News Archive | August 2023

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August 31st
- Brain fog in long COVID may be linked to blood clots
- One of the longest dino tracks in the world revealed by drought in Texas state park
- Humans faced a 'close call with extinction' nearly a million years ago
- Fast-spinning ride at county fair triggers stroke in a young woman in unusual case
- Critically endangered donkey with stripy 'zebra legs' born in UK zoo
- Hungry bears invade and overrun abandoned city in Canada after wildfire evacuations
- Famous Neanderthal 'flower burial' debunked because pollen was left by burrowing bees
- 800-pound alligator is the longest ever caught in Mississippi
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen guitarist Brian May stepped in
- Photographer captures rare 'gigantic jets' of upside-down lightning blasting out of Atlantic hurricane
- Elite ancient Egyptian woman was embalmed with exotic ingredients smelling of vanilla and larch, new analysis reveals
- Tick season: What to know about bites, removing ticks and tick-borne diseases
August 30th
- Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claims
- Stone human 'effigies' unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City were likely looted in battle and offered to the gods
- Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
- A blue supermoon and soaring ocean temperatures created a perfect storm for Hurricane Idalia
- Hackers attack 2 of the world's most advanced telescopes, forcing shutdown
- The last blue supermoon until 2037 will rise tonight. Here's how to watch.
- New antibiotic that slays superbugs discovered in 'dark matter' microbes from North Carolina soil
- 'Mystery explosion' on sun launches coronal mass ejection at Mars
- Wreckage from Tuskegee airman's warplane recovered from Lake Huron
- 'Cosmic cannonballs' exploding out of dead star could explain mysterious flicker in the night sky
August 29th
- Eating just 2 cannabis gummies can put small kids at risk of toxic effects
- A new, ridiculously slippery toilet bowl could keep poop from sticking, scientists report
- Australia woman's brain invaded by parasitic worm that normally infects pythons
- 3,000-year-old mummified bees are so well preserved, scientists can see the flowers the insects ate
- Ancient Roman walls discovered in Swiss Alps are an 'archaeological sensation'
August 28th
- India's 1st mission to study the sun launches Sept. 2
- New blood test could make preeclampsia easier to predict, early study suggests
- See the likeness of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who led Scottish clan uprising against the British crown
- 8-year-old unearths Roman-era silver coin in school sandbox
- 'Power naps' improve memory and lower heart disease risk, but long naps can have drawbacks
- Dark matter could be building up inside dead stars — with potentially explosive consequences
- 15 incredible images of Earth's moon
- What is OSIRIS-REx? Everything you need to know about the 1st NASA spacecraft to land on an asteroid
- 13 of the most venomous sea creatures lurking in the water
- Hallucinogen use hits record-high in adults, survey reveals
- When stressed, these male spiders woo mates with empty 'take-out containers' instead of dinner
- Why does paper tear more easily when it's wet?
August 27th
- Math's 'hairy ball theorem' shows why there's always at least one place on Earth where no wind blows
- Space photo of the week: Ring Nebula glistens like a jelly-filled doughnut in Webb telescope's latest images
- Is pee sterile?
August 26th
- A black hole 'assassin' ripped a star to shreds and left its guts strewn about the galaxy
- Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced.
- Did the ancient Egyptians really marry their siblings and children?
August 25th
- Deformed skulls and ritual beheadings found at Maya pyramid in Mexico
- 'Tough Mudder' obstacle course tied to serious bacterial infections
- Baby sun-like star caught spewing out gamma-rays in cosmic 'tantrum' for the 1st time ever
- Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims
- Did the Tonga eruption cause this year's extreme heat?
