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September 30th
- Scientists Pinpoint Where Dark Matter Is Hiding in the Universe
September 29th
- Hidden Maya Civilization Revealed Beneath Guatemala's Jungle Canopy
- Pregnant Women Who Get a Flu Shot Protect Their Babies, Too
September 28th
- What Is a Drought?
- This Is the First Case of a Human Contracting Rat Hepatitis E
- Father Transmits HIV to Newborn Son in Rare Case: How Did It Happen?
- 7-Degree Global Temperature Rise Is Inevitable, Trump Administration Presumes (and Shrugs It Off)
- Puppy Outbreak: What Dog Owners Should Know About Campylobacter
- Watch a Moth Suck the Tears Out of a Bird's Eye, Because Nature Is Metal
- Painted 'Comics' with 'Speech Bubbles' Found in Ancient Roman Tomb
- Renaissance Master Caravaggio Didn't Die of Syphilis, but of Sepsis
- Infamous Wreck of Ill-Fated Franklin Expedition Yields More Artifacts, But No Ship's Log
- In Photos: Artifacts Recovered from the HMS Erebus Exploration
September 27th
- SEC Sues Elon Musk for Fraud Over Twitter Statements About Tesla
- What Can Be Done to Prevent Another Rise in Flu Deaths This Year
- Many People with Appendicitis Don't Need Surgery, Just Antibiotics
- Water Flea Giving Birth Makes a Big Splash in 'Small World' Videos
- There Is a Rogue Group of Stars Behaving Very Suspiciously in the Milky Way's Disk
- How Reliable Are the Memories of Sexual Assault Victims?
- 'Thunderclap at Dawn' Dino's Totally Metal Name Honors Colossal Size
- There's So Much Methane in This Arctic Lake That You Can Light the Air on Fire
- Quitting Junk Food May Trigger Withdrawal-Like Symptoms
- Strange Blobs Beneath Earth Could Be Remnants of an Ancient Magma Ocean
- Why a Seal Smacked Kayaker in the Face with an Octopus
- Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica's Ice, and They Might Shatter Modern Physics
September 26th
- Rat Poison-Laced Synthetic Pot Made People Bleed. Here's How Doctors Treated Them.
- Inky Black, Polluted Rivers Seep into Ocean After Hurricane Florence in NASA Image
- Was This Man a Bronze-Age Cyborg? His Metal Hand May Have Been a Prosthetic.
- These Venomous Snakes Travel by Hitchhiking on Planes
- One of the World's Rarest Tigers Was Just Killed by a Pig Trap
- How a Massive Wall in Antarctica Could Hold Back Sea-Level Rise
- The Field You Work in Could Predict Whether You're Doomed to Divorce
- Ötzi the Iceman's Tattoos May Have Been a Primitive Form of Acupuncture
- Your Hair Can 'Smell', and It Just Might Like the Scent of Sandalwood
- This Bizarre, Blind Swamp Eel Breathes Through Its Blood-Red Skin
- A Japanese Company Says It Will Use SpaceX Rockets to Land on the Moon
- Profiling a Conspiracy Theorist: Why Some People Believe
- Scientists Find Source of Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua
- Primeval Black Holes Could Reveal How the Universe Formed
- WWII Bombs Had Rippling Effect on the Edge of Space
September 25th
- This Was the World's Largest Bird. It Weighed As Much As a Dinosaur.
- Syphilis Cases Surge Among US Newborns, Reaching 20-Year High
- These People Drank Their Own Blood — for Science!
- Photos: The Amazing Pyramids of Teotihuacan
- Secrets of the Perfect Water-Bottle Flip Unlocked: Thanks, Physicists!
- Traces of an Ancient Virus in Our Genes May Play a Role in Addiction
- Mathematician Claims He Solved 160-Year-Old Math Problem. Critics Say Probably Not.
- If Extra Dimensions Do Exist, They Must Be Really, Really Small
- Pregnant Women May Now Have a New Way to Limit Unhealthy Weight Gain
- 150 Years Ago, Mobius Discovered Weird One-Sided Objects. Here's Why They're So Cool.
- Can Seeds in a Dead Person's Stomach Really Sprout into Trees?
September 24th
- This Super-Strong Magnet Literally Blew the Doors Off a Tokyo Laboratory
- Why Doesn't Your Vision 'Go Dark' When You Blink?
- Scarlet, the Struggling Orca, Now Presumed Dead
- Two-Headed Viper Could End Up in Virginia Zoo — If It Stops Fighting with Itself
- What Are Coral Reefs?
