News Archive | August 2017

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August 31st
- Harvey Response: NASA Lends Space-Based Eyes to Recovery
- US Obesity Rates Start to Level Off
- Most and Least Obese States in 2016: Full Rankings
- Here's Why Yawns Are So Contagious
- Photos: Colorful Blooms Sprout Across the World's Driest Desert
- 66 Million Years Ago, Bird-Like Dinosaurs Laid Blue-Green Eggs
- Totally Active: Eclipse Photos Reveal Sunspots, Solar Flares
- Baby's Lead Poisoning Caused by 'Homeopathic Magnetic' Bracelet
- So Long, Sue! Famed T. Rex Makes Way for Bigger Beast
- Car-Size 'Loch-Ness Monster' Was Runt of the Litter
- Photos: The Adventure Behind Eclipse Chasing
- Here's How One Man Beat the Crowds to View the Total Solar Eclipse
- Blink and You'll Miss It: Trap-Jaw Ant's Strike Is Swift, Deadly, Unique
- For Unmarried Men, Use of 'Withdrawal' for Birth Control Increases
- How Spaceflight Changes the Building Blocks of the Human Body
August 30th
- Climate Change Is Driving These Cute Mountain Critters Out of Their Homes
- American Men Are Having Kids at Older Ages
- Famous 600-Year-Old Nova Pinpointed in Modern Day
- Brain-Like Neural Networks Study Space-Time Distortions at Breakneck Speed
- Artificial Intelligence Pens Next Installment of 'Game of Thrones' Novels
- Lost Alan Turing Letters Reveal He Hated America
- Magnetic Fields Can Remotely Control Brain Cells in Mice
- Ancient 'Monster' Elephant Was 50 Percent Bigger Than Modern Cousins
- Plastic Surgery Ads on Instagram? They May Not Be from Qualified Docs
- New Russian Tanker Makes One of the Fastest Arctic Crossings
- 4,300-Year-Old Statue Head Depicts Mystery Pharaoh
- Did Climate Change Intensify Harvey's Catastrophic Effects?
August 29th
- How Fast Do You Walk? Your Answer Could Predict Your Risk of Heart Disease Death
- AI Could Predict Alzheimer's Disease Two Years in Advance
- Fire Ants Make Themselves into Rafts to Float to Safety in Houston
- Flooding Could Free 350 Gators at Texas Sanctuary
- Californians Might Vote on 'Magic Mushroom' Legalization in 2018
- Truck- and Plane-Size Pterosaurs Once Flew Over Dinosaurs
- Mysterious Chemical Cloud Sickens Scores at British Beaches
- Elon Musk's Neuralink Gets $27 Million to Merge Humans and Machines
- As Flooding from Harvey Intensifies, Astronauts Tweet Well Wishes to Houston
- Harvey vs. Katrina: How Do These Monster Storms Compare?
- Crushed Crystal Reveals a Spookier Entanglement State
August 28th
- FDA Moves Forward on Ecstasy Ingredient Trials for PTSD
- What's Causing Tropical Storm Harvey's 'Unprecedented' Rainfall?
- Waters Rising: How Harvey's Floods Endanger Health
- Pod Traveling at 201 MPH Wins Elon Musk's Hyperloop Competition
- These Tweets Show Just How Nuts Harvey's Rains and Floods Are
- Was the Origin of Life a Fluke? Or Was It Physics?
- Eclipse Watchers in California Reportedly Put Sunscreen on Their Eyeballs
- Hunter-Gatherer Gut Microbes Show What We're Missing
- Looters of Egyptian Artifacts Try to Recruit Egyptologists for Help
- Rooms from Henry VIII's Greenwich Palace Discovered
- Rooms from Lavish Greenwich Palace Uncovered (Photos)
- Sleeping Dragon: How This Dinosaur Got Preserved in 3D
- Trump Touts 'Clean Coal': What Is It, Really?
August 26th
- Civil War Mystery Solved? Confederate Sub's Torpedo May Have Killed Its Crew
August 25th
- Will Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Still Be Safe to Use in 2024?
