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- January 14
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- Black hole butterflies? James Webb telescope spots dozens of black hole 'cocoons' in early universe.
- One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
- 'One of those rare 'wow' moments': Zombie star near Earth has a rainbow shockwave that 'shouldn't be there'
- 18 of Earth's biggest river deltas — including the Nile and Amazon — are sinking faster than global sea levels are rising
- Strange, 'starved' galaxy died 'a death of 1,000 cuts' in the ancient universe, JWST reveals
- MIT's chip stacking breakthrough could cut energy use in power-hungry AI processes
- How to watch 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' — TV and streaming details as Oscar-winning actor blends adventure and scientific discovery
- Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man's sudden seizures were set off by sudoku
- Some objects we thought were planets may actually be tiny black holes from the dawn of time
- January 13
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- Largest crowd-sourced hunt for alien intelligence reveals 12 billion 'signals of interest' in collapsed Arecibo Observatory data
- Mega-iceberg A23a, formerly the world's largest, turns into bright 'blue mush' as it finally dies after 40 years at sea
- Artemis 2 mission update: Rollout imminent as NASA prepares first crewed Artemis mission to the moon
- Parkfield, San Andreas, and the quest for a 'crystal ball' for predicting earthquakes before they happen
- Ötzi the Iceman mummy carried a high-risk strain of HPV, research finds
- Is there such a thing as 'too much' protein?
- Ethereal ice structures swirl alongside Chicago during extreme cold snap fueled by polar vortex — Earth from space
- January 12
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- DNA from ancient viral infections helps embryos develop, mouse study reveals
- Metal compounds identified as potential new antibiotics, thanks to robots doing 'click chemistry'
- Astronomers may have already spotted the 'Great Comet of 2026' — and it could soon be visible to the naked eye
- Our expert's favorite running shoes have just hit their lowest-ever price in January
- Live Science crossword puzzle #25: Ancient hominin species famous for their 'upright' posture — 11 across
- Tumba Madžari Great Mother: A boxy goddess figurine from North Macedonia designed to protect Stone Age houses 7,800 years ago
- January 11
- January 10
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- Oddball 'platypus galaxies' spotted by James Webb telescope may challenge our understanding of galaxy formation
- Science news this week: A runaway black hole, a human ancestor discovered in Casablanca cave, and vaccine schedule slashed
- Dionysus and his erect penis depicted on 2,500-year-old bone stylus found in Sicily
- Why doesn't stomach acid burn through our stomachs?
- January 9
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- China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy
- Homo erectus wasn't the first human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago, fossils suggest
- Giant sunspot that triggered recent solar 'superstorm' shot out nearly 1,000 flares and a secret X-rated explosion, record-breaking study reveals
- Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon
- Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor
- Avenue of the Baobabs: Madagascar's natural monument with dozens of 'mother of the forest' trees
- 1,100-year-old mummy found in Chile died of extensive injuries when a turquoise mine caved in, CT scans reveal
- Jupiter will outshine every star in the sky this weekend — how to see the 'king of planets' at opposition
- Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816
- January 8
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- Hubble telescope discovers 'Cloud-9,' a dark and rare 'failed galaxy' that's unlike anything seen before
- NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
- James Webb telescope confirms a supermassive black hole running away from its host galaxy at 2 million mph, researchers say
- Orbiting satellites could start crashing into one another in less than 3 days, theoretical new 'CRASH Clock' reveals
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observations
- January 7
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- New US food pyramid recommends very high protein diet, beef tallow as healthy fat option, and full-fat dairy
- Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England
- 60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa are the oldest poison weapons ever discovered
- Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some
- NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'
- 9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world
- Huge ice dome in Greenland vanished 7,000 years ago — melting at temperatures we're racing toward today
- One of the last Siberian shamans was an 18th-century woman whose parents were related, DNA study reveals
- Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco
- 'Mitochondrial transfer' into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints
- Diagnostic dilemma: Giant 'stone' in a man's bladder looked like an ostrich egg
- January 6
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- 'How can all of this be happening?': Scientists spot massive group of ancient galaxies so hot they shouldn't exist
- Advanced alien civilizations could be communicating 'like fireflies' in plain sight, researchers suggest
- What to buy to start a fitness journey (and save some money in the process)
- The moon has been secretly feasting on Earth's atmosphere for billions of years
- 1,100-year-old burials of elite warriors and their ornate weapons discovered in Hungary
- Submerged sandbanks shine like underwater auroras in astronaut's view of the Bahamas — Earth from space
- January 5
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- US government overhauls the childhood vaccine schedule in unprecedented move
- This 'marker' may be more predictive than cholesterol for heart disease
- If 'swimming more' is one of your New Year's resolutions, the FORM Smart Swim 2 will keep you in the right lane.
- 'Wolf Supermoon' gallery: See the first full moon of 2026 in pictures from across the world
- The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'
- January 4
- January 3
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- Even AI has trouble figuring out if text was written by AI — here's why
- Canon EOS R50 V review
- Giant 'cow of the Cretaceous' discovered almost 100 years ago identified as new duck-billed dinosaur
- Mysterious Voynich manuscript may be a cipher, a new study suggests
- How common is it to have extra bones in your skeleton?
- January 2
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- An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice
- Yellowstone quiz: How much do you know about the first national park?
- 'More Neanderthal than human': How DNA from our long-lost ancestors affects our health today
- Will AI ever be more creative than humans?
- Spotted Lake: Canada's soda lake with colorful brine pools that are smelly and slimy 'like the white of an egg'
- January 1
