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August 31
- Hundreds of King Bio Homeopathic Products Recalled Due to Risk of Bacterial Contamination
- How Could a Diabetes Drug Cause Severe Genital Infections?
- Harvard Printer Blasts Droplets with 100 Times Earth's Gravitational Force (Video)
- Google News Searches Aren't Politically Biased, but They Do Like Mainstream Media
- There Be Dragons: 6-Foot-Long Lizard Terrifies Florida Family
- What Are the Most-Googled Wildlife Photos in Your State?
- Starbucks' 'Healthier' Frappuccinos Still Have Nearly 50 Grams of Sugar
- How Animal Venoms Are Helping to Treat a Wide Range of Medical Conditions
- Watch Utah Wildlife Officials Airdrop Thousands of Fish into a Lake
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
- Fireball Streaks Over Australia, and the Videos and Photos Will Amaze You
August 30
- Climate Change Could Drastically Change Ecosystems Around the World
- How Did Opium Poppies Get Their Painkilling Properties?
- Cancer Warnings on Coffee Could 'Mislead' Consumers, FDA Says
- One Conspiracy Theory at a Time: Flat-Earthers Don't Reject Climate Science
- Cosmic Zombies: Black Holes Can Reanimate Dead Stars
- Newly Discovered Hybrid Pythons Could Threaten Florida's Everglades
- Extreme Heat Likely Cooked 2,000 Fish to Death in Malibu Lagoon
- Heavy Metals May Pose Another Health Risk: Heart Disease
- History of fireworks
August 29
- Nonaddictive Opioid Alternative Shows Promise in Monkey Study
- There's a Huge 'Archive' of Heat Hiding Under Earth's Arctic Ice
- An 18-Foot Fugitive Python Is on the Loose in Poland
- Kosher Chicken Tied to Salmonella Outbreak in 4 States, US Officials Say
- This Ancient 'Monster' Galaxy Should Have Destroyed Itself
- Your Dreams May Come from These Two Genes
- Ancient 'Alien' Wasp Hijacked Fly Pupae, Ate the Flies Inside
- How Ketamine Treats Depression: It Acts Like an Opioid, Study Suggests
- Wildfires: Causes, Costs & Containment
August 28
- First-Ever Observation of Higgs Boson Decay Opens New Doors for Particle Physics
- STD Rates Keep Rising As US 'Slides Backward,' CDC Says
- Your Low Carb Diet Won't Kill You, But It's Probably Not a Good Idea
- 1,000 Human Teeth Uncovered in Excavation for Australian Subway
- Which Is Rarer: Gold or Diamonds?
- A New 'Brown Tide' Could Make Florida's Dangerous Red Tide Worse
- China Won't Share Its Samples of a Deadly Flu Virus. Here's Why That's a Problem.
- How Does a Black Hole Form?
- If You Have Heart Disease, Too Much 'Good' Cholesterol May Be Harmful
August 27
- How a Hangover Affects Your Brain the Next Day
- Divers Find Enormous, Creepy Squid on New Zealand Beach
- Obesity: Causes, Complications & Treatments
- Scientists Find a Strange New Cell in Human Brains: The 'Rosehip Neuron'
- Old Stone Drought Warning Resurfaces in Europe: 'When You See Me, Cry'
- 85 Miles of Atlantic Coral Reef Stayed Hidden Until Now
- Why Jupiter's Rapid Growth Spurt Was Delayed for Millions of Years
- Scientists Discover a Sixth Species of Ebola Virus — in Bats
- E.T., Phone Earth? How Neutron-Star Crashes Could Help Aliens Call Us
- Marijuana and Pregnancy: 5 Key Takeaways from the New Official Guidelines
- What Forehead Wrinkles Might Tell You About Your Heart Health
August 26
- Why Does the Earth Rotate?
August 25
- Watch 1,400 Tarantula Babies Emerge from Their Mother's Egg Sac
- 'Lost Squadron' WWII Warplane Discovered Deep Beneath a Greenland Glacier
- This Asteroid Poses No Risk — Again, No Risk — to Us Earthlings
August 24
- What's Causing Hurricane Lane's Massive Rainfall?
- Siberian Permafrost Reveals Perfectly Preserved Ice-Age Baby Horse
- Glowing NASA Map Shows Huge Dust Clouds Swirling Across Earth
- Texas Man Survived a Shark Bite. Now the Wound Has Flesh-Eating Bacteria.
- How Scientists Created the Purest Drop of Water on Earth
- NASA Will Launch a Laser Into Space Next Month to Track Earth's Melting Ice
- Will Baby Poop Bacteria Become the New Probiotic?
- Hawaii Braces for 'Catastrophic Flooding' and Landslides from Hurricane Lane
- There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global Study Finds
- Blue-Eyed Immigrants Transformed Ancient Israel 6,500 Years Ago
- Scientists Blasted Mirrors with Lasers to Listen to Light
- Facts About Yttrium
August 23
- Twitter Bots and Trolls Fuel Online Discord About Vaccines
- Deadly 'Love Vine' Penetrates Wasps' Homes (and Drains Their Bodies)
- A Whole Lot of the Planet Is on Fire Right Now
- Gamma-Rays Spewed As a Black Hole Forms Might 'Reverse Time'
- Earth's Magnetic Field Can Reverse Poles Ridiculously Quickly, Study Suggests
- Tons of Major Quakes Have Rattled the World Recently. Does That Mean Anything?
- See an Alligator Devour Another Alligator in These Gruesome Photos
- Hurricane Lane Bears Down on Hawaii
- Massive Pyramid, Lost City and Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in China
- A 55-Foot Fin Whale Washed Up on a Massachusetts Beach. What Killed It?
- Just One Night of Poor Sleep May Add to Weight Gain, Muscle Loss
- Facts About Neon
August 22
- Hurricane Lane Looms Over Hawaii in These Astronaut and Satellite Photos
- This Professor Called Coconut Oil 'Pure Poison.' Is She Right?
- UK Woman Contracts Rare 'Flesh-Eating' STD
- Hawaii Faces Huge Hurricane: Why That's So Rare
- In photos: A bone from a Denisovan-Neanderthal hybrid
- Neanderthals and Denisovans Mated, New Hybrid Bone Reveals
- Hurricane Lane, a Monster Category 4 Storm, Barrels Toward Hawaii
- Massive, Ancient Stone Monument in Kenya Held More Than 500 Bodies, 400 Gerbil Teeth
- The Arctic's Most Stable, Solid Patch of Ice Is Melting
- Ancient Quasars Provide Incredible Evidence for Quantum Entanglement
- Facts About Fluorine
August 21
- Gut Bacteria Enzyme Can Transform a Blood Cell's Type
- People Need to Stop Taking Wild Raccoons into Their Homes
- Physicists Think They've Spotted the Ghosts of Black Holes from Another Universe
- US Air Force Zooms Ahead on 2 New Hypersonic Weapons Plans
- 113 Dead Sea Turtles Washed Up on a Mexico Beach, and No One Knows Why
- New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines: What You Need to Know
- Why Creationists Are More Likely to Buy into Conspiracy Theories
- Ice on the Moon! Frozen Reserves Detected at the Poles in a Lunar First
- These Tiny Burrows Might Be Some of the Oldest Fossils on Earth
- Eerie Sky Glow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science
- This Ant Attempted the World's Tiniest Diamond Heist
August 20
- That Massive Black Sarcophagus Contained 3 Inscriptions. Here's What They Mean.
- If Identical Twins Married Identical Twins, How Genetically Similar Would Their Children Be?
- Melting Arctic Could Rapidly Unlock 'Deep Carbon' Buried in Permafrost
- Worst Anthrax Outbreak in Decades Strikes Farms in France
- More Women Are Using Pot During Pregnancy. Here's One Reason Why.
