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February 28
- Why Do Firearm Injuries Drop During NRA Conventions?
- This Woman Is Her Own Twin: What Is Chimerism?
- Cosmic Dawn: Astronomers Find Fingerprints of Universe's First Stars
- America's Tallest Mountain Has a Serious Human Poop Problem
- World's Biggest Plane Taxis Closer to Takeoff
- An Even-Weirder-Than-Usual Tardigrade Just Turned Up in a Parking Lot
- Black People Were Enslaved in the US Until as Recently as 1963
- Ancient Greenland Shark Reveals Its Age in Eerie Underwater Video
- Earth Was Vaporized 4.5 Billion Years Ago, and (Maybe) That's Why We Have a Moon
- Black Holes Shape Some Alien Planets' Destinies
- Skull of 'Oldest Dutchwoman' Found Beneath the North Sea
- Photos: Ancient Human Remains from Beneath the North Sea
- Possible Crusader Ring Depicting St. Nicholas Unearthed in Israel
- Pollution facts and types of pollution
- How We Might Harness the Brain's Pain-Control System for Drug-free Relief
February 27
- The Trippy Reason 'Magic' Mushrooms Evolved to Get You High
- Dying Brains Silence Themselves in a Dark Wave of 'Spreading Depression'
- What Did Jesus Really Look Like? New Study Redraws Holy Image
- Moon Is Set to Get Its Own Mobile Phone Network
- Your Pee May Reveal Your True Biological Age
- This Bizarre, Overstuffed Atom Is the Turducken of the Microscopic World
- Remains of 'Maya Underworld' Found in World's Longest Submerged Cave
- The Wall of Death Around Black Holes Could Break Down
- How Did These Giant Boulders End Up on an Ohio Highway?
February 26
- Freakishly Warm Weather in the Arctic Has Climate Scientists 'Stunned'
- Caterpillars Can Scream
- Why You Can't Skip Magnesium If You're Taking Vitamin D
- Who Will Survive the Cosmic Crash Between Our Galaxy and Its Neighbor?
- How Kevin Smith Survived a 'Widow-Maker' Heart Attack
- 'Phantom' Traffic Jams Are Real — And Scientists Know How to Stop Them
- How Doctors Removed a 'Potentially Explosive' Firework from a Man's Leg
- Vaping
- Religion
- CDC Researcher Calls Sister, Then Vanishes
- Humans Will Hear from Intelligent Aliens This Century, Physicist Says
- 2,300-Year-Old Cemetery with Mummy Priests Found in Egypt
February 25
- How Much Salt Do You Need to Survive?
February 24
- Tumbling Cat or Olympic Snowboarder? Turns Out, the Physics Is the Same
- Renaissance Mapmaker Was a Mastermind and a Copycat
February 23
- What's Behind Toddler's Extremely Rare Water Allergy?
- A Little Robotic Submarine Could Ply Alien Seas
- In Photos: A Look at Titan's Bizarre Seas
- Chinese Scientists Unveil Plans for Weird Hypersonic Jet with Extra Wing
- Why Scientists Are Rushing to Hunt Down 1.7 Million Unknown Viruses
- Whoosh! Virgin Unveils Hyperloop that Will Travel 760 Mph
- Toenail Fungus's Nonexistent Sex Life Is More Interesting Than You Think
- Evolution May Make it Harder for Humans to Hold Their Liquor
- Here's What Happens When You Break Apart a Fidget Spinner & Swallow It
February 22
- This Parasite Is a Surprising Cause of Seizures in the US
- The World's Luckiest Photographer May Have Proved Astrophysicists Right
- The Day Humans Taught Robots to Fight Back
- Indian Man's Brain Tumor Might Be the World's Largest
- This Giant Clock Will Tick for 10,000 Years, But You'll Never Find It
- How Do Ski Jumpers Fall Huge Distances Without Breaking Their Legs?
- These 7 Animals Would Absolutely Crush It at the Winter Olympics
- Why Elon Musk Is Stepping Down from AI Safety Group He Co-Founded
- No, Medical-Marijuana Legalization Doesn't Make Teens Smoke More Pot
- Does Anesthesia Cause Memory Problems in Adults?
- Is This Seal the Earliest Evidence of Biblical Prophet Isaiah?
