San Francisco Bay Area reports 1st coronavirus case

A resident of Santa Clara County had tested positive for 2019-nCov.

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New coronavirus can spread before symptoms start, German case suggests

A German man appears to have caught the virus at a business meeting with his colleague, who didn't show symptoms at the time.

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US officials prepare for a coronavirus pandemic

The 195 Americans who were flown back from Wuhan to the U.S. will be quarantined for 14 days.

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'Life's Little Mysteries' podcast is here! We'll answer intriguing (and weird) science questions

It's here, the Life's Little Mysteries podcast has launched and we will answer all of your questions, big and small.

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Mummies of ancient Egyptian priests found buried with thousands of afterlife 'servants'

A massive burial ground holding the remains of several high priests of ancient Egypt, along with their assistants, has been discovered in the northern part of the site of Tuna el-Gebel.

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Space-time is swirling around a dead star, proving Einstein right again

The way the fabric of space and time swirls in a cosmic whirlpool around a dead star has confirmed yet another prediction from Einstein's theory of general relativity, a new study finds.

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Why the 'stench of death' is so repulsive

The chemical compound that reeks of death helps clear our bodies of damaged, diseased cells.

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Cat with 4 frostbitten paws gets new feet made of titanium

Dymka the cat suffered severe frostbite in all four paws, but after they were amputated she received new titanium limbs.

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Coronavirus outbreak is 'public health emergency of international concern,' WHO declares

The WHO is concerned about the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems.

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Earth has a new geologic age: The Chibanian

It's all thanks to a cliff by a river in Japan.

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1st person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in US identified

There are now a total of 6 people in the U.S. confirmed with the coronavirus.

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Surprisingly warm water found on underside of Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'

For the first time, an underwater robot visited the bottom of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.

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Dinosaur 'Firewalkers' left behind giant footprints in a 'land of fire'

Scientists recently discovered 183 million-year-old dinosaur footprints on a South African farm.

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Is the coronavirus outbreak as bad as SARS?

A biologists explains how deadly the coronavirus is and how the virus compares with the deadly SARS outbreak.

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How far could the new coronavirus spread?

The transmissibility of the virus depends on many factors, some of which remain unknown.

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Trove of Jewish artifacts discovered beneath a synagogue destroyed by Nazis during WWII

In a historic Polish synagogue dating to the 18th century, restorers found a secret stash of Jewish ritual objects, concealed under the floor.

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No satellite crash: 2 pieces of space junk whiz safely by each other over Pittsburgh

Satellite operators, and everyone else who wants a safe and sustainable space environment, dodged a bullet Wednesday evening (Jan. 29).

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The sun looks like caramel corn in highest-resolution image ever of our star

Hawaii's Inouye Solar Telescope has released its first detailed image of the sun.

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US life expectancy finally ticks upward. But it's too soon to call it a trend, experts say

Although CDC data suggest an increase in life expectancy as of 2018, the U.S. continues to lag behind comparable countries.

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US life expectancy finally ticks upward. But it's too soon to call it a trend, experts say.

Although CDC data suggest an increase in life expectancy as of 2018, the U.S. continues to lag behind comparable countries.

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New coronavirus may have started in bats. But how did it hop to humans?

A new study provides more clues to the virus' origins.

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Newly discovered neon-green spider named after the 'Lady Gaga of mathematics'

Given their coloring, the members of this spider's family are known as green cucumber spiders.

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Psilocybin: The magic ingredient in psychedelic shrooms

Psilocybin, like other psychedelics, is illegal, but controlled doses may have therapeutic effects.

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Skulls from ancient North Americans hint at multiple migration waves

But genetic data tells a very different story.

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Acid in the Pacific Ocean is literally eating away crabs' shells

Researchers found that baby Dungeness crabs living in the most acidic coastal waters are smaller, weaker and at risk of losing their shells.

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Glowing green 'dunes' in the sky mesmerized skygazers. They turned out to be a new kind of aurora.

The pattern of light was unfamiliar and strangely perfect, reaching out toward the horizon like a set of celestial sand dunes.

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Marijuana cookie lands elderly woman in ER for a 'stroke'

The cookie was brought to the woman's senior center by a person of "questionable character," according to a new report of the case.

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'Lost' Anglo-Saxon monastery discovered. It might be where England's first king was coronated.

