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June 30
- If You're On the Moon, Does the Earth Appear to Go Through Phases?
June 29
- The Biggest Dinosaur to Ever Walk the Earth Just Wants to Text You
- Are Bananas Doomed?
June 28
- 'Ghost Base' Perched on a Growing Ice Chasm in Antarctica Is Running on Its Own
- NASA's New Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Has Spotted Its Tiniest Alien World Yet
- Space Radiation May Kill You, But Your Mold Will Live On
- After Decades of Hunting, Physicists Claim They've Made Quantum Material from Depths of Jupiter
- Archaeologists Discover Ancient Baptismal Font Hidden Inside Jesus' Traditional Birthplace
- The 'Lost City' of Atlantis Massif Could Reveal How Life Survives on Dark, Alien Water Worlds
- Cockroach 'Superbugs' Becoming Near-Impossible to Kill
- Win 4 Weekend Tickets to the BlueDot Festival 2019 in the U.K.
- Why Didn't Chernobyl's Radiation Kill the Plants There?
- First 'Undisturbed Roman Shipwreck' in Cyprus Just Discovered
- Cyanide-Laced Meteorites May Have Seeded Earth's First Life
- 4,000-Year-Old Burial Revealed on Britain's 'Island of Druids'
- In Photos: Island of the Druids
June 27
- How Did the Universe Begin?
- What Is Stockholm Syndrome?
- 'Crypto' Outbreaks Linked to Swimming Pools Are on the Rise, CDC Says
- This Fungal Hallucinogen Makes Cicadas Orgy Till Their Butts Literally Fall Off
- Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Traced Back to Its Home Galaxy for First Time Ever
- This Remote Atlantic Island Is Being Covered in a 'Crust' of Plastic Trash
- Under Greenland's Glaciers, Dozens of Pristine, Jewel-Like Lakes Have Been Discovered
- What Is CBD?
- Astronomers Spotted a Car-Size Asteroid Just Hours Before Impact
- Handlers Thought This Owl Was Male for 23 Years —Then He Laid an Egg
- Signs of 'Hidden Consciousness' May Predict Who Will Emerge from a Coma
- Man Learns the Hard Way That Mixing Pufferfish and Cocaine Is a Very Bad Idea
- UFOs Remain Elusive Despite Decades of Study
- Extinct 11-Foot 'Super-Ostrich' Was As Massive As a Polar Bear
June 26
- Are Humans Growing Smartphone 'Skull Spikes'? Study That Made the Claim Under Fire.
- Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser Is Incredibly Active Right Now, and We Don't Know Why
- Life on Icy Alien Worlds May Resemble Creatures Under Submerged Hawaiian Volcano
- 'Lost' Caravaggio Painting Worth $170 Million Bought Before Auction — But Is It Authentic?
- Barefoot Walking Gives You Calluses That Are Even Better for Your Feet Than Shoes, Study Suggests
- Looming 'Climate Apartheid' Could Split the World into the Rich and the Dead, UN Warns
- Massive Blobs of 'Fire Ice' Lurks Beneath the Ocean. We Know Almost Nothing About Them.
- Volcano Just Shot Out a Mushroom-Shaped Cloud So Big It Could Be Seen from Orbit
- Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star System
- The Most Energetic Light Ever Seen Just Showered Down from the Skies Above Tibet
- Sitting in Front of the TV May Be Worse for Your Heart Than Sitting at a Desk
June 25
- Whoa! Enormous 'Cotton Candy' Explosion in Kids' Chemistry Lab
- Exclusive: Controversial King Tut Statue Has Sketchy Origins. Now Christie's Is Selling it.
- On Alien Worlds, Extraterrestrials Could Be Spewing a Toxic, Smelly Gas. That's How We Could Find Them.
- In Images: Rising 'Phoenix' Aurora and Starburst Galaxies Light Up the Skies
- Giant Squid Filmed Alive for Second Time in History. Here's the Video.
- Nazis Dosed Soldiers with Performance-Boosting 'Superdrug'
- How Does New Libdo-Boosting Drug for Women Work?
