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- August 8
- August 7
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- Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth
- Scientists synthesized elusive 'super alcohol' — a 'seed of life molecule' that marks a step toward finding alien life
- NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars
- 3,000-year-old burial of elite teen unearthed in Iran, with gold jewelry and astonishing 'scorpion' cosmetics box
- Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
- Stone Age family may have been cannibalized for 'ultimate elimination' 5,600 years ago, study suggests
- Maya civilization had 16 million people at peak, new study finds — twice the population of modern-day NYC
- 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years age is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds
- Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests
- August 6
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- Huge study of ME/CFS reveals genetic 'hotspots' linked to the debilitating syndrome
- Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought
- 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species
- SpaceX launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station
- Sturgeon Moon 2025: What makes August's full moon a special 2-night affair
- 'It seems that size really does matter': Males of 4 never-before-seen tarantula species have record-long genitalia
- 1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
- 5,000-year-old burials in Germany hold 3 women with bedazzled baby carriers
- 'The best solution is to murder him in his sleep': AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claims
- Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years
- August 5
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- Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs
- A parade of volcanoes is erupting in Russia following an 8.8 earthquake
- 'Big-butt starfish,' 'little sweet potato' and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina
- 2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC
- Scientists heat gold to 14 times its melting point — without turning it into a liquid
- 300,000-year-old teeth from China may be evidence that humans and Homo erectus interbred, according to new study
- How does the morning-after pill work?
- August 4
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- Cosmic rays could help support alien life on worlds outside the 'Goldilocks zone'
- Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session
- Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos
- No-sugar sweetener erythritol may pose risk to cells in the brain, study finds — here's what to know
- Creepy new giant insect may be the heaviest ever recorded in Australia
- Dormant volcano erupts in Russia for first time in around 500 years, days after magnitude 8.8 megaquake
- The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts
- August 3
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- When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans reveal
- Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present'
- Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
- August 1
