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August 31
- This week's full moon happens only once every 3 years
- Coronavirus vaccine could get emergency approval before critical testing is complete, FDA says
- The sun may have a long-lost twin
- US faces monkey shortage for COVID-19 research
- US spy satellite launch delayed a week after abort in final seconds
- Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba' — the most powerful nuclear bomb in history
August 30
- How long is a galactic year?
August 29
- Is the Y chromosome dying out?
- Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
August 28
- Lab confirms first case of coronavirus reinfection in the US
- Can CBD soothe mourning elephants? A Polish zoo is about to find out
- Seussian beast survived the Triassic by taking lots of naps
- 20 amazing animal tongues
- Study hints at how 'elite controllers' stifle HIV
- Black hole 'hair' could be detected using ripples in space-time
- A teen unknowingly swallowed a sewing pin. It pierced his heart.
August 27
- Ancient caiman with 'no parallel in the modern world' left 46 bite marks on sloth leg
- Cells solved Henry VIII's infamous hedge maze by 'seeing around corners,' video shows
- Hand sanitizers sold in beer cans and children's food pouches? Don't buy them, FDA says.
- Record-setting Hurricane Laura kills 4, leaves trail of destruction across Louisiana
- FDA gives emergency approval to rapid, cheap coronavirus antigen test
- Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245
August 26
- Health experts frustrated with new CDC coronavirus testing guidelines
- Laura is now a monster Category 4 hurricane
- Half of Antarctic ice shelves could collapse in a flash, thanks to warming
- Earth's core is a billion years old
- Scientists discover the fastest-melting spot in East Antarctica
- Could the universe collapse into a singularity? New study explains how.
- Britain's oldest artwork may depict mammoths from a drowned land
August 25
- Laura expected to slam into Texas and Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane
- What are locusts and why do they swarm?
- Africa declared free of wild poliovirus
- Stash of pure, 24-karat gold coins unearthed in Israel
- A pup preserved in permafrost ate one of the last woolly rhinos on Earth
- The end of the universe may be marked by 'black dwarf supernova' explosions
- Do STEM toys actually teach kids science and math?
August 24
- Texas and Louisiana face a double whammy of tropical cyclones
- China started giving experimental COVID-19 vaccine to medical workers in July
- FDA allows wide use of plasma for COVID-19 with little data that it works
- First case of coronavirus reinfection confirmed, researchers say
- 'Death screams' of swarming bacteria help their comrades survive antibiotic attacks
- A supernova may have triggered a mass extinction on Earth 359 million years ago
- Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 48: Mysterious Beer
- Massive stone structures in Saudi Arabia may be some of oldest monuments in the world
August 23
- Does your personality change as you get older?
August 22
- Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
- Honey badgers: Adorable but fierce little mammals
- Can carrots give you night vision?
August 21
- Astronaut spots California wildfires from space, sends 'thoughts and prayers' to victims
- Clouds of star-forming gas are being shot 'like bullets' across the galaxy
- First ever double hurricane could hit the Gulf of Mexico
- Mauritius wreck that leaked tons of oil into the sea may soon be sunk to the bottom of the Indian Ocean
- Florida releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika
- Why is wildfire smoke so bad for your lungs?
- Is honey really a miracle cure for coughs and colds?
- Rainbow meteorite discovered in Costa Rica may hold building blocks of life
- Fishing boat outbreak suggests antibodies protect against COVID-19 reinfection
- Will California's giant redwoods survive the raging wildfires?
August 20
- How Earth's gravity changed record-breaking asteroid's path forever
- Fossilized 'ocean lizard' found inside corpse of ancient sea monster
- Mummified kitten 'strangled' to death before being offered to the gods, new 3D scans reveal
- Watch SpaceX boat catch falling payload fairing in giant net (video)
- COVID-19 has the potential to be as deadly as the 1918 flu
- Crusader battlefield where 'Richard the Lionheart' defeated Muslims is unearthed in Israel
- FDA wants more proof COVID-19 plasma therapy works
August 19
- Ancient stone 'breadcrumbs' reveal early human migration out of Africa
- Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could still be alien technology, new study hints
- Will the 2020 election be a 'fraudulent mess'? The science says no.
- How NASA is dealing with the 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field
- A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived
August 18
- This palm-sized elephant relative was just sighted for the first time in 50 years
- What if a powerful hurricane hits during the pandemic? Here's how to prevent a double disaster.
- California reports first human plague case in 5 years
- What does the Pentagon's new UFO task force mean? Experts weigh in.
- Massive 'Darth Vader' sea bug pulled from waters near Indonesia
August 17
- FDA approves new saliva test for COVID-19 that's simple, cheap and available now
- Trump administration to approve Arctic wildlife refuge for oil and gas drilling
- NASA powers up Mars Ingenuity helicopter for the 1st time
- Novavax COVID-19 vaccine enters second round of human trials
- Weird 'boomerang' earthquake recorded for the first time
- Nothing will stop Greenland's ice sheet from shrinking now
- Death Valley tops 130 F, setting possible global heat record
- The best STEM toys 2022
- Astronomers bounced a laser off a spacecraft whirling around the moon
August 16
- What would happen to Earth if humans went extinct?
