All content Archive | November 2018

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November 30th
- This Gene Can Make Viruses Invisible to the Immune System — Up to a Point
- Here's What Photosynthesis Sounds Like Underwater
- A 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Just Shook Alaska
- Babies Create a Mental Map of Their Body Before They Ever Leave the Womb
- Ancient Hominins May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans in Arabia
- Vaping Marijuana Gets You Way, Way Higher Than Smoking It, Study Finds
- Hodor! Deep-Sea Worms Get 'Game of Thrones' Names
- Archaeologists Are Looking for Dead Sea Scrolls Inside 2 Newfound Qumran Caves
- Haunting, 9,000-Year-Old Stone Mask Discovered in a Field in the West Bank
November 29th
- Scary 'New' Tick Has US Officials Worried
- Here's How Dangerous, Deadly Prions Spread to the Brain
- What are gamma rays?
- Deceptive and Dangerous: A Gallery of An Antarctic Volcano
- Antarctic Island Exploded 4,000 Years Ago
- Here's How Much Starlight Has Been Created Since the Beginning of the Universe
- Spinning Grains of Cosmic Dust Could Explain Weird Signals at the North Pole
- Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Just Survived a Massive Crash in Outer Space
- This Strange Hum Circled the Whole World. But Nobody Heard It.
- US Life Expectancy Dropped in 2017. Drug Overdose Deaths Are a Big Reason Why
- While You Weren't Looking, Engineers Combined a Plane and a Blimp to Make a Plimp Airship
- Neanderthals and Humans Were Hooking Up Way More Than Anyone Thought
November 28th
- How Did That Big Cow Get So Huge?
- Lab-Grown Miniplacentas Resemble the Real Thing So Much, They Fooled a Pregnancy Test
- Here's How Cannabis Got Its High
- We Could Spray Cheap Chemicals in the Air to Slow Climate Change. Should We?
- What Are Amphetamines?
- Why the Gene-Edited Babies Will Never Have Genetic Privacy
- There's Drug-Resistant Bacteria in the Space Toilets, Guys
- How Do Scientists Prove That Twin Babies Had Their Genes Edited?
- Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago
- Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows
- Chinese Doctor Who Claims He Created Gene-Edited Babies Gets Grilled by 'Horrified' Colleagues
November 27th
- New Zealand's Islands Are Creeping Closer Together
- Photos: Mummies Discovered in Tombs in Ancient Egyptian City
- Exquisitely Preserved Mummies Discovered in One of Egypt's Largest Tombs
- Dads (Not Just Moms) Can Pass on Mitochondrial DNA, According to Provocative New Study
- 145 Pilot Whales Found Dead on Remote New Zealand Beach. Nobody Knows Why.
- Photos: The Ancient Ruins of Shivta in Southern Israel
- Earliest Depiction of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered. Here's What It Shows.
November 26th
- 6 Doctors Swallowed and Pooped Lego Minifigures So You Don't Have To
- Roma Culture: Customs, Traditions & Beliefs
- Sloths: The World's Slowest Mammals
- Gene-Edited Babies Reportedly Born in China. What Could Go Wrong?
- Mars InSight Stuck the Landing. Here's the First Thing It Did.
- Touchdown on Mars! NASA's InSight Lands to Peer Inside the Red Planet
- Twitter Erupts with Mars Madness As Lander Touches Down Safely on Red Planet
- Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'?
- Everything ThinkGeek Is 50% Off Today!
- The 11 biggest unanswered questions about dark matter
- No, Mars InSight Won't Be Searching for Alien Life. Here's What It IS Looking For.
- Scientists Wrote an Equation to Find the Funniest Word in English. The Results Will Make You Fart.
- Why NASA's Mars InSight Landing Zone Is a Big Weird Oval
- Mars InSight Photos: A Timeline to Landing on the Red Planet
November 25th
- Journey to the Center of the Red Planet: NASA's InSight Lander to Reveal the Secrets Inside Mars
- Here's How to Watch the Insight Landing on Mars on Monday
- Why Do I Get Sore Days After I’ve Worked Out?