- A 'Fireball' 40 Times Brighter Than the Moon Shoots Across Alabama Skies
- The Most Dangerous Space Weapons Ever
- Pseudo-Satellite Drone Flies for 25 Days Straight, Sets Endurance Record
- Here's What Happens When You Flush Contact Lenses Down the Toilet (and Why You Shouldn't)
- Why Are Pregnant Women Told to Sleep on Their Left Side?
August 19
- Helium Was Discovered 150 Years Ago. Here's Why It's So Important
- 15,000 Galaxies Shine in This 1 View from the Hubble Space Telescope
August 18
- 'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock
- Man Who Slapped Hippo's Butt at LA Zoo Is Still at Large
- New NASA Images Show California's Largest Wildfire from Space. Canadian Blazes, Too
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: Guidelines, Options and Risks
August 17
- More Than 70 People Overdosed in a Connecticut Park
- A Field Covered in Dead, Headless Reindeer and Poop Is Teaching Us About the Circle of Life
- Stunning NASA Image Lets You Watch the Sun Explode in Real Time
- 9 Reasons We Have an Undying Interest in the Undead
- Egyptian Papyrus Reveals Rare Details of Ancient Medical Practices
- Eating Some Carbs, But Not Too Many, Could Help You Live Longer, Study Suggests
- The Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened Nearly 650 People Was Caused by This Bacteria
August 16
- California Logged Its Hottest Month Ever, and Things Are Only Going to Get Worse
- This 1491 Map May Have Influenced Christopher Columbus
- Photos: Christopher Columbus Likely Saw This 1491 Map
- 'Cursed' Mummy Cheese Might Be the World's Oldest, Researchers Say
- Please, Please, Please Don't Sleep in Contact Lenses, CDC Says
- Does Drinking Ayahuasca Really Feel Like a Near-Death Experience?
- Phantom Smells Affect More Noses Than You Think
- No, You Shouldn't Get Plastic Surgery Advice from YouTube
- This Ancient Mummy Is Older Than the Pharaohs
- Russian Satellite Is Behaving Oddly. But Is It a Space Weapon?
- Huge Cache of Magma Hidden Beneath California Supervolcano
- Autism Risk May Increase If Child's Mother Has High DDT Exposure
August 15
- Photos: Cropmarks Reveal Traces of Lost Civilizations in England
- Heat Wave Reveals Cropmarks of Lost Civilizations in England
- In Photos: Response Teams Try To Save Starving Killer Whale
- Was a Muppet Just Spotted on Mars?
- Scientists Are Trying Desperately to Save a Starving Orca. Will Their Efforts Pay Off?
- Hunk of Destroyed WWII Ship Discovered off the Coast of Alaska
- Florida Declares Emergency As Red Tide Blooms
- Researchers Solve Mystery of the Universe, Break Piece of Uncooked Spaghetti in Half
- Plasma Scientists Created Invisible, Whooping 'Whistlers' in a Lab
- An Artist Discovered a Parasitic Worm in His Eye, Which He Said 'Guided' His Work
- These Newfound Seahorses Are So Tiny That Hundreds of Them Would Fit in Your Hand
- Facts About Indium
August 14
- News Clip Linked Coal to Climate Change — 106 Years Ago Today
- This Woman Lost Her Contact Lens. Doctors Found It in Her Eyelid 28 Years Later.
- A Fireball and a Wall of Sound: What NASA's Epic Solar Probe Launch Felt Like
- Gooey Green Slime in Florida Waters Is Super Gross — and Super Toxic
- In Photos: Elusive Mountain Lions Come Out of Hiding
- 'Contagious' Loneliness Could Follow Poor Sleep
- DARPA Wants to Zap Your Brain to Boost Your Memory
- Surfer's Monster, 80-Foot Wave Came from a Hidden, Underwater Canyon
- The Origins of the 'OMG Particle'
- Perseid Meteor Show Wows Skywatchers with Celestial Fireworks (Photos)
- Yes, Men Lose Weight Faster Than Women. Here's Why.