August 15
- Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes
- Why doesn't the US use the metric system?
August 14
- Depression and anxiety are skyrocketing in young adults amid pandemic
- World-renowned climate scientist dies in ice accident in Greenland
- Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune
- These armored sea bugs from a half-billion years ago had 'disco ball' eyes filled with tiny lenses
- Famous alien-hunting telescope slashed to pieces in mysterious midnight accident
- Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' special report: Coronavirus (Aug. 13)
August 13
- Should you ditch your gaiter as a face mask? Not so fast, scientists say.
- That COVID-19 vaccine Russia approved? It's only cleared for use in a small group of people.
- Don't wear masks with valves, CDC says
- Thomas Cromwell used 'cut and paste' to insert himself into Henry VIII's Great Bible
- Cretaceous 'terror crocodile' crushed dinosaurs with banana-size teeth
- NASA to stop using racist nicknames for cosmic objects
August 12
- Vaping linked with much higher risk of getting COVID-19
- Trippy 'reverse waterfalls' seen flowing backwards in Australia
- Oldest human cremation in the Near East unearthed
- Could cat drugs treat humans with COVID-19?
- SpaceX wins Pentagon rocket contract to send spy satellites into orbit
- Meet the 'vampire' parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
- Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America
- What would happen if a black hole fell into a wormhole?
August 11
- Russia approves 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine with little human testing
- COVID-19 has fueled more than 2,000 rumors and conspiracy theories
- If you've never gazed upon the bald butt of a baby tarantula, now's your chance
- New Zealand reports first local COVID-19 transmission in 102 days
- Woolly mammoth with preserved poop, wool and ligaments dredged from Siberian lake
- 4,500-year-old 'timber circles' discovered in Portugal
- NASA spacecraft gets a look at one of the strangest places in the solar system
- Landmark transplant in 1960s Virginia performed with heart stolen from a Black man
- Book excerpt: 'The Organ Thieves' (Simon and Schuster, 2020)
- Amazing photos of nocturnal animals
August 10
- 2 captive beluga whales finally freed to a seawater sanctuary in Iceland
- Canada's last intact ice shelf just collapsed
- Is our solar system shaped like a deflated croissant?
- What is brain death? New guidelines offer answers.
- New Zealand goes 100 days with no COVID-19 transmission
- Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 46: Mysterious Elephants
- Decoys could trick COVID-19, keep humans safe from infection
- Pandemic childcare is way more stressful for moms than dads
August 9
- Why do we develop lifelong immunity to some diseases, but not others?
- Oil spill off Mauritius is visible from space
August 8
- When did humans discover how to use fire?
- Could COVID-19 increase the risk of memory loss?
- Moon may outshine Perseid meteor shower this month
August 7
- What is taxonomy?
- Wear a mask: You could help save 66,000 lives in the US
- Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found.
- Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' special report: Coronavirus (August 6)
- Mysterious 'fast radio burst' detected closer to Earth than ever before
- Sly fox steals 100 shoes in Berlin, and he's not the first
August 6
- 4 die from drinking tainted hand sanitizer, CDC reports
- Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its 'nested' DNA was just found.
- China launches 2 satellites from Gobi Desert
- Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous 'hell ant' clutch a baby cockroach in an amber tomb
- 'Busy' hurricane season is about to get a whole lot busier, NOAA says
- Trump says 'NASA was Closed & Dead' before he took charge. That's not true.
- Weird 'broomstick' necked Triassic reptile named after mythical Greek sea monster
- Heavy atom spills its guts in decade-long experiment
August 5
- Common colds train the immune system to recognize COVID-19
- Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins
- Convalescent plasma could reduce death from COVID-19, early data suggests
- The Congo River Basin: Home of the deepest river in the world
- Does coronavirus linger in the body?
- Beirut blast: How does ammonium nitrate create such devastating explosions?
- Massive ancient temple complex may lurk beneath famous Northern Ireland fort
- Here is the best place on Earth to see stars, according to science
August 4
- Fall could bring rare, paralyzing illness in children, CDC warns
- 'Mono' virus turns on cancer-related genes. Here's how.
- Humpback whale charges swimmers in Australia, sends two to hospital
- Thousands of Earthlike 'blanets' might circle the Milky Way's central black hole
- The Live Science merch store is back with more science-y gear
- Isaias treks up the East Coast, threatening strong winds, tornadoes
- 1st intact evidence of Incas' underwater ritual offerings found in a lake in the Andes
- Ancient Mars may have been covered in ice sheets
- What's the risk of catching COVID-19 on public transportation?
August 3
- Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows
- Fauci: No one can predict how bad the pandemic will get this fall
- Tropical storm Isaias forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the Carolinas
- After being swallowed alive, water beetle stages 'backdoor' escape from frog's gut
- 'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success
- Dogs may sense Earth's magnetic field and use it like a compass
- 55 million-year-old owl with 'murder feet' unearthed
- Evolution turned this fish into a 'penis with a heart.' Here's how.
August 2
- The first SpaceX astronauts are back on Earth
- What happens to your body when you're an organ donor?
August 1
- Why do some people never gain weight?