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- September 19
- September 18
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- CDC reverses controversial coronavirus testing guidelines
- Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows bacteria to exhale electricity
- Facial reconstruction reveals Egyptian 'mummy portrait' was accurate except for one detail
- Helium-huffing alligators and reluctant hitmen win big at the Ig Nobel awards
- The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system
- Is Earth-moon space the US military's new high ground?
- 'We just had no answers': COVID-19 'long-haulers' still learning why they're sick
- September 17
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- Flu season may be very mild this year, thanks to COVID-19 precautions
- Moderna releases key details on how it's running COVID-19 vaccine trial
- Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian
- Watch LIVE: The 2020 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, tonight @ 6:00 p.m. ET
- A new solar cycle just started. Here's what that means.
- September 16
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- Cave bear mummy discovered in Siberia still has its internal organs, fur and black nose
- These could be the funniest animal pictures ever
- Could wearing glasses lower the risk of COVID-19?
- Hidden rivers of warm water threaten vast Antarctic glacier
- Hurricane Sally makes landfall as Category 2 storm, bringing extreme winds and flooding
- Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
- 100 million-year-old sperm is the oldest ever found. And it's giant.
- September 15
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- Hurricane Sally expected to bring 'historic flooding' to the Gulf Coast
- Lost humpback whale abandoned by friends in croc-infested river in Australia
- Eerily well-preserved 17th-century ship found in the dark waters of the Baltic Sea
- Squirrel beer, ant gin and poop wine are served up in Disgusting Food Museum's new exhibit
- Countries around the world want a Space Force — but why?
- SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with prototype of Mars-colonizing Starship
- COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus
- September 14
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- Hurricane Sally set to batter a Louisiana still reeling from Hurricane Laura
- New 'eternal sleeper' dinosaur species was entombed while still alive
- 'Elinor Wonders Why' teaches kids to explore science by asking questions
- Fate of Schrödinger's cat probably isn't in the hands of gravity, experiment finds
- Possible hint of life discovered on Venus
- Study casts doubt on 'sky disk' thought to be oldest representation of the heavens
- La Niña may brew a more active hurricane season, worsen drought in the Southwest
- See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning
- September 13
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- September 11
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- 13-year-old dies of rare 'brain-eating' amoeba after swimming in Florida lake
- Wreck of WWII warship with Nazi symbol discovered off Norway
- Mind-blowing Andromeda galaxy and 'Cosmic Inferno' earn space photo contest's top prizes
- Alien-hunting telescope suffered 'no damage to electronics' during mysterious midnight disaster
- Eating out may be riskier than riding a bus during COVID-19 pandemic
- September 10
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- Stark new imagery reveals the scary extent of West Coast wildfires
- Pioneering gravity research snags $3 million physics Breakthrough Prize
- Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could actually be a cosmic dust bunny
- Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
- Dark matter hunter who found unexpected, giant 'Fermi bubbles' wins $100,000 physics prize
- How does cannabis get you high?
- September 9
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- Why AstraZeneca just paused its coronavirus vaccine trial
- Teensy long-necked dinosaur embryo reveals weird snout horn
- 13 mummy coffins stacked in a well unearthed in ancient Egyptian necropolis
- 'Candyland' stone forests form using deceptively simple physics
- Coronavirus may dice heart muscle fibers into tiny snippets, remove cells' DNA
- Half a million cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US children
- 3,200-megapixel camera of the future Vera Rubin Observatory snaps record-breaking 1st photos
- California's fast-moving Creek Fire spawns 'fire cloud' visible from space
- September 8
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- Seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2 identified in Nigeria: Why that matters
- Record-breaking 2.2 million acres burned by California wildfires
- Ultradeep melting rocks drive invisible quakes beneath San Andreas Fault
- China's reusable experimental spacecraft returns to Earth after two-day mystery mission
- 2,200-year-old Chinese text may be oldest surviving anatomical atlas
- 313-million-year-old track marks found in Grand Canyon
- September 7
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- September 4
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- Endangered croc gives piggyback ride to 100 babies after mating with '7 or 8 females'
- Russian coronavirus vaccine produces immune response in early trials
- Stunning new sun images show our star's popcorn-like magnetic field structure
- Viking sword placed on warrior's left side likely prepared him for 'mirror afterlife'
- New quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question
- September 3
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- The moon is rusty, and it’s likely Earth's fault
- Rarest planet in the universe may be lurking in Orion's nose
- Doctors chase treatment for kids threatened by dangerous COVID-19 syndrome
- Quantum internet breakthrough could help make hacking a thing of the past
- For koalas with chlamydia, relief is finally in sight
- September 2
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- Creepy images show airway cells teeming with SARS-CoV-2
- Viral claim that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths were caused by the virus is flat-out wrong
- Visit NYC in 750 million B.C. with this epic interactive map
- Steroids are life-saving for critically ill COVID-19 patients, WHO says
- Largest black hole collision ever detected
- 'Spinal Tap'-size Stonehenge reveals how the ancient monument really sounded
- 'Ghost Army' in WWII used inflatable tanks to fool the Nazis and win the war
- September 1