November 24th
- Many Kids Are Given Probiotics for Stomach Bugs. But They May Not Help At All.
- Get Ready for InSight Mars Landing's '6 Minutes of Terror'
November 23rd
- See the Apollo Moon Missions Like Astronauts Did — In 3D
- See Spectacular Lunar Mission Images in 3D (Photos)
- Can You Get a Sunburn in Winter?
- Weighted Blankets: How They Work
November 22nd
- The Real Reason the Pilgrims Survived
- Can Lip Balm Make Your Chapped Lips Worse?
November 21st
- Creepy 'Smiling' Worm Pulled from Bottom of the Sea
- Your 'Fat-Toothed' Relative May Not Make It for Thanksgiving. He Vanished from Earth 300 Million Years Ago.
- Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops
- Here's How Smoke from California Wildfires Affects the Human Body
- What Do Shrink-Wrapped Thanksgiving Turkeys and the Higgs Boson Have in Common?
- No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket
- The Strange History of the Turkey Tail
- Infectious 'Prions' Found in the Eyes of Patients with Fatal Brain Disease
- 950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power.
- Mom's Phone Call Helps Uncover Oldest Long-Necked Dinosaur on Record
November 20th
- Ugh, When These Stars Die They're Probably Gonna Get Sand Everywhere
- Ocher: The world's first red paint
- Don't Eat Romaine Lettuce... Again
- 4 Infant Botulism Cases Linked to Honey-Dipped Pacifiers
- Two Turkeys Got a Presidential Pardon Today. How Did This Thanksgiving Tradition Start?
- 536 Was a Garbage Year for Mankind (So Give 2018 a Break)
- What Is Brain Freeze?
- Aspirin Can Help Your Heart. Omega-3s Might. But Together? Maybe Not.
- MDMA Makes People More Cooperative... But That Doesn't Mean More Trusting
- These Ancient Termite Mounds Are As Old As the Egyptian Pyramids. And They're Visible from Space.
- Half of the Year's Rain Falls on Earth in Just 12 Days
- Middle East Looters Turn to Spirit Possession to Find Gold Treasure
November 19th
- Ancient Skeletons of Woman and Fetus Hint at Childbirth Death 3,700 Years Ago
- What Is Chickenpox? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
- What Is Virotherapy?
- This Spinning, Snakelike Star System Might Blast Gamma Rays into the Milky Way When It Dies
- Scientists Finally Know How Wombat Butts Make Cube-Shaped Poops
- 'Ravenous, Hairy Ogre' Microbe May Represent Entirely New Branch on the Tree of Life
- There's Something Hot Hidden Under East Antarctica
- First-Ever All-Female Antarctic Expedition Busts Women's Endurance Myth
- Are These Earth's Oldest Fossils of Life? Dispute Has E.T. Implications
- Why Don't Animals Turn into Zombies in 'The Walking Dead'?
November 18th
- Divers Surprised by Gorgeous 'Feather Boa' of the Sea. And the Video Is Glorious.
November 17th
- How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?
November 16th
- Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System
- The 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend! Here's What to Expect
- California's Deadliest Fire Is Seen Engulfing Paradise in 'Astonishing' Satellite Images
- Warmer, Wetter Than Usual Winter Headed for Much of US
- Shocked Squirrel and Shy Owl Shine in Wildlife Comedy Photos
- See Wildlife's Sillier Side, Captured by Photo Contest Finalists
- European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws
- Bubbles: Sure, They Look Innocent, But They Can Be Bacteria-Spreading Menaces
- Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys 'Go Rogue,' Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells
November 15th
- Coffee Tastes Bitter, So Why Do People Drink It?
- Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti
- Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) in Your Brain
- In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in California
- Einstein Letter Warns of German Anti-Semitism 10 Years Before Nazis' Rise to Power
- Paris-Size Crater Found Hidden Under Greenland Ice
- Oldest known footprints in Grand Canyon were left by mysterious, sideways-walking reptile
November 14th
- What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work?
- Do Not Fear the Dark Matter Hurricane (The Dark Matter Hurricane Is Good)
- The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans
- Newly Uncovered Greek City May Be Legendary Home of 'Trojan War' Prisoners
- Climate Change Made Recent Hurricanes Wetter. And They May Get Worse.
- Scientists Are '99 Percent' Sure There's a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Our Solar System
- Where Are All the Aliens? 'Out There' Book Excerpt
- Low-Carb Diets May Burn More Calories
- Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms
- Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life
- Show-Off Bobcat Walks in Front of Tourists with a Dead Iguana Dangling from Its Mouth
- This Octogenarian Is the Oldest Fish in Captivity. And She Likes Belly Rubs.
- Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal Poop
November 13th
- How the Midnight Sun Gave This Man 'Rotten Zombie Skin'
- Photos: Biblical-Era Cistern and Carvings Discovered in Israel
- Biblical-Era Etchings of Ships Discovered in Israeli Desert
- Why You Can Blame Your Mom If You're Still Single
- Satellite Images Reveal North Korea's Missile Program Is Very Much Alive
- Beneath Antarctica's Ice, Intriguing Evidence of Lost Continents
- North America's Oldest Mummy Sheds Light on Ancient Migrations
- Ancient Monkey Transformed into a 'Sloth' When It Arrived in Jamaica
- Photos: Mini Terracotta Army Hidden in China Pit
- Hundreds of Tiny Terracotta Warriors Found Guarding 2,100-Year-Old Chinese Site
November 12th
- 'Move More and Sit Less': These Are the New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
- Purrfect Photos: Cat Mummies and Wooden Cat Statues Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Burial Complex
- Scale of California's Deadly Camp Fire Shown in Satellite Photos
- Keto, Mediterranean or Vegan: Which Diet Is Best for the Heart?
- Massive Solar Storm Detonated Hidden American Bombs During the Vietnam War, Navy Records Show
- How to Farm During a Zombie Apocalypse
November 11th
- Both Bacteria and Viruses Can Cause Pneumonia, But One Is Much Worse for the Heart
- Ship Traffic in the Now-Open Northwest Passage Endangers Narwhals, Other Unique Animals
- These Plant Chemicals Could Help Your Heart's Health
- The 12 Biggest 'Little' Mysteries of Fall — Solved!
November 10th
- Why Late-Night Eating May Hurt Your Heart
- Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?
- 10 of the Strangest Medical Studies (in Recent History, That Is)
November 9th
- How to Watch a Near-Earth Asteroid Zoom Closer to Earth than the Moon
- An American Might Win the World Chess Championship for the 1st Time Since Bobby Fischer
- Huge Lakes Thought to Be Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice Seem to Have Vanished
- Can Injecting Millions of Stem Cells into the Brain Treat Parkinson's Disease?
- Here's How Peru's Ancient People Survived in the Treacherous Andes
- Water Deep in Earth's Core May Come from Dust Swirling Around the Sun
- Here's Your Brain on Cirque du Soleil: Performers Spark Awe, Scans Show
- How Does the Experimental 'Vaccine' for Celiac Disease Work?
- Antarctica: The Ice-Covered Bottom of the World (Photos)
November 8th
- Who Were the 1st Americans? 11,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals Clues
- Emu and Donkey Fall in Love
- Bounty Hunter Kills Gargantuan Burmese Python, Gets $375, Earns Our Undying Gratitude
- RBG's Broken Ribs: Why Is Breaking Bones Dangerous for Older Adults?
- What Does Sadness Look Like in the Brain?
