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- July 31
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- Stunning Photo Captures the Moment a Sea Lion Was Nearly Swallowed By a Whale
- A Russian Space Cargo Ship Just Fell to Earth. See Its Fiery Demise.
- Flesh-Eating Bacteria Thrive in Warm Coastal Waters. That Doesn't Mean You'll Get Sick.
- Photos: 'Millennium Falcon' Predator Hunted Seas Half a Billion Years Ago
- This Bizarre Ancient Sea Monster Looked Like the Millennium Falcon
- This Mathematician's 'Mysterious' New Method Just Solved a 30-Year-Old Problem
- Ancient Roman 'Pen' Was a Joke Souvenir
- 'Talking Lasers' That Beam Messages into Your Head Could Be Here in 5 Years, Pentagon Says
- Millions of Black Holes Are Hiding in Our Galaxy. Here's How Astronomers Plan to Find Them.
- Moving to a New Home While Pregnant Could Raise Risk of Preterm Birth
- July 30
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- Newly-Discovered, Nearby Alien World Has 3 Blazing-Red Suns
- As If Ticks Weren't Terrifying Enough, This Giant Bloodsucker Will Hunt You Down
- How a Woman's Birth Control Implant Ended Up in Her Lung
- SpaceX Rocket Breaks Sound Barrier Twice and Nails Landing in This Amazing Video
- Epic 'Terminator' Events Could Result in Gargantuan Solar Tsunamis, New Studies Suggest
- 'Living Snow' of Grasshoppers Blankets Las Vegas, Visible on Radar
- Iron Age Celtic Woman Wearing Fancy Clothes Buried in This 'Tree Coffin' in Switzerland
- July 29
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- 2 Teens Hospitalized with Kidney Damage After Doing 1,000 Squats Apiece
- People Are Getting 2nd-Degree Burns from Sidewalks
- Look Up! Dazzling Double Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
- Vaping May Have Landed 8 Teens in the Hospital with Serious Lung Damage
- Mysterious Radiation Cloud Over Europe Traced to Secret Russian Nuclear Accident
- Should You Worry About Getting Bitten by a Shark?
- More Than 200 Reindeer Found Dead in Norway, Starved by Climate Change
- NASA Fed Apollo 11 Moon Rocks to Cockroaches (And Then Things Got Even Weirder)
- Divers Find Remains of Ancient Temple in Sunken Egyptian City
- CRISPR Gene Editing Will Be Used Inside Humans For the First Time in Treatment for Blindness
- July 28
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- July 26
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- How Astronomers Missed the Massive Asteroid That Just Whizzed Past Earth
- Football-Size Meteorite May Have Landed in an Indian Rice Field
- After Scorching Europe, Heat Wave Is Poised to Melt Greenland
- Huge Ash Cloud Blasts Out of Indonesian Volcano
- Man Dies From Rare 'Brain-Eating' Amoeba After Swimming in North Carolina Lake
- The Ice Is Melting Even Faster Than They Thought
- Organic Apples Have Way More Beneficial Bacteria Than Conventional Ones
- 'Dark Matter Bullets' Could Tear Through the Human Body, Wild New Study Suggests
- Remarkable 'Radio Halo' Could Reveal the Unseen Phenomena at Galaxy's Fringes
- Einstein's Theory of Relativity Holds Up Around a Supermassive Black Hole
- The Man Who Found the Titanic Is Hunting for Amelia Earhart's Plane
- Civilization-Collapsing Megadroughts of Medieval Times Could Be in Store for a Warming Earth
- July 25
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- Woman Contracts Horrifying Leg Infection from a Hot Tub
- Today's Climate Change Is Worse Than Anything Earth Has Experienced in the Past 2,000 Years
- BPA-Free But Still Dangerous? Replacement Chemicals Linked to Childhood Obesity
- Strange Forest 'Superorganism' Is Keeping This Vampire Tree Alive
- Mysterious, Ultrabright Fireball Streaks Across the Sky Over Canada
- So Much of the Arctic Is on Fire, You Can See It From Space
- Medieval Warrior Woman Found in a Viking Graveyard Was No Viking
- July 24
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- Neil Armstrong's Family Received $6 Million in a Secret Wrongful-Death Settlement: Report
- This Is the Most Elaborate Warrior Tomb Ever Discovered in England
- New Footage Shows Uncontacted Amazon Tribesman from the World’s 'Most Threatened' Tribe
- In a Lab Accident, Scientists Create the First-Ever Permanently Magnetic Liquid
- This Iron-Shelled Snail Is Totally Metal … And Now It’s Endangered
- Perfectly Preserved Ancient Shipwreck Found in the Baltic Sea with Guns Ready to Fire
- Foodborne Parasite Sickens 100 in Massachusetts. No Source Has Been Found.
