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- June 30
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- Australia clears legal use of MDMA and psilocybin to treat PTSD and depression
- Complete Bronze Age town with elite tombs discovered in northern China
- Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico
- Mysterious 'zombie planet' Halla seems to have survived the explosive death of its star. How?
- Ground beneath Italy’s awakening 'supervolcano' rose 66 feet before its last eruption
- 'Disappearing' Y chromosome in aging men may worsen bladder cancer, mouse study shows
- Great whites are dining on other sharks instead of seals, researchers discover in NatGeo show
- Strange 'echo' from the Milky Way's central black hole reveals it briefly awoke 200 years ago
- The brain-bending secret behind hundreds of optical illusions has finally been revealed
- Meet 'Fanzor,' the 1st CRISPR-like system found in complex life
- See Saturn disappear in eerie, unfinished James Webb telescope images
- Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino and bear bones is ancient hyena lair
- Watch the full Buck Moon — the year's 1st supermoon — gallop into the sky on July 3
- Save $200 on the powerful MacBook Pro M2 Pro
- See the face of 'Ava,' a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
- What do (real) archaeologists think of the legacy of 'Indiana Jones'?
- June 29
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- Aspartame to be declared 'possible carcinogen' by WHO. Don't panic.
- The universe is rippling with a faint 'gravitational wave background' created by colliding black holes, huge international study suggests
- Neutrino map of the galaxy is 1st view of the Milky Way in 'anything other than light'
- Euclid space telescope: The groundbreaking mission to study dark matter and energy
- Controversial 'vaginal seeding' shows promise in small trial, but questions remain
- Enigmatic Anglo-Saxon ivory rings discovered in elite burials came from African elephants 4,000 miles away
- Get an iPad for just $279 with this Amazon deal
- Watch rare footage of a shapeshifting eel with 'remarkably full tummy' swimming in the deep sea
- Rare streaks of light above US are a sign that solar maximum is fast approaching
- Scientists discover what could be the oldest evidence of cannibalism among ancient human relatives
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- June 28
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- James Webb telescope discovers carbon compounds crucial to life in star system 1,000 light-years from Earth
- See the moment a 28-year-old lab chimp glimpses the open sky for the 1st time
- Men hunt and women gather? Large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong
- Distortions in space-time could put Einstein's theory of relativity to the ultimate test
- 2,000-year-old 'not a pizza' fresco discovered in Pompeii
- Yellowstone supervolcano magma chamber has far more melted rock than thought
- 94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
- Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall
- June 27
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- A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'
- 5 malaria cases in Florida and Texas were acquired locally, CDC warns
- Never-before-seen 'missing link' dinosaur walks, drinks and socializes in stunning new animation
- Adult albatrosses found gnawed to death by mice on 3rd remote island
- Where do honey bees come from? New study 'turns the standard picture on its head'
- Save $170 on this excellent air purifier from Turonic
- Scientists tried to solve the mystery of the helium nucleus — and ended up more confused than ever
- White Gladis the orca may have been pregnant when she started attacking boats
- 25 million-year-old 'slasher' dolphin with weird teeth discovered in museum collection
- See the face of the 'Hobbit,' an extinct human relative
- June 26
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- Declassified US intelligence report finds no evidence of coronavirus 'lab leak' from Wuhan institute
- Evidence of ancient hydraulic engineering discovered along Nile
- Megalodon was a warm-blooded killer, but that may have doomed it to extinction
- 1,000-year-old wall in Peru was built to protect against El Niño floods, research suggests
- Flying squirrels in China have discovered a clever new trick to store nuts for longer
- Wind and solar power overtakes coal for the first time ever in the US
- 120-year-old Cassius is pushing limit of crocodile longevity — and he's got 'years to come,' expert says
- Colossal cave in Mexico that formed 15 million years ago is even more enormous than we thought
- Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse
- Face of 'elite' 7th-century girl buried in a bed with gold and jewels revealed after 1,300 years
- How does water put out fire?
- June 25
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- June 23
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- Pineapple in frozen fruit potentially exposed to Listeria, prompting wide recall
- 4,500-year-old 'Stonehenge' sanctuary discovered in the Netherlands
- Orca rams boat off Scottish coast, 2,000 miles away from original attacks
- Tonga 2022 eruption triggered the most intense lightning storm ever recorded
- Save $220 on the top rated Galaxy Watch 4
- Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions
- Earth's thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms
- June 22
- June 21
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- BMI alone is an 'imperfect' measure of fat, leading medical association says
- Neanderthals created Europe's oldest 'intentional' engravings up to 75,000 years ago, study suggests
- Bizarre object hotter than the sun is orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed
- 42,000-year-old anatomically accurate penis pendant is the world's earliest known depiction of human genitalia
- World's deepest canyon is home to Asia's tallest tree - and Chinese scientists only just found it
- Aliens might be using a nearby supernova to get our attention, new study suggests
- If the missing titanic submersible is found, how could the passengers be rescued?