Newly unearthed remains may come from the monastery where England's first king, Edgar the Peaceful, was coronated more than 1,000 years ago.

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Coronavirus screening expands to 20 US airports; researchers start work on a new vaccine

U.S. health officials are working to prevent an outbreak at home while developing treatments and preventative countermeasures.

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Bubbling carbon dioxide vent discovered on the seafloor off the Philippines

Scientists came across a bubbling hotspot of carbon dioxide by chance.

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2 satellites will narrowly avoid colliding at 32,800 mph over Pittsburgh on Thursday

A collision would create a debris belt that would endanger spacecraft worldwide.

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In rare surgery, hospital swaps man's lost thumb for a big toe

The cobbler thought he'd never work again, but the strange surgery saved his hand function.

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The Live Science merch store is here with hats, shirts, mugs & more!

If you're a science geek like us, you'll love the new Live Science merch store, where you can get all of your science-y gear, from t-shirts and mugs to tote bags and stickers.

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Coronavirus vaccine still months out. Here's why.

One of the dangers of the novel coronavirus is that there is no treatment -- and no vaccine. Researchers are working on one, but will it be in time to help with the current outbreak?

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What's the smallest dinosaur?

Some extinct dinosaurs were smaller than a modern chicken.

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What is quantum cognition? Physics theory could predict human behavior.

Some scientists think quantum mechanics can help explain human decision-making.

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Astronomers watch star swallow up matter, emit heatwave blast, in rare event

Astronomers observe a rare event, as a star engulfs matter and emits a heatwave blast, something called an accretion burst event.

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Green turtle rescued from fishing net poops out all kinds of human trash

Trash in the turtle's stomach stopped the animal from ingesting more-nutritious foods.

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Physicists: Ancient life might have escaped Earth and journeyed to alien stars

A pair of researchers presented a wild new theory in a new paper.

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The hottest exoplanet's atmosphere is melting before our eyes

The hottest known exoplanet in the universe constantly has half of its atmosphere melted, a new study suggests

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What is toxoplasmosis?

This parasitic infection hijacks rodent brains and infects people through dirty cat litter. There's a good chance you have it.

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Doc on plane diagnoses man's unusual condition midair

The passenger looked like he was having a stroke. But a doctor on board determined the patient had an unusual yet temporary condition.

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Egyptian mummy cold case closed: 'Takabuti' was stabbed to death

This cold case is finally cracked; the mummified woman was murdered with a knife.

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Russian explorers discovered Antarctica 200 years ago. What we've learned about Earth's coldest continent.

Two centuries after it was first sighted by Russian explorers, Antarctica is a key site for studying the future of Earth's climate – and for global scientific cooperation.

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Black holes shouldn't echo, but this one might. Score 1 for Stephen Hawking?

When two neutron stars slammed together far off in space, they created a powerful shaking in the universe — and their echoes could violate Einstein's theory of relativity.

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Towering dinosaur with radioactive skull identified in Utah

Paleontologists have discovered the skeleton and radioactive skull of a previously unknown species of Allosaurus.

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'Witch bottle' found in Virginia dates to the Civil War

A Civil War artifact found in Virginia could represent a type of talisman that was popular for protection against evil: a so-called witch bottle.

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Nuclear fallout exposes fake 'antique' whisky

Fallout from nuclear bomb tests could help experts detect fraudulent whiskeys that are purportedly more than a century old.

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Why are teeth so sensitive to pain?

Wouldn't it be easier if our teeth didn't feel pain?

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Where does all our poop go?

Human poop is a great fertilizer for farmers.

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A TV satellite is about to explode following 'irreversible' battery damage

A Boeing satellite is being hastily moved into "graveyard orbit" following a devastating "anomaly" that turned its batteries into bombs.

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Second person in US hospitalized with new coronavirus. Here's what doctors know.

The woman, a 60-year-old Chicago resident, had recently traveled to Wuhan and arrived back on Jan. 13.

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Neuroblastoma: Causes, symptoms & treatment

Neuroblastoma is a rare form of childhood cancer that occurs when early forms of nerve cells don't develop correctly.

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Gobs of sea-foam wash up on in Spanish town. Here's why.

Sea-foam is known to form from decaying algal blooms.