- Bird-Like Dinosaurs May Have Snuggled Together as They Slept
- Scientists Built a Virtual Reality 'Holodeck' for Lab Animals
- NASA Satellites Watch as Hurricane Harvey Intensifies Off Texas Coast (Video)
- Mammoth Tooth Reveals Beast Once Tramped Around Austin, Texas
- How I Calculated Where the Solar Eclipse and My Plane Would Intersect
August 24th
- Hurricane Harvey Threatens Texas with 'Devastating' Floods
- Google's New Tool Could Help Screen People for Depression
- Rabbit, Dog, Human: How One Bacterial Infection Spread
- Sine o' the Times: Babylonian Tablet Holds Oldest Evidence of Trigonometry
- Solar Power Dipped Along Great American Solar Eclipse Path (Video)
- Stunning Satellite Photo Reveals Volcanic Eruption Near Alaska
- 2,000-Year-Old Tombs from Roman Period Found in Egypt
- Young People Face Stroke Risk with Methamphetamine Use
- Photos: 2,000-Year-Old Tombs Found in Egyptian Oasis
- Einstein's Letter Warning of Hitler Goes Up for Auction
- A Titanosaur the Size of a Killer Whale Once Stomped Across Africa
- China's 'Rejuvenation' Bullet Trains Are the World's Fastest
- Ghost Town of the American West: Photos of the 19th-Century 'Vulture Gold Mine'
- Exercise in a Pill? Scientists Move One Step Closer
August 23rd
- How Stress in Your Brain Could Lead to Stress in Your Body
- People Who Get Less REM Sleep May Be at Greater Risk of Dementia
- How to Protect Yourself from Cold and Flu in the New Year
- Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cast a 2-Year Shroud of Darkness Over Earth
- Icy Planets' Diamond Rain Created in Laser Laboratory
- 'EPIC' Solar Eclipse View Captured from 1 Million Miles Away (Video)
- 'My Eyes Feel Funny': Google Searches for Symptoms Spike After Eclipse
- Climate Change Is Causing Fish to Shrink
- Ancient 'Strange-Face' Dolphin Used Its Snout to Vacuum Up Food
- Stunning Photo Shows Total Solar Eclipse's March Across Oregon Sky
- Dazzling Lightning Flashes Captured in Solar Eclipse's Shadow
August 22nd
- The Solar Eclipse Had a Spooky Effect on Nature
- I Used Solar Eclipse Glasses, So Why Do My Eyes Feel Funny?
- Eclipse Watchers' Plane Crashes on Return Trip
- Leaping Lizards! Live Gecko Found Inside a Man's Ear
- Solar Eclipse Is Backdrop for Breathtaking Dives (Photos)
- Total Solar Eclipse Leaves Southern Illinois College Town in Awe
- What to Do with Your Eclipse Glasses
- After 'Super Bowl of Eclipses,' US Looks Forward to 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Does Talcum Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer?
August 21st
- Did the Solar Eclipse Damage Your Eyes? Here's How to Tell
- Great American Eclipse Casts Shadow Over Great American Desert
- Cliff Divers Plunge into Oregon Water Tank During Total Solar Eclipse
- Trump Stares at the Sun During the Eclipse: Will It Harm His Eyes?
- Scientists Respond to the Total Solar Eclipse on Twitter
- Watch the International Space Station Cross Over the Eclipsed Sun
- Plane Crashes Near Madras, Eclipse 'Hotspot'
- Hawaii Says Aloha to the Solar Eclipse
- The Eclipse Will Reveal the Sun's Scientific Secrets
- Photos: 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse
- Solar Eclipse Traffic: What Are the Roads Like?
- Today's Eclipse May Help Scientists Predict Space Weather Storms
- Gorgeous Images of the Sun's Corona in Simulation
- Crossroads of the Solar Eclipse: Best Photos from Carbondale 2017
- Can You Photograph the Solar Eclipse with Your Phone or Tablet?