- Explorers retrace 1845 Arctic expedition that ended in death and cannibalism
- Solar Orbiter probes how the sun generates solar wind
- 'Like a bomb has gone off': Ancient humans may have set megafires that turned Southern California into an uninhabitable 'wasteland' for 1,000 years
August 24th
- Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-time
- Remains of 4 Confederate soldiers, amputated legs and gold coins found at a Civil War battlefield in Virginia
- Neptune keeps growing enormous dark and bright spots, and scientists don't know why
- Color-changing hogfish use their skin to 'see' themselves — even after they're dead
- Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
- Mass die-off strikes endangered emperor penguin chicks across 4 of 5 West Antarctica colonies
- Who should get the new RSV vaccines? Here's everything you need to know
- The biggest hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in 50 years is about to begin
August 23rd
- Salmonella linked to turtles sickens 26 and leads to 9 hospitalizations, CDC warns
- 'World's rarest' giraffe born without spots at Tennessee zoo
- 'Polar bear capital of the world' soon to be overrun with record number of bears due to shifting sea ice
- Vast Goth cemetery brimming with grave goods and ornate silver jewelry discovered in Poland
- Rare mosquito-borne disease that can infect the brain sickens 2, kills 1 in Alabama
- Scientists discover strange 'singularities' responsible for exotic type of superconductivity
- The human Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced, 20 years after the 1st draft
- Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn
- India lands on moon! Chandrayaan-3 becomes world's 1st spacecraft to land near lunar south pole
- Ancient human-size sea lizard rewrites history of early armored marine reptiles
- Blood-red walls of Roman amphitheater unearthed near 'Armageddon' in Israel
August 22nd
- FDA approves 1st RSV vaccine for use in pregnancy to stop infection in newborns
- Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics
- All of Neptune's clouds have mysteriously disappeared, and the sun may be to blame
- Rare gold coins and cremated infants were possible sacrificial gifts to the ancient gods of Carthage
- Bizarre new cosmic object is the most magnetic star in the universe
- Ballooning bubble of pus in a man's back muscle was caused by rare, 'insidious' disease
- Europe's oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years ago
- Watch a see-through squid with demon-like eyes swim in Alaska's deep waters
August 21st
- 'Complete' twist of fallopian tube sent girl to hospital with sudden belly pain
- Why do some stars fail to ignite?
- Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
- Invasive yellow-legged hornets spotted in US for 1st time, one nest eradicated
- New 'potentially interstellar' comet will be visible to the naked eye next month before leaving our solar system forever
- What is the difference between a pet cat and a wildcat?
- 190 years after Darwin, 2-year expedition launches to retrace his voyage around the world
- Russia's Luna-25 lander just crash-landed on the moon, space agency confirms
- Should you really pee on a jellyfish sting?
August 20th
- Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'ghost' peers through the universe's past
- Can hot drinks help you cool down?
August 19th
- West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years
- What is the hottest place in the universe?
August 18th
- Do blue light-blocking glasses reduce eyestrain? Review suggests no
- Scientists identify the microbes that make buffalo mozzarella so yummy
- Scientists map 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark side of the moon
- 'Fleeing vampire' haunted Jurassic oceans with glow-in-the-dark organs, fossil reveals
- Black hole 'seeds' discovered in the early universe for 1st time ever
- Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up
- 2,200-year-old remains of sacrificed giant panda and tapir discovered near Chinese emperor's tomb
- Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest
- Ultra-black eels that stalk the ocean's midnight zone all have the same strange skin and scientists now know why
- Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms
- Bizarre 'failed star' the size of Jupiter is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sun
- Turns out you can transmit sound in a vacuum, just not very far
- 2 male great white sharks have traveled thousands of miles together and no one knows why
- Horrifying photo captures moment parasitic fungus bursts from huge spider's body
August 17th
- Parasite triggered painful uvula ulcer in man 5 years after he caught it in South America
- 'Flesh-eating' bacteria kill 3 in New York and Connecticut
- 10 dazzling photos of the Perseid meteor shower, 2023
- The Milky Way wasn't always a spiral —and astronomers may finally know why it 'shape-shifted'
