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January 2023
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- January 31st
- Similar brain 'thinning' seen in older adults with obesity and people with Alzheimer's
- Ultra-rare 'rainbow clouds' light up the Arctic Circle like auroras in stunning new photos
- Mini sun with simulated gravity could help prepare us for deadly solar storms
- Unicorn-like blind fish discovered in dark waters deep in Chinese cave
- Egyptian mummies covered in gold are rare, and we may have just found the oldest
- January 30th
- Gigantic 'alien' comet spotted heading straight for the sun
- Tonga's massive volcanic eruption wiped out unique, never-before-seen life-forms
- Mars is about to be eclipsed by the moon. Here's how to watch.
- Which animals are most likely to survive climate change?
- Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets
- COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among US children and teens, study shows
- Some carnivorous plants evolved to eat poop instead of bugs. And they're better off for it.
- Vast subterranean aqueduct in Naples once 'served elite Roman villas'
- How big is the largest possible earthquake?
- January 29th
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- January 27th
- Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, scientists discover
- Flying saucers to mind control: 24 declassified military & CIA secrets
- Rise and fall of the Teutonic Knights in All About History 126
- Ancient Roman residences with 'pigeon towers' discovered in Luxor, Egypt
- Threatened shark meat is being served as fish and chips in Australia
- January 26th
- NASA spies Martian rocks that look just like a teddy bear
- Brain cells gone haywire during sleep may lead to chronic pain, mouse study suggests
- Beneath a busy street in Jerusalem sits a 1,000-year-old moat with a secret handprint
- Eerily perfect galaxy-shaped spiral appears over Hawaii. What is it?
- Mysterious 12-sided Roman object found in Belgium may have been used for magical rituals
- 52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara
- 10 of the most notorious pirates in history
- Asteroid set to make 'extraordinarily close' approach to Earth tonight. Here's how to watch.
- January 25th
- Ants can detect the scent of cancer in urine
- Real-life 'Terminator 2' robot can melt to escape jail, then solidify on command
- 52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic
- Antidepressants could fuel the rise of superbugs, lab dish study suggests
- NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars in 45 days
- Never-before-seen pterosaur had nearly 500 teeth and ate like a flamingo
- Optical illusion gives rare green comet an ‘anti-tail’ that seemingly defies physics
- January 24th
- The James Webb Telescope detected the coldest ice in the known universe – and it contains the building blocks of life
- South Korea's lunar orbiter unveils jaw-dropping images of Earth and the moon
- 'Replica' sword is really 3,000 years old and may have been used in battle
- Doomsday clock advances to 90 seconds to midnight — the closest to apocalypse it's ever been
- Widening chasm births Antarctic iceberg larger than Los Angeles
- Deep space 'hurricanes' could point the way to alien worlds
- Stunning CT scans of 'Golden Boy' mummy from ancient Egypt reveal 49 hidden amulets
- January 23rd
- Alaskan sea otters were brought back from the brink of extinction. Now wolves are hunting them.
- Primordial asteroids are like giant space pillows and could be harder to destroy than previously thought
- Stunning images capture the moment a green comet's tail is blasted away by the sun
- 3,600-year-old hoards may contain the earliest silver currency in Israel and Gaza
- Are rainbows really arches?
- January 22nd
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- January 20th
- New 'concerning' strain of drug-resistant gonorrhea found in U.S. for 1st time
- Radio signal from 8 billion light-years away could reveal the secrets of the universe's 'dark age'
- Royal tomb discovered near Luxor dates to time when female pharaoh co-ruled ancient Egypt
- 'Monster cane toad' dubbed 'Toadzilla' found in Australia
- Astronomers weighed the Milky Way, and found huge amounts of matter missing
- New Alzheimer's drug slightly slows cognitive decline. Experts say it's not a silver bullet.
- Is the sun a node in a gigantic alien space internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check.