- These Are the Fastest-Orbiting Stars Ever Discovered, and They're Spiraling to Their Deaths
- Were These 3,500-Year-Old Carvings of Nude Women Used As Ancient Fertility Drug?
- Here's the Best Way to Pet a Cat, According to Science
- Don't Worry About the 'Great Pyramid-Sized' Asteroid Due to Zip Past the Earth Today
- This May Be the Face of a Pictish Chieftain Who Was Brutally Murdered 1,400 Years Ago
- July 23
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- Something’s Missing in This Stunning Photo of Space Station Passing in Front of the Midday Sun
- Great Synagogue of Vilna, Ravaged by Foes, Yields Treasures and a Priceless Hebrew Inscription
- Chihuahua Was Abducted by a Seagull. It Could Happen, Expert Says.
- US Embassy Staff in Cuba Show Unusual Brain Changes After Alleged 'Sonic Attacks'
- Zombie Ants Are Controlled by a 'Master Puppeteer' Parasite, But We Still Don't Know How
- Alien Hunter Explains Why He Won't Be Going to Area 51 to Look for 'Little Green Men'
- The Milky Way Was an Adorable Cannibal, Cosmic 'Baby Picture' Reveals
- Teens Are More Likely to Try Illegal Drugs in the Summer
- Amputated Limbs and Musket Balls Unearthed at Waterloo, 200 Years After Napoleon's Defeat
- July 22
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- The First Glacier Killed by Climate Change Is Getting a Haunting Memorial in Iceland
- Earth Is Littered with Mysterious Space-Cones, and Now We Know Why
- Crocodiles Are Breeding Near a Nuclear Power Plant (No, They're Not Radioactive)
- This Ancient Mosque in Israel May Have Been Built Just a Few Years After Muhammed's Death
- Massive Snow Cannons Could Save West Antarctica's Ice Sheet
- Microdosing Psychedelics May Boost Mood and Focus. But What Are the Drawbacks?
- This Bloated 'Piglet Squid' Is Way Cuter Than a Real Piglet
- Adorable Shark Fits in Your Hand, Looks Like a Mini Sperm Whale
- Diver Has Epic Nose-to-Nose Encounter with One of the Most Elusive Sharks Lurking in the Deep Sea
- July 21
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- July 19
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- Lifeboat of Titanic Survivors Were Guided by One Woman's 'Flashlight' Cane
- Top Moon Conspiracy Theories and Why They Are Stupid
- Teen Had a Shard of Glass Stuck in His Face for a Month Without Knowing It
- Chinese Space Station Tiangong-2 Destroyed in Fiery Re-Entry Over Pacific Ocean
- 4,600-Year-Old Greek 'Pyramid' Found in the Aegean Sea … Is Not a Pyramid at All
- Photos: Ancient Pyramid-Shaped Settlement
- It's a Mystery Why We Are Not Constantly Hallucinating, Trippy New Study Suggests
- Stonehenge's Massive Megaliths May Have Been Moved into Place with Pig Lard
- July 18
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- Last Month Was the Hottest June on Earth Ever Recorded
- These 6 Accidents Nearly Derailed Apollo 11's Mission to the Moon
- Conjoined Twins Fused at the Head Now Separated After More Than 50 Hours of Surgery
- Who Owns the Moon?
- A Mysterious, Cross-Shaped Structure Is Buried Underground in Russia. It Could Be One of the World's Oldest Churches.
- Gorgeous, Freaky Sunset Photo Looks Split Down the Middle
- Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book Could Fetch $9 Million at Auction
- Another Person Goes Blind After Wearing Contacts in the Shower
- Here's What Neil Armstrong Saw When He Landed Apollo 11's Eagle on the Moon
- 'Spooky' Quantum Entanglement Finally Captured in Stunning Photo
- Does Anyone Really Think the Moon Landing Was Faked?
- Earth's Core Has Been Leaking for 2.5 Billion Years and Geologists Don't Know Why
- July 17
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- Fugitive Bear Escapes Jail Cell, Scales 3 Electric Fences and Is Now on the Run
- Mysterious, Glowing Tardigrade May Have Swallowed Part of Its Own Mouth
- Why JFK Believed His Bold Moonshot Could Actually Happen
- Dozens of Pilot Whales Washed Up on Georgia Beach, and Beachgoers Came to the Rescue
- We Finally Know Why Florida's Coral Reefs Are Dying, and It's Not Just Climate Change
- Photos: Israel's largest Neolithic excavation
- Largest Neolithic Settlement in Israel Uncovered. Up to 3,000 People May Have Lived There.
