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- February 28
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- Ukraine hospitals could run out of oxygen in 24 hours, WHO warns
- Scientists uncover the largest crater on Earth under 100,000 years old
- Rare gold coin found in Hungary shows assassinated Roman emperor
- World's largest aircraft feared destroyed after Russian attack on Ukrainian airfield
- Humanity faces 'grave and mounting threat' of climate change — unless we act, IPCC report reveals
- Why do cats love boxes so much?
- Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory
- Did Elizabeth Taylor really have violet eyes?
- When a rogue rocket hits the moon March 4, NASA orbiter will hunt for its crater grave
- February 27
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- February 25
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- What would happen if Russia bombed Chernobyl?
- Biggest bacterium ever discovered amazes scientists with its complexity
- Ukrainian scientists leave international climate report committee, amid safety fears
- 4th search for aliens near Milky Way's center comes up empty
- NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission, 1st flight of new megarocket, won't launch until May
- Ultraprecise atomic clock experiments confirm Einstein's predictions about time
- Chernobyl radiation levels increase 20-fold after heavy fighting around the facility
- Scientists discovered a new type of thermonuclear explosion that may never be seen again
- New Russia sanctions won't imperil ISS operations, NASA says
- Largest human family tree ever created retraces the history of our species
- February 24
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- After 3 kids sustain grisly injuries from mechanical bulls, doctors call for regulation
- Russian troops have taken over Chernobyl power plant, Ukrainian official says
- Scientists say planetary intelligence is real, but Earth doesn't qualify yet
- 'Almost intact' shrine found in Jordanian desert is 9,000 years old
- Russian military could target satellites in Ukraine conflict, NRO chief warns: report
- China rover spots strange glass spheres on far side of the moon
- February 23
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- Tonga underwater volcano eruption shattered two records
- Ancient Egyptian cache of mummification supplies unearthed
- 'Frozen in place' fossils reveal dinosaur-killing asteroid struck in spring
- Colombia moves to salvage immense treasure from sunken Spanish galleon
- Mysterious new substance possibly discovered inside Earth's core
- February 22
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- James Webb Space Telescope will study Milky Way's flaring supermassive black hole
- Largest Jurassic pterosaur on record unearthed in Scotland
- Long-necked dinosaurs probably had even longer necks than we thought
- Physicists get closer than ever to measuring the elusive neutrino
- Why do you usually eat the same thing for breakfast?
- 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture discovered in grave of three Neolithic children
- SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, lands Falcon 9 rocket for 100th time
- February 21
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- February 18
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- Three galaxies are tearing each other apart in stunning new Hubble telescope image
- Record-breaking winds blast Europe in the worst storm in decades
- Metal detectorist finds medieval gold brooch with supernatural inscriptions
- Skull of 'armless' meat-eating dinosaur discovered
- Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from space
- A third person has been cured of HIV, scientists report
- February 17
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- A newborn died of Lassa fever in the UK, two other family members ill
- Stressed about 'cost of living crisis'? 10 simple ways to ease anxiety and depression
- Unusually cold 'Blue Blob' is slowing the rapid melting of Iceland's glaciers, but not for long
- Historic sea-level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
- Largest galaxy ever discovered baffles scientists
- Rare, alien-like baby 'ghost shark' discovered off New Zealand coast
- The Internet: Do you know how it works?
- February 16
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- Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.
- 9 out of 10 ticks in this Pennsylvania park carried a potentially fatal neurological virus
- Antihistamines to treat long COVID: What you need to know
- 2 stars covered in unusual elements have a puzzling origin story
- Watch amazing video of cockatoos that learn to play 'golf'
- Was the mysterious 'Russian flu' actually a coronavirus? Some scientists think so.
- February 15
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- 'Killer' Cretaceous croc devoured a dinosaur as its last meal
- How to see February's Snow Moon this week
- What are the largest impact craters on Earth?
- 4-story rogue wave that randomly appeared in the Pacific Ocean is the 'most extreme' ever detected
- Cosmic robbery could explain lack of dark matter in some galaxies
- February 14
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- Astronauts spot an ancient heart-shaped oasis in Egypt just in time for Valentine's Day
- Astronomers may have spotted an 'invisible' black hole for the first time
- Rogue rocket about to smash into the moon is from China, not SpaceX, experts say
- 6 strangest hearts in the animal kingdom
- Ancient surgical implant or modern-day fake? Peru skull leaves mystery.