- Exotic new state of matter discovered by squishing subatomic particles into an ultradense crystal
- Missing Titanic submersible: Banging sounds heard in search for lost sub Titan
- 1st-century coins from Jewish revolt against the Romans discovered near the Black Sea
- June 20
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- Electrifying time-lapse image captures 100 lightning bolts torching the sky over Turkey
- Deadly cyclone unearths fossils of giant marine creatures that lived 80 million years ago
- Missing Titanic submersible: What do we know about OceanGate's Titan sub disappearance?
- Mysterious 'Viking disease' linked to Neanderthal DNA
- The animal kingdom is full of cheats, and it could be a driving force in evolution
- Save $90 with this Beats Powerbeats Pro deal. Hurry, before it sells out!
- Save 20% on the slender Fitbit Inspire 3 Smartwatch at Amazon
- The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, new theoretical study suggests
- Blade-like spikes covered newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in the UK
- Human impact on Earth's tilt leaves researchers 'surprised and concerned'
- Mystery orcas with bulbous heads wash up dead in unexplained mass stranding
- June 19
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- 2 planets will align with the 'Earth-shining' moon on the summer solstice. Here's how to watch.
- Humans inhale a staggering amount of microplastic every week. Here's where it ends up.
- Enormous 240 million-year-old sea monster had its head torn off in one clean bite
- Mysterious spiral signals in the human brain could be key to our cognition
- 1st over-the-counter gel for erectile dysfunction approved by the FDA
- For a billion years, Earth may have had 19-hour days. Here's why.
- 'Hot Jupiter' planet killed and ate its Mercury-sized neighbor
- 1st gene-edited snakes use mysterious 'Turing patterns' to achieve near-perfect hexagonal scales
- 'Completely unique' Roman mausoleum discovered in rubble of London building site
- Do fish get thirsty?
- Watch 1st-ever footage of whale shark eating from the bottom of the ocean
- June 18
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- June 16
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- Get a MacBook Air for $850 with this Amazon deal
- NASA's Curiosity rover snaps extremely detailed 'postcard' of Martian landscape after waking up from a 'brain-boosting nap'
- Rare 1,760-pound goblin shark pregnant with 6 pups trawled up from Taiwan waters
- Viral video of deer eating a snake isn't as weird as you might think
- Save 29% on the top rated Garmin Instinct 2
- Night owls may die earlier because they tend to drink and smoke more, study suggests
- June 15
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- Quantum computers could overtake classical ones within 2 years, IBM 'benchmark' experiment shows
- Scientists discover the fastest stars ever seen in the Milky Way
- 'Octagonal' sword from Bronze Age burial in Germany is so well preserved it shines
- Vast cemetery of Bronze Age burial mounds unearthed near Stonehenge
- Endometriosis may be caused by a common gut bacteria, small study suggests
- Gigantic, 9.4-foot-long catfish is the largest ever caught
- A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades
- Australia's 'worst female serial killer' freed after her children's deadly gene mutations come to light
- Cosmic-ray 'GPS' system that tracks underground movement could change the way we respond to disasters
- Save $160 on this powerful mini PC - perfect for dorm rooms
- Could the megalodon still exist today?
- June 14
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- Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is spewing 'vog' and may launch dangerous glass shards
- Doctors identify never-before-seen genetic mutations that led to 2 children's insatiable hunger
- Rare 'warped' supernova revealed through space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein
- Mysterious rock art painted by Aboriginal people depicts Indonesian warships, study suggests
- Metformin cuts risk of long COVID by 40% in patients with obesity, trial suggests
- Endangered Masai giraffes may be inbreeding themselves to extinction
- Orcas attack boat with ruthless efficiency, tearing off rudders in just 15 minutes
- Scientists discovered a crucial element for life gushing out of Saturn's icy ocean moon
- Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photon
- Block out the noise with this AirPods Pro deal at Amazon – $50 off
- Save $400 on this Schwinn IC4 Indoor Cycling Bike
- Save 24% on the highly-rated Fitbit Sense 2 Smartwatch
- June 13
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- 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor 'Lucy' had massive leg muscles to stand up straight and climb trees
- Top-secret special-ops submarine from World War II discovered after 20-year search
- Astronomers discover 2nd-ever 'Tatooine' star system with multiple planets orbiting multiple suns
- 6-inch stone penis was used to sharpen weapons in medieval Spain
- Ethereal ice swirls dance around Arctic peninsula in stunning new satellite image
- How octopuses could have helped avert the Cuban missile crisis
- 86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at 'failed population' from prehistory
- Our favorite VR headset, the Meta Quest 2, just got a permanent price drop
- World's most painful ant sting targets nerves in the same way scorpion venom does
- Common weight-loss surgery for teens may weaken their bones
- Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'
- This collapsed star is turning into a gigantic diamond before our eyes
- June 12
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- The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was not
- Broken pagan statue of Greek god Pan unearthed at early church ruins in Istanbul
- Life may already exist on the moon — and NASA's next mission could find it
- Rabid moose found 'stumbling, drooling profusely' is 1st case ever recorded in Alaska
- 'Reanimated' hearts can be successfully transplanted and could expand donor pool
- AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru
- How many people have died in space?
