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- January 31
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- Jade mask depicting Maya storm god unearthed in royal tomb in Guatemala
- Roman-era silver 'toilet spoon' discovered in Wales
- 45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central Europe
- Ingenuity helicopter's final images reveal fatal rotor damage that brought it down on Mars
- What's the longest solar eclipse in history? (And how does the April 2024 total eclipse compare?)
- 1st-ever white rhino IVF sparks hope that 'doomed species' could still be saved, despite there being no males left
- Cancer sometimes triggers sudden memory loss — now we might know why
- How fast can piranhas eat a dog?
- Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system
- January 30
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- 'Mind-blowing' James Webb telescope images reveal 19 spiral galaxies in the greatest detail ever seen
- Amelia Earhart's plane may have crashed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, explorer claims
- Early medieval sword fished out of Polish river is in 'near perfect' condition
- 1 of Sweden's oldest stone tombs is mysteriously missing skulls
- Neuralink chip implanted into human brain for the 1st time, Elon Musk says
- Nearly 400 ancient medical tools from Turkey hint at rare Roman doctors' offices
- Photographer snaps extremely rare 'aurora curls' after magnetic wave rings Earth's atmosphere 'like a bell'
- 'One of the holy grails of shark science': Watch 1st ever footage of baby great white shark moments after birth
- Mass starvation after nuclear war could be partially averted with one specific food — seaweed
- A perfect storm of factors is causing major East Coast cities to sink. What are they, and can we do anything about it?
- Undetected brain infections may explain some SIDS cases
- Pinpoint landing: NASA orbiter spies Japan's revived SLIM moon lander on lunar surface
- January 29
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- Mysterious virus-like 'Obelisks' found in the human gut and mouth
- 90,000-year-old human footprints found on a Moroccan beach are some of the oldest and best preserved in the world
- The moon is shrinking, causing landslides and moonquakes exactly where NASA wants to build its 1st lunar colony
- Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time around us — and scientists may finally know how to detect it
- Denmark's oldest runes inscribed on ancient knife
- Japan's 'Moon Sniper' resurrected nearly 9 days after losing power, thanks to solar charge
- Prehistoric jewelry reveals 9 distinct cultures across Stone Age Europe
- Alzheimer's is transmissible in extremely rare scenarios
- 'This might be the seeds of life': Organic matter found on asteroid Ryugu could explain where life on Earth came from
- The universe might be younger than we thought, galaxies' motion suggests
- How could this new type of room-temperature qubit usher in the next phase of quantum computing?
- What was the typical life span of a dinosaur?
- January 28
- January 27
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- 'Hunter-gatherers must have gazed in horror': What would Toba's supereruption have been like for our ancient relatives?
- Indian giant squirrel: The 'rainbow' rodent that is also the world's largest squirrel
- 1.6-billion-year-old fossils push back origin of multicellular life by tens of millions of years
- Europe approves LISA, a next-generation space mission that will discover the faintest ripples in space-time
- Can humans sense wetness?
- January 26
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- NASA's Perseverance rover may already have found signs of life on Mars, discovery of ancient lake sediments reveals
- Iceland villages in danger of 'crack collapse,' ground swelling following volcanic eruption
- Scientists say their robot dinosaur could help explain the evolution of wings. But 1 expert says the study is flawed.
- Devastating Roman-era plagues were ushered in by cold snaps, study finds
- Underwater Santorini volcano eruption 520,000 years ago was 15 times bigger than record-breaking Tonga eruption
- 'Mini placentas' may reveal roots of pregnancy disorders like preeclampsia
- Europe launches twin spacecraft to make daily solar eclipses in space. Here's what to know about Proba-3.
- 'Butterfly effect' may explain some genetic causes of autism
- Decades-long mystery of flesh-eating, ulcer-causing bacteria solved
- Largest ever fully electric concept plane could take to the skies by 2033
- City-sized holes on Antarctica's ice shelves offer tantalizing 'window' into the frozen continent's underworld
- You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Should you?
