News Archive | January 2021

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January 31st
- What if temperature determined a baby's sex?
- 635 million-year-old fossil is the oldest known land fungus
January 30th
- Can people be allergic to exercise?
- World's smallest reptile fits on your fingertip
January 29th
- Can moms pass COVID-19 immunity to their newborns?
- Stunning eagle sculpture uncovered at sacred Aztec temple in Mexico
- 'Flatliners' still have heartbeats left. But death comes within 5 minutes.
- Johnson and Johnson's vaccine is 66% effective against moderate to severe COVID-19
- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is in the home stretch of its journey to Red Planet
- Debate heats up over swimming ability of bizarre-looking Spinosaurus
- Earth is about to lose its second moon, forever
January 28th
- Ultrasound treatment 'jump-started' the brains of 2 people in coma-like state
- The Atlantic Ocean is widening. Here’s why.
- Russia's 'Dyatlov Pass' conspiracy theory may finally be solved 60 years later
- Puppy prints and wall illusions found in 1,500-year-old house in Turkey
- Soap bubble freezes into an iridescent snow globe in cool new video
- Headless statues of a woman and her servant discovered at ancient Greek burial site
January 27th
- Here's how to watch the full 'wolf moon' this week
- Adorable 'confused penguin' charms the internet: What really happened?
- Schizophrenia is 2nd highest risk factor for dying of COVID-19, after age
- Martian mineral, rare on Earth, found locked in Antarctic ice
- Doomsday Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnight
- You may need to start wearing better face masks
- Rock collector finds rare gemstone that looks like Cookie Monster
- Mystery of Greenland's expanding 'dark zone' finally solved
- Puppy and toddler found in 2,000-year-old burial
- A woman seemed recovered from COVID-19. Then both her lungs collapsed.
January 26th
- Ritual monument discovered in Scotland dates to the time of Stonehenge
- Famous alien-hunting telescope collapsed in December. Now, investigators might know why.
- 6,500 medieval coins and rare gold rings unearthed in Polish cornfield
- Mysterious 'kick' just after the Big Bang may have created dark matter
- NASA finds 'Lost Galaxy' shining out of Virgo's bosom
- Oddball 'neutral electron' possibly discovered in new state of matter
- Porn is the top source of 'sex education' for young adults
January 25th
- Why cats and dogs may need their own COVID-19 vaccines
- Facts don't convince people in political arguments. Here's what does.
- Man tried to smuggle chameleons in socks and empty ice-cream tubs
- Mini sea monster had teeth as sharp as a saw blade
- Lost 19th-century Tlingit fort discovered in Alaska
- Unique Mayan mask found in Mexico
- Massive Anglo-Saxon cemetery and treasure unearthed in England
- 16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city
- Largest sea on Titan could be more than 1,000 feet deep
- Aliens could be sucking energy from black holes. That may be how we'll find them.
- Woman's IUD 'eroded' through her uterus and punctured her bladder
January 24th
- Elephants counted from space using satellites and AI
- How many early human species existed on Earth?
January 23rd
- Allergic reactions to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are extremely rare, report finds
- Dead whale in the Mediterranean probably 'one of the largest' ever found
- Why do dogs bury bones?
January 22nd
- UK coronavirus variant may be more deadly, early evidence suggests
- 'Sextuply-eclipsing sextuple star system' discovered whirling through the Milky Way
- Upward-shooting 'blue jet' lightning spotted from International Space Station
- 1,500-year-old 'Christ, born of Mary' inscription discovered in Israel
- Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death traps
- Neutrons' 'evil twins' may be crushing stars into black holes
- 'Spooky action at a distance' could create a nearly perfect clock
- Pluto's haze made up of ice crystals with cyanide hearts
- Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years
- Toddler swallowed half a dozen tiny magnets. Some got stuck in his throat.
January 21st
- Europe's earliest form of money found and it's a bunch of rings and axes
- Cancer vaccine helped keep melanoma under control for years in small study
- Hundreds of never-before-seen life-forms live in this 6,000-foot-deep volcano's acid jets
- Hand sanitizer is causing an epidemic of chemical burns to children's eyes
- This 480 million-year-old creature is the ancestor of all starfish
- Massive new dinosaur might be the largest creature to ever roam Earth
- Twisted light from the beginning of time could reveal brand-new physics
- How do stars die?
- A neutron-star crash spotted 3 years ago is still pumping out X-rays. But why?
- Scientists set up mantis 'gladiator matches' to see why some males keep their heads after sex
January 20th
- SpaceX is about to run its final test of Starship SN9 before 1st launch
- Monster black hole spews energy as regularly as Yellowstone's 'Old Faithful'
- Striking new video captures moment when Mount Etna recently erupted
- Talking is worse than coughing for spreading COVID-19 indoors
- 1st COVID-19 case in US reported a year ago
- Italian cops recover stolen da Vinci replica no one knew was missing
- Earth's outer shell ballooned during massive growth spurt 3 billion years ago
- 'Old murderer' bug died 50 million years ago, fossilized with its penis intact
January 19th
- The pandemic broke the CDC. New director will try to fix it.
- 1st preserved dinosaur butthole is 'perfect' and 'unique,' paleontologist says
- Mystery particle may explain extreme X-rays shooting from the 'Magnificent 7' stars
- Spinning egg yolks hint at how concussions warp the brain
- Humans could move to this floating asteroid belt colony in the next 15 years, astrophysicist says
- 13-foot-long 'Book of the Dead' scroll found in burial shaft in Egypt
January 18th
- Worrisome California coronavirus variant is tied to large outbreaks
- Now-dead radio telescope finds bizarre venomous-spider star
- RNA ties itself in knots, then unties itself in mesmerizing video
- How do we turn oil into plastic?
