Puma and more
- Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed
- Delta Aquariids 2024: July's next meteor shower offers ideal conditions for 'shooting stars'
- What is ASMR, and why do only some people experience it?
- Rabid seals are attacking people in South Africa
- Missed Prime Day? Our favorite Oral-B electric toothbrush is still half-price at Amazon
- Black patients may be missed on common cancer screening, study suggests
- Prime Day may be over, but this allergy-busting Levoit Core 600S-P air purifier is still $62 off
- Act fast! Save $150 on this Echelon exercise bike limited claim deal
- Prime Day may be over, but you can still save over $280 on a Peloton Bike with this Amazon deal
- One of the best star projectors now over 35% cheaper for Prime Day
- I love this huge 40% Prime Day fitness tracker deal on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
- Save over $600 on this fantastic rowing machine from NordicTrack
- Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 times faster than in semiconductors
- Save 20% on the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon at Amazon
- Save a whopping $250 on one of the best Garmin watches with this anti-Prime Day deal
- Get one of our favorite star projectors for less than $20 at Amazon
- Prime Day may be over, but this air purifier is still 30% cheaper at Amazon
- July's full 'Buck Moon' rises this week — and signals a big lunar transition is on the way
- Deal still live: Save 35% on Nikon PROSTAFF P3 10x42 binoculars
- Get it while you can! Save $700 on Unistellar Odyssey at Best Buy
- Join Space.com's 25th Anniversary Virtual Panel on July 17: The Next 25 Years of Space Exploration — To the Moon, Mars and Beyond
- Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal
- July 15
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- 20 satellites fall from sky after catastrophic SpaceX rocket failure, triggering investigation
- Is there a 'male menopause'?
- I just missed this Apple MacBook Air M3 Prime Day deal, and today it's even better!
- Missed Prime Day? You can still save 20% on the number one best-selling air purifier on Amazon
- Hurry! Celestron Inspire 100AZ $80 off in this Prime Day beginner telescope deal
- 'Lovely freak of nature': Mutant blue frog hops into wildlife sanctuary workshop
- Post-Prime Day electric toothbrush deal: Save 25% at its lowest-ever price
- Black hole growth is slowing down in the universe. New research could help explain why.
- New in-vehicle AI algorithm can spot drunk drivers by constantly scanning their faces for signs of intoxication
- Pair of dog-size dinosaurs likely crushed to death in underground burrow collapse
- Stunning Tang dynasty mural in tomb unearthed in China may portray a 'Westerner' man with blond hair
- What would happen if a black hole wandered into our solar system?
- Earth from space: Gravity waves spark pair of perfect cloud ripples above uninhabited islands
- July 14
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- July 12
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- 2,400 people in Oregon potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis through botched anesthesia
- Milky Way's rarest black hole may lurk behind 7 stars that 'shouldn't be there'
- Scientists breed most human-like mice yet
- LA may be spared 'horrifying' fate of the 'Big One' from San Andreas, simulation suggests
- Post-Prime Day earbuds deal: We've never seen these Beats earbuds cheaper on Amazon
- Entire pod of 89 pilot whales dies on Scottish beach in freak mass stranding
- Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old 'standing stone circles' discovered in Saudi Arabia
- Norway's Dragon's Eye: The fantastical 'pothole' that emerged from ice 16,000 years ago
- James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies
- Most ChatGPT users think AI models have 'conscious experiences'
- Does honey ever go bad?
- Save $80 on the best electric toothbrush and water flosser set
- Astronauts could ditch diapers on spacewalks thanks to new device that let's them drink their pee
- July 11
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- Scientists create weird 'time crystal' from atoms inflated to be hundreds of times bigger than normal
- Site of epic 'clash' between Spartacus and Romans uncovered
- Astronomers measure 'warp speed' of Milky Way galaxy
- Paleo-Arabic inscription on rock was made by Prophet Muhammad's companion before he converted, study finds
- Experimental menstrual product turns blood to jelly
- Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
- The Canon EOS R5 is at a lowest-ever price of $2,899, so grab it before it's gone.
- Amazon Prime Day 2024: Best deals on health & fitness gear, optics and science kit
- Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota is even more 'mind-boggling' than we thought, new data suggest
- Google Doodle honors César Lattes, Brazilian physicist who discovered a long-sought particle hidden in cosmic rays
- Time might be a mirage created by quantum physics, study suggests
- Ancient chromosomes from woolly mammoth discovered in 52,000-year-old freeze-dried skin
- Scientists uncover new hormone in unusual discovery
- Missed Amazon Prime Day? You can still save almost 40% on this Garmin Forerunner 945 Smartwatch
- Save a huge 40% on one of the best air purifiers
- Best DSLR Nikon D850 still at its lowest-ever price today, before Prime Day 2024
- New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
- All El Niños will be extreme if climate change isn't slowed, study suggests
- July 10
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- James Webb telescope spies bejeweled 'Einstein ring' made of warped quasar light
- NASA astronauts say they're 'confident' Starliner will bring them home, despite no return date in sight
- Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
- Bubonic plague strikes person in Colorado
- AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' — but it's too dangerous to release, scientists say
- NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wraps up in Houston
- Ancient stone circles in Norway were hiding a dark secret: dozens of children's graves
- July 9
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- Study finds black holes made from light are impossible — challenging Einstein's theory of relativity
- 'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitable
- 4,500-year-old tomb in France reveals secrets of how 'European genome' came to be
- Will we have more earthquakes because of climate change?