- The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 Is Happening Today
- Total Solar Eclipse Transforms Illinois Town Into a Celestial Super Bowl
August 20th
- 1 Day Until the Solar Eclipse! NASA Scientist Explains What Makes Eclipses Spectacular
- Total Solar Eclipse Could Cost US Nearly $700 Million in Lost Productivity
- Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Everything You Need to Know
- Spotlight on Carbondale: Illinois Town Sits at Solar Eclipse 'Crossroads'
August 19th
- Here's How to Watch the Great American Solar Eclipse Live
August 18th
- Live Science Remembers Bruno Gulotta, Friend and Colleague Killed in Barcelona Attack
- Man Who Suffered Eye Damage from Solar Eclipse Has This Warning
- Will animals freak out during the April 8 total solar eclipse?
- Help Make an 'Eclipse Megamovie' Using Your Smartphone
- Why You Need Eclipse Glasses: Girl Damages Eyes by Staring at the Sun
- Are Octopuses Smart?
- City Cemetery: 3 Tombs Discovered in Ancient Egypt
- How to Explain the Total Solar Eclipse to Your Kids
August 17th
- Solar Eclipse Injury Risk: Doctors Brace for Rise in ER Visits
- Why It's Dangerous to Condition Your Hair After a Nuclear Attack
- Woman Born Without a Vagina Speaks Out About Rare Condition
- Solar Eclipse-Chasing Jets Aim to Solve Mystery of Sun's Corona
- In Photos: Eclipse-Chasing Jets Aim to Get Best-Ever View of Sun's Corona
- Why Whiskey Tastes Better with Water
- Psychology of Hate: What Motivates White Supremacists?
- For the Great American Solar Eclipse, Leave Your Camera at Home
- DIY Insect Levitator Brings Weird Experiments to Your Home
August 16th
- Roman Change: Ancient Coins Reveal Rise of an Empire
- Teen Drug Overdose Deaths Increased 19% in 2015
- Elon Musk: AI Poses Bigger Threat to Humanity Than North Korea
- Who's a Blue Boy? Indian Dogs Tinted by Polluted River
- This Enigmatic Dinosaur May Be the Missing Link in an Evolution Mystery
- Snip, Snip, Ouch: Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries May Be More Common Than You Think
- How a CT Scan of an Olive Led to Man's Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease
- Swirls in a Sea of Cotton Candy Captured in Space Image
- 'Explosive Auroras': What Causes These Strobe Light Displays?
August 15th
- How One Bodybuilder Died from Drinking Too Many Protein Shakes
- Ancient Greeks Built an Eclipse-Predicting 'Computer' 2,000 Years Ago
- Suspected WWII-Era Bomb Discovered at Fukushima Power Plant
- Afraid of the Dark? Why Eclipses Frightened Ancient Civilizations
- Sky-High Solar Eclipse? Here's What You Might See from an Airplane
- What To Do If Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Won't Arrive in Time
- Fidget Spinners: What They Are, How They Work and Why the Controversy
- Fidget Spinner Warning: Popular Toys Linked with Safety Hazards
- Ancient Earthquake Turned Mosaic Workshop into Time Capsule
- Chimps Can Play Rock-Paper-Scissors at 4-Year-Old Level
- Nearly 100 Hidden Volcanoes Detected Beneath Antarctic Ice
August 14th
- Stoneware 'Factory' from Time of Jesus Unearthed in Galilee
- Plague Bacteria Found in Arizona Fleas
- Why Does Being in the Heat Make Us Feel Tired?
- In Photos: Ancient Rock Art Depicts Total Solar Eclipse in Chaco Canyon
- Ancient Pueblo Rock Art Depicts a 'Celebratory' Solar Eclipse
- In Photos: Awe-Inspiring Desert Tortoises of the American West
- Smart Shades: High-Tech Windows Can Turn Dark in Just 1 Minute
August 12th
- Reputation Study Asks, Would You Rather Cut Off Your Hand or Be Known as a Nazi?
