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- March 19
- March 18
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- Ice-cold plunges and breath-holding: Does the 'Wim Hof method' do anything?
- Speck of light spotted by Hubble is one of the most enormous galaxies in the early universe, James Webb telescope reveals
- 8-hour intermittent fasting tied to 90% higher risk of cardiovascular death, early data hint
- Betelgeuse's mysterious spin could be a cosmic illusion caused by its enormous 'boiling' surface
- Worm-like creature squirts 'milk' from its butt to feed its young in 1st-of-its-kind video
- Iceland volcano: 'Most powerful' eruption yet narrowly misses Grindavik but could still trigger life-threatening toxic gas plume
- Computing 'paradigm shift' could see phones and laptops run twice as fast — without replacing a single component
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life and minerals unseen on Earth, scientists reveal in 1st comprehensive analysis
- How total solar eclipses help us measure ancient history
- Explosive, green 'devil comet' has hidden spiral swirling around its icy heart, photo trickery reveals
- Why do babies rub their eyes when they're tired?
- March 17
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- NASA's Voyager 1 sends readable message to Earth after 4 nail-biting months of gibberish
- Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits, smashing world record
- Gargantuan volcano on Mars found hidden 'in plain sight,' and it could hold potential signs of life
- Oldest evidence of earthquakes found in strange jumble of 3.3 billion-year-old rocks from Africa
- Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean
- These Samsung earbuds are great for runners because they rarely fall out of ears — and they're on sale at Walmart
- One of our favorite smart scales for measuring body fat just got its price slashed in a Walmart deal
- What does python taste like? Because it could be slithering onto our dinner plates.
- Watch scientists control a robot with their hands while wearing the Apple Vision Pro
- Astronomers reveal one of the most detailed pictures of an exploded star ever taken
- Leprosy is rare but on the rise in Florida — here's what to know
- 'New star' as bright as the North Star will ignite in the sky this year. Here's how to see it.
- March 14
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- Designer immune-cell therapy could shrink deadly brain tumors, early trials show
- James Webb telescope spots organic molecules swirling around unborn stars, hinting at origins of Earth-like worlds
- Deadly amoeba brain infection can result from unsafe nasal rinsing, CDC warns
- 'Flow state' uncovered: We finally know what happens in the brain when you're 'in the zone'
- Winged 'basilisk' on medieval pilgrim's badge discovered in Poland
- 'Imagine a lush tropical island slipping beneath the waves': Drowned island the size of Iceland found off Brazil
- James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe
- SpaceX's incredibly powerful Starship lost in the Indian Ocean after reaching orbit for 1st time
- World's largest computer chip WSE-3 will power massive AI supercomputer 8 times faster than the current record-holder
- Flight MH370 vanished 10 years ago. Will it ever be found?
- Can you solve NASA's Pi Day 2024 riddle?
- Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI
- 12 surprising facts about pi to chew on this Pi Day
- Why NASA uses only 16 of the 105 trillion digits of pi we know
- March 13
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- NASA unveils cryptic message from Earth to be sent to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa
- Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78
- How often do solar eclipses occur?
- Controversial paper claims satellite 'megaconstellations' like SpaceX's could weaken Earth's magnetic field and cause 'atmospheric stripping.' Should we be worried?
- Why some whales go through menopause
- Watch woodpecker evict starling that stole its nest by yanking it out with its beak
- 7,000 humpback whales died in the North Pacific over 10 years — and 'the blob' is to blame
- Never-before-seen cells unveiled in detailed map of developing human heart
- Opposites attract? Not in new experiment that finds loophole in fundamental rule of physics
- Prehistoric fish with giant jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth are the ultimate living fossils
- Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yet
- Mysterious 'unparticles' may be pushing the universe apart, new theoretical study suggests
- March 12
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- Every 2.4 million years, Mars tugs on Earth so hard it changes the ocean floor
- New self-powered throat patch could help people speak without vocal cords
- Mercury slammed by gargantuan eruption from the sun's hidden far side, possibly triggering 'X-ray auroras'
- Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights
- Striking virtual 3D scans reveal animals' innards — including the last meal of a hognose snake
- Technicolor 'living magic carpet' deep-sea worm discovered near methane seep off Costa Rica
- 300 people possibly exposed to measles at California hospital
- COVID pandemic knocked 1.6 years off global life expectancy, study finds
- 35 years after first proposing the World Wide Web, what does its creator Tim Berners-Lee have in mind next?
- Grab a pair of cheap solar eclipse glasses with this excellent deal on Amazon
- Hiroshima fallout may offer a glimpse of the early solar system
- Courtship cut short for termites trapped in 38 million-year-old amber fossil
- Why does snow squeak when you walk on it?