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Why physicists are determined to prove Galileo and Einstein wrong

Physicists dropped objects on a satellite for two years to test Galileo's theory of falling objects.

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Engraved with fangs, ornate swirls, Peruvian monument lay hidden for 2,000 years

A sprawling, stone monument decorated with swirls, circular patterns and godly fangs has been hiding in a remote jungle in northern Peru for around 2,000 years.

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DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops out

Boeing has withdrawn from Experimental Spaceplane, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program designed to increase the nation's access to space.

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Mysterious particles spewing from Antarctica defy physics

What's making these things fly out of the frozen continent?

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Princely tomb of Iron Age mystery man discovered in Italy. And there's a chariot inside.

Whoever was buried here was a big deal in the Iron Age.

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Bacteria hiding in indoor dust could spread antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria may be able to pass their genes on to others.

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A giant star ate its dead neighbor and caused one of the brightest supernovas ever, new study suggests

In 2006 a star exploded 50 billion times brighter than our sun. New research suggests it wasn't one star, but two.

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Egyptian mummy speaks again after 3,000 years

The voice of an ancient Egyptian priest has been heard for the first time in more than 3,000 years, thanks to a detailed reconstruction of his vocal tract from his mummified remains.

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Doomsday Clock is now 100 seconds from midnight

A hypothetical timepiece called the Doomsday Clock measures our nearness to armageddon — by nuclear weapons, climate change and other global threats.

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New coronavirus from China: Everything you need to know

Here's everything you need to know about the new coronavirus from China, including how lethal it is, how you can catch it and what is being done to prevent widespread infections.

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What is collagen?

Your body might fall apart were it not for collagen. Good thing a healthy body naturally produces all the collagen it needs.

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Florida weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of falling iguanas

Low temperatures in Florida prompted an unusual warning from the National Weather Service.

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Vesuvius victims baked slowly as they died

Hundreds of people in ancient Herculaneum died when Mount Vesuvius erupted. And their deaths weren't instantaneous, new evidence reveals.

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Why this 15th-century 'Jesus-lamb' painting is creeping people out

A famous 15th-century altarpiece has been restored in Belgium, and people are freaked out by the artist's original image of a human-faced Jesus sheep.

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Google just created the most detailed image of a brain yet

The map contains thousands of brain cells and millions of connections found inside the brain of a fruit fly.

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Extreme heat of Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain to 'glass'

A man who died in Herculaneum during the historic Vesuvius eruption was found with an exploded skull and glass-like brain tissue.

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New coronavirus may have 'jumped' to humans from snakes, study finds

The study concluded that snakes are "the most probable wildlife animal reservoir" for the new coronavirus.

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'Ghost' population of humans discovered in ancient Africa

The ancient DNA from four children who lived thousands of years ago is rewriting what geneticists thought happened in sub-Saharan Africa.

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How big can a planet get?

Why isn't there an endless variety of planets in the universe? An astrophysicist explains why planets only come in two flavors.

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Only one lab in China can safely handle the new coronavirus

As an escalating viral outbreak unfolds in China, only one lab in the country meets the required biosafety standards needed to study the new disease.

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Death toll from new coronavirus spikes in just a day

The case count and death toll from a new coronavirus in China continues to climb.

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Earth's oldest known meteor crash site found in Australian Outback

The world's oldest known impact crater has been in Western Australia for more than 2.2 billion years, a new study suggests.

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To find intelligent alien life, humans may need to start thinking like an extraterrestrial

Anthropologist reveals a potentially big flaw in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

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Ancient never-before-seen viruses discovered locked up in Tibetan glacier

A new technique for studying ancient microbes in glaciers has led to the discovery of previously unknown viruses.

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Ancient Assyrian rock carvings in Iraq show procession of gods riding mythical animals

Stunning ancient rock carvings that portray an Assyrian king paying homage to his gods amid a procession of mythical animals have been unearthed in the Kurdistan region in the north of Iraq.

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What is the amygdala?

The amygdala is often referred to as the "fear center" of the brain — but this name hardly does justice to the amygdala's complexity.

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Scientists uncover new mode of evolution

Scientists have discovered a form of natural selection that doesn't rely on DNA.

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1st case of new SARS-like virus in US

The new SARS-like virus that's causing an outbreak in China has now arrived in the United States.

