2018's Weirdest Google Earth Apparitions

Live Science has gathered all the weird Google Earth sightings of the year, mixing the false alarms with authentic surprises. Can you guess which is which?

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Woman Develops Donor's Peanut Allergy After Lung Transplant

Sometimes, you just really want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And, as long as you're not allergic to the ingredients, that's totally fine. At least, that's what one woman thought.

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Ghost Particles and Singing Ice: 11 Wild Antarctic Stories from 2018

What's the deal, Antarctica?

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Going Viral: 6 New Findings about Viruses

Viruses were discovered in 1892, and yet even in 2018, researchers are still uncovering new secrets about these infectious invaders.

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100 Best Science Photos of 2018

Science can be stunning, and it did not disappoint in 2018.

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10 Times Animals Behaved Oddly in 2018

Animals can get really weird. Here are our favorite examples from 2018.

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Space Oddity: 10 Bizarre Things Earthlings Launched into Space in 2018

This past year, engineers launched many oddities into space, including a Tesla Roadster, a gold-plated canopic jar and a cosmic disco ball.

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9 Times Nature Was Totes Adorbs in 2018

2018 was rough. You've earned a little cuteness, don't you think?

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The Real Fake News: Top Scientific Retractions of 2018

From unintentional irony to flat-out fraud, it has been another banner year for scientific retractions. Here are five notable ones.

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How Do Wildfires Start?

More than 8.5 million acres of land in the U.S. burned this year. Here's how the raging flames get their start.

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This May Be Life's 'Missing Ingredient'

Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms.

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9 Times Nature Was Totally Metal in 2018

Nature. Is. METAL.

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2018's Science Superlatives: The Biggest, Oldest, Smelliest and Cutest

As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at some of the record-breaking discoveries of the year.

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Alien Hunters, Stop Using the Drake Equation

For the precocious hunter of off-Earth life, the Drake equation is the ever-ready, go-to toolkit for estimating just how (not) lonely humans are in the Milky Way galaxy. But it's not useful.

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This Ship Sank Decades Ago. Now, a 3D Model Has Resurrected It.

A digital 3D reconstruction has recreated a ship that sank in 1995.

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Man Gets Black Widow Spider Bite. Then He Can't Pee.

There's a whole range of reasons you don't want to be bitten by a black widow spider, but you probably wouldn't think that losing the ability to pee is one of them.

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The 10 Biggest Archaeology Stories of 2018

Here's a look back at the fascinating things archaeologists uncovered this year.

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18 Times Quantum Particles Blew Our Minds in 2018

These are all the biggest, most shocking quantum discoveries we covered in 2018.

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10 Strangest Medical Cases of 2018

Here are the most intriguing medical cases made headlines in 2018

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10 Times Humans Were Total Morons Around Animals in 2018

Here are a few of humanity's most embarrassing and shameful moments involving animals this year.

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14 Most Bizarre Scientific Discoveries of 2018

2018 was a weird one in science, from boiling bats to blueberry Earth.

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Romaine to Honey Smacks Cereal: Why Were There So Many Foodborne Outbreaks in 2018?

From E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce to Salmonella in cereal, this year certainly had its fair share of foodborne illness outbreaks.

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10 Times Science Proved the World is Amazing in 2018

Our world is enchanted — and if you need proof, just turn to science.

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10 Fascinating Biblical-Era Discoveries from 2018

In 2018, archaeologists found the face of Jesus, discovered the visage of an ancient king, and might have uncovered a long-lost kingdom.

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10 Things We Learned About the First Americans in 2018

2018 was full of scientific discoveries about the first Americans, including how and when they arrived.

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The 10 Weirdest Science Stories of 2018

Things sure got strange in 2018: from a space-bound Tesla to crows having sex with their dead.

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A French Teenager Turned the Bible and Quran into DNA and Injected Them into His Body

The injection probably won’t bring enlightenment, but it's also unlikely to kill him.

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7 Odd Things That Raise Your Risk of Cancer (and 1 That Doesn't)

Some things that may raise people's risk of cancer don't get a lot of attention.

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10 Ways Earth Changed Forever in 2018

Earth is always changing, and 2018 — a year filled with hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes — was no exception.

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Way to Be Weird, Earth: 10 Strange Findings About Our Planet in 2018

This year brought many new discoveries about our oddball planet.