- Scientists may finally know where the biggest, oldest black holes in the universe came from
- Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn't be taught to behave again in 'legitimately scary' study
- Even Stone Age people burned their porridge, 5,000-year-old food-scorched clay pot reveals
- January 25
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- NASA's historic Ingenuity helicopter ends its 3-year Mars mission, suffering rotor damage on 72nd flight
- Gargantuan 'star lizard' was one of the last (and largest) dinosaurs of its kind
- Right again, Einstein: New snapshot of 1st black hole to be photographed confirms relativity
- Airplane-size asteroid will have 'very close encounter' with Earth on Saturday — and you can watch it happen
- Japan's high-precision 'Moon Sniper' spacecraft hit its target, but it landed upside down
- How NASA correctly predicted that a tiny asteroid would burn up over Germany, hours before it happened
- Tiny male marsupials sacrifice sleep for a chance at sex — then all die at once and get eaten
- Photographer snaps extremely rare 'green flash' coming from Venus
- NASA's Curiosity rover snaps iconic 'Star Trek' symbol on Mars, thrilling scientists
- Physics-breaking 'rogue' objects spotted by James Webb telescope are emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain
- January 24
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- Gene therapies restore hearing in several kids with inherited deafness
- Hoard of Bronze Age jewelry discovered in Poland was part of ancient water burial ritual, study finds
- Infant's 'inconsolable,' day-long crying fits tied to botulism from honey
- Scientists accidentally create world's tightest, smallest knot
- 'I felt my heart skip a beat': Researcher discovers dinosaur 'chicken from hell' after buying fossil online
- Oldest DNA evidence of syphilis relative discovered in 2,000-year-old skeletons in Brazil
- James Webb telescope reveals stunning 'star factory' in glorious new image
- 4 never-before-seen emperor penguin colonies discovered in Antarctica, thanks to poop smears spotted from space
- Alzheimer's comes in at least 5 distinct forms, study reveals
- This tiny radioactive battery can last 50 years without recharging — and it's coming in 2025
- Mysterious skeleton found in Hernán Cortés' palace revealed to be Indigenous woman, not Spanish monk
- Roman-era wine shop, possibly destroyed in an earthquake, discovered in Greece
- World's largest deep-sea coral reef found lurking beneath the Gulf Stream 'right on the doorstep' of US coast
- Watch balloon-like space station module explode (on purpose) during 1st full-scale burst test
- Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before death
- Bigfoot? Sasquatch? Nope, it's probably just a black bear — unless you live in Florida
- January 23
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- Heat bursts from Iceland's recent eruptions in eerie NASA satellite image
- Watch the world through different animals' eyes in this stunning high-tech footage
- New DragonFire laser weapon can shoot drones out of the sky, UK says
- Near-simultaneous solar flares explode from opposite sides of the sun in extremely rare event
- Free radicals don't kill tardigrades — they're the secret to the tiny critters' invincibility
- Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas ponds
- Are cavities 'contagious'? Tooth-decay yeast can pass from moms to babies
- Faint radio signal from ancient star cluster could be rare 'missing link' black hole, astronomers report
- Mysterious 'sudden death' of quantum vortices in a superconductor stumps scientists
- Seizures may be a cause of sudden unexplained child deaths
- Doomsday Clock hovers at 90 seconds to midnight for 2nd year in a row
- 'Incredibly rare' 2nd-century Roman armor pieced together like an 'ancient jigsaw puzzle'
- 'You can see its guts and things': Weird see-through crustacean with giant eyes discovered off the Bahamas
- Remains of 4,000-year-old 'lost' tomb discovered in Ireland
- Pangolin courtship ritual and birth of a 'pangopup' captured in incredible, rare footage
- January's full 'Wolf Moon' rises Thursday. Here's how to see it at its best.
- Can dogs and cats be allergic to humans?
- January 22
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- At last: NASA's complete sample of the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu is finally freed from its canister
- Will the Doomsday Clock stand still or creep closer to midnight? Here's how to watch the reveal on Tuesday.
- Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin
- Surgeons save life of child whose stomach folded over on itself
- NASA bounces laser off 'Oreo-sized' mirror on the moon for 1st time, paving the way for high-precision lunar landings
- Giant geomagnetic storm set to slam into Earth Monday, fueling auroras across northern US
- Dolphins are 'literally acting like jerks' by beating up baby manatees
- Futuristic vertical-takeoff air taxi could hit the market by 2028
- James Webb telescope spots bizarre 'cat tail' flowing out of nearby star, and scientists can't fully explain it
- This video of a robot making coffee could signal a huge step in the future of AI robotics. Why?
- 2-mile-thick layer of frozen water found buried at Mars' equator
- Bird flu wipes out over 95% of southern elephant seal pups in 'catastrophic' mass death
- Megalodon didn't look like a 50-foot great white shark, controversial study claims
- January 21
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- January 19
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- Worldwide, the life-span gap between the sexes is shrinking
- Artificial general intelligence — when AI becomes more capable than humans — is just moments away, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg declares
- Japan's 'Moon Sniper' lands on lunar surface, but it may be dead within hours
- A slave was brutally crucified in Roman Britain 1,700 years ago. Now, his face has been brought back to life.
- 10,000-year-old burials from unknown hunter-gatherer group discovered in Brazil
- 'Barbenheimer Star' that blew up 13 billion years ago defies explanation, baffling scientists
- 1st-of-its-kind therapy blocks immune attack after stem-cell transplant
- Watch translucent cockroach babies burst from their egg cases in skin-crawling footage
- Roman dodecahedron uncovered by amateur archaeologists in the UK
- Cloned Przewalski's horses are 'resurrected stallions' that could help species thrive, scientists say
- A bizarre 'snake worm' has baffled scientists for over a decade, now they know what it is
- 1,000-year-old cemetery with dead wearing dramatic rings on their necks and buckets on their feet found in Ukraine
- Explosive, green 'devil comet' photobombs ethereal nebula as it races toward Earth
- Cosmic strings can break — and when they do, they shake the universe
- Scientists used AI to build a low-lithium battery from a new material that took just hours to discover
- January 18
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- Mysterious deep-space object could be the smallest black hole ever discovered — or the heaviest neutron star
- Typo in telescope coordinates reveals one of the faintest galaxies in the known universe
- Nearly 75% of the US is at risk from damaging earthquakes, new map reveals
- Mystery of Siberia's giant exploding craters may finally be solved
- Unique gene variants tied to glaucoma found in Black patients
- Brain signature of desire uncovered in lovesick rodents, and it may be in people, too
- Gory simulation reconstructs the violent clash between a monster black hole and a doomed star
- Elon Musk's Starship 'almost made it to orbit' before violently exploding, Musk claims at SpaceX meeting
- 'Extremely rare' 2,500-year-old broken silver coin unearthed near Jerusalem
- Forensic scientists have a new fingerprint-matching tool in their arsenal thanks to AI, but it's sparked a controversy
- January 17
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- Babylon's Ishtar Gate may have a totally different purpose than we thought, magnetic field measurements suggest
- 'Grindavik remains at risk': Attempts to dam the lava from Iceland's erupting volcano could fail, volcanologist warns
- 'That's a huge amount of movement for a single mammoth': Woolly female's steps retraced based on chemistry of 14,000-year-old tusk
- Universal process that wires the brain is consistent across species
- James Webb telescope discovers the oldest, most distant black hole in the universe
- Ancient Roman necropolis holding more than 60 skeletons and luxury goods discovered in central Italy
- 'The area has reactivated': Iceland volcano gears towards another eruption leaving Grindavík in precarious position
- Scientists use TV tech to test light-powered internet connections that can be 100 times faster than Wi-Fi
- These eclipse-themed places will experience totality on April 8, 2024
- Doctor injected dog and rabbits with bacteria from assassinated US president in bizarre autopsy experiments, documents reveal
- Slow-motion footage of snake attacks reveals surprise discovery about how they kill