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Self-destructing dark matter may be flooding the sky with gamma-rays, study suggests

There's a faint gamma-ray background in the universe, and scientists now think it could be caused by dark matter.

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An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Then, a volcano helped life flourish.

A massive meteorite impact and extreme volcanic activity occurred around the same time that Earth's large dinosaurs went extinct. But, did the volcanic activity play a role in the mass extinction, or did it actually help new life to flourish?

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A burst of gravitational waves hit our planet. Astronomers have no clue where it's from.

The signal doesn’t seem to match the most obvious causes.

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How surgery in infancy led to a woman's stone 60 years later

An unused piece of intestine cooked up some trouble for this woman.

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Alopecia: Causes, symptoms & treatments for hair loss and balding

Hair loss is typically considered the domain of aging men, but this equal-opportunity condition — which has many causes — can affect virtually anyone.

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Were Alien Secrets Hidden in Roswell and Area 51? 'Project Blue Book' UFO Hunters Investigate.

A search for the truth behind UFO sightings leads to the discovery of government cover-ups.

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Identity-Switching Neutrinos Could Reveal Why We Exist At All. But Can We Find Them?

Scientists are searching for a ghostly neutrino particle that acts as its own antiparticle. If they find it, the discovery could resolve a cosmic conundrum: Why does matter exist at all?

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UFOs May Be Piloted by Time-Traveling Humans, Book Argues

Could the creatures piloting UFOs be us? A recent book argues that reports of aliens here on Earth may be describing our distant human descendants, returning from the future to study us in their own evolutionary past.

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Ancient Australian Crystals Unlock History of Earth's First Magnetic Field

It was a lot more powerful than anyone believed.

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Here's What Scientists Know About 'Screen Time' and Your Health

Conclusions about the effects of digital media, or "screen time," are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong, scientists say.

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Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?

A new PBS documentary probes the deliberation behind the historic decision.

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Could Scientists 'Hack' the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer?

Could Zika be used as a cancer treatment?

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Are Birds Dinosaurs?

Modern birds can trace their origins to theropods, a branch of mostly meat-eaters on the dinosaur family tree.

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Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising So Fast for Girls

We're in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.

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Do Dreams Really Reveal Our Deepest Secrets?

They’re not a cache of Easter eggs.

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The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.

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Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People?

Noncommunicable diseases cannot pass between people — or can they?

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US Officials Will Screen Travelers from China for New Virus

As an outbreak of a new virus in China spreads, U.S. officials will start screening passengers arriving at select U.S. airports.

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A Hot Blob in the Pacific Ocean Caused 1 Million Seabirds to Die

Five years ago, tens of thousands of emaciated seabirds washed ashore on the Pacific Coast.

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Out of Deep-Sea Mud, a Strange Blob May Hold Secrets to the Origins of Complex Life

This unassuming little critter may hold the secrets to how the first multicellular life-forms evolved.

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Huge Philippines Volcano Blasts Ash 9 Miles Up As Satellites Watch (Video)

The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows.

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50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England

The graves of these enslaved people may help experts understand the transition from the Iron Age to the Roman era.

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The Surprising Condition That Causes 1 in 5 Deaths

About 20% of deaths worldwide are due to a condition that we don't hear much about: Sepsis.

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Spider Architect’s Intricate 'Silkhenge' Revealed in Stunning Video

High-resolution video of tiny, bizarre silk structures found across the Amazon known as a silkhenge show the mysterious spider construction as never before.

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2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record, NASA Says

It's the award no one wanted to win: 2019 was the second hottest year on record, government scientists confirmed yesterday (Jan. 15).

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Even Seemingly Indestructible Tardigrades May Not Survive Climate Change

Tiny-but-tough tardigrades aren't as indestructible as previously believed.

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Ancient Yahweh Worshipper's Jar Bears Hebrew Script in Biblical City

A 2,800-year-old jar inscribed in Hebrew with the Yahwistic name "Benayo" has been discovered at Abel Beth Maacah, an Israel site mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Strange 'Martian' Mineral Mounds Rise Up from Utah's Great Salt Lake

Rare mounds of a crystalline mineral have emerged above the surface of Utah's Great Salt Lake, where they're expected to remain just a few months before disappearing again.

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Scientists Discover 4 Distinct Patterns of Aging

Scientists have come closer to understanding why people seem to age at different rates.