- What Is Mitosis?
August 13
- Scientists Calculate the Speed of Death in Cells, and It's Surprisingly Slow
- Why Are Hundreds of Weird, Heart-Shaped 'Sea Potatoes' Washing Ashore in England?
- People of Easter Island Weren't Driven to Warfare and Cannibalism. They Actually Got Along.
- Giant Pterosaur Sported 110 Teeth (and 4 Wicked Fangs)
- Woman Dies After Getting Nipped by Her New Puppy
- Orca Mother, Who Pushed Her Dead Calf for 1,000 Miles and 17 Days, Moves On
- Photos Show Horrifying Scenes from California Wildfires
- Black Widow Spiders Bring Their Venom to Canada As Planet Warms
August 12
- NASA's Solar Probe Blasts Off to the Sun
- How Does PrEP, the HIV-Prevention Medication, Work?
August 11
- These Psychedelic Drugs Show Promise for Treating Mental Health Disorders
August 10
- App for Preventing Pregnancy Gets FDA Marketing Approval. Is It Reliable?
- This Amazing Map Shows How California 'Breathes' Water Throughout the Year
- Laziness May Have Driven Homo Erectus to Extinction
- Keto Diet Linked to a Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Mice
- Researchers Find Source of Strange 'Negative' Gravity
- An Underwater Irish Canyon Is Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere
- These Are the Fastest Creatures on Earth But You'll Never Spot Them
- Could Scientists Detect a 'Zombie' Virus Before an Outbreak Occurred?
- In Photos: Ancient Tomb of Chinese Couple Discovered
- Ancient Octagon-Shaped Tomb Reveals Morbid Tales from Mongol-Ruled China
- Here's How to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower This Weekend
- Science of 'The Meg': How Scientists Know the World's Largest Shark Is Gone Forever
August 9
- Why the Perseid Meteor Shower Blazes Through the Sky Every Summer
- A Weird Water Behavior That Intrigued Da Vinci Finally Has an Explanation
- NASA Spotted a Vast, Glowing 'Hydrogen Wall' at the Edge of Our Solar System
- Trophy Heads and Mummies Discovered in Ancient Peruvian Pits
- Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks Lowers Risk of C-Section
- Here's How People First Arrived in the New World … Maybe
- How Does a Poppy Seed Bagel Trigger a Positive Drug Test?
- Most People Don't Know This: Not Getting Enough Exercise Ups Your Cancer Risk
- Weird, 570-Million-Year-Old 'Leaf' Fossil Is Actually from an Animal
August 8
- Are Tighty-Whities Bad for a Man's Sperm Count?
- This Meteor 'Exploded' Over Greenland, But Nobody Saw It. Here's Why It Matters.
- Why This Little Boy's Cough Sounds Like a Squeaky Toy
- CVS-Brand Nasal Spray Recalled for Potential Bacterial Contamination
- Sexy Sea Worms Light Up Bermuda in One-of-a-Kind Mating Ritual
- Bizarre Rogue 'Planet' with Incredible Auroras Puzzles Scientists
- The EPA Is Making It Easier to Use Asbestos Again. Why Is It Dangerous?
- Your Brain Contains Magnetic Particles, and Scientists Want to Know Why
- China Just Tested a Hypersonic Weapon That Could Launch Nukes at 6 Times the Speed of Sound
- California Wildfires Rage in Astronaut Photos from the Space Station
- The Weird Reason Roman Emperors Were Assassinated
- 3-Year-Old Killer Whale Is Starving, and Biologists Don't Know Why
August 7
- NASA's Planet-Hunter Caught Stunning Video of a Distant Comet
- Your Plastic Bags Are Releasing Greenhouse Gases
- Baby Born with Itty, Bitty Tooth … Which a Dentist Promptly Pulled
- Mendocino Wildfire Becomes California's Largest, and It's Still Growing
- Rare Medieval Bible Returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 Years After It Was Lost
- The Universe Is Expanding. But Astrophysicists Aren't Sure How Fast.