- CES 2024: 5 new tech products stealing the show this year
- January 16
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- 5 Earth-like worlds may lurk in the outer reaches of the solar system, simulations suggest
- Part of Hadrian's 1,800-year-old aqueduct and rare Greek coins unearthed near Corinth
- Scientists develop 'crying' model of human eye tissue
- Tiny black holes from the dawn of time may be altering our planet's orbit, new study suggests
- Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart
- More than duodecillion cells have existed on Earth in its history, scientists estimate
- 1st-ever ancient case of Turner syndrome, with just 1 X chromosome instead of 2, found in ancient DNA
- Meet 'Retro': The 1st ever cloned rhesus monkey to survive more than a day
- Lost 'Atlantis' continent off Australia may have been home for half a million humans 70,000 years ago
- 'Peculiar' pink fairy armadillos have a weird double skin not seen in any other mammal
- Resilience is a skill that can be cultivated, a psychologist explains
- Mummified skin from creature that lived 290 million years ago is older than the dinosaurs
- Color-changing fish turns black with rage when provoked
- January 15
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- Iceland volcano could erupt again 'without warning' as magma still moving beneath Grindavík
- Tinnitus often causes distress. A new app could help.
- Failed Peregrine lunar lander carrying human remains will crash into Earth by Thursday (Jan. 18)
- Iceland volcano: Situation in Grindavík has 'become very bleak' following new eruption
- Are 3,000-year-old carvings from Italy a star map? Researchers can't agree.
- New solar cell technology could ditch batteries in gadgets for good by harvesting ambient room light
- Zika virus could potentially treat cancer, another early study hints
- Ancient fortifications revealed underneath Bronze Age village on Italian island
- 'We do not understand how it can exist': Astronomers baffled by 'almost invisible' dwarf galaxy that upends a dark matter theory
- 4,000-year-old wall found around oasis in Saudi Arabia likely defended 'against raids from nomads'
- Which animals will be the first to live on the moon and Mars?
- Japan's coastline moved over 800 feet after the devastating Jan 1. earthquake
- January 14
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- January 12
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- 'A big cosmological mystery': Newfound cosmic corkscrew defies our understanding of the universe
- NASA finally opens capsule to potentially hazardous asteroid 'Bennu' that may contain seeds of life
- Anglo-Saxon teen girl discovered buried with lavish jewelry strewn across her head and chest
- Listen to diamonds erupting from deep within Earth in striking animation
- Giganto, world's largest ape, went down poor evolutionary path toward extinction
- Brand-new class of antibiotic kills drug-resistant superbug
- 2,700-year-old temple with altar overflowing with jewel-studded offerings unearthed on Greek island
- Hubble tracks farthest and most powerful fast radio burst back to 'blob' of 7 galaxies
- January 11
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- Einstein Probe, with unique 'lobster eye,' deploys to unravel the mysteries of black holes, colliding neutron stars and supernovas
- Lasers reveal ancient settlements hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest
- Humans now kill 80 million sharks per year, 25 million of which are threatened species
- Annual cane toad kill-a-thon is about to start in Australia. Here's how to eliminate the pests humanely.
- Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests
- 2 golden tongues symbolizing 'flesh of the gods' unearthed in ancient Egyptian mummies
- Humans can 'smell' each other's emotions — but we don't know how
- Runners enjoyed their workouts more after using cannabis, but physically floundered
- 2,000-year-old bullet found with Julius Caesar's name on it was likely used in civil war
- Adorable but deadly little wildcat may be inbreeding at 'alarming' rates, study finds
- World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discovered
- Want to ask ChatGPT about your kid's symptoms? Think again — it's right only 17% of the time
- January 10
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- Mysterious 'Green Monster' lurking in James Webb photo of supernova remnant is finally explained
- 'No chance of a soft landing': Company confirms Peregrine mission's human remains won't reach the moon
- Ancient Egyptian mummy masks, tombs and 'god of silence' statue discovered at Saqqara
- Do cats really hate us?