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Violent Solar Storms Are Happening Closer to Earth Than Anyone Thought Was Possible

The spectacular solar storms that paint the polar skies in beautiful greens and pinks have a darker side

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New SARS-Like Virus in China May Spread Between People in Limited Cases

The new virus — a type of coronavirus — may be able to spread between people under certain circumstances.

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Incan Idol That Allegedly Escaped Conquistadors' Destruction Is Real, New Analysis Shows

The Pachacamac idol, long thought destroyed by Spanish conquistadors, was once a colorful deity.

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The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Is Forging a Strange New Kind of Star

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be warping and combining binary stars into a strange new kind of object, according to a new study.

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Earthquake Forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens More Large Aftershocks Are Likely

Multiple strong and damaging earthquakes are wreaking havoc on Puerto Rico. And geoscientists forecast dozens more strong aftershocks are likely in the area.

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Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss

Declassified spy-satellite photos show that the glaciers near Mount Everest are shrinking more than expected.

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Artifacts Shipped from Sri Lanka to Ripley's Believe It or Not! Raise Eyebrows

A massive trove of potentially stolen "artifacts" has been shipped from Sri Lanka, a country recovering from a civil war, to Ripley's Believe It or Not! — a company known for its unusual objects.

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Gene Tweak Can Extend Life 500% (But You Have to Be a Worm)

What could this tell us about the aging process in humans?

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Why Has String Theory Persisted?

String theory is a powerful idea, unfinished and untested, but one that has persisted for decades despite inauspicious beginnings.

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Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe?

What if consciousness is not something special that the brain does but is instead a quality inherent to all matter?

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World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence

Scientists used computer algorithms to "evolve" an organism that's made of 100% frog DNA — but it isn't a frog.

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Huge Eruption of Philippines Volcano Seen from Space

Taal volcano in the Philippines rumbled to life on Jan. 12, sending steam and sulfur skyward. Satellites have captured images of the eruption.

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New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study

Scientists sank three alligator corpses into the Gulf of Mexico to see whether bottom-dwelling sea creatures could eat them. They did — handily.

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Amazing Digital Reconstructions Show a 16th-Century Scottish Woman Scarred by Leprosy

The man had a missing lower jaw, so the forensic artist gave the individual a beard to hide his jaw line.

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Ocean Temperatures Have Reached a Record-Breaking High

Our planet's oceans are warmer than they've ever been in recorded human history.

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Massive Gold Bar Unearthed in Mexico Was Looted Aztec Treasure

The bar was stolen from the Aztec capital by Cortes.

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Billionaire Hosts Girlfriend Contest for 'First Woman to the Moon' and (Shocker) People Hate It

Will the first woman to travel to the moon be the winner of a billionaire's "girlfriend contest"? We really hope not.

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Could Invisible Aliens Really Exist Among Us?

An astrobiologist explains how alien life could exist and we wouldn't notice it.

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Nutria: The Invasive Rodents of Unusual Size

Nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rats, are large rodents that wreak havoc on their non-native ecosystems.

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7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth

Some of these ancient grains are billions of years older than our sun.

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Top-Secret UFO Files Could 'Gravely Damage' US National Security if Released, Navy Says

The US Navy confirmed they have secret, classified documents regarding a 2004 UFO encounter, but releasing them could 'gravely damage' national security.

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Philippines Volcano Could Erupt Again in Hours or Days, Threatening a Million People

Taal volcano in the Philippines has erupted, and scientists are worried it could soon erupt even more violently, putting almost a million people at risk.

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Your Blood Type Might Influence Your Risk of Getting the Stomach Flu

Your blood type may determine if you get norovirus, the winter stomach flu, this season.

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A Cosmic Gatekeeper Divides Our Solar System in Two

The inner and outer solar system look very different. This may be why.

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Mystery of Orb in a Record-Breaking Leonardo Da Vinci Painting Deepens

New research claims that Leonardo da Vinci's optics-breaking orb in the "Salvator Mundi" was a realistic portrayal.

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Scientists Are Racing to Figure Out Why This Giant Glacier in Antarctica Is Melting So Fast

A robotic submarine is about to descend into a dark, water-filled cavern in Antarctica, to try to find out why one of the continent's largest glaciers is melting so fast.