February 21
- Solar Power
- Conspiracies & Paranormal
- Elon Musk
- SpaceX
- Here's What Happens When You Leave Surgical Sponges in a Person's Body for Years
- These Freakish Creatures Were Not Meant to See the Light of Day
- Why Physicists Are Planning to Drive Antimatter Around in a Moving Van
- Mysterious Spiral Found in the Tail of Human Sperm
- No, Drinking Alcohol Won't Make You Live Past 90
- CRISPR
- Tardigrades
- Quantum Computers
- Magnetism
- AI-Driven Robot Learns the Meaning of Love, on Paper at Least
- Physics & mathematics
- How We Know This Tiny Pinprick of Light Is the Tesla Roadster
February 20
- A Giant Claw Will Grab Falling SpaceX Gear 'Like a Giant Catcher's Mitt'
- Giant Blob Floating Past Hawaii Is Probably a Whale Placenta
- This Google AI (Sort of) Knows When You'll Have a Heart Attack
- Swarm of 200 Earthquakes Hits Yellowstone - Here's What That Means
- A Salmonella Outbreak in… Kratom? How This Germ Could Get into Supplements
- World's Loneliest Tree Records Fallout from Humanity
- NASA's New Spacesuit Has a Built-In Toilet
- Why You Probably Shouldn't Waste Your Money on DNA-Based Diets
- Photos: Royal Statue with Egyptian Hieroglyphics
- Elon Musk's Company Gets OK to Dig Washington, DC, Hyperloop Tunnel
- These Bacteria Eat Toxic Metal, 'Poop' Gold Nuggets
- Who Created These Strange, Ancient Sculptures Hidden in the Saudi Desert?
- Ancient Statue of Nubian King Found in Nile River Temple
- The Real Way Ancient Priests Sacrificed Animals at the Roman 'Gate to Hell'
February 19
- 1st Video of Dumbo Octopus Hatchling Is Adorbs
- Parasites
- Secret to Great Pyramid's Near-Perfect Alignment Possibly Found
February 18
- Beneath Biblical Prophet's Tomb, an Archaeological Surprise
- Are Supermassive Black Holes Going to Eat the Universe?
February 17
- Hidden Artwork Found Beneath Picasso 'Blue Period' Masterpiece
February 16
- The Brutal Neuroscience of Figure Skating: How Spinning Athletes Overcome Dizziness
- Strange Infection Strikes Wisconsin Dog Shelter: What Is 'Strep Zoo'?
- Can Olympic Figure Skaters Break the 5-Spin Barrier?
- Death Toll Rises in Nigerian Outbreak: What Is Lassa Fever?
- How 5,000 Pencil-Size Robots May Solve the Mysteries of the Universe
- This Martian Crater Has a Weirdly Earth-Like Secret
- A Man's Eye Floater Was Actually a Tapeworm — Plus Thousands of Its Eggs
- The Respiratory System
- The Circulatory System
- The Skeletal System
- The Endocrine System
- What's Worse for Your Brain — Alcohol or Marijuana?
- Bits of Famous, Lost (and Fake) 'Flying Saucer' Turn Up in British Science Museum
- 10 Ways Parents and Schools Can Prevent School Shootings Now (Op-Ed)
- This Photo of Earth Reminds Us How Small We Are
- Here's How a Transgender Woman Breast-Fed for 6 Weeks
February 15
- Here's What You Can Expect from This Spring's Weather
- The Solar Storm Hitting Earth Today Might Look Awesome
- The Flu Shot Is More Effective Than We Thought This Year
- Will North Korea's Synchronized Cheerleaders Soften the Country's Image?
- NASA's 'Quiet Supersonic' Plane Could Change Airports Forever
- Chinese New Year: celebrate the coming of spring
- Movies
- Great Barrier Reef
- Gender
- In Photos: North Korea's Cheerleading Squad — An Army of Beauties
- Sugar
- Sahara Desert
- Predators
- Poop
- Climate Change
- Ruling Out 'Sonic Attack,' Docs Still Mystified by Brain Damage in US Staff in Cuba
- What Your Genes Do After Death Can Help Detectives Solve Crimes
- That Sea Stack from Reddit Didn't Take 'Millions of Years' to Form
- Here's Another Reason You May Gain Back Weight After Dieting
- Can You Find Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Zooming Through Space in New Video?
- Enriched Uranium Particle Appears Over Alaska — and No One Knows Why
- Why 'Girls' Actor Lena Dunham Needed a Hysterectomy at 31
February 14
- How a Student Photographed a Single Atom With a Store-Bought Camera
- How Much Money Would It Take to Make You Happy? Scientists Calculate
- There's a Reason Roaches Love Banging Their Heads Into Walls
- Stunning Photos Capture Eerie Underwater Shipwrecks
- These Pun-Filled Science Twitter Valentines Are Better Than Cherry Pi
- The Key to Surviving Superbugs May Be in the Dirt Beneath Our Feet
- How Olympic Athletes Fare in Freezing Cold
- Sea Slime Can Trigger 65-Foot Mega-Tsunamis
- This Underwater WWII 'Cemetery' Is Haunting and Amazing
- On the Battlefield, Ants Treat Each Other's War Wounds
- The Color of Blood: Here Are Nature's Reddest Reds (Photos)
- Monster Antarctic Iceberg Gets Its Big Break in First-of-Its-Kind Video
- Marijuana
- Sleep
- Human heart
February 13
- The ‘Screaming Mummy’ Was a Murderer Who Killed Himself
- China's Secretive Stealth Fighter Is Finally Combat-Ready
- Why Is It So Easy to Cheat at the Olympics?