- Ancient Egyptian 'Magic Spell' Deciphered
- Glowing Blue Clouds Ripple at Edge of Earth's Atmosphere (Video)
- Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
- Galileo Toned Down His Heretical Words, Long-Lost Letter Proves (But the Church Persecuted Him Anyway)
- Wriggling, Googly-Eyed Mass Astonishes Deep-Sea Researchers
September 23rd
- 'Lucky' Raccoon Survives 9-Story Leap from Building
- 1,500-Year-Old Maya Altar Reveals Amazing Secrets of the 'Snake Kings'
September 22nd
- They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu
- Should All Nobel Prizes Be Canceled for a Year?
- Why Do Book Pages Turn Yellow Over Time?
September 21st
- How do flat-Earthers explain the equinox? We investigated.
- Mutant Green Crabs Are Mean, and They're Invading Maine's Waters
- Soot from Air Pollution Found in Placentas of City-Dwelling Women
- Ancient Mystery Creature That Defied Classification Is Earth's Oldest Animal
- What You See in This Famous Optical Illusion Could Reveal How Old You Are
- Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.
- Family Finds Gooey 'Alien' Jellyfish on NZ Beach. And It Looks Like a Jell-O Mold.
- World's 2nd-Largest Shark Has an Olympic-Worthy Secret
- Your Personal Bubble Isn't Empty Space, It's Actually Teeming with Tiny Guests
September 20th
- Woman's Swollen Pinkie Finger Was Rare Sign of Tuberculosis
- Confirmed: If You Give an Octopus MDMA, It Will Get All Cuddly
- This Machine Will Hug Your 'Soft Bodies' and Force Them to Be Twitchy Robots
- Child-Porn Investigation Caused New Mexico Observatory Closure: Report
- How Do You Dispose of a Dead Whale? (Hint: Not in a Tiny Dumpster)
- Praying Mantis That Catches Fish Is a Guppy's Worst Nightmare
- Without Claws or Armor, 520-Million-Year-Old 'Naked' Critter Was Likely a Loner
- Why Women Are Still Attracted to 'Benevolently Sexist' Men
- Already Weird Atoms Get Stranger, May Hold Ability to Bond with 'Nothing'
- Rare Footage Shows Beautiful Orcas Toying with Helpless Sea Turtles
- Pufferfish 'Artist' Crafts Intricate Sand Wheel in Captivating Video
- Traces of the World's First 'Microbrew' Found in a Cave in Israel
September 19th
- 1,000-Foot-Long Spider Web Is Just a Summer Orgy, Expert Says
- Florence Unleashing a Flood of Pig Poop on North Carolina
- Scientists Just Found the Guys Who Are Killing Africa’s Elephants
- Photos: Seized Elephant Ivory Reveals How Massive Cartels Operate
- Cobra-Crowned Sphinx Statue with Ceremonial Beard Discovered in Egypt
- Hey, Spock! Real-Life 'Planet Vulcan' Discovered
- The Strongest Material in the Universe Could Be (Nuclear) Pasta
- For Tiny Light Particles, 'Before' and 'After' Mean Nothing
- The Identity of This Remarkably Well-Preserved Egyptian Mummy Remains a Mystery
- Why the SpaceX Lunar Tourists Won't Walk on the Moon
September 18th
- Weird Infrared Signal Emanates Across Space, But What Created It?
- Great White Sharks Gather in Droves in the Middle of Nowhere, But Why?
- Melting Arctic Permafrost Releases Acid that Dissolves Rocks
- Are These Four Personality Types for Real?
- This Experiment Will Shoot Ghostly Particles Through Earth, Answer Why We Exist
- 10 Reasons Why Humans Are So Gross
- Is That 'Midlife Crisis' Really Alzheimer's Disease?
- Why Does OJ Taste Bad After You Brush Your Teeth?
- Amazingly Preserved Wolf Pup Mummy Discovered in Yukon Gold Mine
- Japanese Billionaire Will Be First Lunar Tourist. And He Plans to Invite Artists.
September 17th
- The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Reminds Us Why Smoking Weed in Space Is a Bad Idea
- Asteroid Hides Behind Sparkling Spiral Galaxy in This Dazzling Telescope View
- The Human Eye Can See 'Ghost Images'
- Woman's Liver Problems Tied to Her Turmeric Supplement
- If You Throw a Compostable Cup in the Trash, Does It Still Break Down?