- Next Stop for Parkinson's Disease Research: Outer Space
- In 1925, Observers Lined Manhattan to Measure the Total Solar Eclipse
- Visualize the Total Solar Eclipse with NASA's 3D App
August 11th
- Opioid Crisis Is a 'National Emergency': What Happens Now?
- Rare Tan-and-White Striped Zebra Dies at Hawaiian Ranch
- Anthrax & Plague: How 1 Vaccine Could Protect Against 2 Bioterror Threats
- Elusive Neutrinos Detected in Never-Before-Seen Interaction
- How a Man's Spicy Food Challenge Made Him Go Deaf for 2 Minutes
- Pig-to-Human Transplants: CRISPR Gene Editing May Make This Possible
- Beyoncé Backlash: Is Drinking While Breast-Feeding OK?
- Medieval Gospel Made of Sheep, Calves, Deer ... and Goat?
- A Sonic Attack in Cuba? How an Acoustic Weapon Might Work
- Why Do Ticks Spread So Many Diseases?
- Brothers Unexpectedly Discover Fossil of Japan's Oldest Water Bird
August 10th
- Can a Solar Eclipse Really Blind You?
- Marijuana's Popularity Among US Adults Continues to Grow. Here's Why
- In Photos: 13-Million-Year-Old Primate Skull Discovered
- US Men's Condom Use Is on the Rise
- 'Nastiest' Jurassic Croc Named for Motorhead's Lemmy
- Myths Aside, Eclipses Don't Endanger Pregnancies
- Here's What the Last Common Ancestor of Apes and Humans Looked Like
- Why Are These Water Buffaloes Covered with Tiny Frogs?
- Fire and Fury: How to Survive a Nuclear Attack
- Franklin Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane of the Season
August 9th
- El Nino's Absence May Fuel a Stormy Hurricane Season
- First 'Winged' Mammals Lived Alongside Dinosaurs 160 Million Years Ago
- Photos: These Mammal Ancestors Glided from Jurassic Trees
- Rare Wildfires Burning in Greenland Seen from Space
- Would You Eat Parasitic Worm Eggs? Why One Company Wants to Sell Them As Food
- Stone Age Cannibals Engraved Marks on Human Bones
- How Do You Make a Likable Robot? Program It to Make Mistakes
- Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Risk of Dying from High Blood Pressure
- Google Manifesto: Does Biology Explain Gender Disparities in Tech?
- In Photos: Exploring an Early Maori Site in New Zealand
- Maori Artifacts Point to Early Polynesian Settlement in New Zealand
- Man Left Wheelchair-Bound from Using Denture Cream
August 8th
- Ginormous, 70-Ton Titanosaur Is the Largest Dinosaur on Record
- Titanosaur Photos: Meet the Largest Dinosaur on Record
- Glen Campbell's Death: How Does Alzheimer's Kill?
- July Was Record Hot for Parts of Alaska and the West
- Here's What It's Like to Be the Planetary Protection Officer at NASA
- Climate Change's Impact in the US? It's Already Here, Scientists Say
- Why Your Moscow Mule Drink May Be Hazardous
- Disney's 'Magic Bench' Puts You in the Picture with Animated Figures
- Resisting Junk Food Could Be Easier When You Buy Groceries Online
- Eclipse Superstitions Are a Thing of the Past, and the Present
- World's Fastest-Swirling Vortex Simulates the Big Bang
- Even Atheists Judge Atheists
- Shot in the Dark: College Students Don't Know How Strong Their Drinks Are
- Origami Organs: This 'Tissue Paper' Could Help Regenerate a Heart or Uterus
- Picture of Mental Health? What Your Instagram Photos Reveal About You
- Horror at the Beach: 'Sea Fleas' Dine on Aussie Teen's Legs
August 7th
- You Thought Your Braces Hurt? This Woman's Dental Wire Tore Through Her Gut
- Funny Guy Gets the Girl? How Humor Makes You More Attractive
- South Asia May Become Too Hot for Humans to Survive by 2100
- NASA's Total Solar Eclipse Maps Show Best Viewing Spots (Photos)
- Friends with an Ex? Check Your Motives First, Science Says
- Desert Fossils Reveal 540-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish 'Graveyard'
August 6th
- Animal Sex: How Red-Eared Sliders Do It
- Caterpillars Turned into Piles of Goop in England
August 5th
- Is Space Full of Quantum Foam?