- 430-year-old ninja weapons possibly identified
- February 13
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- February 11
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- 1st images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just released
- NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface
- 1,500-year-old Roman 'flower pot' was actually a port-o-potty
- 'Highly pathogenic' bird flu hits U.S. farm
- Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal
- NASA to unveil 1st images from James Webb Space Telescope today. Here's where to find them.
- February 10
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- The 'weirdest wonder' of evolution had an even weirder cousin, new study finds
- 'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find
- Ebola can linger in brain fluid and trigger deadly relapse, monkey study suggests
- 1.5 million-year-old fossil rewrites 'Out of Africa' theory
- Achoo! Respiratory illness gave young 'Dolly' the dinosaur flu-like symptoms
- A spacecraft could visit weird interloper 'Oumuamua. Here's how.
- Massive methane leaks mapped from space
- February 9
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- Fusion experiment smashes record for generating energy, takes us a step closer to a new source of power
- Wari leaders used hallucinogen to keep followers loyal 1,200 years ago, archaeologists say
- Geomagnetic storm sends 40 SpaceX satellites plummeting to Earth
- Creepy, big-eyed cockroach discovered trapped in amber from 100 million years ago
- Artificial snow at Winter Olympics stands out in striking satellite image
- Astronomers watched a dead planet smash into a dead star for first time ever
- Dozens of decapitated skeletons uncovered at ancient Roman site in England
- Indonesian crocodile finally freed from motorbike tire stuck around its neck for 6 years
- Amazing video shows a mom chimp medicating her child's wound with insects
- 20 'Terracotta Warriors' discovered in pit around secret tomb of China's 1st emperor
- Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 1,600 years ago
- 240 million-year-old 'crocodile beast' was one of the largest of its kind
- February 8
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- Ancient trees form bloodlines that bolster forests for thousands of years
- How COVID-19 sent energy prices soaring in the UK
- 3 paralyzed men can walk again after getting electrode implant
- 300-year-old Arctic sponges feast on the corpses of their decaying, extinct neighbors
- This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing
- What did 'the meg' look like? We have no idea.
- February 7
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- Mt. Everest's highest glacier lost 2,000 years worth of ice since the 1990s
- Pet hamsters sparked a coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong
- Rogue black hole spotted on its own for the first time
- NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours
- Ice age mammoth, woolly rhino and hyena bones uncovered in English town
- Mystery lineages of coronavirus are popping up in NYC sewage
- You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today
- What happens when a plane makes an emergency landing?
- February 6
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- February 4
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- Man hallucinates and 'hears God' while on antibiotics. What happened?
- Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
- The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces
- Newly discovered 'death receptor' could help drive type 1 diabetes
- February 3
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- Newfound variant of HIV progresses to AIDS faster and may be more transmissible
- Super sensitive to B.O.? Maybe blame your genes
- Mathematician cracks 150-year-old chess problem
- SpaceX launches classified spy satellite for US military, lands rocket
- Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water
- How It Works issue 160: What caused the world's worst catastrophes?
- Inside All About Space issue 126: Complete guide to exoplanets
- February 2
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- Construction may have damaged 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah
- One nasal droplet's worth of coronavirus is enough to make you sick
- This may be one of the oldest Buddhist temples ever discovered
- Human spines on sticks found in 500-year-old graves in Peru
- 2nd 'Trojan Asteroid' confirmed orbiting with Earth
- Powerful solar flare from recent sun eruption should reach Earth Wednesday
- Killer whales spotted for the first time killing blue whales
- Robotic sub will explore underside of Greenland's glaciers in a first
- February 1
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- Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded
- Cat brains are shrinking, and it's all humans' fault
- These 4 risk factors may increase your chance of long COVID, study hints
- Same-sex penguins hatch their first chick at New York zoo
- Alien hammerhead flatworm named after pandemic
- The first life on Earth depended on a deadly poisonous gas, study suggests
- 1,400-year-old remains of headless horse and rider discovered in Germany
- SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observation satellite, lands rocket
