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- January 8
- January 7
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- 'Huge fortune' from the 1600s, including gold and silver coins, found in German church where Martin Luther preached
- 4,100-year-old tomb of doctor who treated pharaohs discovered at Saqqara
- 2,000-year-old painted penis bone found in quarry shaft from Roman Britain
- James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped 'dragon' galaxy
- Scientists examine bloody mating wounds to reveal details of sharks' secret sex lives
- Tibet earthquake: Deadly magnitude 7.1 quake hits holy city of Shigatse
- Earth from space: Pakistan's 'bleeding ink' lagoon brings life to harsh desert environment
- Nvidia's mini 'desktop supercomputer' is 1,000 times more powerful than a laptop — and it can fit in your bag
- 'Multiverse simulation engine' predicts every possible future to train humanoid robots and self-driving cars
- January 6
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- 1st deadly case of H5N1 bird flu reported in US
- What's the best way to kill norovirus, the 'stomach bug'?
- Scientists find hidden 'hotspot' that helped create the Great Lakes before North America even existed
- What is thundersnow? The weird weather phenomenon rumbling through the East Coast and Midwest
- Mysterious climate-changing eruption that turned the sun blue traced to remote Pacific island
- Yellowstone's 'queen of the wolves' killed by rival pack after living to 11 years old and having 10 litters of pups
- Antarctica ice melt could cause 100 hidden volcanoes to erupt
- Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
- What temperature is the moon?
- January 5
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- Our ancient primate ancestors mostly had twins — humans don't, for a good evolutionary reason
- Why time slows down in altered states of consciousness
- Roman Empire grew after catastrophic volcanic eruption, study finds
- Honda promises solid-state batteries that could double EV range to 620 miles by 2030
- AI could crack unsolvable problems — and humans won't be able to understand the results
- 2,100-year-old coin hoard dating to dynasty of Jewish kings discovered in Jordan Valley
- Space photo of the week: Hubble celebrates 10 years of hunting giants
- How do DNA tests tell if two people are related?
- January 4
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- Hypnosis is real — and it can help with IBS, poor sleep and anxiety, experts say
- Quantum computers that are actually useful 1 step closer thanks to new silicon processor that could pack millions of qubits
- Orange dwarf cave crocodiles: The crocs that crawled into a cave, ate bats, and started mutating into a new species
- Just 2 hours is all it takes for AI agents to replicate your personality with 85% accuracy
- Chinese 'robot dog' that moves like a cat could revolutionize space exploration and asteroid mining
- Are cats and dogs smarter than babies?
- Science news this week: Polar vortices and volcanoes undersea
- January 3
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- 'Single crystal' electrodes could power EVs for millions of miles
- 1,500 ancient European genomes reveal previously hidden waves of migration, study finds
- Grieving orca mom carries dead calf around on her head for a 2nd time
- 1,700-year-old oil lamp found in Jerusalem shows a rare Jewish menorah, even though the Romans tried to suppress the religion
- Superfast diamond-laced computer chips now much closer to reality thanks to 'quantum breakthrough'
- Viral disease HMPV is on the rise among kids in China — what is it?
- Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came from
- How a new generation of 'smart windows' could keep you warm in winter and cool in summer
- Saturn will disappear behind the moon for skywatchers in Europe on Saturday. Here's how to see it.
- Weird bumps in UK quarry turn out to be 166 million-year-old dinosaur 'highway' for some of Jurassic's biggest dinosaurs
- Tristan da Cunha: The most remote inhabited island on Earth, forged from a supercontinent breakup
- Qubits inspired by 'Schrödinger's cat' thought experiment could usher in powerful quantum computers by 2030
- January 2
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- Pet cats in Los Angeles County are catching bird flu from raw food, milk
- Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists predict
- Healthy breast cells can look like invasive cancer, complicating early diagnosis
- What counts as 'binge drinking'? What about 'high-intensity drinking'?
- Lost site of Alexander the Great's famous battle against ancient Persians discovered in Turkey
- Polar vortex could bring deadly winter storms and coldest weather in more than a decade to US
- Do crabs feel pain?
- 'Missing link' black hole found? Not so fast, new study says
- Quadrantid meteor shower: How to watch the first 'shooting stars' of 2025 rain over Earth tonight
- Situs inversus: The condition where your organs are on the 'wrong' side
- January 1
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- A Chinese spacecraft burned up over Los Angeles. Earthquake sensors mapped its path through the atmosphere.
- The 10 best stargazing events of 2025
- Full moons of 2025: Names, dates and everything you need to know
- Diagnostic dilemma: A surgeon accidentally transplanted a tumor into his own hand
- A disease unknown to science could spark the next pandemic. Are we prepared?
