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August 2025

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August 31
- Which animal has the best hearing?
August 30
- 5 common mistakes beginner astrophotographers make — and how to avoid them
- What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?
August 29
- Loughareema: The 'vanishing lake' in Northern Ireland that mysteriously drains and refills itself within hours
August 27
- Diagnostic dilemma: Rare condition made a woman see people as dragons
August 26
- Rare milky plumes paint stunning swirls in world's largest 'soda lake' — Earth from space
August 25
- Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan 'pit of gold'
- Why can't we walk through walls if atoms are mostly empty space?
August 24
- Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week
- What is the world's slowest animal?
August 23
- Pallas's cat: One of the world's oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm
- Why do caffeine withdrawal headaches hurt so much?
- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus
August 22
- 'We know what to do; we just have to implement it.': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.
- Exposure triangle explained: A photographer's guide to mastering light
August 20
- 5 common mistakes beginner wildlife photographers make — and how to avoid them
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man's preference for 'soft' bacon may have given him brain worms
August 19
- Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes — Earth from space
August 18
- Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian 'demon' god who inspired 'The Exorcist'
- What's the difference between a llama and an alpaca?
August 17
- Which Roman emperor ruled the longest?
- Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week
- Why do some people grow 'chemo curls' after cancer treatment?
August 16
- What was the first human species?
- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing
August 15
- A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved
- 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species
- Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees
August 14
- DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.
August 13
- Five simple wildlife photography tips for better shots without fancy gear
- Diagnostic dilemma: Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infection
August 12
- 10 bizarre 'dark voids' appear in the skies over uninhabited island near Antarctica — Earth from space
August 11
- Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcap
- What would space sound like if we could hear it?
August 10
- James Webb telescope captures one of the deepest-ever views of the universe — Space photo of the week
- How 'flying boats' are bringing EVs to the ocean — with the help of LeBron James and Tom Brady
- Can you dream during non-REM sleep?
August 9
- Headless chicken monster: The deep sea cucumber with tubular feet for gobbling sediment
- Why do cats and dogs eat grass?
- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it
August 6
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman had something in her eye — and it turned out to be parasitic worms
August 5
- Lake-filled impact crater in Africa transforms into a giant silver 'mirror' via rare phenomenon — Earth from space
August 4
- Hornelund Brooches: Viking age gold ornaments mysteriously buried in Denmark 1,000 years ago
- Why do diamonds come in different colors?
August 3
- How far can the most powerful telescope see into space?
August 2
- Aye-ayes: The strange nocturnal lemurs with long, creepy fingers
- 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
- AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
- Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments