Canadian wildfire smoke detected thousands of miles away in Norway
Wildfire smoke from Canada has hit Norway, which is more than 3,000 miles from the North American country.
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How to watch a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Earth's tallest building zoom past the planet Sunday
A large, skyscraper-size asteroid will pass close to Earth Sunday night (June 11), missing our planet by a few million miles.
Florida man gets 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection after a relative bit him
A resident of Riverview, Florida was bitten by a relative and later developed a "flesh-eating" infection — likely from the bite.
El Niño is officially here, scientists say
After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.
Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirms
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.
Medici family's famous hunting grounds may have killed them, report suggests
At least one Medici was plagued by a deadly strain of malaria, analysis of organ tissue from the Medici family tomb reveals.
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward eruption, scientists warn
Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, but scientists caution that its eruption is far from certain.
Largest explosion since the Big Bang was powered by a bizarre energy jet unlike any other
The enormous gamma-ray burst, called the Brightest Of All Time (or BOAT), may be powered by its strange jet structure, scientists say.
AI chatbot ChatGPT can't create convincing scientific papers… yet
A computer model created by researchers can detect ChatGPT-generated fake studies more than 99% of the time, a new study shows.
New mud-slinging thermal feature at Yellowstone is spewing scalding hot muck
The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.
1st mission to 'touch' the sun discovers a mysterious source of solar wind
NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged into the sun's atmosphere to capture the granular details of how its solar wind is made.
Dinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution
The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.
Save big on air purifiers this weekend
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These Celestron SkyMaster Binoculars are under $130 at Amazon
Save over $70 on these Celestron SkyMaster 20x80 binoculars that are tailor-made for stargazing.
12,000-year-old flutes carved of bone are some of the oldest in the world and sound like birds of prey
A collection of prehistoric flutes unearthed in Israel once used by the Natufians are some of the oldest musical instruments in the world.
NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?
New York City's normally good air quality rating recently plummeted to the worst of any major city in the world, as wildfire smoke drifted over the city from Canada.
Flare of light brighter than a trillion suns reveals location of rare double black hole galaxy
Brilliant new signals from a far-off galaxy confirm that the system is anchored by a pair of black holes locked in a daring dance.
Oldest evidence of humans in Greece is 700,000 years old, a quarter of a million years older than previous record
A prehistoric site in Greece pushes back the earliest known hominin presence in the region by up to 250,000 years.
Amino acid taurine can slow aging in animals, but we don't know if it works in people
Experiments suggest that taurine, an unusual amino acid, can extend some animals' life spans, but it's unclear if it would work in humans.