- Not Just the Flu: Gonorrhea, Chicken Pox Also Go Through Seasons
- Here's How Much the Earth Weighs in 'Ghostly' Neutrinos
- Here's the Time of Day When You Burn the Most Calories
- How the 'Ghostly' Image of a Sunken Plane Wound Up on Google Earth
- NASA Figures Out Where Weirdly Square Iceberg Was Born
November 7th
- The House Science Committee Is Back in Democrat's Control: What That Means for Science
- What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
- World's Oldest Animal Drawing, Discovered in Borneo Cave, Is a Weird Cow Beast
- Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal the Shape of Wormholes
- Watching People Beatbox in an MRI Machine Will Blow Your Mind
- Delicious or Disgusting? Odd Museum Serves Up Sheep Eyeballs and Frog Smoothies
- 15 'Disgusting' Foods Will Have Your Taste Buds Begging for Mercy
- These 2,000-Year-Old Embalmed Heads Show How Ancient Celts Celebrated Victory
- What Is Salmonella?
- Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow
- 15 incredible places on Earth that are frozen in time
- Ancient Ceremonial Complexes Revealed in World's Driest Desert
November 6th
- Earth's Smallest Ape Weighed 8 lbs., Lived 12.5 Million Years Ago
- Did a Conspiracy Rob These Treasure Hunters of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Florida Shipwreck Artifacts?
- Check Your Cake Mix: Duncan Hines Recalls Several Products Because They May Contain Salmonella
- Harvard Scientists Say Aliens May Explain Bizarre Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (But Probably Not)
- T. Rex Turned Like a Ballerina from a Slow-Motion Nightmare
- A Longer Life May Not Be in Your Genes
- Italian Physicists Wrote a 'Perfect Pizza' Equation, Because Not All Heroes Wear Capes
- Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Guide Aliens to Earth. What Could Go Wrong??
- Remains of Nazi 'Flying Bombs' Uncovered in British Woods
- Photos: The Flying Bombs of Nazi Germany
November 5th
- The Inca Empire
- 'Male' Octopus Hatches 10,000 Teensy Babies in Surprise Birth
- Man Dies 8 Years After Swallowing a Live Slug That Left Him Paralyzed
- I took 9 different DNA tests and here's what I found
- No Evidence Russian Engineer Stabbed Antarctica Colleague for Spoiling Book Endings
- New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine
- 'Broken-Heart' Syndrome Is Real. This Complication Makes It Deadly.
- The Seafloor Is Dissolving Away. And Humans Are to Blame.
- After a Zombie Apocalypse, Here Are 9 Keys to Rebuilding a Civilization
November 4th
- What Was the World's 1st Cyberattack?
- SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars
November 3rd
- College Athlete Dies of Rare Bacterial Illness Called 'Forgotten Disease'
- How Did People Wake Up Before Alarm Clocks?
November 2nd
- Help Put a Scientist's Face on the UK's New £50 Bill!
- Glaciers Created a Huge 'Flour' Dust Storm in Greenland
- Dirty Jokes in Latrine Mosaics Entertained Ancient Romans
- Scientists Create Rare Fifth Form of Matter in Space for the First Time Ever
- A Gurgling Mud Pool Is Creeping Across Southern California Like a Geologic Poltergeist
- Can 'Microdosing' 'Shrooms Expand Your Creativity? Scientists Are Trying to Find Out.
- Photos: Ghostly dumbo octopus dances in the deep sea
November 1st
- Why You Shouldn't Worry About the New Study Linking Cellphones to Cancer
- The US Shot Down a Fake Nuclear Missile in Space with Another Missile (Video)
- Massive, 5,655-Carat 'Lion Emerald' Unearthed in Africa
- Adorable, Remorseless Killing Machine Is World's Deadliest Cat
- Meet the Rare and Fabulous Felines of 'Super Cats' (Photos)
- What Is Cellulitis?
- Cancer Risk May Increase with Height for a Simple Reason
- The Best Gifts for Teens Who Love Science
- The Appendix May Be Linked to Parkinson's Disease. But Don't Run Out and Have Surgery.
- Schadenfreude May Come in 3 Flavors, Some Meaner Than Others
- This Coffin-Shaped Iceberg Is Drifting Toward Death
- Smoketree Photos: The Ghosts of the North American Desert
- A Deadly, Fast-Spreading Form of Super-Ice Could Be Killing Off Alien Life-Forms
- Black Holes Can Raise the Cosmic Dead