- Ancient Three-Way Collision Formed British Mainland
- Bizarre Physics Phenomenon Suggests Objects Can Be Two Temperatures at Once
- 'Thor's Well' Seems to Drain to the Underworld in Incredible Photo (Here’s Why)
- Trove of Art Stolen from Jewish Family Rediscovered, Identified as Nazi Loot
September 16th
- Legends of a Medieval Female Pope May Tell the Truth
- Bee That Was Looking for Love Ends Up Wearing a 'Vest' of Parasitic Beetle Larvae
September 15th
- How Far Off Is 'Home Brew' Insulin for Diabetes?
- Scientists Warn BPA-Free Plastic May Not Be Safe
- Cancer Spreads from Organ Donor to 4 People in 'Extraordinary' Case
September 14th
- Elon Musk Is Blasting Someone to the Moon, and We Have Questions
- Unexplained 'Security Issue' Keeps National Solar Observatory Facility Shuttered
- Hurricane Florence Drowned a Riverfront 30 Miles from the North Carolina Coast (Video)
- Starving Orca Feared Dead. But NOAA Isn't Giving Up Just Yet.
- Watch Hurricane Florence Make Landfall in This Incredible Space Station Video
- Typhoon Mangkhut Bears Down on the Philippines with 165-Mph Winds
- Lone Narwhal Caught Chilling with Gang of Beluga Whales in Canada
- Hurricane Florence Is Dumping a Huge Amount of Rain on the Carolinas
- People Don't Know When They're Being Jerks
- Cannibal Nutrition and Self-Colonoscopies Win Accolades at the 2018 Ig Nobels
- Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall in North Carolina, Slams US Southeast Coast with Raging Winds and Rain
- Center of the Eye of Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall Near Wrightsville Beach, NC
September 13th
- Stunning Weather Channel Video Shows Why Storm Surges Are So Dangerous
- Watch Hurricane Florence Batter a Lighthouse 34 Miles Offshore
- New Stephen Hawking Graphic Biography to Reveal the Scientist — and the Man
- Endangered Lemur Newborn Is So Ugly It's Cute
- Hurricane Florence Is 50 Miles Larger, with 50% More Rain, Thanks to Climate Change
- The Bacteria in Your Gut Produce Electricity
- For Thousands of Years, Humans Coexisted with the Largest Birds That Ever Lived
- Photos: Oldest Known Drawing Was Made with a Red Crayon
- The World's Oldest Known Drawing Is a 73,000-Year-Old Hashtag
- Boy Miraculously Survives Being Impaled with Meat Skewer Through His Head
- Tiny Antarctic 'Kidnappers' Steal Sea Snails & Wear Them Like Backpacks
- Holy Space Rocks! The Vatican Is Hosting Its First Meteorite Convention
September 12th
- People Across the Globe Feeling More Sad, Stressed and in Pain Than Ever
- Hurricane Florence Shifts Course, Will Make a 'Grand Tour' of Southeastern States
- 'Nightmare' Hurricane Florence Poses Far-Reaching Dangers
- The Science Behind Composting
- Why Some People Catch a Cold and Others Don't
- Cross-Legged Woman's Tomb Reveals Ancient Maya Kept Jaguars in Cages
- Hurricane Florence: Photos of a Monster Storm
- Does Your Brain Let You Hear Your Own Footsteps?
- Here's How to Make the Sahara Desert Green Again
- Mysterious Light Flashes Discovered in Deep Space. But What Created Them?
- Why False Beliefs Are Hard to Shake
- Will Hurricane Florence Strengthen into a Rare Category 5 Storm?