- No, Iran, Lizard 'Spies' Can't Detect Uranium
- US Happiness Plummeted in 2017: These 21 States Saw Declines in Well-Being
- The Happiest States in 2017: Full List
- This Ancient Society Buried Disabled Children Like Kings
- Photos: 2 paleolithic boys were buried with fox teeth and spears
- Ant Species Stay Healthy with Self-Made Antibiotics
- Something Violent Happened to Our Solar System's First Interstellar Visitor
- This Electronic Skin May Help Prevent Robots from Crushing Us
- 8,000-Year-Old Heads on Stakes Found in Mysterious Underwater Grave
- Photos: Stone Age skulls found on wooden stakes
- Gut Reaction: Does Intense Training Affect Olympic Athletes' Poop?
February 12
- Arizona Woman Wakes Up with British Accent
- NASA Wants to Build a Super Quiet Supersonic Jet
- Our Universe Isn't As Special As We'd Like to Believe
- Weird Worm Crawling in Oregon Woman's Eye Has Only Been Seen in Cows
- Why People Get Mean When They're Drunk, According to Science
- 'Vampire' Deer?! 5 South Korean Animals You May See at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- The 4/20 Effect: Pot Celebration Day Tied to Rise in Fatal Crashes
- Scientists Rush to Explore Underwater World Hidden Below Ice for 120,000 Years
- Bizarre 'Spider Stones' Found at Site of Neolithic Sun-Worshipers
- Photos: 5,000-Year-Old Scratched Stones Could Be Ancient Maps
- Watch Elon Musk React to Falcon Heavy Launch in Exclusive National Geographic Video
- Is This Experimental Japanese Drug the Secret to Stopping the Flu?
February 11
- Launch of Superfast Russian Cargo Ship Mission Aborted at Last Minute
- If 'Starman' Isn't Headed for the Asteroid Belt, Where's That Dummy Going?
- A Boy Scrapes His Elbow. One Week Later, Docs Find a Sea Snail in the Wound.
February 10
- 8 Trillion 'Gallons'! Huge Blob of Magma Found Atop Undersea Volcano
- Man Who Traveled to Watch Historic SpaceX Launch Found Dead in Motel
- Facts About Fracking
February 9
- These Are the Most Out-of-This-World Photos Ever Taken — Literally
- How Did a Man's Rectum End Up 'Falling Out' of His Body?
- Humans Cared for Sick Puppies Long Ago, Ancient Burial Shows
- Global Warming vs. Solar Cooling: The Showdown Begins in 2020
- Earth's Inner Core Shouldn't Technically Exist
- The Most Interesting Thing Shot into Space This Week Wasn't a Tesla
- Why the Asteroid Approaching Earth Was Only Spotted 5 Days Ago
- This Special UV Light Could Zap Flu Germs from the Air
- The 'Perfect Human Pathogen' Is Spreading at the Winter Olympics
- Toad Eats Beetle, Immediately Regrets It — Watch Retching Aftermath
- Meet the Adorable Olympic Mascots, Soohorang and Bandabi
- 3 Ways the US Should Prepare for the Next Flu Pandemic
- In Photos: South Korea from Above
- Asteroid Skimming Past Earth Today May Loom Larger Than Exploding Russian Meteor
- What Are Microwaves?
February 8
- Starman's SpaceX Spacesuit Would Leave You Dead in Minutes
- Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and Starman Leave Earth Forever in This Final Photo
- The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched into Space
- Feelings of Hunger After Weight Loss May Never Go Away
- What a Spectacle! Praying Mantises Wear Tiny 3D Glasses, for Science
- The First Europeans Had a Striking Combination of Features
- Could We Beat the Opioid Epidemic by Easing Pain with Marijuana?
- Deep-Sea Volcanic Vents Incubate Eggs for These Underwater Moms
- Why Is Jupiter's Great Spot Red?
- Why Measuring a Tiny, Spinning Particle Is Such a Big Deal
- The Author of This Physics Paper Is 7 Years Old (and Also a Cat)
- Niacin (Vitamin B3): Benefits & Side Effects
February 7
- Reproductive System
- Caffeine
- Vaccines
- Autism
- Cretaceous Period
- Vikings
- Photosynthesis
- Deforestation
- Does the Herbal Supplement Kratom Really Contain Opioids?
- Why Does the Tesla Look So Fake in Space? We Asked a Chemist
- Billions of Viruses Are Falling to Earth Right Now (But That Isn't Why You Have the Flu)
- Yup, Flat-Earthers Think the Falcon Heavy Launch Was a Conspiracy
- When Will SpaceX Lose Connection with Starman?