- This Is What the Sun's Outer Atmosphere Will Look Like During the Solar Eclipse
- Oh, Brother! Guys Feel More Rivalry with Siblings
- Do other planets have solar eclipses?
August 4th
- Death Valley Breaks Record for Hottest Month Ever in the US
- What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences? It Could Be Your Ears
- Global Warming Is Fueling Arizona's Monstrous Monsoons
- Saving Elephants: Ivory Crush in Central Park (Photos)
- Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh May Be the 1st Known 'Giant'
- Watching Porn at an Early Age Linked to Poor Attitudes Toward Women
- Archaeologists Map Famed Shipwrecks and War Graves in Scotland
- After Terrorist Attack, Too Much TV Can Be Harmful
- Selfie-Ready: 'Fish Gape' Helps Adorable Baby Cichlids Mold Faces
August 3rd
- Swipe Left for Sadness: Tinder Users Report More Distress
- 'Harry Potter' & the Deathly Obsession? Series May Help Fans Cope with Death
- Photos: This Plant-Eating Dinosaur Had Spikes, Armor and Camouflage
- Weird: How Does a Baby's 'Twin' End Up Inside His Abdomen?
- What's Causing So Many Earthquakes in Oklahoma?
- 'Sleeping Dragon' Dinosaur Wore Camouflage to Elude Predators
- How US Navy's Futuristic Laser Weapon Uses Old-School Telephone Tech
- Spiny Worm Beast Haunted the Seas 500 Million Years Ago
- Photos: Primordial Worm Snatched Prey with Spines on Its Head
- A History of Global Warming, In Just 35 Seconds
- More than Myth: Ancient DNA Reveals Roots of 1st Greek Civilizations
- Ancient Fidget Spinner? Nope — That's a Weapon from Mesopotamia
- Gorgeous Crater Lake Stuns in This Photo from Space
- Eat, Pray, Fossilize? Praying Mantis Fossil Is 110 Million Years Old
- What Do You Do with a 26-Pound Diseased Liver? Donate It to a Medical School
August 2nd
- Quarter-Million Glitter iPhone Cases Recalled for Burn Hazard
- Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? How You Can Become Infected
- Want to Protect Earth from Aliens? NASA Is Hiring
- Scientists Erase Heart Disease Defect in Human Embryos
- Penis Enlargement Surgery Leads to Man's Death: What Went Wrong?
- Why Fat on Your Hips May Be Healthy
- More Than Two-Thirds of Patients Have Leftover Opioids After Surgery
- These Stunning 3D Images Reveal How a Massive Greenland Glacier Has Changed
- Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Are Flooding the Market: How to Stay Safe
- Weird Worm-Lizard Creature Looks Like a Serpentine Centaur
- Seismic Zone Off Alaska Could Trigger Massive Earthquake and Tsunami
- Not a Pretty Picture: Modigliani Exhibit Closes Amid Claims of Forgeries
August 1st
- Eclipse Overload: What If the Sun Were Blocked for Years?
- Self-Destructing Materials Could Create Vanishing Ink
- Ebola May Linger in Men's Semen for More Than 2 Years
- Blossoming Bisexual: World's 1st Flower Had Male and Female Parts
- In Photos: Rare Conjoined Bats
- Jet Lightning! Rarely Seen 'Gigantic Jets' Spotted by Cloud Cam (Video)
- Earth Will Have Its Last Total Solar Eclipse in About 600 Million Years
- Fit for a King: Tut's Camping Bed Was an Ancient Marvel
- 46 Prehistoric Sites with Paleolakes Discovered in 'Green Arabia'
- In Photos: Paleolakes Dot 'Green Arabia'
- Pet Boa Bites Woman's Face in Unusual Attack