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This Newly Discovered Asteroid Is the Second-Closest Natural Object to the Sun

Excluding Mercury, this newly discovered asteroid has the smallest known aphelion distance in our entire solar system.

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Columbus' Claims of Cannibal Raids May Have Been True After All

Christopher Columbus claims to have fought with a fierce cannibal tribe in the Caribbean, despite historical evidence to the contrary. Now, a new study shows he may have been telling the truth.

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Scores of Dying Fish Revealed Congo Is World's Deepest River

The turbulent lower Congo River, home to hundreds of fish species, is not only Earth's deepest river; it also presents biologists with an intriguing window into evolution.

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This Year's Flu Shot Doesn't Match What's Circulating. Here's What That Means.

The main strain of flu that's circulating right now doesn't exactly match what's in this year's flu shot.

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Has the Average Human Body Temperature Always Been the Same?

Evidence suggests that modern humans may be cooler than our 19th-century ancestors.

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Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.

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Iran Plane Crash Wreckage Spotted from Space (Satellite Photos)

Sharp-eyed satellites have spotted debris from the Ukrainian airliner that went down in Iran early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8).

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Australian Megafire Engulfs Nearly 1.5 Million Acres

Two wildfires in New South Wales and Victoria have merged, forming a fire covering 2,300 square miles (6,300 square kilometers).

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A Man Developed an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms

The eggshell-like material was the result of a rare reaction to a chronic infection.

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What Is Heat Exhaustion?

What do football players and sugarcane harvesters have in common? They may all be at risk for heat exhaustion — a hazardous condition that can lead to fatal heat stroke.

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Future 'Flash' Radiation Therapy Could Treat Cancer in Milliseconds

An emerging cancer therapy could someday shorten the time patients spend in treatment and improve their overall outcomes.

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Newfound Cannabis Compound May Be 30 Times More Potent Than THC

But we still don't know if it causes a high or has medical benefits.

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Dark Energy Is Real, Despite Claim to the Contrary

Researchers claim to have found serious fault with the existence of dark energy, but not everyone is buying into it.

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You're Not Seeing Things, These Spider Butts Look Like Faces

The flashy abdomens of male peacock spiders may serve a very important purpose.

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Solar Storms Might Be Causing Gray Whales to Get Lost

Strandings of healthy gray whales increase with the prevalence of solar storms.

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Oldest Guts Ever Found May Reveal the Identity of a Mysterious Primordial Creature

Fossils discovered in Nevada contain preserved guts from a mysterious creature that lived 550 million years ago.

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A Fat Tongue May Be Blocking Your Airways While You Sleep

And freezing that fat could potentially help ease symptoms of the disorder.

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3 Skeletons Found in Connecticut Basement Might Be from Revolutionary War Soldiers

It's unclear which side these soldiers fought on. Were they revolutionaries, Brits or perhaps Tories — colonists who sided with the king?

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New Virus Related to SARS May Be Behind Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak in China

Officials may have found the cause of the mysterious outbreak of pneumonia that has sickened dozens of people in China.

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Galaxy Group 13 Billion Light-Years Away Could Be Ending the Cosmic 'Dark Ages' Before Our Eyes

Three galaxies 13 billion light-years may be ending the cosmic 'dark ages' before our eyes.

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Australian Hunters to Kill 10,000 Feral Camels from Helicopters Amid Worsening Drought

The dry season is turning the pest creatures into dangerous competitors for limited water supplies.

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Incredible 'Heslington Brain' Resists Rotting for 2,600 Years. Here's How.

Most brains rot soon after a person dies. How did this 2,600-year-old human brain stay intact?

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No One Can Agree How Fast Universe Is Expanding. New Measure Makes Things Worse.

We just might need new physics to get out of this mess.

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Our Galaxy Has Thousands of Alien Stars That Didn't Come from the Milky Way

Where did these stars come from?

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Roman Emperors Were More Likely Than Gladiators to Die Gruesome Deaths

Emperors of ancient Rome tended to die bloody, violent deaths, a new study finds.

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The Decade of Mars: How the 2020s May Be a New Era of Red Planet Exploration

The 2010s saw big advances in Mars exploration, but the new decade may bring even more exciting Red Planet news.

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Satellite Spots Iran Missile Attack Aftermath from Space

Satellites operated by San Francisco-based company Planet have captured remarkably sharp photos of Iraq's al-Asad airbase, one of the sites hit in last night's (Jan. 7) bombardment.

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Little-Known Pilgrim Made First Sketch of Venice, Beating Out Renaissance Masters

This isn't a kid's drawing. It's the oldest known sketch of Venice.

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How a Piece of Popcorn Stuck in a Man's Teeth Led to Open-Heart Surgery

Getting popcorn stuck in your teeth is usually just an annoyance, but for one man in England, it led to open-heart surgery, according to news reports.

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Cosmic Rays Are Starting to Tear Apart This Milky Way Satellite Galaxy

Researchers recently released simulations of the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way — and found that cosmic rays from a starburst event are starting to rip it apart.

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Bright Star Betelgeuse Might Be Harboring a Deep, Dark Secret

A new model suggests that the star Betelgeuse committed an act of cannibalism.

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Some Pandas Use Their Head to Climb. Others Just ... Can't. And It's So Unbearably Cute.

Baby pandas. Enough said.

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Unique Brain Signal Just Discovered. And It Might Just Make Us 'Human'

A new study suggests that human neurons may have more computing power than once thought.

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First New Sunspots in 40 Days Herald Coming Solar Cycle

Two new sunspots have ended a long period of relative quiet on the surface of our blazing host star, heralding the start of a new 11-year cycle of sunspot activity.

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This Super-Sharp Image Could Help Explain the Milky Way's Strange Creamy Center

What's going on in the middle of our galaxy?

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5-Inch-Long 'Dragon's Horn' Grows from Man's Back

The enormous growth began as a lesion that steadily expanded over several years.

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How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS

Here's a handy guide on how to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS.

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Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved

A magma reservoir deep under Earth's crust caused that weird hum heard around the world.

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It's Official: Vera Rubin Observatory Named to Honor Dark Matter Scientist

A U.S. facility — designed in part to solve the mysteries of dark matter — now officially carries the name of the scientist who concluded that the elusive substance must exist.

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Child Flu Deaths Hit Record High for This Time of Year

This year's flu season is shaping up to be a severe one, particularly for children.

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Mysterious 'Wave' of Star-Forming Gas May Be the Largest Structure in the Galaxy

A newly discovered suburb of baby-booming stars, known as the Radcliffe Wave, may be the largest structure in the Milky Way.

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A Major Earthquake Knocked Out Power Across Puerto Rico This Morning

It was the largest yet in a series of quakes to impact the island.

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In Photos: Devastating Look at Raging Wildfires in Australia

The wildfires in Australia are at epic proportions. Here's a look at the havoc these fires are wreaking on wildlife and entire ecosystems.

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This 23-Foot-Long Fish May Be First Official Extinction of 2020

The Chinese paddlefish, which could grow up to 23 feet long, may be the first official extinction of 2020.

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800,000 Years Ago, a Meteor Slammed Into Earth. Scientists Just Found the Crater.

Scientists have finally pinpointed the location of a long-hidden, 790,000-year-old impact crater, found under a lava field in southern Laos.

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1,400 Ancient Cuneiform Tablets Identified from Lost City of Irisagrig in Iraq. Were They Stolen?

About 1,400 cuneiform tablets that were possibly stolen from Irisagrig, a 4,000-year-old lost city in Iraq, have just been revealed.

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Origin of Deep-Space Radio Flash Discovered, and It's Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen

Mysterious ultra-fast pinpricks of radio energy keep lighting up the night sky and nobody knows why.

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Elephants' Trunks Are Like Super-Strong Gumby Arms

Elephants' trunks are even longer than they seem.

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Earth-Sized Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a Nearby Star

Scientists have discovered what may be TESS' first known Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star, meaning liquid water could exist on the surface of this terrestrial planet.

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A New, Unidentified Virus Is Causing Pneumonia Outbreak in China, Officials Say

So, what is it?

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Gravitational-Wave Discovery Reveals Spectacular Crash of Neutron Stars, the 2nd Known

For the second time ever, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has spotted two ultradense stellar remnants known as neutron stars violently crashing together.

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Hawaiian Islands Won't Drown in the Sea for Millions of Years. Here’s Why.

Some islands live longer than others. Here's why.