- Does OTC Pain Medicine Mess with Your Head?
- What SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launch Means for Getting Humans to Mars
- No, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Has Not Passed Mars Already
- Lymphatic System
- Ancient Egypt
- Mummies
- Norovirus Sickens Olympic Security Guards Days Before Opening Ceremony
- Russia at the Winter Olympics: Decision to Ban Some Athletes Changes Yet Again
- That Really Is a Live Owl's Eyeball, Seen Through Its Ear
- Here's How Many Americans Now Have Herpes
- Starfish Can See You … with Their Arm-Eyes
February 6
- If Football Is Deadly, Why Do We Still Watch?
- Radiation Will Tear Elon Musk's Rocket Car to Bits in a Year
- Success! SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Rocket on Historic Maiden Voyage
- Why Do Rockets Explode?
- Here's What It Looks Like When G-Force Knocks You Out
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy: What's Up with the Giant Rocket?
- Biomed CEO Injects Himself with DIY Herpes Vaccine — Why That's Not a Good Idea
- What Is the Point of Elon Musk's Big Rocket?
- SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket: By the Numbers
- This Fossil Spider Has a Weird Extra Appendage
- SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Megarocket Gets 1st Test Launch Today: Watch It Live
- A Ticking Time Bomb of Mercury Is Hidden Beneath Earth's Permafrost
- An Ancient Hyena May Have Chomped Down on This Neanderthal's Face
- Asparagus: Health Benefits, Risks (Stinky Pee) & Nutrition Facts
February 5
- Does All That Headbanging Leave a Mark on Woodpeckers' Brains?
- Kentucky Man Gets 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria After Cracking Knuckles
- Does Alcohol Really 'Clean' the Brain?
- Why You May Want to Avoid Drinking Piping-Hot Tea
- Drone Nearly Collides with Passenger Jet Near Las Vegas
- Flat Earth: What Fuels the Internet's Strangest Conspiracy Theory?
- Could a 19th-Century 'Alienist' Understand the Criminal Mind?
- If You Get the Flu, When Should You Go to the ER?
- Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again)
- Astronomers Detect a Swarm of Tiny Objects Orbiting an Alien Sun
- Can You Get 2 Colds at Once?
- Mystery Behind Mass Grave of Viking Warriors Finally Solved
- Virtual Volterra: Ancient Amphitheaters and Temples Recorded in 3D
- Virtual Volterra Gallery: Photos of Ancient Tuscany Town
February 3
- In Photos: Tomb of Royal Woman Found in Ancient Egypt
- 4,300-Year-Old Tomb of Royal Female Official Found in Egypt
- Whooo Knew? 10 Superb Facts About Owls
February 2
- The King (Cobra) Is Dead (and So Is the Python)
- 'Human Uber' Lets You Hire Someone to Do Your Dirty Work (While Wearing Your Face)
- 'Tree Man': Unusual Bark-Like Growths Return After 24 Surgeries
- Watch the Entire Total Lunar Eclipse in Just 1 Minute
- An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness
- Here's Who Will Win the 2018 Super Bowl, According to a Hippo
- Ignore Tom Brady: 37 Glasses of Water a Day Is Too Many
- Can You Get the Flu Twice in One Season?
- Interlocked Spiral of Ancient Skeletons Unearthed in Mexico City
- Lungs: Facts, Function and Diseases
- 'Bug Bombs' Still Causing Injuries Despite Product Warnings
February 1
- Are Dogs More Likely To Bite You If You're Anxious?
- Polar Bears Starving As Arctic Ice Vanishes
- In Photos: Hidden Maya Civilization
- Thousands of Mysterious Maya Structures Discovered in Guatemala
- Were Dinosaurs Having a Party Millions of Years Ago in NASA's Backyard?
- Tea Strainers & Nail Polish: The 5-Star Reviews Scientists Are Writing for Everyday Products
- Conspiracy Theorists Don't Trust Vaccines Either
- Finally Solved: The Science of Cracking Open a Cold One (With The Boys)
- Elements
- Personality
- Immune System
- Nervous System
- Anxiety
- Opioids
- Carbohydrates
- Aliens
- Plate Tectonics
- Flat Earth
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Artificial Intelligence
- Double Trouble: These Diseases Could Raise Your Risk for Cancer
- Missed the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse? Here's When the Next One Is Happening
- Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Worry About Earth's Magnetic Poles Flipping
- New 'Slasher' Wasp Comes Equipped with Its Own Body Saw
- Earthquake Watch: California Is Overdue for a 'Big One'
- Here's What You'd Look Like As Just a Nervous System
- Greenland: Earth's Biggest Island
- Long-Lost Satellite Found by Amateur Astronomer
- Head and Heart: Migraines Linked to Heart Disease Risk