- People Are Overdosing on Wasp Spray in West Virginia
- Joshua Trees Will Be All-But-Extinct by 2070 Without Climate Action, Study Warns
- Menstrual Cups Are Safe, But Questions Remain About 'Toxic Shock' Risk, Review Finds
- July 16
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- Tiny Fighting Worms Make One of the Loudest Sounds in the Ocean
- Juno Finds Mysterious, Unexpected Currents Crackling Through Jupiter's Magnetosphere
- Did We Mishear Neil Armstrong's Famous First Words on the Moon?
- What If Buzz and Neil Didn't Come Back from the Moon? Nixon Had a Secret Plan.
- Massive, Human-Size Jellyfish Stuns Divers Off the Coast of England
- 5 Strange, Cool Things We've Recently Learned About the Moon
- The Marshall Islands Are 10 Times More 'Radioactive' Than Chernobyl
- July 15
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- What is the ionosphere? (And who is Steve?)
- Egypt's 'Bent Pyramid' Opens for First Time in More Than 50 Years
- Were the Vikings Smoking Pot While Exploring Newfoundland?
- Legendary, Persecuted Code-Breaker Alan Turing Finally Recognized for His Achievements
- The Last Lunar Eclipse of 2019 Occurs Tuesday, Just in Time for Apollo 11 Celebrations
- These Unsung Heroes of the Apollo 11 Mission Made the First Steps on the Moon Possible
- This Eagle-Nosed, Shovel-Chinned Dinosaur May Be the Weirdest Thing You See Today
- Greenland’s Superfast ‘Ice Slides’ Could Be Bad News for Climate Change
- A Sunken Soviet Sub Is Raising the Radioactivity of the Norwegian Sea 800,000-Fold. But Don't Worry.
- New York Is Overrun by Rats, Yet We Know Almost Nothing About Their Underground Kingdom
- Scientists Find an 'Exceptional Specimen' of a Cretaceous Lizard...Inside a Dinosaur's Belly
- Don't Be Confused If This Starfish Makes Your Mouth Water
- July 14
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- July 12
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- New Dark Energy Data Emerges from Misshapen, Distorted, Ancient Voids
- The World's Largest Iceberg Is 2 Years Old Today, and Already Drifting Toward Its Doom
- Feeding Frenzy of 11 Sharks Ends in Surprising Twist … And a Mouthful of Shark for 1 Grouper
- Woman Dies After Being Impaled by Reusable Metal Straw
- Space Archaeology Is a Thing. And It Involves Lasers and Spy Satellites
- New Orleans Braces for Intense Floods As Tropical Storm Barry Rolls In
- Indiana Jones Meets 'Star Wars' in 'Archaeology From Space.' Enter to Win a Copy!
- 'Chameleon Theory' Could Explain Why the Universe Is Blowing Up
- Remains of Napoleon's One-Legged General Found Under Russian Dance Floor
- July 11
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- This Common Sugar Substitute Can Be Deadly for Dogs, FDA Warns
- Man Goes Blind After Wearing Contact Lenses in the Shower
- After This Young Monkey Got Hit by a Car, Monkey Strangers Comforted Him
- Cats in Australia Kill Over 2 Billion Wild Animals Each Year
- 'Renegade' White Dwarf Survived a Supernova. Now It's Warping the Little Dipper Before Our Eyes.
- 'Missing' Interstellar Iron May Just Be Good at Hiding
- Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' Has Vanished
- We Are Very Close to Completely Eliminating Male Embryos (in Mice)
- A Common Cold Virus Wiped Away Bladder Cancer in One Patient
- Meet the Ploonets! Runaway Moons with Delusions of Planethood Get Astronomy's Cutest Name Ever
- Moon Landing Footage Would Have Been Impossible to Fake. Here's Why.
- July 10
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- 'Tree Man' Gets Pioneering Surgery for Rare Skin Condition
- Modern Humans Failed in Early Attempt to Migrate Out of Africa, Old Skull Shows
- Don't Waste Your Emotions on Plants, They Have No Feelings, Grumpy Scientists Say
- How This Huge, Superfast Asteroid Stayed Hidden in Near-Earth Orbit
- 2 SoCal Earthquakes Warped the Ground for Miles. And It's Visible from Space.
- 12,000 Years Ago, a Boy Had His Skull Squashed into a Cone Shape. It's the Oldest Evidence of Such Head-Shaping.
- Python Swallows Crocodile Whole. Photographer Captures Every Last, Grisly 'Bite.'
- July 9
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- Osteoporosis: Risks, Symptoms and Treatment
- Nearly 200K People Have Signed Up to Steal Alien Secrets from Area 51 in Late-Summer Raid
- Here's What It Really Means That Iran Enriched Uranium to 4.5%
- Geoscientists Were Wrong About the 'World's Largest Volcano'
- Photos: Magnificent views of the nighttime heavens in America's 'Dark Sky' parks
- A Pair of Shipwrecked, WWII-Era Submarines Just Vanished from the Sea Near Malaysia
- Invasive Semislug That Likes to Climb May Be Infecting Hawaiians with Brain Parasite
- July 8
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- SoCal Has An 8% Chance of Another Huge Quake This Week
- What Are GMOs and GM Foods?