- Uranus Is a Weirdo — And So Are Its Rings
June 24
- Mysterious 'Bathtub Rings' of Titan Replicated on Earth
- Sperm Can Survive Microgravity, but Don’t Expect Any Space Babies Soon
- Asteroid That's 3 Times As Long As a Football Field Will Whiz by Earth Thursday
- Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface
- Attempted Whale Shark Mating Caught on Camera for the First Time in History
- How This Gut Bacteria May Give Elite Athletes an Edge
- A Massive Freshwater Sea Is Buried Beneath the Atlantic Ocean
- Scientists Find Scurvy in Mouth of Long-Dead, Failed Crusader King
- Back to the Stone Age: 17 key milestones in Paleolithic life
- 7 Far-Out Discoveries About the Universe's Beginnings
- Could CBD Fight Superbugs? Marijuana Compound Shows Promise As an Antibiotic.
- NASA Set To Launch a Deep-Space Atomic Clock Tonight
- 'Phoenix' Aurora Spreads Its 'Wings' Over Abandoned Military Power Station in Russia
June 23
- Why Do Seasonal Allergies Make You Feel Sleepy?
June 22
- Why So Many Bacteria Live on the Surface of Your Eye
- Why Do Some People Always Get Bitten by Mosquitoes, While Others Don't?
June 21
- Flushed Goldfish Grew to Be Kitten-Size in Niagara River
- This 12-Foot, 463-Lb. Alligator Went Head to Head with a Semitruck
- Philly Refinery Explosion Shoots Fireball Visible from Space
- Could an Injection of Dead Cells Help Fight Cancer?
- Cells Shimmer Like a Thousand Ice Cream Sprinkles in Gorgeous New 'DNA Microscope' Images
- 10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong
- Why These Strange, Reclusive Arachnids Fled Underground in Evolutionary Waves
- Supplements for Brain Health Don't Work, According to Neurologist
- Forget Moore's Law — Quantum Computers Are Improving According to a Spooky 'Doubly Exponential Rate'
June 20
- Dirty Surgical Instruments Tied to Hundreds of Infections at Colorado Hospital, Lawsuit Alleges
- Gorgeous 'Atlas of Space' Smashes the Textbook View of the Solar System
- Europe's Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City
- First Neolithic City Was So Overcrowded People Started Trying to Kill Each Other
- First-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic
- Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular
- Sack-Like Creatures Held Seafloor 'Dinner Parties' Half a Billion Years Ago
- Distracted Kindergartners May Earn Less As Adults
- Mysterious Etchings in Peruvian Desert Prove to Be Foreign Birds. What Did They Mean to the Pre-Incans?
June 19
- E-Cigarette Explodes in Teen's Mouth, Breaks Jaw, Blows Out Teeth
- Meet the Scottish Sea Worm with Eyes on Its Butt
- Greenland's Summer Melts Have Started Early, and They're Very Bad This Year
- Alzheimer's disease: Brain changes, symptoms and treatment
- Huntsman Spider Devours Possum in Viral (and Terrifying) Photos
- No Signs of Aliens in the Closest 1,300 Stars, Hunt Funded by Billionaire Reveals
- Meet the Cat-Fox, an Oddball Feline Roaming Around a French Island
- This Weird Animal Eats Rocks for Breakfast
- Voracious Black Holes Could Feed Alien Life on Rogue Worlds
- Samurai Text Tells Secrets of Sword-Fighters' 'Supernatural Powers'
- Alcohol Boosts the Risk of Breast Cancer. Many Women Have No Idea.
- Oldest Known Galactic Get-Together Occurred Shortly After Big Bang
June 18
- Dogs Evolved Sad Eyes to Manipulate Their Human Companions, Study Suggests
- The Same Exact Foods Affect Each Person's Gut Bacteria Differently
- The Tree That Might Have Inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' Has Died
- NASA Wants to Build a 'Starshade' to Hunt Alien Planets
- Bone-Crushing Hyenas Lived in Canada's Arctic During the Last Ice Age
- Why Global Population Growth Will Grind to a Halt by 2100
- Ruins of a Lost Colonial Tavern (and Maybe Brothel) Were Just Uncovered in North Carolina
June 17
- 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria May Be Spreading to Beaches Once Thought Off-Limits. Here's Why.
