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- August 9
- August 8
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- Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with 'bromide intoxication'
- 'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like star
- NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date
- Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace
- Massive comet trail may have transformed Earth's climate more than 12,000 years ago, tiny particles suggest
- 'Like a master Tetris player': Scientists invent quantum virtual machines — they'll slash turnaround times from days to hours
- Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
- Perseid meteor shower 2025: How to see 'shooting stars' despite the full moon
- 'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics
- August 7
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- Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth
- Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' — a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life
- Best bird song identification apps in 2025 — Identify bird calls and improve your avian knowledge
- NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars
- 3,000-year-old burial of elite teen unearthed in Iran, with gold jewelry and astonishing 'scorpion' cosmetics box
- Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
- Stone Age family may have been cannibalized for 'ultimate elimination' 5,600 years ago, study suggests
- Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
- 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds
- Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
- August 6
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- Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome
- Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought
- 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species
- SpaceX launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station
- Sturgeon Moon 2025: What makes August's full moon a special 2-night affair
- 'It seems that size really does matter': Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia
- 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
- 5,000-year-old burials in Germany hold 3 women with bedazzled baby carriers
- Nine best things to see in the night sky with binoculars: August to November 2025
- Aging: What happens to the body as it gets older?
- 'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claims
- Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman had something in her eye — and it turned out to be parasitic worms
- August 5
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- Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs
- A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake
- 'Big-butt starfish,' 'little sweet potato' and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina
- 2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC
- Scientists heat gold to 14 times its melting point — without turning it into a liquid
- 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study
- Get a deep dive on your health and wellbeing at a fraction of the cost with the Samsung Galaxy Ring — this Amazon deal has $100 off
- Roman Britain quiz: What do you know about the Empire's conquest of the British Isles?
- How does the morning-after pill work?
- Lake-filled impact crater in Africa transforms into a giant silver 'mirror' via rare phenomenon — Earth from space
- August 4
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- Cosmic rays could help support alien life on worlds outside the 'Goldilocks zone'
- Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session
- Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos
- No-sugar sweetener erythritol may pose risk to cells in the brain, study finds — here's what to know
- Creepy new giant insect may be the heaviest ever recorded in Australia
- How germy is the public pool, really? An expert explains
- Hadrian's Wall: The defensive Roman wall that protected the frontier in Britain for 300 years
- Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years, days after magnitude 8.8 megaquake
- Live Science crossword puzzle #4: The building blocks of DNA — 14 across
- The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts
- Hornelund Brooches: Viking age gold ornaments mysteriously buried in Denmark 1,000 years ago
- Why do diamonds come in different colors?
- August 3
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- Humans may have untapped 'superpowers' from genes related to hibernation, scientists claim
- Skyscraper-size spikes of methane ice may surround Pluto's equator
- See 'hyperrealistic' reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine in the Czech Republic 6,000 years ago
- How far can the most powerful telescope see into space?
- August 2
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- When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal
- Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present'
- Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers
- Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
- NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
- How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?
- Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we should — and can — stop AI
- August 1
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- Our favorite indoor cycling shoes have just dropped to their lowest-ever price
- AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
- Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
- Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments
- First-of-its-kind footage captures bizarre sea creatures flourishing in extreme depths of the ocean
- Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain, study finds
