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- September 30
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- Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?
- 50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon'
- Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame
- Remains of 5,000-year-old farming society as large as ancient Troy discovered in Morocco
- Scythian on horseback: A 2,400-year-old gold sculpture of a warrior heading into battle
- Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round?
- September 29
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- Scientists are 'gobsmacked' by strange reversals in deep-ocean currents
- How do you see pictures in your brain?
- Razed city that rebelled against Rome 'remained uninhabited for over 170 years,' excavations reveal
- Why do leafy green vegetables interact with blood thinners?
- You can change your personality intentionally, research shows
- Space photo of the week: Hot young suns glow blue, white and orange in the Lobster Nebula
- Which animal can have the most babies at one time?
- September 28
- September 27
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- Black hole 'blowtorch' is causing nearby stars to explode, Hubble telescope reveals
- Newest Starlink satellites are leaking even more radiation than their predecessors — and could soon disrupt astronomy
- Scientists confirm there are 40 huge craters at the bottom of Lake Michigan
- Nazaré: The big-wave surfer's paradise born out of the largest underwater canyon in Europe
- Did Romans battle rhinos in the Colosseum? A historian explains the truth behind the fight scenes in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.
- September 26
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- 'People should not be there': 'Unsurvivable' 20-foot storm surge predicted as ferocious Hurricane Helene heads to Florida
- James Webb telescope spots rare 'missing link' galaxy at the dawn of time
- Astronomers spot a possible 'future Earth' — 8 billion years into its future
- Paramedics may not all be using the best method for defibrillation, study hints
- Russian cosmonaut returns to Earth after completing record-breaking 1,111th day in space
- 'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever': Astronomers capture most detailed ever infrared map of the Milky Way
- Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific
- 'The secret to living to 110 was, don't register your death': Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman on the flawed data on extreme aging
- September 25
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- New self-swab HPV test is an alternative to Pap smears. Here's how it works.
- Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment
- Experts predicted way more hurricanes this year — here's the weird reason we're 'missing' storms
- Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory crystal' that could survive to the end of the universe
- Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims
- Mysterious white substance smeared on 3,600-year-old mummies is world's oldest cheese
- How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist John Long finds answers in new book 'The Secret History of Sharks'
- Deep below the Arctic Ocean, some plants have adapted to photosynthesize in almost near darkness
- September 24
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- At-home flu vaccine approved by FDA — what to know
- Mysterious 'horseman' from lead coffin unearthed in Notre Dame Cathedral finally identified
- Monkey study reveals science behind 'choking under pressure'
- Will language face a dystopian future? How 'Future of Language' author Philip Seargeant thinks AI will shape our communication
- Bizarre polar vortex over Antarctica delayed ozone hole opening, scientists say
- 1st-ever observation of 'spooky action' between quarks is highest-energy quantum entanglement ever detected
- Weird 'zebra rock' on Mars is unlike anything seen before on Red Planet, NASA says
- A 'primordial' black hole may zoom through our solar system every decade
- 'The dystopian possibilities seem endless': How attempts to merge human brains with machines could go disastrously wrong
- Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints
- Earth from space: Iconic 'Star Trek' symbol shines brightly in sea of muddy Arctic sea ice
- September 23
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- Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS could be visible without a telescope for the 1st time in 80,000 years. Here's how to see it this week.
- Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico
- NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth
- 'Knife-wielding orca' and alien-looking figures among 300 Nazca Lines discovered in groundbreaking AI study
- Source of person's recent bird flu case remains a mystery — and experts say that's concerning
- 'Scuba-diving' lizards breathe underwater by wearing air bubbles on their noses — just like in a cartoon
- 'Martian dog' and dozens of other mysterious blobs found hiding under Mars' north pole in new 'gravity map'
- Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert
- Cave of Swimmers: 9,000-year-old rock art of people swimming in what's now the arid Sahara
- 2,700-year-old shields and helmet from ancient kingdom unearthed at castle in Turkey
- James Webb Telescope goes 'extreme' and spots baby stars at the edge of the Milky Way (image)
- Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath?