- The Plastic We 'Recycle' Is Actually Horrible for the Environment
- Neolithic People Made Fake Islands More Than 5,600 Years Ago
- Most of the World to Face Record-High Temperatures Every Year Without Serious Climate Action
- Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims
- Woman Who Requested Mariah Carey Cake Got Marie Curie Instead
- Pea Burgers Taste Fantastic. They Can Also Help Save the Planet. (Op-Ed)
- Did Van Gogh Shoot Himself? Auction of Pistol Reignites Debate.
- Baby Pterosaurs Could Fly. So, Did They Need Their Parents?
June 16
- Why Do Skulls Have So Many Bones? (It's Loads More Than You Think)
June 15
- Scientists Develop New Laser That Can Find and Destroy Cancer Cells in the Blood
June 14
- Volcano's Shadow Forms an Eerie, Perfect Triangle
- 'Poop Transplants' Can Transmit Deadly Superbugs, FDA Warns
- Multiple sclerosis: Symptoms, management and research
- Biden Promises to 'Cure Cancer' If Elected. Here's Why That's Laughable.
- The Carnivorous Plant Named 'Turtle Socks' Has Been Eating Baby Salamanders for Lunch
- Is This Invisible Magnetic Field Smothering Our Nearest Supermassive Black Hole?
- 'Star Trek' Logo Spotted on Mars
- Breaks in the Perfect Symmetry of the Universe Could Be a Window Into Completely New Physics
- The Search for Habitable Alien Worlds in Earth's Backyard Heats Up
- Humans Are Growing Weird, Bone Spikes on Their Skulls. Smartphones May Be the Culprit.
June 13
- Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early
- Man Had a Nearly 5-Foot Wire Left in His Body After Heart Procedure, Lawsuit Claims
- Ancient 'Loch Ness Monster' from Antarctica Breaks a Record for Body Size
- This Strange Rock Formed on Mars Billions of Years Ago, Possibly from an Explosive Eruption
- An X-Ray Showing 100 Bubble Tea Pearls in a Teen's Abdomen Has Doctors Very Confused
June 12
- Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas Are Incredibly Toxic — And They’re Growing
- NASA's Getting Ready to Explore the Corpse of an Ancient Planet in the Asteroid Belt
- Massive Sphinx of Ramses II Sees Daylight for First Time in Nearly 100 Years
- People Smoked Pot to Get High at Least 2,500 Years Ago
- The World's Plants Are Going Extinct About 500 Times Faster Than They Should, Study Finds
- The Big Bang Theory: How the Universe Began
- Sun Could Unleash a 'Superflare' Hundreds of Thousands of Times More Powerful Than Any Known Flare
- The Pentagon Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than Any Other Part of the US Gov't.
- 'God Plays Dice with the Universe,' Einstein Writes in Letter About His Qualms with Quantum Theory
- For Sale: 'Haunted' Medieval Prison That Held Accused Witches
- Rare 'Ectopic Breast Tissue' Caused a Woman to Lactate from Her Vulva
June 11
- Mysterious, Gaping Holes in Antarctic Ice Explained
- 12,000-Year-Old 'Headless' Horse Engraving Discovered in France
- Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.
- Night Owls and Morning Larks, Make Room for 'Afternoon People' and 'Nappers'
- Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration
- AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces.
June 10
- What Are Rock Cairns?
- An 'Anomaly' the Size of Hawaii Is Buried Beneath the Moon's Biggest Crater
- Rare Tick-Borne Disease Tied to New Jersey Man's Death
- Alien Life Could Be Hiding Out on Far Fewer Planets Than We Thought
- Severed Head of a Giant 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Discovered in Russia
- Stephen Hawking Was Right: Black Holes Can Evaporate, Weird New Study Shows
- Keeping Your TV on at Night May Lead to Weight Gain
- Done with Babies: April the Internet-Famous Giraffe Is Starting Birth Control
- Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock
- Necklace Made of Defleshed Human Skull Discovered in Mayan Warrior Tomb
- The Ocean Is Sinking into Earth’s Mantle, and a Dead Supercontinent Is Partly to Blame
- Do Brain Games Really Work?
- Scientists Take First-Ever Image of a Faint Swirling Ring of Hydrogen Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole
June 9
- How Long Can Humans Live?
- Why Are Some Smells So Hard to Get Rid Of?
June 8
- Is the Radiation from Airport Body Scanners Dangerous?
- This Asteroid Has a 1-in-7,000 Chance of Hitting Earth This Fall
- Misophonia: Why Do Some Sounds Drive People Crazy?