- Spring equinox 2024: Why March 19 is one of the best stargazing nights of the year
- Seismic reading linked to 'alien technology' by Harvard professor likely came from a passing truck, study claims
- March 11
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- US government wanted to reverse-engineer alien ships — but never found any, Pentagon UFO report reveals
- Parasitic worms found in man's brain after he likely ate undercooked bacon
- Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say
- India's evolutionary past tied to huge migration 50,000 years ago and to now-extinct human relatives
- 3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities
- New 'petabit-scale' optical disc can store as much information as 15,000 DVDs
- Widespread solar storm struck spacecraft near the sun, Earth and Mars in quick succession
- 'Universal' brain wave pattern discovered across primate species — including humans
- One of our favorite Garmin watches is now half-price at Walmart — and it's an ideal running companion
- Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle
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- Genetic quirk in 25% of Labrador retrievers can lead to overeating, obesity
- 'Baby quasars' spotted by James Webb telescope could transform our understanding of monster black holes
- Giant ball of Burmese pythons having sex discovered in Florida Everglades in record-breaking catch
- Chernobyl worms appear unaffected by radiation from world's worst nuclear disaster
- Watch the exploding green 'devil comet' zoom past the Andromeda Galaxy in a stunning livestream this week
- Mystery of enormous Saharan 'star dune' finally solved — and it wasn't what scientists were expecting
- Oldest known sex chromosome emerged 248 million years ago in an octopus ancestor
- Russia and China announce plan to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, 'without humans'
- 'Parrot fever' outbreak in 5 European countries kills 5 people
- Amazon wildfires could burn at unprecedented scale as El Niño and drought make rainforest 'more flammable'
- New DNA-infused computer chip can perform calculations and make future AI models far more efficient
- Colossus the enormous 'oddball' whale is not the biggest animal to ever live, scientists say
- March 7
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- Obsidian blade could be from Coronado expedition fabled to be looking for 'Cities of Gold'
- 1,900-year-old coins from Jewish revolt against the Romans discovered in the Judaen desert
- Life-threatening 'leaks' after surgery could be flagged faster with tiny new device
- 1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher
- Scientists just discovered a massive reservoir of helium beneath Minnesota
- The James Webb telescope may have found some of the very 1st stars in the universe
- Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal
- Zero chance of potential city-killer asteroid 'Apophis' smashing into Earth in 2029, new study confirms
- AI drone that could hunt and kill people built in just hours by scientist 'for a game'
- At just $43.99, this is a great deal on binoculars for beginners
- March 6
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- April 8 solar eclipse: 6 zoos on the path of totality — and why animals react strangely to 'nighttime during the day'
- A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines
- James Webb telescope detects oldest 'dead' galaxy in the known universe — and its death could challenge cosmology
- 'Should not really exist in these waters': Scientists spot gray whale, thought to be extinct in the Atlantic, off Massachusetts coast
- Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough
- Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.
- 32 U.S. cities, including New York and San Francisco, are sinking into the ocean and face major flood risks by 2050, new study reveals
- More than 140 graves found by medieval abbey in Northern Ireland, including executed criminals
- Dinosaur-age sea monster with 'face full of huge, dagger-shaped teeth' discovered in Moroccan mine
- AI singularity may come in 2027 with artificial 'super intelligence' sooner than we think, says top scientist
- March 5
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- China will launch giant, reusable rockets next year to prep for human missions to the moon
- PFAS 'forever chemicals' to officially be removed from food packaging, FDA says
- Scientists reveal rare antibodies that target 'dark side' of flu virus
- Risk of AFib tied to sugary and artificially sweetened drinks
- 1,200-year-old lord's tomb laden with gold unearthed in Panama
- 'They are very well aware of their agency': Elephant calf burial ritual discovered in India
- James Webb telescope reveals targets for the next year, including monster black holes, exomoons, dark energy — and more
- Alzheimer's may be caused by immune cells thinking brain cells are bacteria, expert says
- Prairie vole orgasms 'rewire' their brains for long-term love
- March 4
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- Jupiter's moon Europa lacks oxygen, making it less hospitable for sustaining life
- Man's years of premature ejaculation had a rare cause
- Scientists release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight dengue in Brazil
- Astronomers find heaviest black hole pair in the universe, and they've been trapped in an endless duel for 3 billion years
- Elusive megamouth shark caught off Zanzibar for 1st time, gets sold for $17
- 390 million-year-old fossilized forest is the oldest ever discovered
- Iceland volcano: Grindavík evacuated over eruption threat, residents warned they 'enter the town at their own risk'
- James Webb telescope reveals collection of ancient galaxies that 'transformed the entire universe'
- Solar maximum may already be upon us, expert warns — but we won't know for sure until the sun's explosive peak is over
- Why ISS astronauts don't know where to look for the April 8 total solar eclipse
- 1,500-year-old burial with stacked bones discovered during sewer system dig in Mexico
- Europe's last hunter-gatherers had sophisticated societies that helped them avoid inbreeding
- Do we have taste receptors in other parts of our body?
- CVS, Walgreens to begin filling prescriptions for abortion pill mifepristone
- 1,000-year-old vessels found in Guatemala held tobacco possibly used as 'narcotics to induce deep sleep, visions and divinatory trances'
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- Great white shark gets liver torn out by lone orca in under 2 minutes in shocking shift of hunting methods
- Remains of 7th-century Saxon town discovered under central London
- Boiling tap water can remove nearly 90% of microplastics, new study finds
- Fracturing Antarctic glacier breaks 80 mph speed record
- RSV vaccine keeps older adults highly protected for at least 2 seasons
- Pain can linger even after a UTI is gone — haywire nerve growth may explain it
- One of our favorite wildlife cameras just had its price slashed by over $600
- Secrets of giant Antarctic sea spiders and their tiny eggs revealed after 140 years
- 4,000-year-old copper dagger unearthed by metal detectorist in Poland
- East Coast cities are sinking at a shocking rate, NASA images show
- Exploding, green 'devil comet' could photobomb April 8 total solar eclipse — and it might be visible with the naked eye
- 'Goodnight, Odie': Odysseus, the 1st US moon lander since Apollo, shares farewell image after lunar face-plant
- 16-foot-long shark bites stranded pygmy whale's head off as human tries to rescue it
- Weird dent in Earth's magnetic field is messing with auroras in the Southern Hemisphere