- September 22
- September 21
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- South African rock art of mystery creature 'strangely flexed like a banana' might be tusked reptile that predated dinosaurs
- Antechinus: The tiny marsupials where males have sex until they die — then females eat their corpses
- 3 remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses 'pincer, fork and key'
- When was steel invented?
- Science news this week: Spiders on Mars and an ancient Egyptian sword
- September 20
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- Humans have long been a 'geophysical force on a planetary scale,' says philosopher Timothy Morton. That's neither good nor bad.
- Drinking wastewater, building an island from scratch and creating an urban forest: 3 bold ways cities are already adapting to climate change
- Ancient civilizations knew how to keep cool in deadly heat. We need to resurrect that lost knowledge now.
- Men have a daily hormone cycle — and it's synced to their brains shrinking from morning to night
- Save $500 on Nikon Z6 II accessory bundle at Adorama
- 'All it takes is a predator to learn that children are easier prey': Why India's 'wolf' attacks may not be what they seem
- Fossils from lush 53 million-year-old South Pole rainforest discovered in Tasmania
- Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter
- Stephen Hawking's black hole radiation paradox could finally be solved — if black holes aren't what they seem
- What is artificial general intelligence (AGI)?
- Simple trick could lower city temperatures 3.6 F, London study suggests
- September 19
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- People in Scandinavia may have used boats made of animal skins to hunt and trade 5,000 years ago
- Cocaine found in mummified brains reveal that New World drug came to Italy 200 years earlier than thought
- Creepy 'biotwang' noises coming from the Mariana Trench finally explained after 10 years
- Man buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from 'rising from the grave' unearthed in Germany
- Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' contains surprisingly accurate physics — suggesting he understood the hidden 'dynamism of the sky'
- Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'
- Scientist who discovered body's 'fire alarm' against invading bacteria wins $250,000 Lasker prize
- Playing with fire: How VR is being used to train the next generation of firefighters
- Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?
- Record-breaking fires engulf South America, bringing black rain, green rivers and toxic air to the continent
- September 18
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- ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why
- Iron winds and molten metal rains ravage a hellish hot Jupiter exoplanet
- 'What is normal today may not be normal in a year's time': Dr. Dinesh Bhugra on the idea of 'normal' in psychiatry
- Biggest black hole jets ever seen are as long as 140 Milky Ways
- 80 million-year-old sea monster jaws filled with giant globular teeth for crushing prey discovered in Texas
- September 17
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- Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
- Watch mesmerizing video of weird waves that 'shape life itself' inside a fly embryo
- A passing star may have kicked the solar system's weirdest moons into place
- 'Their capacity to emulate human language and thought is immensely powerful': Far from ending the world, AI systems might actually save it
- The bubbling surface of a distant star was captured on video for the 1st time ever
- Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024: See stunning photos of hungry whale, surfing seagull, freaky fish babies, land-loving eel and adorable toxic octopus
- NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space
- Earth from space: Ghostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapses
- September 16
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- The James Webb telescope has brought cosmology to a tipping point. Will it soon reveal new physics?
- Pregnancy shrinks parts of the brain, leaving 'permanent etchings' postpartum
- Human knees kind of suck — here's why we haven't evolved better ones
- Auroras may paint the northern US tonight as Earth reels from 'strong' G3 geomagnetic storm
- Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty
- 'Spiders on Mars' fully awakened on Earth for 1st time — and scientists are shrieking with joy
- Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
- 'Absolutely magical': Rare glowing duo of tree frog and parasitic ghost fungus captured in otherworldly photo
- Save $79 on Celestron Nature DX 12x56 binoculars at Amazon
- 3,200-year-old ancient Egyptian barracks contains sword inscribed with 'Ramesses II'
- Jade burial suit: 2,000-year-old 'immortality' armor worn by Chinese royalty
- Scientists finally know why ultraviolent superstorms flare up on Uranus and Neptune
- Monster black hole is starving its host galaxy to death, James Webb telescope reveals
- Which animals are evolving fastest?
