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Here's a look at the best Cyber Monday binoculars deals.

Save big with these Cyber Monday binoculars deals: Celestron, Nikon, Bushnell and more

By Jeanna Bryner

As Cyber Monday gets closer, check out our best finds when it comes to savings on binoculars for both stargazing and sightseeing.

Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal: Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush

Save $50 off the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic with this Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal

By Live Science Staff

Deals This Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal gives you $50 off the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic.

Cyber Monday running headphones deals

Cyber Monday running headphones deals: the headphones you need to upgrade your workout routine

By Molly Cleary, Timothy Williamson

DEAL These Cyber Monday running headphone deals will have you racing to your favorite retailers.

Cyber Monday Garmin deals: Image shows a Garmin Forerunner 245/

Cyber Monday Garmin deals: Save up to $250 on these smartwatches

By Maddy Biddulph

Deals Live Science scoured retailers to round up the best Cyber Monday Garmin deals on a range of sleek smartwatches.

Cyber Monday Fitbit deals: Product shot of Fitbit watch

Cyber Monday Fitbit deals: The best discounts on Fitbits in stock right now

By Sarah Finley , Timothy Williamson

DEAL Get ready for these Cyber Monday Fitbit deals to support all your health and fitness monitoring needs.

Wow! This Cyber Monday toothbrush deal drops Colgate's hum under $30

Best electric toothbrush deal we've seen drops Colgate's hum under $30

By Morgan Bailee Boggess McCoy

Deals This Colgate Smart electric toothbrush is 39% off in the latest early Cyber Monday deal and you get an extra 40% saving via a coupon...

Planet Earth

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green lens, black binoculars pictured at center of image with mountain scene in the background

Black Friday compact binocular deal saves 17% on Byakov 12x42s

By Morgan Bailee Boggess McCoy

Deals Ideal for hunting, birdwatching, and more, this Black Friday compact binoculars deal knocks $6 off the regular price!

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Sunlit leaves, photosynthesis

What is photosynthesis?

By Daisy Dobrijevic

Reference Photosynthesis is the process used by plants, algae and certain bacteria to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food (sugars) and oxygen.

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  1. An artist's impression of the Milky Way's center, using data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.
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    Astronomers discover enormous 'barrier' separating the center of the Milky Way from the cosmic ray sea
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    Hallucinogen in 'magic mushrooms' relieves depression in largest clinical trial to date
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    Never-before-seen rocks found in these exoplanet graveyards
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    Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds never-before-seen mineral
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    Natural selection has been acting on hundreds of human genes in the last 3,000 years
  1. Two servicemen enjoy a public Thanksgiving dinner in New York City, 1918. Tens of thousands of wayward troops joined public dinners like this.
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    Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here's what happened.
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    Best running watches 2021: Find your perfect workout companion
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    Alien organisms could hitch a ride on our spacecraft and contaminate Earth, scientists warn
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    Cavers discover snakes and waterfalls inside Yemen's infamous 'Well of Hell' in world-first descent
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    Ultrahot 'superionic' ice is a new state of matter

Space and Physics

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Seven Earthlike planets make up the TRAPPIST-1 solar system.

TRAPPIST-1 solar system that's home to potentially habitable planets was not bombarded by rocks like early Earth

By Tereza Pultarova

Earthlike planets that dance in sync around a nearby dim star couldn't have been bombarded by space rocks in their early formative years like our planet was, a study suggests.

All About Space magazine subscriptions are half price in our Black Friday sale.

Black Friday sale: Read a free issue of All About Space magazine, plus save 50% on a subscription

By Tariq Malik

Save 50% on All About Space magazine subscriptions in our Black Friday sale. All About Space features the latest stories in space science, exploration and more.

History

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Black Friday sale: Read a free issue of All About History magazine and save 50% on a subscription

By All About History

Subscribe to our sister publication today and take advantage of this amazing half-price Black Friday sale offer

The pyramids of Egypt.

Why did ancient Egyptian pharaohs stop building pyramids?

By Owen Jarus

Modern Egyptologists have several ideas as to why the ancient Egyptians stopped building pyramids.

Health

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Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal: Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush

Save $50 off the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic with this Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal

By Live Science Staff

Deals This Cyber Monday electric toothbrush deal gives you $50 off the Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Classic.

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Cyber Monday running headphones deals

Cyber Monday running headphones deals: the headphones you need to upgrade your workout routine

By Molly Cleary, Timothy Williamson

DEAL These Cyber Monday running headphone deals will have you racing to your favorite retailers.

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Cyber Monday Fitbit deals: Product shot of Fitbit watch

Cyber Monday Fitbit deals: The best discounts on Fitbits in stock right now

By Sarah Finley , Timothy Williamson

DEAL Get ready for these Cyber Monday Fitbit deals to support all your health and fitness monitoring needs.

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Animals

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Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are most active in waters around the Cape Cod coast between August and October.

Video captures great white shark's gruesome attack on a seal near Cape Cod

By Mindy Weisberger

A great white shark attacks a seal near Cape Cod, and video captured the gory battle.

Zebras have distinctive black-and-white hides, and the stripes are unique to each individual.

Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

By Jennifer Welsh

Zebras' black-and-white coloration is iconic, but what color are their stripes?

A bigfin squid swims in the deep sea.

Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico

By Nicoletta Lanese

The bigfin squid has a ghostly pale appearance and long, spindly tentacles.

Strange News

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Photograph of submariners standing on top of the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut in the water at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington, May 7, 2018.

Nuclear-powered US submarine collided with a hidden underwater mountain, Navy reveals

By Harry Baker

An investigation into a recent collision involving a nuclear-powered U.S. submarine has revealed it hit an unmapped seamount in the South China Sea.

The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) searches our galaxy for radio signals from potential intelligent alien life.

Why extraterrestrial intelligence is more likely to be artificial than biological

By Martin Rees

Lord Martin Rees argues that if humans do find intelligent alien life, it will be artificial not biological.

What would happen if light traveled much more slowly?

What would happen if the speed of light was much lower?

By Ashley P. Taylor

Here's what would happen if the speed of light were orders of magnitude slower.

Culture

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Waving a transgender flag during a gay pride march.

What does transgender mean?

By Alina Bradford, Timothy Williamson

Reference The term transgender describes people whose gender identity differs from the sex to which they were assigned at birth.

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Buddhism is a big part of some Eastern cultures. Here, three buddhist monks walking to Angkor Wat temple.

What is culture?

By Kim Ann Zimmermann, Stephanie Pappas

Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.

Two women with similar personality traits laughing in conversation.

Personality traits & personality types: What personality type are you?

By Stephanie Pappas, Ben Biggs

REFERENCE What makes you, you? Psychologists sketch out personality traits using the "Big Five".

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Tech

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Here's a look at the best Cyber Monday binoculars deals.

Save big with these Cyber Monday binoculars deals: Celestron, Nikon, Bushnell and more

By Jeanna Bryner

As Cyber Monday gets closer, check out our best finds when it comes to savings on binoculars for both stargazing and sightseeing.

This early Cyber Monday microscope deal save 25% on a Skybasic digital scope

This early Cyber Monday microscope deal saves 25% on a Skybasic digital scope

By Morgan Bailee Boggess McCoy

Deals The Skybasic Digital Microscope is on sale for 25% for Cyber Monday. Grab this deal while you can!

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Great Black Friday microscope deal on this Swift Binocular Compound Microscope.

Black Friday microscope deal saves you $60 on this Swift microscope

By Jeanna Bryner

Deals With this Black Friday microscope deal, you save 20% on a high-powered compound microscope.

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