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10 Things We Learned About the Brain in 2018

The brain sculpts not only who we are but also the world that we experience. It tells us what to see, what to hear and what to say.

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In 10 Years, the Large Hadron Collider Was a Smash — with More Discoveries to Come

Here's what the world's most powerful atom smasher has accomplished in the past 10 years and the fascinating physics it could still reveal.

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Christmas 'Hippo' Asteroid Is Buzzing Earth, Its Closest Flyby in 400 Years

A small asteroid is flying safely by Earth Saturday (Dec. 22) and according to the folks at NASA, it looks just like the mighty hippo in new radar images.

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10 Amazing Things We Learned About Humans in 2018

The human body is amazingly complex, which is why, even in this day and age, we continue to learn new things about ourselves.

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The Science of Bath Bombs (and How to Make Them)

Here's the science behind that satisfying fizz of a bath bomb, plus, how to make your own at home.

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7 Illusions That Blew Our Minds in 2018

An arrow points right. Turn it 180 degrees, it still points right. Turn it again... it points right.

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Type 2 Diabetes May Be Linked to Erectile Dysfunction

It makes “good biological sense"

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More Babies Are Conceived Over the Holiday Season Than Other Times of Year

Is the crisp autumn air, or the joy (or anxiety) of the holiday season, triggering more unprotected sexual intercourse? Or is it something else ...

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WATCH: First-Ever Footage of a Lizard Breathing Underwater

Lizards can't breathe underwater — or can they?

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Alien Architects Didn't Build This Pre-Incan Complex, 3D Models Show

Scientists recently restored an ancient structure in Bolivia to its former splendor.

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Explorer Reaches the Deepest Point in the Atlantic Ocean

Having traversed the tops of the world, he's now going deep.

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Disappointment About Gifts Is Good for Kids Who Have Enough

Disappointment is a natural human emotion that occurs after a perceived failure.

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Winter Solstice: The Science of the Shortest Day of 2018

The winter solstice is in full stride today (Dec. 21), marking 2018's day with the fewest hours of daylight for the Northern Hemisphere. Here's why.

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Study: You're Going to Keep Aging Until You Die

Once you reach a very advanced age, you reach a sort of "aging plateau," according to some experts. A new study argues that this is wrong.

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Brain of Mysterious 'Little Foot' Human Relative Was Half-Man, Half-Ape

The brain of a very old human ancestor looks a lot like an ape's and a little like a human's.

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Dinosaur-Era Shark Nabbed Flying Reptile, Losing a Tooth

A rogue tooth hints at a primeval encounter of sea and sky.

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Japan May Start Commercial Whale Hunting Again

Japan plans to leave the International Whaling Commission so that it can resume commercially hunting the marine giant, according to news reports from government sources.

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Is It Unethical to Give Your Cat Catnip?

Catnip can induce changes in cat behavior. An expert argues that giving it to cats raises questions about human power and animal autonomy.

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What Winter Solstice Rituals Tell Us About Indigenous People

For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals reveal a deep understanding of the natural world, from the mounds of Cahokia to the games of Blackfeet Indians.

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Russian Scientists Hope to Restore Ice Age Steppe with 'Pleistocene Park.' Will It Work?

Russian scientists are bringing back ancient grasslands in Siberia.

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These Baby Sharks Swim from One Uterus to Another to Eat Their Unfertilized Siblings

The little sharks swim around inside their mom, switching between her multiple uteruses. When they get hungry they eat her unfertilized eggs.

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Ancient Aramaic Incantation Describes 'Devourer' that Brings 'Fire' to Victims

The stone container dates back 2,800 years and is inscribed with scorpions and centipedes as well as the incantation.

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World’s Oldest Flower Unfurled Its Petals More Than 174 Million Years Ago

Dinosaurs that lived during the early Jurassic period could stop and smell the flowers if they so desired, according to a new study that describes the oldest fossil flower on record.

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'Blind' on Climate, Trump Inspires Name for Sightless, Slimy, Worm-Like Creature

A blind, worm-like amphibian species has a new and presidential name.

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Men Who Smoke Pot May Have Lower Sperm Count

Recreational marijuana use is becoming increasingly legal across the U.S., but that doesn't mean that it's safe.

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Why Are You Still Sleeping in Your Contact Lenses?

This bad habit could raise your risk of serious eye infections and even lead to vision loss.