- Fantastically Preserved Viking Boat Grave and Skeletons Unearthed in Sweden
- Photos: A man, a horse and a dog found in Viking boat burial
- Cockatoo Who Taught Self to Head-Bang Proves Rock Transcends Species
- It Sure Seems Like the Trump Administration Is Suppressing Reports of Climate Change at USGS
- The Science Behind Washington's Scary 'Flash Flood Emergency'
- These Odd 'Quasiparticles' Could Finally Unmask Dark Matter
- Book Excerpt: 'Archaeology From Space'
- Man's Foot Pain Was Due to Rare 'Hair Splinter'
- Thousands of Sharks and Rays May Be Getting Strangled by Plastic Waste
- Could Massive SoCal Earthquakes Trigger the 'Big One' on the San Andreas Fault?
- July 7
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- July 5
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- Want to Fight Climate Change? Plant 1 Trillion Trees.
- Space Radiation Doesn't Seem to Be Causing Astronauts to Die from Cancer, Study Finds
- Whoa! Alaska Is Hotter Than NYC. Here's Why.
- As Aftershocks Rattle Southern California, a More Powerful Earthquake Could Soon Strike, Experts Warn
- A Massive Seaweed Bloom Is Smothering Life from the Caribbean to West Africa
- Men Notice Messes As Much As Women. Here's Why They Don't Clean Up.
- How Can You Tell if Someone (or Something) Is Conscious?
- Rare Lake of Bubbling Lava Discovered on Remote Antarctic Island
- King Tut Sculpture with Sketchy Origins Sells at Christie's for Nearly $6 Million
- July 4
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- Why Do People Scrunch Up Their Faces After Tasting Something Sour?
- Unusually Large 2-Billion-Year-Old Microbe Fossils Reveal Clues About Our Ancient World
- The Largest Black Holes in the Universe Formed in a Snap — Then Stopped
- The First Fireworks Came from a 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Quest for Immortality
- July 3
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- Philistines, Biblical Enemies of the Israelites, Were European, DNA Reveals
- Low Levels of 'Bad' Cholesterol May Have a Downside
- Photo of Sea Star's 'Butt' Goes Viral. Spoiler: That's No Butt.
- Cold Case Closed: Scientists Pin 33,000-Year-Old Murder on a Left-Handed Paleo Killer
- Satellite Image Captures a Total Solar Eclipse and a Hurricane in One Awesome Shot
- Miners Looking for Gemstones Find Ancient Sea Monster Instead
- Cosmic Fireworks Glow Red, White and Blue in Epic Hubble Photo
- Why Blue Fireworks Are So Rare
- 3rd Mysterious Deep-Space Flash Traced to Host Galaxy
- Exotic 'Early Dark Energy' Could Be the Missing Link That Explains the Universe's Expansion
- Why Is It 'Snowing' Salt in the Dead Sea?
- July 2
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- Yellow Jacket 'Super Nests' the Size of Cars Are Popping Up in Alabama
- Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life
- Scientists 'Thunderstruck' As Arctic Fox Makes Stunning 2,100-Mile Journey in Just 76 Days
- Lost Palace of a Once-Mighty Empire Unearthed in Iraq
- What Is Trypophobia?
- What Is Relativity?
- 'What Would You Do If We Found Aliens?' Survey Asks
- Fireworks Send Thousands of Americans to the ER Around the Fourth of July
- Nature Could Have Created Oddball 'Oumuamua, Not Aliens
- The Barrage of Bad News About Climate Change Is Triggering 'Eco-Anxiety,' Psychologists Say
- One-of-a-Kind Copy of Galileo's Book That Upended the Earth-Centric View of the Universe Was a Fraud.
- July 1
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- Japan Resumes Commercial Whaling After Decades of Slaughtering Whales 'for Science'
- Toddler Dies from E. Coli After Visiting Petting Zoo at County Fair
- There's a Total Solar Eclipse Tomorrow: Here's What You Need to Know
- Birthplace of England's '9-Day Queen,' Jane Grey, Discovered Under Park
- Near-Death Experiences May Stem from the Brain Blending Waking and Dreaming States, Study Suggests
- Here's the Best Way for Humans to Conquer the Galaxy, According to NASA
- AI Created a 3D Replica of Our Universe. We Have No Idea How It Works.
- Alien Life Might 'Think' More Like an Octopus Than a Human
- These Ghostly Blue Clouds Only Appear at Night — And They're Made of Meteors
