News Archive | January 2020

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January 31st
- San Francisco Bay Area reports 1st coronavirus case
- New coronavirus can spread before symptoms start, German case suggests
- US officials prepare for a coronavirus pandemic, declare 'public health emergency'
- 'Life's Little Mysteries' podcast is here! We'll answer intriguing (and weird) science questions
- Mummies of ancient Egyptian priests found buried with thousands of afterlife 'servants'
- Space-time is swirling around a dead star, proving Einstein right again
- 'Stench of death' compound helps your body feast on its own rotting cells
- Cat with 4 frostbitten paws gets new feet made of titanium
January 30th
- Coronavirus outbreak is 'public health emergency of international concern,' WHO declares
- Earth has a new geologic age: The Chibanian
- 1st person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in US identified
- Surprisingly warm water found on underside of Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'
- Dinosaur 'Firewalkers' left behind giant footprints in a 'land of fire'
- Is the coronavirus outbreak as bad as SARS?
- How far could the new coronavirus spread?
- Trove of Jewish artifacts discovered beneath a synagogue destroyed by Nazis during WWII
- No satellite crash: 2 pieces of space junk whiz safely by each other over Pittsburgh
- The sun looks like caramel corn in highest-resolution image ever of our star
- US life expectancy finally ticks upward. But it's too soon to call it a trend, experts say
January 29th
- New coronavirus may have started in bats. But how did it hop to humans?
- Newly discovered neon-green spider named after the 'Lady Gaga of mathematics'
- Skulls from ancient North Americans hint at multiple migration waves
- Acid in the Pacific Ocean is literally eating away crabs' shells
- 2 satellites will — hopefully — narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Wednesday
- Glowing green 'dunes' in the sky mesmerized skygazers. They turned out to be a new kind of aurora.
- Marijuana cookie lands elderly woman in ER for a 'stroke'
- 'Lost' Anglo-Saxon monastery discovered. It might be where England's first king was crowned.
January 28th
- Bubbling carbon dioxide vent discovered on the seafloor off the Philippines
- Coronavirus screening expands to 20 US airports; researchers start work on a new vaccine
- In rare surgery, hospital swaps man's lost thumb for a big toe
- Coronavirus vaccine still months out. Here's why.
- What's the smallest dinosaur?
- What is quantum cognition? Physics theory could predict human behavior.
- Astronomers watch star swallow up matter, emit heatwave blast, in rare event
- Green turtle rescued from fishing net poops out all kinds of human trash
- Physicists: Ancient life might have escaped Earth and journeyed to alien stars
- The hottest exoplanet's atmosphere is melting before our eyes
January 27th
- Doc on plane diagnoses man's unusual condition midair
- Egyptian mummy cold case closed: 'Takabuti' was stabbed to death
- Black holes shouldn't echo, but this one might. Score 1 for Stephen Hawking?
- Towering dinosaur with radioactive skull identified in Utah
- 'Witch bottle' found in Virginia dates to the Civil War
- Nuclear fallout exposes fake 'antique' whisky
January 26th
- Why are teeth so sensitive to pain?
January 25th
- Where does all our poop go?
January 24th
- A TV satellite is about to explode following 'irreversible' battery damage
- Second person in US hospitalized with new coronavirus. Here's what doctors know.
- Gobs of sea-foam wash up in Spanish town. Here's why.
- Why physicists are determined to prove Galileo and Einstein wrong
- Engraved with fangs, ornate swirls, Peruvian monument lay hidden for 2,000 years
- DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops out
- Mysterious particles spewing from Antarctica defy physics
January 23rd
- Princely tomb of Iron Age mystery man discovered in Italy. And there's a chariot inside.
- A giant star ate its dead neighbor and caused one of the brightest supernovas ever, new study suggests
- Bacteria hiding in indoor dust could spread antibiotic resistance
- Egyptian mummy speaks again after 3,000 years
- Doomsday Clock is now 100 seconds from midnight
- Florida weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of falling iguanas
- Vesuvius victims baked slowly as they died
- Why this 15th-century 'Jesus-lamb' painting is creeping people out
- Google just created the most detailed image of a brain yet
January 22nd
- Extreme heat of Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain to 'glass'
- New coronavirus may have 'jumped' to humans from snakes, study finds
- 'Ghost' population of humans discovered in ancient Africa
- Only one lab in China can safely handle the new coronavirus
- Death toll from new coronavirus spikes in just a day
- Earth's oldest known meteor crash site found in Australian Outback
- To find intelligent alien life, humans may need to start thinking like an extraterrestrial
- Ancient never-before-seen viruses discovered locked up in Tibetan glacier
- Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show procession of gods riding mythical animals
January 21st
- Scientists uncover new mode of evolution
- 1st case of new SARS-like virus in US
- Self-destructing dark matter may be flooding the sky with gamma-rays, study suggests
- An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Then, a volcano helped life flourish.
- A burst of gravitational waves hit our planet. Astronomers have no clue where it's from.
- How surgery in infancy led to a woman's stone 60 years later
- Were alien secrets hidden in Roswell and Area 51? 'Project Blue Book' UFO hunters investigate.
- Identity-Switching Neutrinos Could Reveal Why We Exist At All. But Can We Find Them?
- UFOs May Be Piloted by Time-Traveling Humans, Book Argues
January 20th
- Ancient Australian Crystals Unlock History of Earth's First Magnetic Field
- Here's What Scientists Know About 'Screen Time' and Your Health
- Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?
- Could Scientists 'Hack' the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer?
- Are Birds Dinosaurs?
January 18th
- Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People?
January 17th
- US Officials Will Screen Travelers from China for New Virus
- A Hot Blob in the Pacific Ocean Caused 1 Million Seabirds to Die
- Out of Deep-Sea Mud, a Strange Blob May Hold Secrets to the Origins of Complex Life
- Huge Philippines Volcano Blasts Ash 9 Miles Up As Satellites Watch (Video)
- 50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England
- The Surprising Condition That Causes 1 in 5 Deaths
January 16th
- Spider Architect's Intricate 'Silkhenge' Revealed in Stunning Video
- 2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record, NASA Says
- Adorable Tardigrades Have a Surprising, Fatal Weakness
- Ancient Yahweh Worshipper's Jar Bears Hebrew Script in Biblical City
- Strange 'Martian' Mineral Mounds Rise Up from Utah's Great Salt Lake
- Violent Solar Storms Are Happening Closer to Earth Than Anyone Thought Was Possible
- Scientists Discover 4 Distinct Patterns of Aging
January 15th
- New SARS-Like Virus in China May Spread Between People in Limited Cases
- Incan Idol That Allegedly Escaped Conquistadors' Destruction Is Real, New Analysis Shows
- The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Is Forging a Strange New Kind of Star
- Earthquake Forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens More Large Aftershocks Are Likely
- Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss
- Massive Trove of Artifacts Shipped to Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Gene Tweak Can Extend Life 500% (But You Have to Be a Worm)
- Why Has String Theory Persisted?
- Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe?
January 14th
- World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence
- Huge Eruption of Philippines Volcano Seen from Space
- New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study
- Amazing Digital Reconstructions Show a 16th-Century Scottish Woman Scarred by Leprosy
- Ocean Temperatures Have Reached a Record-Breaking High
- Massive Gold Bar Unearthed in Mexico Was Looted Aztec Treasure
- Billionaire Hosts Girlfriend Contest for 'First Woman to the Moon' and (Shocker) People Hate It
January 13th
- 7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth
- Top-Secret UFO Files Could 'Gravely Damage' US National Security if Released, Navy Says
- Philippines Volcano Could Erupt Again in Hours or Days, Threatening a Million People
- Your Blood Type Might Influence Your Risk of Getting the Stomach Flu
- A Cosmic Gatekeeper Divides Our Solar System in Two
- Mystery of Orb in a Record-Breaking Leonardo Da Vinci Painting Deepens
- Scientists Are Racing to Figure Out Why This Giant Glacier in Antarctica Is Melting So Fast
- This Newly Discovered Asteroid Is the Second-Closest Natural Object to the Sun
- Columbus' Claims of Cannibal Raids May Have Been True After All
January 12th
- Dying Fish Revealed Congo Is World's Deepest River
January 11th
- This Year's Flu Shot Doesn't Match What's Circulating. Here's What That Means.
- Has the Average Human Body Temperature Always Been the Same?
January 10th
- Iran Plane Crash Wreckage Spotted from Space (Satellite Photos)
- Australian Megafire Engulfs Nearly 1.5 Million Acres
- A Man Developed an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms
- Future 'Flash' Radiation Therapy Could Treat Cancer in Milliseconds
- Newfound Cannabis Compound May Be 30 Times More Potent Than THC
- Dark Energy Is Real, Despite Claim to the Contrary
- You're Not Seeing Things, These Spider Butts Look Like Faces
- Solar Storms Might Be Causing Gray Whales to Get Lost
- Oldest Guts Ever Found May Reveal the Identity of a Mysterious Primordial Creature
- A Fat Tongue May Be Blocking Your Airways While You Sleep
January 9th
- 3 Skeletons Found in Connecticut Basement Might Be from Revolutionary War Soldiers
- New Virus Related to SARS May Be Behind Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak in China
- Galaxy Group 13 Billion Light-Years Away Could Be Ending the Cosmic 'Dark Ages' Before Our Eyes
- Australian Hunters to Kill 10,000 Feral Camels from Helicopters Amid Worsening Drought
- Incredible 'Heslington Brain' Resists Rotting for 2,600 Years. Here's How.
- No One Can Agree How Fast Universe Is Expanding. New Measure Makes Things Worse.
- Our Galaxy Has Thousands of Alien Stars That Didn't Come from the Milky Way
- Roman Emperors Were More Likely Than Gladiators to Die Gruesome Deaths
- The Decade of Mars: How the 2020s May Be a New Era of Red Planet Exploration
January 8th
- Satellite Spots Iran Missile Attack Aftermath from Space
- Little-Known Pilgrim Made First Sketch of Venice, Beating Out Renaissance Masters
- How a Piece of Popcorn Stuck in a Man's Teeth Led to Open-Heart Surgery
- Cosmic Rays Are Starting to Tear Apart This Milky Way Satellite Galaxy
- Bright Star Betelgeuse Might Be Harboring a Deep, Dark Secret
- Some Pandas Use Their Head to Climb. Others Just ... Can't. And It's So Unbearably Cute.
- Unique Brain Signal Just Discovered. And It Might Make Us 'Human'
- First New Sunspots in 40 Days Herald Coming Solar Cycle
- This Super-Sharp Image Could Help Explain the Milky Way's Strange Creamy Center
- 5-Inch-Long 'Dragon's Horn' Grows from Man's Back
- How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS
- Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
- It's Official: Vera Rubin Observatory Named to Honor Dark Matter Scientist
January 7th
- Child Flu Deaths Hit Record High for This Time of Year
- Mysterious 'Wave' of Star-Forming Gas May Be the Largest Structure in the Galaxy
- A Major Earthquake Knocked Out Power Across Puerto Rico This Morning
- In Photos: Devastating Look at Raging Wildfires in Australia
- One of World's Largest Freshwater Fish May Be First Official Extinction of 2020
- 800,000 Years Ago, a Meteor Slammed Into Earth. Scientists Just Found the Crater.
- 1,400 Ancient Cuneiform Tablets Identified from Lost City of Irisagrig in Iraq. Were They Stolen?
- Origin of Deep-Space Radio Flash Discovered, and It's Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen
- Elephants' Trunks Are Like Super-Strong Gumby Arms
- Earth-Sized Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a Nearby Star
- A New, Unidentified Virus Is Causing Pneumonia Outbreak in China, Officials Say
- Gravitational-Wave Discovery Reveals Spectacular Crash of Neutron Stars, the 2nd Known
January 6th
- Hawaiian Islands Won't Drown in the Sea for Millions of Years. Here's Why.
- Creator of 1st CRISPR Babies Gets Prison Sentence, Reignites Ethical Debate
- An Astronaut Got a Blood Clot in Space. Here's How Doctors on Earth Fixed It.
- A Man Caught a Spider Eating His Pet Goldfish and, Well, It's Terrifying
January 5th
- Will Bright Star Betelgeuse Finally Explode?
January 4th
- Australia's Devastating Wildfires Seen from Space
January 3rd
- The World's Largest Corpse Flower Is Blooming Right Now (and It Stinks)
- Mysterious Respiratory Virus Strikes 44 People in China
- Maya Palace Discovered Deep in the Mexican Jungle
- 6-Foot-Tall T. Rex Skeletons Not a New Pygmy Species, Just Teenagers
- Satellite Spots Iraqi Protests at US Embassy from Space (Photos)
- The Quantum World May Have a Favorite Flavor, Tantalizing Results Suggest
- FDA Targets Mint-, Fruit-Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Young Vapers
- Early 'Soda Lakes' May Have Provided Missing Ingredient Key to the Origin of Life
January 2nd
- Ancient Potter's Secret 'Piggy Bank' Uncovered in 1,200-Year-Old Ceramics Kiln in Israel
- Demon with Forked Tongue Found on Clay Tablet in Library of Assyrian Exorcists
- The Universe May Be Flooded with a Cobweb Network of Invisible Strings
- The World's Oldest 'Fossil Forest' Was Just Discovered in New York State
- There's a Giant Mystery Hiding Inside Every Atom in the Universe
January 1st
- 5 Big Archaeology Discoveries to Watch for in 2020
- The Major Discoveries That Could Transform the World in the Next Decade