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The Science of Saying Goodbye to Santa

Have your kids stopped believing in Santa? You might be more upset than they are. Read this letter from Santa – ghostwritten by a scientist who specializes in imagination and human behavior.

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'Miracle' Dinosaur Whose Bones Survived Being Blown Up Discovered in Italian Alps

The four-fingered beast is the largest, oldest predatory dinosaur on record.

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Photos: Carnivorous Dinosaurs Discovered in Italian Alps

The newly identified dinosaur Saltriovenator zanellai was found in the Italian Alps.

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This Humongous Fungus Has Been Around Since the Birth of Socrates

A humongous fungus lurking underground in Michigan is exceptionally old, tremendously heavy and has a curiously low mutation rate, a new study finds.

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Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body Ever Spotted

A newly discovered object is the most-distant body ever observed in the solar system — and the first object ever found circling at more than 100 times the distance from Earth to the sun.

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Saturn Is Losing Its Rings

Chances are, you wouldn't recognize Saturn without its trademark thick band of rings. But if you could travel 300 million years into the future, you would need to, because by then, chances are those rings would be gone — and they could disappear even fast

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Monster Waves Are Battering the West Coast. Here's Why.

Deadly waters are churning up and down the West Coast of the U.S. today, caused by a storm system originating close to Alaska.

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Can You Really Get Sick from Smelling Dirty Socks?

A man in China had a habit of walking home from work every day, taking off his socks and… taking a great big whiff of them, according to news reports.

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Opioids Don't Really Do That Much for Chronic Pain, Meta-Analysis Finds

Not only do prescription opioid drugs come with a risk of addiction and overdose, but they also appear to provide little benefit for patients with chronic pain

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Matter Sucked in by Black Holes May Travel into the Future, Get Spit Back Out

What happens at the center of a black hole? Not a singularity, as Einstein’s theories predict.

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Too Much Screen Use Really Might Change Your Kid's Brain

Some say the hysteria over screen time echoes parents' worries that their kids were watching too much TV in the 1980s. But new studies show there's nothing overblown about parents' growing concern.

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All That Glitters Is Not Food: FDA Warns to Watch Out for Non-Edible Glitters

If you're thinking about glitzing up your holiday baking with some food glitter, health officials have a warning for you.

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The Weird Reason 'Tsunami Fires' Broke Out After Japan Earthquake

Here's why the ocean appeared shiny and bubbling after a tsunami hit Okushiri Island.

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Massive Star Is So Big It Gives Birth to a Tiny Twin

It's one of the first times such a stellar phenomenon has been observed.

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Proton-Size Droplets of Primordial Soup May Be the Tiniest in the Universe

Researchers may have created the tiniest droplets in the universe, using a soupy mix of ultrahot particles that mimics conditions in the moments after the Big Bang.

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This 87-Year-Old Woman Donated Her Body So Doctors Could Slice It into 27,000 Pieces

Susan Potter knew before she died that she, or at least her body, would make history.

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Canada's Huge New Diamond Is … Well, Fine, We Guess

Canada's largest diamond can't quite compete with the largest on record.

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It's Official: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs Were Covered in Fluffy Feathers

There's no doubt anymore: Pterosaurs — the flying reptiles that zipped through the skies during the dinosaur age — sported feathers, a finding that pushes the origin of these fluffy structures back 70 million years.

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Scientists Proposed a Nuclear 'Tunnelbot' to Hunt Life in Europa's Hidden Ocean

A group of scientists wants to send a nuclear-powered "tunnelbot" to Europa to blaze a path through its thick shell of ice and search for life.

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Bizarre 'Dark Fluid' with Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe

Forget about dark matter and dark energy, new research suggests that the existence of 'dark fluid' may solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics.

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Long-Hidden 'Pyramid' Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple

It lay hidden for thousands of years.

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An Underwater 'Ghost Fleet' of Shipwrecks Is On the Move, and Here's Why

Nearly 200 military shipwrecks — dating as far back as the Revolutionary War and including ships from the Civil War and both World War I and World War II — were sunk to the bottom of a river.

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A Punch to the Face Left a Man Starry-Eyed — Literally

When a man in India took a fist to the left side of his face during a fight, he may have temporarily seen stars.

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Archaeologists Sift Through Soup of Human Remains in Waterlogged Mass Grave in Egypt

An unlooted tomb discovered in an Egyptian necropolis contains the remains of more than 50 people.

