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June 2025

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June 16
- Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago
- Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?
June 15
- NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
- How do migrating birds know where they're going?
June 14
- How much gold is there in the world?
- Southern cassowary: The giant prehistoric bird with dinosaur feet
- Does the color purple really exist?
- Science news this week: Overdue earthquakes and star-shaped brain cells
June 12
- Building your own slides is a great way to get more from your microscope — here's how to make them
- Werner syndrome: A rare inherited condition that causes dramatic, early aging
June 11
- Diagnostic dilemma: Black widow spider's venom poisoned a woman through her eyeball
June 10
- 'River of fire' flows from Mount Etna during 'crazy' explosive outburst — Earth from space
June 9
- Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony
- Why are tropical animals so colorful?
June 8
- Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 years
- What's the safest seat on a plane?
June 7
- Pacific spiny lumpsucker: The adorable little fish with a weird suction cup resembling human teeth
- Which animal has the best sense of smell?
- Science news this week: 'City-killer' asteroid swarms and a buried toddler 'Ice Prince'
June 6
- Lake Natron: The caustic, blood-red lake in Tanzania that turns animals to 'stone'
June 5
- 10 weird and wonderful things to look at under a microscope
June 4
- Diagnostic dilemma: A rare genetic disease stained a woman's heart black
- 'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype — here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is
June 3
- The mysterious hill in Sudan that looks like 'landlocked lips' — Earth from space
June 2
- Prosciutto di Portici: A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law before Mount Vesuvius erupted
- How are you able to read words without vowels?
June 1
- Can adults grow new brain cells?
- The 5 biggest mistakes learner microscope owners make
- Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever
- What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?