- June 11
- June 10
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- Stephen Hawking wanted scientists to 'make black holes' on Earth. Physics says it's possible.
- Koalas are both endangered and so plentiful they're causing problems. How'd that happen?
- Meet 'Dr. Deep Sea,' the scientist who broke the record for the longest time living underwater
- Science news this week: Crocodile mysteries and spindles in space
- The 12 biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history
- Why does hair turn gray?
- June 9
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- Canadian wildfire smoke detected thousands of miles away in Norway
- How to watch a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Earth's tallest building zoom past the planet Sunday
- Florida man gets 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection after a relative bit him
- El Niño is officially here, scientists say
- Great white sharks have almost no interest in eating humans, study confirms
- Medici family's famous hunting grounds may have killed them, report suggests
- Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward eruption, scientists warn
- Largest explosion since the Big Bang was powered by a bizarre energy jet unlike any other
- AI chatbot ChatGPT can't create convincing scientific papers… yet
- New mud-slinging thermal feature at Yellowstone is spewing scalding hot muck
- 1st mission to 'touch' the sun discovers a mysterious source of solar wind
- Dinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution
- Save big on air purifiers this weekend
- These Celestron SkyMaster Binoculars are under $130 at Amazon
- 12,000-year-old flutes carved of bone are some of the oldest in the world and sound like birds of prey
- June 8
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- NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?
- Flare of light brighter than a trillion suns reveals location of rare double black hole galaxy
- Oldest evidence of humans in Greece is 700,000 years old, a quarter of a million years older than previous record
- Amino acid taurine can slow aging in animals, but we don't know if it works in people
- Ultra-rare, deep-diving whale dies on New England beach with possible case of bird flu
- Enormous structure discovered near doomed galaxy group is the longest galactic 'tail' ever seen
- Scientists extract a kilometer of rock from Earth's mantle in record-breaking mission
- Mysterious bump on a man's tongue had an 'extremely rare' cause
- Octopuses 'rewire' their brains to adapt to different ocean temperatures
- Gene therapy could be used as birth control for cats, small study suggests
- 'Liquid gypsum' burial from Roman Britain scanned in 3D, revealing 1,700-year-old secrets
- June 7
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- How many oceans are there?
- Dying stars build humongous 'cocoons' that shake the fabric of space-time
- Do you really need to wear a lead apron to get an X-ray?
- Primordial steroids solve long-standing mystery about how the 1st complex life-forms evolved
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from Earth
- Primates have been masturbating for at least 40 million years
- World's largest captive croc turns 120, giving scientists 'serious knowledge on longevity'
- King Tut's likeness revealed in vivid new facial approximation of ancient Egyptian pharaoh
- Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' top 200, twice as many as we thought
- Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' megaslump is revealing 650,000 year-old secrets from its permafrost
- Ethereal 'halo' and light arcs around the sun captured in photos of ultra-rare phenomena
- Crocodile murder mystery deepens following discovery of 2nd corpse with 'fileted' head
- June 6
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- 'Virgin birth' recorded in crocodile for 1st time ever
- Mathematicians end decades-long quest to find elusive 'vampire einstein' shape
- James Webb Space Telescope finds the faintest galaxy ever detected at the dawn of the universe
- 2,300-year-old Buddhist elephant statue from India is one of the oldest known
- AI predicts 5-year breast cancer risk better than standard tools — but we aren't sure how it works
- World's largest iceberg is no more after being ripped apart in 'iceberg graveyard'
- Orcas rip rudder off boat and follow it all the way to port, in 1st known attack of its kind
- Man survives crocodile attack by prying its jaws off his head. How did he escape such a powerful bite?
- June 5
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- Earth's highest, coldest, rarest clouds are back. How to see the eerie 'noctilucent clouds' this summer.
- Lung cancer pill drastically cuts risk of death after surgery
- Extinct human relative buried their dead 100,000 years before modern humans did, study claims
- Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia
- Crocodiles and gharials are getting bizarre orange 'tans' in Nepal. Here's why.
- Burmese pythons are helping rats take over Florida's Everglades — and that could help spread disease
- Get started with photography with this Canon EOS Rebel T7 deal, over $100 off at Walmart
- Fungi seem to 'sweat' to stay cool and scientists don't know why
- June 4
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- June 2
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- Does the giant blob of seaweed headed to Florida really contain 'flesh-eating' bacteria?
- Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
- 150-year-old mystery of strange half-circles from Paleolithic site in France finally solved
- Deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures in Mexico
- Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trials
- Save 40% on the RENPHO smart scale, now only $17.99 at Amazon
- Save 20% on the top rated Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar
- 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummification workshops found at Saqqara
- June 1
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- There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
- Ancient Egyptian queen's bracelets contain 1st evidence of long-distance trade between Egypt and Greece
- Watch out for Ozempic copycats containing unauthorized active ingredients, FDA warns
- Quarter-ton marsupial that ambled across Australia 3.5 million years ago was 'unlike anything alive today'
- Nearly 6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida
- Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claims
- Shining rainbow rings around the sun photographed in Finland. What caused them?
- Hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church in Istanbul
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