- Europeans' ancient ancestors passed down genes tied to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's risk
- 'Superstructure' bigger than Idaho has been growing on the seafloor by Fiji since the dinosaur age
- NASA's historic Artemis mission to land the 1st woman on the moon delayed until 2026
- Bizarre incident of fish jumping out of water in Philippines caused by upwelling, not earthquake
- Vaccines slash risk of long COVID, studies show
- Scientists tested 10 meals to find the perfect food for space travel
- Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanation
- Salt-loving bacterium can be genetically engineered to purify rare-earth metals
- Mysterious moat discovered in Jerusalem may have been used to divide the biblical city
- Extinct 'hypercarnivorous' California grizzly bears were actually mostly vegetarian before Europeans showed up
- January 9
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- Medieval grave of 'very, very powerful' man and his 4-foot-long sword unearthed in Sweden
- 'Monumental achievement for all humanity': NASA's Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a record-breaking encounter with the sun
- Last year AI entered our lives — is 2024 the year it'll change them?
- 23 million-year-old petrified mangrove forest discovered hiding in plain sight in Panama
- Whale with broken back spotted near Mexico after suspected ship collision will likely die
- The 1st Americans may have arrived by a sea ice 'highway'
- Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface
- Why multitasking is challenging for kids and older adults
- Gene variant guards against Parkinson's and could lead to therapies
- Peregrine moon lander carrying human remains doomed after 'critical loss' of propellant
- Huge, complete mammoth tusk accidentally discovered by North Dakota coal miners
- January 8
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- In a 1st, 'minibrains' grown from fetal brain tissue
- Human remains blasted into space on Vulcan rocket will 'desecrate' the moon, Navajo Nation says
- See 1st-ever Vulcan Centaur rocket blast off into space in stunning photos and videos
- 'This is unlikely to be an isolated event': 1st polar bear death from bird flu spells trouble for species
- Vulcan just launched the 1st US moon mission since Apollo, with human remains aboard
- Fossils locked away for 1.75 billion years hold clues about key moment in Earth's history
- Why do we procrastinate?
- Deadly male funnel-web spider 'Hercules' breaks record as biggest ever discovered
- World's 1st graphene semiconductor could power future quantum computers
- Why does poop smell bad?
- January 7
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- January 5
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- 2nd tuberculosis outbreak linked to bone grafts in the US
- Scientists have a new way to find oceans — and possible alien life — on distant planets
- Electric pulses to the brain may make people easier to hypnotize
- Satellite images reveal just how much cities on the US East Coast are sinking
- Why do we have leap years? And how did they come about?
- Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it
- 2,500-year-old burials of 3 people discovered in a cave in Mexico
- Megalodon tooth found on unexplored seamount 10,000 feet below the ocean's surface
- January 4
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- 'Terror beast' fossils unearthed in Greenland are more than half a billion years old
- Medieval belt buckle of 'dragon' eating frog discovered in Czech Republic may be from unknown pagan cult
- 1st partial-heart transplant growing with baby 1 year later
- Finally, we know why pee is yellow
- Black-eyed squid dragging thousands of eggs like a cape captured in video off Costa Rica
- Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals
- One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way is hiding a second galaxy behind it, new research reveals
- 180-foot early medieval carving of naked bald man with club is probably Hercules, new study suggests
- January 3
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- Missions to the moon, Mars, Jupiter and more: These are the coolest space missions in 2024
- Total solar eclipse April 2024: The 10 biggest cities within the path of totality
- Watch parasitic worms get pulled from man's abdomen after surprise discovery during routine surgery
- Nanotyrannus vs. T. rex saga continues: Controversial study 'doesn't settle the question at all'
- How long can the brain survive without oxygen?
- January 2
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- Watch a Chinese rocket booster fall from space and explode near a house in southern China
- 1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan
- Monstrous X5 solar flare launched on New Year's Eve could bring auroras to Earth tonight
- 'Eyes coming straight for me': Huge crocodile launches itself into boat with jaws wide open in strange attack
- January 1