- Roman emperor Caligula's 2,000-year-old garden unearthed near the Vatican
- Scientists say they can now forecast El Niño Southern Oscillation years in advance
- NASA discovers secret moon orbiting nearby 'planet killer' asteroid after recent close approach to Earth
- Earth's gravity knocked pyramid-size asteroid off course during recent ultra-close flyby, NASA images reveal
- World's most difficult maze could help reveal the secrets of otherworldly quasicrystals
- July 8
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- 5,000-year-old ceremonial temple discovered beneath sand dune in Peru
- Could bacteria or viruses lurking in ancient Egyptian mummies unleash a plague today?
- Even a 'weekend getaway' to space can alter astronauts' biology, sweeping new studies find
- James Webb telescope reveals rare, 'rotten egg' atmosphere around nearby hell planet
- 'I've never seen anything like this': Scientists hijack cancer genes to turn tumors against themselves
- 'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year
- 'Dragon' and 'tree of life' hydrothermal vents discovered in Arctic region scientists thought was geologically dead
- Heat dome triggers record-breaking temperatures across US West Coast
- Earth from space: 3 hurricanes form a perfect line before smashing into land
- Rare 'polar rain' aurora seen from Earth for the first time
- This bizarre vortex doesn't just look cool — it can be a key cog in making scalable high-speed 6G networks a reality
- July 7
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- July 5
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- Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these 'tiny red dots'
- 4th person catches bird flu from cows, this time in Colorado
- Dragon-shaped aurora and 'scream of a dying star' revealed as 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year finalists
- Grand Canyon-size 'scar' on Mars revealed like never before in striking new satellite photos
- Save $400 on our favorite foldable rowing machine with this Black Friday in July Sale deal
- 'This is what drives the migraine headache': Scientists uncover 'missing link' in why some migraines happen
- Benzos like Xanax may shrink the brain in the long term, study hints
- Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant — an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles
- 'William the Hippo': The ancient Egyptian statuette deliberately crippled to prevent it wreaking havoc in the afterlife
- Kidneys donated by Black people are more likely to be thrown away. A bioethicist explains why.
- July 4
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- Do women have a higher pain tolerance than men?
- How popcorn was discovered nearly 7,000 years ago
- James Webb Space Telescope celebrates Independence Day by showcasing dazzling 'cosmic fireworks' 460 light-years away
- Searching for 'Makozilla' — the supersized mako sharks in the North Pacific
- Missing pieces of 6th-century Byzantine bucket finally found at Sutton Hoo
- Computer inspired by Japanese art of paper-cutting has no electronics and stores data in tiny cubes
- NASA's Juno probe reveals 'fire-breathing' lava lakes across Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
- Rare, mystery blasts from sun can devastate the ozone layer and spike radiation levels on Earth
- Never-before-seen vampire squid species discovered in twilight zone of South China Sea
- July 3
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- 6,000-year-old burial mound in Czech Republic may be one of earliest funeral monuments ever found in Europe
- What is brominated vegetable oil, and why did the FDA ban it in food?
- World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years.
- Scientists just grew the 1st-ever 'minibrains' from multiple people's cells
- 'It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record
- Alien 'warp drives' may leave telltale signals in the fabric of space-time, new paper claims
- 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world's oldest storytelling art
- We've tracked down a massive deal on one of the best fitness trackers in 2024
- The Milky Way may be surrounded by 'too many' mini galaxies, new discoveries reveal
- 280 million-year-old swamp monster with 'big, flat toilet seat-shaped head' discovered in Namibia
- July 2
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- The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this summer. Here are the key nights to watch for.
- The gut microbiome has a circadian rhythm. Here's how it might affect your health.
- Long-lost homestead of King Pompey, enslaved African who gained freedom, found in colonial New England
- Ants perform life saving operations — the only animal other than humans known to do so
- Bionic legs plugged directly into nervous system enable unprecedented 'level of brain control'
- Near-indestructible moss can survive gamma rays and liquid nitrogen
- Save over $50 on our favorite budget air purifier tower fan
- 4,000-year-old rock art in Venezuela may be from a 'previously unknown' culture
- When did humans start wearing shoes?
- July 1