- 'Strange metals' used in superconductors can entangle whole seas of electrons at once, and scientists finally understand how
- In rare case, man's brain starts to bleed following tooth extraction at the dentist
- Great white sharks are washing up on Canadian beaches — but experts claim this could be a good thing
- Bizarre polygons on Mars' surface hint that alien life on Red Planet was possible
- Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists
- 'We were freaking out': Scientists left 'flabbergasted' by detailed dinosaur footprints covering a cliff in Alaska
August 16th
- 13 billion-year-old 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the oldest objects in the universe, James Webb telescope reveals
- 'Sex drive switch' discovered in male mouse brain that kicks their libido into overdrive
- Listen to Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall,' as decoded from human brain waves
- Hirota people of Japan intentionally deformed infant skulls 1,800 years ago
- 'Edward Scissorhands' creature that lived 230 million years ago discovered in Brazil
- Ötzi the Iceman may have been bald and getting fat before his murder 5,300 years ago
- Mystery mass death of seals on remote, uninhabited Siberian island under investigation
- We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
- No, this spider's venom will not give you a permanent erection, but it might last a few hours
August 15th
- Europe's 1st humans were likely wiped out by a sudden freeze 1.1 million years ago
- Hawaii satellite photo shows devastation wildfires inflicted on Maui
- Drones equipped with lasers uncover secrets of bloody WWII battle
- Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
- Medieval girl buried face down with bound ankles, likely so she couldn't 'return' from the grave
- Vlad the Impaler may have cried tears of blood, chemical analysis of his letters finds
August 14th
- 100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain
- 'Like swallowing a dinner plate': 180 million-year-old fish may have choked to death on its supersized supper
- Cassius, the world's largest captive crocodile, could be even bigger than we thought
- Gene therapy injection into the brain causes alcohol use disorder to stop — in monkeys
- 2,000-year-old gold treasure from Iron Age tribe unearthed by metal detectorists in Wales
- Relatives of the 1st mitochondria may be living in geothermal hot springs today
- Why do some animals adopt other animals' young?
August 13th
- 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse 2023: How to watch in-person (and virtually)
- Space photo of the week: Hubble captures one of our galaxy's oldest objects
- What's the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?
August 12th
- This bizarre little succulent looks like a baby's butt
- Pom pom crab: The crustacean that uses anemones as boxing gloves
- How do rattlesnakes rattle?
August 11th
- Ice cream cups sold in 20 states linked to Listeria outbreak, CDC warns
- Wobbling muon experiment could reveal a 5th force of nature — if the results hold up
- Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
- 400-year-old 'vampire child' found buried with its foot padlocked to stop it rising from the grave
- What's the largest planet in the universe?
- 'Hyper-synchronized' brain waves may explain why different psychedelics have similar effects, rat study reveals
- Why Venus is now a slim crescent and will disappear from the evening sky this weekend
- Scientists uncover hidden math that governs genetic mutations
- 240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall
August 10th
- Spooky, subterranean daddy longlegs with ghostly pale bodies discovered
- 'Wrinkle in space-time' enables James Webb to capture stunning image of most distant star ever detected
- Bizarre 'demon' particle found inside superconductor could help unlock a 'holy grail' of physics
- 'Quantum superchemistry' observed for the 1st time ever
- Nearly 170 genes determine hair, skin and eye color, CRISPR study reveals
- A single massive tectonic collision? That's not how the Himalayas came to be, scientists say
- Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian waters
- Mars is spinning faster, and scientists aren't sure why
August 9th
- Rare red tumor on girl's arm oozed 'jellylike substance' when popped
- Hidden underworld filled with never-before-seen creatures discovered beneath the seafloor
- Eerie 'fireball' seen over Australia was actually a Russian rocket in disguise
- Bison are being introduced to the Russian Arctic to replace extinct woolly mammoths. But why?
- 2nd nuclear fusion breakthrough brings us a (tiny) step closer to limitless clean energy
- Can Ozempic and Wegovy cause 'stomach paralysis' and 'cyclic vomiting'?
- Crocodiles are drawn to the wails of crying human babies and infant primates
- What did Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, really look like?
