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June 14
- Novavax's COVID-19 shots are 90% effective, company reports
- Huge sinkhole bursts open near underwater 'blowhole' in South Australian coast
- Earth's fifth ocean just confirmed
- Ancient people lived at German 'Stonehenge,' site of brutal human sacrifices
- Scientists unravel mystery of echidnas' bizarre 4-headed penis
- China's Mars rover Zhurong just snapped an epic self-portrait on the Red Planet (photos)
- Crows understand the 'concept of zero' (despite their bird brains)
- Breakthrough dengue-prevention strategy passes huge trial
- Why do we have eyebrows and eyelashes?
- Humans might be making genetic evolution obsolete
June 13
- 100,000 star nurseries mapped in first-of-its-kind survey
- Will humans ever learn to speak whale?
June 12
- Climate 'tipping points' could push us past the point-of-no-return after less than 2 degrees of warming
- Does everyone have an inner monologue?
June 11
- Hoover Dam reservoir reaches record-low water levels
- 'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist
- Frozen mouse sperm that spent 6 years in orbit used to conceive 8 healthy ‘space pups’
- Dramatic images capture rapid slide of Antarctic glacier
- See the 'Star of India,' decades after it was nabbed in a heist
- Boulders on asteroid Ryugu are surprisingly fluffy, Japan's Hayabusa2 probe finds
- Electrons 'surf' across space to create the northern lights, new study finds
- Summer School with Live Science: Lemon volcanoes
- Conservationists want to bring wily wolverines back to the Rockies
- The 'friendship paradox' doesn't always explain real friendships, mathematicians say
- Woman gets rare cowpox infection from her pet cat
June 10
- 7,000-year-old letter seal found in Israel hints at ancient long-distance trade
- New discovery could help take down drug-resistant bacteria
- Earth's core is growing 'lopsided' and scientists don't know why
- 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse wows skywatchers (Photos)
- Nuclear bomb detectors uncover secret population of blue whales hiding in Indian Ocean
- Jupiter's largest moon revealed in stunning detail in first close-up images in 20 years
- Girl buried with finch in her mouth puzzles archaeologists
- Should 12-year-olds get the COVID-19 vaccine?
- Physicists link 'quantum memories' in early step toward quantum internet
- These eels can swallow prey on land, thanks to extendable jaws in their throats
June 9
- How to watch 'ring of fire' solar eclipse live or online
- Laughing gas may treat depression, small study suggests
- Record-breaking Aussie dinosaur was as long as a basketball court
- Physicists harness atomic 'dark states' to store light
- Hoard of silver coins may have been part of historic ransom to save Paris
- A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will bring a subdued sunrise to the northeast US and Canada on Thursday
- Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reports
- Hunks of oceanic crust are wedged inside Earth's mantle
- Shackled skeleton may be first direct evidence of slavery in Roman Britain
June 8
- Boy gets burned by wet cement in rare case
- How to make a solar eclipse viewer: Step-by-step photo guide
- Mysterious East Asians vanished during the ice age. This group replaced them.
- Inside of world's largest airship revealed in stunning images
- Orcas 'attacked' humpback mother and calf. Now the calf is missing.
- How much does all the SARS-CoV-2 in the world weigh?
June 7
- Expect an Orwellian future if AI isn't kept in check, Microsoft exec says
- 24,000-year-old 'zombies' revived and cloned from Arctic permafrost
- Scientists puzzled by 'unexplained excess mass' lurking in human chromosomes
- Jeff Bezos will fly on Blue Origin's 1st crewed flight
- 'Glacier blood' could be key to understanding impacts of climate change
- 17 decapitated skeletons found at ancient Roman cemetery
- Why are small dogs so fierce?
- Did a dark energy discovery just prove Einstein wrong? Not quite.
June 6
- What was the deadliest day in US history?
June 5
- Is the COVID-19 vaccine causing rare myocarditis cases?
- Can we stop time?
June 4
- How to watch the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on Thursday
- 'No evidence' UFOs are alien spacecraft, but they're not American, Pentagon says
- Frozen mammoths, bog men and tar wolves: Here's how nature preserves prehistoric creatures
- Frozen in time: 5 prehistoric creatures found trapped in ice
- Weird nearby gamma-ray burst defies expectations
- Ancient 'magical' amulet used to ward off the 'evil eye' rediscovered after 40 years
June 3
- SpaceX launches new solar arrays to space station, nails rocket landing at sea
- Scientists reprogrammed bacteria to be immune to viruses
- Here's the most complete picture of the Milky Way's center ever created
- Mysterious event nearly wiped out sharks 19 million years ago
- AI drone may have 'hunted down' and killed soldiers in Libya with no human input
- What is a solar eclipse?
- Our galaxy is warped, and scientists have no idea why
- Amateur archaeologist uncovers earliest known animal carvings in Scotland
- Pentagon's long-awaited UFO report to Congress due this month
- Mysterious protein makes human DNA morph into different shapes
- 2 types of flu viruses may have gone extinct
June 2
- Elephants inhale water at 330 mph
- Adorable 'chocolate frog' discovered in crocodile-infested swamp
- 20 of the most bizarre stories from the bible
- Mass grave of WWII massacre victims could be hiding under field in Singapore
- China is gaining ground in space. Should the US be concerned?
- Hubble telescope spies lopsided spiral galaxy deformed by gravity
- 1st matter in the universe may have been a perfect liquid
- Christian monks may have buried this treasure to dupe the Vikings
- 11 children diagnosed with new form of ALS
June 1
- China reports first known human case of H10N3 bird flu
- Tons of toxic pellets blanket Sri Lanka beaches, causing environmental disaster
- Coronavirus variants to be named using Greek letters, WHO says
- International space station hit by orbital debris in 'lucky strike' (video)
- Lost in space? Here's a new method to find your way back home.
- Is Latin a dead language?
- COVID-19 can infiltrate insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, study suggests
- 'Bonanza' gold veins in rocks finally explained
- Hurricane season kicks off. Expect higher-than-normal storm activity.