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Creator of 1st CRISPR Babies Gets Prison Sentence, Reignites Ethical Debate

Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who created the world's first genome-edited twins, has been sentenced to three years in prison.

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An Astronaut Got a Blood Clot in Space. Here's How Doctors on Earth Fixed It.

An unidentified astronaut aboard the International Space Station had a deep vein thrombosis — or blood clot — in the jugular vein of their neck, according to a new case study.

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Antelope Canyon Photos: Where Water Runs Through Rocks

Antelope Canyon is possibly the most beautiful rocky landscape in the world. Here's a look at the stunning formations in a national park.

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A Man Caught a Spider Eating His Pet Goldfish and, Well, It's Terrifying

A man caught a spider eating his goldfish in midair. This is creepily common among semiaquatic spiders, which live across the globe.

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A Man Caught a Spider Eating His Pet Goldfish and, Well, It's Terrifying

A man caught a spider eating his goldfish in midair. This is creepily common among semiaquatic spiders, which live across the globe.

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Will Bright Star Betelgeuse Finally Explode?

Betelgeuse is dimming, which could mean that it's about to explode. But scientists aren't convinced it's ready to blow.

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Australia's Devastating Wildfires Seen from Space

Observations from NASA satellites show the effects the Australian wildfires are having across the land, the ocean and the air.

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Diet Soda May Be Hurting Your Diet

Accumulating evidence suggests artificial sweeteners, like those in diet sodas, may alter metabolic processes in the body and mess with your health.

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The World's Largest Corpse Flower Is Blooming Right Now (and It Stinks)

Conservationists in Indonesia discovered the largest-ever specimen of Rafflesia tuan-mudae, a parasitic plant known as the 'corpse flower'

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Mysterious Respiratory Illness Has Sickened Dozens in China

People have speculated that the viral infection may be a highly contagious disease called SARS.

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Maya Palace Discovered Deep in the Mexican Jungle

The Maya enjoyed this stone palace in Mexico more than 1,000 years ago.

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6-Foot-Tall T. Rex Skeletons Not a New Pygmy Species, Just Teenagers

Two 6-foot-tall dinosaurs, nicknamed "Jane" and "Petey," have been confirmed as Tyrannosaurus rex teenagers with years of growth ahead of them, and not a pygmy dinosaur species as some had argued.

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Alien life Is Out There. But Our Theories Are Steering Us Away from It.

Alien life is out there, but our current theories seem to be steering us away from it, says this scientist.

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Satellite Spots Iraqi Protests at US Embassy from Space (Photos)

A Maxar Technologies satellite in orbit has spotted the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, showing views of the New Year's Day demonstration from above.

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The Quantum World May Have a Favorite Flavor, Tantalizing Results Suggest

The world of the teensy-tiny, the quantum realm, could have a favorite flavor. Here's why that's a big deal.

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FDA Targets Mint-, Fruit-Flavored E-Cigarettes to Protect Young Vapers

The Food and Drug Administration hopes to curb the use of e-cigarettes by minors.

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Early 'Soda Lakes' May Have Provided Missing Ingredient Key to the Origin of Life

How did early life get its start, given that this essential mineral was scarce?

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Ancient Potter's Secret 'Piggy Bank' Uncovered in 1,200-Year-Old Ceramics Kiln in Israel

A stash of seven rare coins dating to 1,200 years ago was uncovered near an ancient pottery kiln in Yavne, Israel.

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Towering Tumbleweed Traps Cars, Semi-Truck in Washington

A morass of spiky tumbleweed closed a highway in Washington on New Year's Eve, trapping drivers for hours.

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Demon with Forked Tongue Found on Clay Tablet in Library of Assyrian Exorcists

An ancient drawing of a demon blamed for epileptic seizures has been discovered on a 2,700-year-old Assyrian clay tablet.

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The Universe May Be Flooded with a Cobweb Network of Invisible Strings

We may soon find out whether we live in an axiverse.

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The World's Oldest 'Fossil Forest' Was Just Discovered in New York State

This forest changed the world.

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There's a Giant Mystery Hiding Inside Every Atom in the Universe

No one really knows what happens inside an atom.

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5 Big Archaeology Discoveries to Watch for in 2020

Here are the biggest archaeological treasures that could be uncovered in 2020.

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The Major Discoveries That Could Transform the World in the Next Decade

The 2020s are an exciting time for science.

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