- The Closest Exoplanet to Earth Could Be 'Highly Habitable'
September 11th
- Oddball Philosopher Had His Mummified Body Put on Display … and Now His Rings Are Missing
- A Solar Storm Is Coming Tonight — Here's Where You Might See the Aurora
- 'Vampire Facials' May Have Exposed People to HIV and Hepatitis
- A Hurricane-Hunting Plane Flies Straight Through Florence's Eye, Captures Harrowing Video
- If You Stay Put During Hurricane Florence, Be Ready for Challenges After the Storm
- New Eye Means Hurricane Florence May Get Stronger Before Slamming into the US
- This Squishy Deep-Sea Fish 'Melts' at the Ocean Surface (Video)
- 'Atmospheric Brick Wall' Steers Hurricane Florence Toward US East Coast
- First 'Monkeypox' Case Reported in UK. Why You Shouldn't Worry
- A Huge Noodle Could Leave the Ocean Cleaner — If It Works
- Construction Crew Finds Stash of Ancient Gold Coins in Abandoned Italian Cinema
September 10th
- Watch: Dolphin Superpod Chases Billions of Baitfish in Monterey Bay
- These Dolphins Taught Each Other to Moonwalk — But It Was Just a Fad
- Here's Why There Are Hundreds of Ancient, Mummified Penguins in Antarctica
- Blood Test Could Tell You What Time It Is In Your Body
- When You Go with Your Gut, You Feel Like You
- 7 Quantum Particles Act Like Billions in Weird Physics Experiment
- Brain Cancer's 'Immortality Switch' Turned Off with CRISPR
- Galaxy Punches Through Neighbor to Spawn Giant Ring of Black Holes
- New High-Res Map of Antarctica Shows the Icy Continent in Astonishing Detail
- Happy Birthday, LHC: Here's to 10 Years of Atom Smashing at the Large Hadron Collider
September 9th
- Mysterious Swirls on the Moon Finally Explained
- The 'Mona Lisa' Allure: Could It Be the Result of Thyroid Disease?
September 8th
- Warnings Abounded Before Massive Alaska Landslide and Tsunami
September 7th
- Gallery: Secrets of Mount St. Helens
- Pumpkin-Size 'Giant' Fibroid Removed from Woman's Uterus
- 7,000 Bugs and Lizards Were Stolen from a Museum … and the Buzz Is, the Employees Did It
- What Made This Woman's Tongue Turn Black and 'Hairy'?
- Fishermen Haul in Monstrous Skull and Antlers of Extinct Irish Elk
- We're Probably Living in a Simulation, Elon Musk Says
- Does Drinking Milk Make Your Body Produce More Mucus?
- How a Cream for Genital Warts Might Also Help with Flu Pandemics
September 6th
- Scientist Robbed of Nobel in 1974 Finally Wins $3 Million Physics Prize — And Gives It Away
- This Plan to Bring Back an Extinct Ice-Age Horse Species Is an Extreme Long Shot, Scientists Say
- Why Probiotics May Not Always Help, And Could Actually Do Harm
- Scientists Spot Ancient, Ultra-Fast Wind from the Early Universe
- Enormous Iceberg Pirouettes After Splitting from Ice Shelf
- Man Breaks into Zoo and Tries to Steal a Squirrel Monkey. Gets Manhandled.
- Sick Passengers on Emirates Flight Test Positive for Flu
- Ancient Egyptian Village Found Along the Nile River Predates the Pharaohs
- Victorians Had Their Own Version of Netflix: 'Magic Lanterns'
- Airports Are Way More Disgusting Than You Think, New Study Finds
- Scientists Have a Plan to Hunt the Ancient, Dead Star that Birthed Our Solar System
- Earth's Ancient Scars Explain Strangeness of Mount St. Helens
- Adopted Warriors? Genetic Tests Reveal Unexpected Relationships in Medieval Graves
September 5th
- 87 Elephants Slaughtered in One of the Largest Poaching Incidents in Africa
- For Ancient Farmers, the Road to Europe Was Paved with … Cheese
- Antibiotic 'Cocktails' Could Fight Resistant Bugs — But It's Tricky
- Could 'Microwave Weapon' Really Have Caused US Embassy Workers' Bizarre Symptoms?
- Saturn Sprouts Another Weird Hexagon, Puzzling Scientists
- Ancient Church Hidden in Turkish Lake. And a Pagan Temple May Lie Beneath It.
- Photos: Ancient Basilica Found Beneath Turkey Lake
September 4th
- Can You Really Get Sepsis from Trying on Shoes Without Socks?
- Did a Volcano Defeat Napoleon at Waterloo?
- Physicists, Hunting the 'Dark Photon,' Will Blast a Diamond with Antimatter
- 'Life-Threatening Situation' Expected on Gulf Coast As Gordon Is Forecast to Strengthen into a Hurricane
- Microwave Weapon Blamed for Apparent Attack on US Embassy in Cuba
- The Americas' Oldest Human Remains Lost in Brazil Museum Fire
- Weapons Against Superbugs Might Lurk in Your Stomach
September 3rd
- Could This Slimy Corn 'Fix' One of Earth's Biggest Pollution Problems?
September 2nd
- Why Is Synthetic Marijuana So Risky?
- Think Politics Today Is Ugly? Politicians in Ancient Rome Were Insulting, Too
September 1st
- Chemicals in Consumer Products May Promote Weight Gain. But There's an Easy Fix.
- Photos: Large numbers that define the universe