June 7
- Is It Safe to Visit Chernobyl?
- NASA Wants to Let Space Tourists Onto the Space Station — for $59 Million
- Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People Out
- These Deep-Sea Weirdos Hold Their Breath for Minutes at a Time
- Nazi Code Breaker Alan Turing Just Got an Obituary in The New York Times — 65 Years After His Death
- Scientists Just Found the Limits to Human Endurance
- Unknown Group of Ancient Humans Once Lived in Siberia, New Evidence Reveals
- The National Academy of Sciences Will Now Expel Members for Sexual Harassment
- Can Kidnapping a Giant Iceberg from Antarctica Solve Cape Town's Water Crisis?
- Wartime Story Leads Divers to Underwater WWII Wreck of Missing US Pilot
- What Is the Black Hole Information Paradox?
- US in Danger of Losing Measles 'Elimination Status.' Here's What That Means.
- Canada Makes a Claim to the North Pole
June 6
- Pregnant Women Who Eat More Fiber May Lower Child's Celiac Risk
- Please Do Not Feed These Tweezer-Beaked, Hopping Rats Peanut Butter!!!
- Can Physicists Really Save Schrödinger’s Cat?
- Mysterious 'Bridge' of Radio Waves Between Galaxies Seems to Be Smashing the Laws of Physics (But It’s Not)
- These First Americans Vanished Without a Trace — But Hints of Them Linger
- What is cryptography?
- Iridescent Bones of a Lost Dinosaur Herd Discovered in an Opal Mine
- Bigfoot's FBI File Reveals Strange Story of a Monster Hunter and 15 Mysterious Hairs
- Scientists Study 5 Cases of Pathological Cannibalism. Narcissism Partly Explains Heinous Act.
June 5
- White Meat Can Raise Cholesterol As Much As Red Meat, New Study Shows
- China Aces Its 1st Rocket Launch at Sea, Puts 7 Satellites in Orbit
- Dizzying Video Shows the Moment a Jellyfish Gets Caught in a Bubble Vortex
- A Koala Walks Into a Bar ... Here's Why Scientists Think That's a Good Idea
- Disaster Tourists Are Flocking to Chernobyl, Thanks to HBO Series
- 'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction
- Here's Why the Supernaturally Creepy Dragonfish Has Invisible Teeth
- Physicists Search for Monstrous Higgs Particle. It Could Seal the Fate of the Universe.
- Why'd I Come in Here? A Brain Zap Could Boost That Fuzzy Memory
June 4
- American Tourists Die Suddenly from Mysterious Illness in Fiji
- Why Did People Take Iodine Pills After Chernobyl Exploded?
- Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims
- Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male Required
- Astronomers Spot Twin Planets Carving Holes in a Brand-New Solar System
- Most Galaxies Are Moving Away from Us As the Universe Expands. Not This One.
- Einstein's Quest to 'Know God's Thoughts' Could Take Millennia
- Godzilla Grew 30 Times Faster Than Any Organism on Earth. Here's Why.
- More Than 70 Gray Whales Dead in 6 Months, and Scientists Don't Understand Why
- Dietary Supplement Ingredient Linked to Miscarriages, FDA Warns
June 3
- Woman Had a Huge Tapeworm 'Egg' Encased in Her Brain. Why She's Super Happy About It.
- Stratolaunch, Builder of World's Largest Airplane, May Be Closing
- Bronze Age Siberian 'Birdman' Wore a Collar of Beaks and Skulls
- An Alien Star Was Just Caught Shooting an Enormous Plasma Blast into Space
- This Grumpy, Medieval Chess Piece Was Lost for Nearly 200 Years. Now It Could Fetch Over $1 Million.
- A Scientist Edited Babies' Genes In Utero. It Could Make Them More Likely to Die Early.
- Rare 'Flash Fire' Ignites in Man's Chest Cavity During Surgery
- There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?
- Magician's Film of 1900 Solar Eclipse Is World's Oldest Astronomical Movie (And It's Pure Magic)
June 2
- What Should You Do If You're Bitten by a Venomous Snake?
June 1
- Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?
- Did the Maya Really Sacrifice Their Ballgame Players?
- UFOs Are Real, But Don't Assume They're Alien Spaceships