- 'Completely unexpected': New type of wood discovered by scientists dubbed 'midwood'
- September 15
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- Fall equinox 2024: When it is, why it happens and what to look for
- A long-lost moon could explain Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain
- Greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than CO2 is rising in the atmosphere — and fast
- China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035
- 'Space trash' will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says
- Space photo of the week: Space X's Polaris Dawn astronauts 'touch the void' on 1st-ever private spacewalk
- Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
- September 14
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- Color-blind people may be less picky eaters. Here's why.
- Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured
- The moon might still have active volcanoes, China's Chang'e 5 sample-return probe reveals
- How did people clean themselves before soap was invented?
- 'I have never written of a stranger organ': The rise of the placenta and how it helped make us human
- Supercooling of Earth's inner core may finally reveal how old it is
- Science news this week: 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal and a 'smiley face' on Mars
- September 13
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- Mindfulness meditation really does relieve pain, brain scans reveal
- Saline nose drops may shorten colds and cut transmission, trial hints
- Sahara desert hit by extraordinary rainfall event that could mess with this year's hurricane season
- 'Mountain of God' volcano in Tanzania is bulging, study finds
- Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
- AI models believe racist stereotypes about African Americans that predate the Civil Rights movement — and they 'try to hide it when confronted'
- Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
- 4 silver Viking Age bracelets discovered 'untouched' on Norway mountainside after more than 1,000 years
- Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
- New blood test detects ALS with 98% accuracy, offering hope for earlier diagnosis
- September 12
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- Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how.
- Ancient relative of 'living fossil' fish reveals that geological activity supercharges evolution
- 'Exceptional' eclipse image and stunning 'Dolphin Head nebula' among 2024's Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
- Mysterious 9-day seismic event was caused by a mega tsunami bouncing around inside a fjord, study reveals
- 'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction
- 2,300-year-old Celtic helmet discovered in Poland
- 1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth's biggest mass extinction
- Physicists unveil 1D gas made of pure light
- Scientists invent tool to see how 'healthy' your gut microbiome is — does it work?
- 4-foot snake vomits up 2 smaller snakes — and 1 was still alive
- 'Springy' solid-state battery is twice the width of a white blood cell and could drastically increase EV range
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of a skyscraper to skim past Earth on Tuesday
- September 11
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- The Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning incredibly fast and at the wrong angle. Scientists may finally know why.
- Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse? One of the brightest stars in the sky may actually be 2 stars, study hints
- Wild gorillas in Gabon eat plants with antibacterial abilities against drug-resistant E. coli
- Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia
- 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints — but we won't know for 3 more years
- Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge
- Gulf Stream collapse would throw tropical monsoons into chaos for at least 100 years, study finds
- Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests
- DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation
- Scientists spot ancient 'smiley face' on Mars — and it could contain signs of life
- The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image
- Amazingly simple discovery extends Li-ion battery lifespan by 50% — meaning you don't have to replace your gadgets as often
- Watch baby Japanese eel escape from stomach of predator in X-ray video
- September 10
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- NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in space
- What??? James Webb telescope finds giant question mark in space
- 'Microbes of death' can reveal when a frozen body died, forensic scientists explain
- 16,000-year-old skeleton, crystals and stone tools discovered in Malaysian caves
- Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS
- Infamous 'Wow! signal' that hinted at aliens may actually be an exceptionally rare cosmic event
- How to watch the 'Harvest Supermoon' get eclipsed by Earth tonight
- Japan to start building 1st 'zeta-class' supercomputer in 2025, 1,000 times more powerful than today's fastest machines
- Earth from space: Successive lightning strikes illuminate eye of tropical cyclone in rare photos
- September 9
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- Hospitalized patients with flu need Tamiflu the day they're admitted, CDC says
- 'Remarkable' 1,000-year-old ring from Scotland's 'painted people' found at destroyed fort
- Scientists 'rejuvenate' the aged eggs of mice — is it possible in people?
- Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world
- 'Put glue on your pizza' embodies everything wrong with AI search — is SearchGPT ready to change that?
- How fast does evolution happen?
- September 8
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- The James Webb telescope found hundreds of 'little red dots' in the ancient universe. We still don't know what they are.