- 5 Things to Know About the New Tick Species in the US
August 6
- Incredible Hulk? Nah, This Glowing, Green Light in the Night Sky Is a Comet
- The Planet Is Dangerously Close to the Tipping Point for a 'Hothouse Earth'
- Angry People Think They’re Smarter Than They Are
- Amateur Archaeologist Discovers 1,800-Year-Old Golden Ring from Rome
- What Caused Massive Magnitude-7 Indonesian Earthquake?
- People Are Feeding Their Dogs Grain-Free Diets, and It May Be Bad for Their Hearts
- This Unusual Meteorite Flew Around in Space Before Earth Was Born
- Lithuania's 'Great Synagogue' Fell to the Nazis, But Archaeologists Have Uncovered It
August 5
- Here's What We Know About CRISPR Safety
- Ancient Roman Library Discovered Beneath German City
August 4
- Trump Hails Astronauts That Will Fly on SpaceX and Boeing Spaceships. And Space Force, Too?
- Should the Moon Be Quarantined?
- Why Do Dogs Scratch the Ground After They Pee?
- Sorry Elon Musk, Colonizing Mars Is Unlikely. And It's a Bad Idea, Space Scientist Says
August 3
- States of Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensate
- 22-Year-Old Survives Rare 'Internal Decapitation' Injury from Crash. He Previously Beat Brain Cancer.
- This Hospital Superbug Can Now Withstand Hand Sanitizer
- A Mysterious, Powerful Force Is Flinging Radio Waves at Us from Deep Space
- The Link Between Climate Change and 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria
- Search for Alien Life Should Be a Priority, Scientists Tell Senators
- Physicists Tied Laser Beams into Knots
- This Amazing Photo Reveals a Lunar Eclipse Like You've Never Seen It Before
- That Newfound Mineral Isn't Harder Than Diamond — But It Is from Space
- Rat Lungworm Cases Are Popping Up in the US, Report Finds
- 'Hobbits' Lived on the Same Island As Today's Pygmies, But They Aren't Related
- Your Shampoo, Hair Spray and Skin Lotion May Be Polluting the Air
- Why Relativity's True: The Evidence for Einstein's Theory
August 2
- This Man Won the Top Prize in Mathematics — Then Someone Immediately Stole It
- Canada Geese Have a Bizarre, Death-Defying Strategy For Surviving Hailstorms (Video)
- The Bermuda Triangle: A Breeding Ground for Rogue Waves or a Pit of Human Mistakes?
- Earth's Soil Is Hyperventilating Thanks To Climate Change
- A Woman Died from Dry Ice Fumes. Here's How It Can Happen
- New Stonehenge Mystery: Who Were These 10 'Outsiders' Buried at the Site?
- Life Needs Sunlight — and That Could Change Where We Look for Aliens
- This Scale Ranks Extraterrestrial-Life Discoveries, Grounding Overblown Headlines
- Facts About Niobium
August 1
- Death Valley Smashes Heat Record, 2nd Year in a Row
- The World's Deepest, Rarest Diamonds Revealed a Big Secret About Our Planet's Interior
- Your Gut Bacteria May Make It Harder to Lose Weight
- Salads and Wraps Sold at Trader Joe's, Kroger, Walgreens May Be Contaminated with Cyclospora Parasite
- Planet Nine: 'Insensitive' Term Riles Scientists
- 30 Years Ago, Humans Bungled the Best Chance to Stop Climate Change
- What's the Coldest Place in the Universe?
- NASA Created a Rare, Exotic State of Matter in Space
- This Whale-Dolphin Hybrid Is Not a 'Wholphin.' Here's Why.
- In Photos: The Deadly Carr Fire Blazes Across Northern California
- Nicole Kidman Rescued a Tarantula from Drowning. Turns Out, the Spider Was Looking for Love.
- Facts About Radon
- Macular Degeneration: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments