News Archive | September 2020

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September 30th
- Here's everything we know about the secretive spy satellite launching tonight
- Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?
- How to see the full moons on Oct. 1 and Halloween
- Timothy Ray Brown, 1st person cured of HIV, dies after cancer relapse
- Ancient Siberian grave holds 'warrior woman' and huge weapons stash
- Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module
- Failed brain surgery and possible human sacrifice revealed in Stone Age burial
- During Fat Bear Week, bears compete in a battle of the bulge
September 29th
- Snakes disembowel toads and feast on the living animal's organs one by one
- The 'rubber ducky' comet is glowing
- Antarctica could melt 'irreversibly' due to climate change, study warns
- 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the ice cap at Mars' south pole
- It's not magic: Mysterious 'fairy circles' are built by grasses
- Stone Age dog may have been buried with its master
- 1 million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide
September 28th
- Trump administration plans to distribute 100 million rapid COVID-19 tests to states
- SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather
- Black holes so big we don't know how they form could be hiding in the universe
- 'Tired' brain cells may distort your sense of time
- 'Brain-eating' amoeba in Texas city's water supply kills 6-year-old
- AI 'resurrects' 54 Roman emperors, in stunningly lifelike images
- Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells
- Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today
September 27th
- We may finally know what life on Earth breathed before there was oxygen
- Could the Sahara ever be green again?
September 26th
- There's no speed limit in a superfluid universe. Now we know why.
- Are some black holes wormholes in disguise? Gamma-ray blasts may shed clues.
- What makes something fireproof?
September 25th
- Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
- Mold that led to penicillin discovery revived to fight superbugs
- Divers discover lost WWII submarine wreck off Southeast Asia
- Man dies after eating bags of black licorice every day
- How COVID-19 might sabotage the immune system of young, healthy people
- Bright 'red glob' washes ashore in Washington. It may be a 7-armed octopus.
- Dream-shaping tech from MIT channels suggestions into your dreams
September 24th
- SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test
- 1st US airline offers rapid COVID-19 testing to some passengers
- Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland
- Beaked whales can hold their breath for over 3 hours (and possibly longer)
- Coronavirus mutations: what we've learned so far
- NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more
- Wee, single-celled creatures may chow down on viruses
September 23rd
- Earth's new minimoon might be a rocket humans launched into space in the 1960s
- Mass stranding event beaches 450 whales in Tasmania
- Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under
- Election Day vaccine unlikely: FDA to issue tougher standards for authorization
- 'Pi planet' alien world takes 3.14 days to orbit its star
- Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for humans on Arabian Peninsula
September 22nd
- 'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say
- Tropical storm Beta floods Houston, and days of heavy rainfall are still to come
- Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height?
- US reaches staggering milestone — 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
- 350 elephants killed by 'a combination of neurotoxins' in water, Botswana government says
- RV-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than the moon
- Why do we sleep? The answer may change right before we turn 3.
- Mysterious Mexican wreck was an illegal slave ship
- Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22
September 21st
- Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names
- First experimental evidence of a new type of dark boson possibly found
- Melting ice sheets will add over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100
- Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts
- New CDC guidelines say coronavirus spreads through air. Then CDC deletes them.
- An aurora that lit up the sky over the Titanic might explain why it sank
- Black doctors have created a task force to make sure COVID-19 vaccines are safe
- Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
- What if Earth had rings?
- Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 49: Mysterious Bacteria
September 20th
- What did people use before toilet paper was invented?
September 19th
- Why is space a vacuum?
- How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women's rights
September 18th
- 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 17th
- 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
- A new solar cycle just started. Here's what that means.
September 16th
- Cave bear mummy discovered in Siberia still has its internal organs, fur and black nose
- Is this the funniest animal picture 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 15th
- 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 14th
- 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 13th
- Why can't humans digest corn?
- The new coronavirus can infect brain cells, study finds
September 12th
- Laika and her crew: 'Space Dogs' documentary explores Moscow through a stray's eyes
- Why do dogs have cold noses?
- Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
- Physicists who disproved '5th force' win $3 million 'Breakthrough' prize
September 11th
- 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
- Eating out may be riskier than riding a bus during COVID-19 pandemic
September 10th
- 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 9th
- 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 8th
- 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 7th
- Zombie wildfires are blazing through the Arctic, causing record burning
- 400-year-old mummified goat found frozen in Alps by champion skier
- These sea snails fly like butterflies, sink like hang-gliders (VIDEO)
September 6th
- Can diamonds burn?
September 5th
- Are carrots orange because of a Dutch revolutionary?
- Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
September 4th
- 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 3rd
- 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 2nd
- 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 1st
- 3,200-year-old Egyptian-built fortress found in Israel
- Visualization shows face shields may not protect against COVID-19 spread
- Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space
- New 'AI Jesus' can deliver a sermon, but will you understand it?