January 17th
- Can science 'prove' there's an afterlife? Netflix documentary says yes.
- Critical engine test for NASA's Space Launch System megarocket shuts down earlier than planned
- How many French revolutions were there?
January 16th
- 'Joe the Pigeon' gets reprieve from death, after leg band found to be fake
- Hidden secrets revealed in microscopic images of ancient artifacts
- Cats with smooshed faces can't express emotions, and it's all our fault
- Why is snow white?
- US life expectancy drops dramatically due to COVID-19
- Watch NASA test the world's most powerful rocket ever on Saturday
January 15th
- Raven 'queen' missing from Tower of London, feared dead
- UK coronavirus variant could become dominant US strain by March, CDC says
- 2 infants inhaled cancer cells from mothers during birth
- Lizzie Borden's home, site of brutal axe murders, could be yours for $2 million
- Broiling 2020 was the hottest year ever, NASA climate scientists say
- Astronomers are still reeling from the loss of iconic Arecibo radio telescope
- The planet is dying faster than we thought
January 14th
- Mystery of massive, train-stopping millipede swarms solved
- Stash of late medieval gold coins discovered on a farm in Hungary
- Electric eels can supercharge their attacks by working together
- Huntsman spiders eat tree frogs after luring them into leaf traps
- This might be the fastest magnetar in the whole galaxy
January 13th
- CIA releases entire collection of UFO-related documents to truth-seeking website
- New 'Columbus strain' of coronavirus evolved in the US
- 'Magic mushrooms' grow in man's blood after injection with shroom tea
- Warty pig is oldest animal cave art on record
- Baby sharks are born scrawny and sick because of climate change
- Could the novel coronavirus one day become a common cold?
- 'Bumblebee gravity' could explain why the universe is expanding so quickly
- Why are flies so hard to swat?
- First life could have evolved on ancient islands
- Marijuana use may reduce chances of getting pregnant
January 12th
- Statue of mysterious woman with 'Star Wars'-like headdress found in Mexico
- Weirdo ancient beetle looks like a scrub brush
- Florida manatee with 'Trump' scraped into back spurs a federal investigation
- 2,500-year-old temple to Greek love goddess unearthed in Turkey
- Bizarre new type of locomotion discovered in invasive snakes
- Atmospheric CO2 will pass an alarming milestone in 2021
- Zookeepers mourn death of world's oldest orangutan
- Gargantuan 'Tsar Icicle' collapses on tourists in Russia, killing one
- Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover
- Parasite found in cat poop linked to higher brain cancer risk in humans
January 11th
- Gorillas at San Diego park catch COVID-19
- 4-stranded DNA's activity in living cells unraveled for 1st time
- Where are all the squarks and gluinos?
- Coronavirus origins will be investigated by WHO team arriving in China this week
- Towering ice arches in the Arctic are melting, putting 'Last Ice Area' at risk of vanishing
- Tomb of murderous Chinese emperor finally identified
- Sleep evolved before brains did, study finds
- Megalodon shark mamas had human-size cannibal babies
January 10th
- How do scientists figure out how old things are?
- NASA will soon fire up the most powerful rocket ever built
January 9th
- The strange history of white tigers
- Why was Stonehenge built?
- How to watch the rare 'triple conjunction' of Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn this Sunday
January 8th
- Pfizer vaccine works against coronavirus mutation in UK and S. Africa variants
- Wandering polar vortex may cause a wild, snowy winter
- Adorable dwarf giraffes spotted for the first time
- Raids in Israel uncover 'gargantuan' trove of stolen artifacts
- An alien machine already visited us, Harvard astrophysicist still contends
- Are primordial black holes really giant gravitinos?
January 7th
- A truck-size shark washed up on a Maine beach. How did it die?
- New type of ultra-strong chemical bond discovered
- COVID-19 was circulating silently in Wuhan even after the city reported no cases
- Young killer whale rescued after stranding on Scottish beach
- Identical twins don't share 100% of their DNA
- A mysterious 'wobble' is moving Mars' poles around
- 10 times the US capital weathered political violence
January 6th
- Virus variant found in S. Africa may resist antibodies
- We've already blown past the warming targets set by the Paris climate agreement, study finds
- COVID-19 vaccines may cause allergic reactions in 1 in 100,000 jabs
- Ritual bath unearthed at site where Judas betrayed Jesus
- Earth is whipping around quicker than it has in a half-century
- Iran is enriching uranium to 20%. What does that mean?
- Defending Earth against dangerous asteroids: Q&A with NASA's Lindley Johnson
- Blue UFO soars over Hawaii before crashing into the sea
- Hikers find ghostly 'hair ice' clinging to trees in an Irish forest
January 5th
- Woman's garden 'stepping stone' turns out to be an ancient Roman artifact
- Jaguar kills another predatory cat in never-before-seen footage
- Yellowstone's reawakened geyser won't spark a volcanic 'big one'
- Discovery of endangered female turtle provides hope for extremely rare species
- What if humans had photosynthetic skin?
- Is there more than one dark energy?
- COVID-19 vaccines may not work as well against South African variant, experts worry
January 4th
- Largest canyon in the solar system revealed in stunning new images
- Here's how to watch stunning Quadrantid meteor shower tonight
- UK starts giving people the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
- 66 Roman Army camps in northern Spain shed light on infamous conquest
- What archaeology will look like in 2021
- Dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned to death discovered, archaeologist says
January 3rd
- What led to the emergence of monotheism?
January 2nd
- A giant black hole keeps evading detection and scientists can't explain it
- 9 epic space discoveries you may have missed in 2020
- Top skywatching events to look forward to in 2021
January 1st
- The 10 biggest physics stories of 2020
- Endangered ferrets get experimental COVID-19 vaccine