August 8th
- COVID subvariant EG.5 and its spawn 'Eris' now dominant in the US
- Largest-ever genetic family tree reconstructed for Neolithic people in France using ancient DNA
- Odd new shark species with humanlike molars discovered in Australia
- See stunning new photos and videos of the moon as India's Chandrayaan-3 rover enters lunar orbit
- New species of bacteria discovered after man is bitten by stray cat
- Woman's 'extra breast' under her armpit developed a wart-like tumor in unusual case
- 'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City
- How many 'city killer' asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
- Baby Moby Dick? Rare white humpback whale calf filmed off Australia
- Volcanoes like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa don't erupt like we thought they did, scientists discover
- 'The stage was now set for the birth and growth of desert dunes': How the Sahara turned from a vast forest to the arid landscape we see today
- Ayurvedic infertility medicine sends woman to hospital with lead poisoning
August 7th
- Room-temperature superconductors: The facts behind the 'holy grail' of physics
- Missing 'body' of ice age animal carving finally found — but nobody knows what the animal is
- Mysterious waves of magnetism may explain why the sun's atmosphere is hotter than physicists thought possible
- Why do we always have room for dessert?
August 6th
- What is the deepest-diving mammal?
- Could a black hole devour the universe?
August 5th
- 'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter
- 15 unexpected effects of climate change
- Barreleye fish: The deep-sea weirdo with rotating eyes and a see-through head
- Do we really use only 10% of our brains?
August 4th
- Did scientists really create a room temperature superconductor? Not so fast, experts say.
- Highest-energy sunlight ever recorded is far beyond what scientists thought possible
- 'Powerful' new RSV prevention drug should be available to all infants this fall, CDC says
- Ancient Roman boat from empire's frontier unearthed in Serbian coal mine
- Typhus from fleas is on the rise in LA County, CDC warns
- Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever
- What is the biggest spider in the world?
- How long could a person survive in space without a spacesuit?
- 500 million-year-old worm with 'shuriken' spikes named after gigantic 'Dune' sandworms
- Could an antibiotic taken after unprotected sex prevent STIs? What to know about doxy-PEP.
- Why do lions have manes?
- 14 of the deepest sinkholes on Earth
- Star-size black hole is emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain
- 19 'mass extinctions' had CO2 levels we're now veering toward, study warns
August 3rd
- Weird 'gut-eye axis' links the retina and intestines, and may help explain glaucoma
- Subterranean crypt with empty tombs unearthed at medieval cathedral in England
- Strange, two-faced brain cells confirmed to exist, and they may play a role in schizophrenia
- Meteorite that crashed to Earth 3,500 years ago carved into arrowhead by Bronze Age hunters
- Perseid meteor shower peak on Aug. 12 and 13 will be the 'best in years.' Here's how to watch.
- Rare 'Ides of March' dagger coin minted by Brutus after Julius Caesar's murder goes to auction
- In rare case, man develops 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection on both legs, but 4 days apart
- James Webb telescope captures 'a preview of the sun's distant future' in stunning new Ring Nebula image
- Scientists 'remote-controlled' designer human cells implanted in mice using only DC currents
August 2nd
- 'Potentially hazardous' 600-foot asteroid detected near Earth after a year of hiding in plain sight
- Cape Cod is one of the world's largest hotspots of great white sharks, study finds
- Crusader sword found in Holy Land was bent, possibly in naval battle, X-rays reveal
- Muscle-healing gel could be a 'new frontier' for treating pelvic floor damage, very early study suggests
- Can picking your nose raise the risk of catching COVID-19? The answer may (not) shock you
- Iceland's newest volcano is now spewing out tornadoes
- This colossal extinct whale was the heaviest animal to ever live
- Google's 'mind-reading' AI can tell what music you listened to based on your brain signals
- 'Black swan' pathogens from ancient permafrost may be getting ready to wake up
- 'Exceptional' winged Medusa discovered in Roman-era mosaic in Spain
August 1st
- NASA hears 'heartbeat' signal from Voyager 2 probe a week after losing contact
- Siblings rapidly lost their body fat in infancy due to rare, newly described gene mutation
- Rare 'Einstein cross' warps light from one of the universe's brightest objects in this stunning image
- James Webb telescope discovers giant question mark galaxy in deep space
- Deadly swarm of earthquakes in Japan caused by magma moving through extinct volcano
- Mysterious energy burst from the early universe puzzles astronomers
- Bizarre particle that can remember its own past created inside quantum computer
- Will the US run out of water?