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August 12th
- Totality! See the first photos of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Spain
- Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too close
- Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird
- 'They'll surf into the eclipse': Readers share their plans for today’s epic solar eclipse and meteor shower mash-up
- 'No longer will anything seem impossible or marvellous': How an 'immoral, foul-mouthed and violent man' wrote the first eyewitness account of a total solar eclipse
- New 'magnetoelastic' tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices
- Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors performed surgery to remove a mass in a woman's gut ‪—‬ and a bug-like creature immediately jumped out
August 11th
- Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds
- Astronomers drop one of the largest-ever maps of the universe, charting 4 billion objects
- Watch now! The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse has begun (live stream)
- Neanderthals passed on a gene that helps modern humans pack on more muscle — but only a few people have it
- New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations
- What the US could learn from Japan's incentive for responsible antibiotic use
- 'Like a jail door slamming': Male sperm whales' mysterious rhythmic clanging is the loudest communication sound of any animal
- Explosive 'Mountain of God' spits out the fastest-flowing lava on Earth — Earth from space
August 10th
- FDA's approval of new mRNA vaccine does not necessarily signal the government's embrace of the technology, experts say
- 2,400-year-old grave of possible ancient pro wrestler discovered in Turkey
- 'They would come in with a chord change': Composer Jim Nollman has collaborated with turkeys, kangaroo rats and whales. Now he's dropping 'Orcas' Greatest Hits.'
- Baader AstroSolar Filter Film OD 5.0 review
- Will you be looking up on Aug. 12, the best skywatching day and night of the year?
- Berlin gold hat: A 3,000-year-old ceremonial headdress that a cult used to track the sun, moon and lunar eclipses
- Live Science crossword puzzle #55: America's first space station — 3 down
August 9th
- 'Now our lives have changed': Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought
- 'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee': The weird world of alchemy before chemistry
- New James Webb telescope image may reveal the true identity of 'little red dots' — Space photo of the week
- Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?
August 8th
- Using AI has an environmental impact — here are 4 ways you can minimize it
- 'These were harder than any other blades, cut sharper and cost more': How ancient Sri Lankans created steel of legends by harnessing monsoons
- Where and when to see the Aug. 12 solar eclipse — exact times for North America and Europe
- What's the difference between sweet potatoes and yams?
August 7th
- Bacterial 'postbiotic' may help preserve fertility in the aging uterus, preliminary research suggests
- Where to buy last-minute solar eclipse glasses and viewing gear before August 12
- Uberaba Geopark: A time capsule from the Late Cretaceous period nestled in Brazil's tropical savanna
- New recyclable yarn is as stretchy as spandex and could help tackle fashion's plastic waste problem
- NASA grants Voyager 2 probe another year of power with risky 'Big Bang' maneuver. Now, will it work for Voyager 1?
- AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?
August 6th
- Most-detailed-ever view of the sun's surface revealed in new images from the world's largest solar telescope
- 'It would be a disaster': Ammunition for war and surging water withdrawals are putting the Caspian Sea ‪on the brink of collapse
- FDA approves first mRNA vaccine for seasonal flu
- First photos of SpaceX lunar rocket crash show blackened hole torn into the moon's surface
- Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways nobody imagined
- Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer — it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet
August 5th
- A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supernova — and telescopes around the world joined forces to watch it
- Backward eclipse? Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move the wrong way on maps
- Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaur
- 'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
- 'It's real, and it's happening': Antibiotic resistance in kids is rising around the world, massive study finds
- Diagnostic dilemma: Man who consulted ChatGPT about cutting out table salt ended up hospitalized with psychosis
- Half of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspot
August 4th
- Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible
- Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
- 'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China
- A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when.
- Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researcher says
- World's highest frozen lake shatters along disputed border between China and India ‪—‬ Earth from space
- 'Teach me! Doctor': Meet the pediatrician on a mission to boost parents' knowledge of childhood illnesses
August 3rd
- 2 people die of Cyclospora infection in Michigan
- Microbial DNA hidden under Antarctica offers new clues about how the continent’s mysterious Blood Falls came to be
- 'Poop pills' may ease insomnia by reprogramming the gut microbiome, early study hints
- Live Science crossword puzzle #54: Egyptian pharaoh who died at 18 — 6 down
- Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
- Aspen trees provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows
- Did fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit? New evidence revives a provocative hypothesis
- Rock crystal scraper: 45,000-year-old Neanderthal tool that shows they had an 'eye for beauty of form and color'
August 2nd
- Hubble telescope takes one of the most detailed looks at neighboring Andromeda galaxy ever — Space photo of the week
- 'We're a bit late on the case, but we are on the case': Author Fred Pearce on the rise of renewables, a defused population bomb, and letting nature find its own way
- 'The apparent chaos of the Anthropocene is turbocharging evolution itself': Plants are finding ways to survive and thrive in the climate crisis — if we let them
- Did Celtic women fight in battle?
August 1st
- Could we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.
- Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years
- Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization
- Why do cats have 'leg whiskers'?