- 'Absolutely outstanding' 12-century picture stone unearthed in Germany likely depicts bishop who brought Christianity to region
- Tonga eruption that poured 150 metric megatons of water vapor into the stratosphere affected the atmosphere for years
- Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planet
- When was the last time Antarctica was ice-free?
- Mesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving from 1.8 billion years ago to today
- September 7
- September 6
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- 'Sensational discovery' of 2,000-year-old Roman military camp found hidden in the Swiss Alps
- New tick-borne virus discovered in China can affect the brain, scientists report
- Watch Live: Boeing Starliner is about to return to Earth without its crew
- Anthrax has killed over 50 animals in Wyoming — what's the risk to people?
- Pollution harms men's fertility, but traffic noise affects women's
- Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axis
- Lowest ever price — save over $400 on one of our favorite cameras at Adorama
- Stone Age burial ground in France used for 800 years is nearly all male — and ancient DNA reveals they're largely related
- The oldest evidence of Earth's atmosphere may be hiding in rocks on the moon
- Sexually frustrated dolphin behind spate of attacks on humans off Japan
- White Shark Café: The mysterious meeting spot for great whites in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
- Novel Chinese computing architecture 'inspired by human brain' can lead to AGI, scientists say
- A particularly active 'aurora season' could be just weeks away
- September 5
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- 1,700-year-old 'barbarian' burial discovered along Roman Empire's frontier in Germany
- Scientists invent nanorobots that can repair brain aneurysms
- Why do dogs' paws smell like Fritos?
- Scientists just made mice 'see-through' using food dye — and humans are next
- Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden during ancient pirate attack
- One of the universe's biggest paradoxes could be even weirder than we thought, James Webb telescope study reveals
- Astronomers discover oldest known eclipse reference in 6,000-year-old Hindu text
- How does grapefruit interact with drugs?
- Asteroid slams into Earth triggering stunning green 'fireball' above the Philippines — 8 hours after it was 1st spotted
- 1,500-year-old gold coins from Byzantine Empire discovered in medieval dwelling in Bulgaria
- Radical quantum computing theory could lead to more powerful machines than previously imagined
- September 4
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- Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark
- Why are some people's mosquito bites itchier than others'? New study hints at answer
- NASA's newly unfurled solar sail has started 'tumbling' end-over-end in orbit, surprising observations show
- Over 40% of pet cats play fetch — but scientists aren't quite sure why
- Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota could solve US shortage
- Boat-ramming orcas may be using yachts as target practice toys, scientists suggest
- Mysterious 'mustached' burial mounds in Kazakhstan date to the Middle Ages
- Specialist 'carbon nanotube' AI chip built by Chinese scientists is 1st of its kind and highly energy-efficient
- We now know why tarantulas are hairy — to stop army ants eating them alive
- September 3
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- Horse domestication didn't happen the way we think it did
- 50,000 'knots' scattered throughout our DNA control gene activity
- Ancient Egyptian head cones: Mysterious headgear that could be related to sensuality and fertility rituals
- Possible 'mega' fort found in Wales hints at tension between Romans and Celtics
- Silver is being buried beneath the sea, and it's all because of climate change, study finds
- Kamikaze termites blow themselves up with 'explosive' backpacks — and scientists just figured out how
- Sunspots surge to 23-year high as solar maximum continues to intensify far beyond initial expectations
- Prototype quantum processor boasts record 99.9% qubit fidelity
- Earth from space: Warped 'double rainbow' glory appears next to rare cloud swirls over Mexican island
- A really big shark got gobbled up by another, massive shark in 1st known case of its kind
- September 2
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- Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds
- Saturn at opposition: How to see the ringed planet at its biggest and brightest this week
- World's biggest battery coming to Maine — and it could store 130 million times more energy than your laptop
- Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- Are people more honest when they're drunk?
- September 1
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- SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies
- DNA reveals inbreeding, smallpox and violent ends among cave-dwelling Christians in medieval Spain
- Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aces 2nd test flight
- Defense system common to all life came from 'Asgard'
- Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin captured by Dark Energy Camera
- What happens to meat as it's cooked?