- Diver captures stunning photos of rare 8-foot giant squid
- Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from space
- January 19th
- Domesticated chickens could wipe out their wild ancestors — by having sex with them
- Alien life could be turning harsh planets into paradises — and astronomers want to find them
- 'Staggering number' of titanosaur nests discovered in India reveals controversial findings about dino moms
- Green comet C/2022 E3 will make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years this week. Here's how to watch.
- Velociraptors probably didn't use their 'wicked' claws for slashing, surprising new study suggests
- January 18th
- Sister André, world's oldest person, dies at 118
- Moderna says its RSV vaccine is 84% effective in older adults
- World's oldest runestone may contain the earliest example of writing in Scandinavia
- Powerful laser blast used to control lightning for the first time
- Mars meteorite that crashed to Earth contains 'huge diversity' of organic compounds
- Medieval pendant found in a garbage pit may hold the bones of a saint
- Prickly echidnas stay cool by blowing snot bubbles
- January 17th
- Bloom entombed in amber is the largest fossilized flower ever found
- Cannabis poisonings in young kids skyrocketed following legalization of edibles
- Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest
- Long-lost copy of Newton's famous book 'Opticks' to be auctioned for half a million dollars
- Which animals have entered the 'Stone Age'?
- January 16th
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- January 12th
- Hundreds of dusty black holes found hiding in plain sight
- Wishing well used for Bronze Age 'cult rituals' discovered in Bavaria
- Prehistoric population once lived in Siberia, but mysteriously vanished, genetic study finds
- 'Pac-Man' microorganisms gobble down viruses like power pellets
- New 'thought-controlled' device reads brain activity through the jugular
- Extinct giant tortoise was the 'mammoth' of Madagascar 1,000 years ago
- Rare green comet not seen since the Stone Age will zoom overhead tonight. Here's how to watch.
- January 11th
- Lasers reveal massive, 650-square-mile Maya site hidden beneath Guatemalan rainforest
- Enormous 'Swiss cheese' bubble surrounding Earth mapped in incredible new images
- A star mysteriously blinked for 7 years, and astronomers think they finally know why
- Enslaved people were kidnapped from all across Africa, rare look at DNA from colonial cemetery reveals
- Incredible new photos of moon's surface are highest resolution pictures ever taken from Earth
- Extremely rare gray whale birth captured on camera, possibly for the first time
- Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II's 'handsome' face revealed in striking reconstruction
- Incredible time-lapse photo captures the sun during an 8-year sunspot peak
- Webb telescope turns up baffling views of the early universe
- Who were Europe's 'bog bodies'? Deep look uncovers the secrets of this mysterious practice.
- January 10th
- Giant Viking hall, possibly connected to Harald Bluetooth, unearthed in Denmark
- Utah's Great Salt Lake is on the verge of collapse, and could expose millions to arsenic laced dust
- Twin black holes caught chowing down on the leftovers of a galaxy merger
- Rare, 'high-status' Viking burial unearthed in a garden in Oslo
- Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China
- UV radiation pulse played a role in a mass extinction event, fossilized pollen reveals
- January 9th
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- January 6th
- Humans' big-brain genes may have come from 'junk DNA'
- Why hasn't ET phoned Earth? Maybe aliens are waiting for the exact right moment.
- Mars crater is 'chock-full' of opal gemstones, hinting at widespread water and possible microbial life
- Quarry workers make 'unexpected' discovery of ship from Queen Elizabeth I's reign
- January 5th
- Newfound 'protective shield' in the brain is like a watchtower for immune cells
- Could humans use black holes to time travel?
- Massive, hidden sunspot blasts out potential X-class flare — and Earth could soon be in the firing line
- Secret inner workings of cells revealed through self-assembling 'memory' chains
- Invasive rats are changing how reef fish behave. It's because there's not enough bird poop.
- 20,000-year-old cave painting 'dots' are the earliest written language, study claims. But not everyone agrees.
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