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Photos: Artifacts from a Watery Desert Grave

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mass grave at the ancient quarry site of Gebel el-Silsila

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Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?

To find life on Mars, scientists may need to "go deep."

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Time Travel Is Possible — But Only If You Have an Object With Infinite Mass

Who wouldn't want to travel in time, glimpsing the dinosaurs or peeking at humans 2,000 years from now? Now physicists have designed a time machine that seems deceptively simple.

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NASA's Insight Lander on Mars Spotted from Space

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the InSight lander, as well as the hardware that helped the stationary robot ace its Nov. 26 touchdown on the equatorial plain known as Elysium Planitia.

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Scientists Try to Save Woolly Monkeys from Extinction … by Training Them to Be Wild Again

Colombian researchers hope to revive an endangered species by rehabilitating monkeys confiscated from smugglers. The captive animals' struggles show that survival is not guaranteed.

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4,400-Year-Old Tomb of 'Divine Inspector' with Hidden Shafts Discovered in Egypt

One of the hidden shafts might hold the divine inspector's sarcophagus.

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Photos: Exquisitely Preserved Ancient Tomb Discovered at Saqqara

Gorgeous photos show a 4,400-year-old tomb of a divine inspector in ancient Egypt.

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Leo DiCaprio's Rumored Plan to Buy a Dinosaur Duo Has Paleontologists Upset

Leonardo DiCaprio is rumored to be in the market for a $2.5 million dinosaur duo: a meat-eating Allosaurus mother and babe, according to Page Six in the New York Post.

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Tornadoes Don't Form Like Meteorologists Thought They Did

Tornado rotation seems to start right at ground level.

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Study 'Proves' Parachutes Don't Save People Who Fall Out of Airplanes

You might think that it's safer to jump out of an airplane with a parachute than without one. But, according to science, you'd be wrong.

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Half-Size, Ruffle-Headed Relative of Triceratops Discovered

If head frills were a fashion statement, a newly identified 73-million-year-old triceratops relative was certainly at the top of its game.

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What Lies Beneath the Transylvanian Castle That Imprisoned 'Dracula'?

A castle where the bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler was once imprisoned is slowly revealing its secrets, thanks to new radar scans of the ground below the structure.

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50,000-Year-Old Tiara Made from Woolly Mammoth Ivory Found in Denisova Cave

The tiara was probably worn by an adult man with a relatively large head.

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Mountain of Evidence Confirms: Climate Change Is Really, Really Bad for Human Health and Well-Being

It's now beyond official: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, pose a danger to public health and welfare, according to an exhaustive review that looked at 275 scientific studies published over the past nine years.

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Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate

"SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space," reads a triumphant tweet from Virgin Galactic posted during today's successful test flight after the company's vehicle reached 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) in altitude.

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Watch an Elephant Named Kelly Scoop Cereal Into Her Mouth in Easily the Best Study of 2018

One step closer to the perfect cereal-eating robot.

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Do You Carry Neanderthal DNA? The Shape of Your Skull May Tell.

The shape of your brain may say a lot about the Neanderthal in you.

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Invasive Tick Is 'Here to Stay,' and Here's Where It Could Spread Next

An invasive tick species, new to the U.S., has already popped up in nine states, and a new study suggests that the species could spread much further.

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Comet Will Make Closest Approach to Earth This Weekend. And You Can See It Without a Telescope.

As comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or even a sense of impending doom.

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US Navy's Secrecy Likely Stalled Ocean Science Progress for Decades

When the U.S. Navy classified vital seafloor data during World War II and after, it delayed the development of a key theory.

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Fireball That Exploded Over Greenland Shook Earth, Triggering Seismic Sensors

These are the first-ever seismic recordings of a meteor impact on ice in Greenland.

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The Rubber Ducky Comet Blasted a Magnetic Path Through Space

Rosetta's comet sent a magnetic shock wave screaming out in front of it, blazing a trail through the stellar wind. And scientists just found it.

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Huge Marsupial Lion Terrorized Ancient Australia, Sat Adorably on Its Tail

The marsupial lion has long mystified scientists. But the recent discovery of more of its fossils, including a nearly complete skeleton of the extinct beast, has revealed some of its secrets.

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Some Kotex Tampons Recalled After Reports of 'Pieces Left in the Body'

Certain Kotex tampons are being recalled after some users reported that the product unraveled or came apart, and in some cases, resulted in "pieces left in the body."

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Exploding Stars Helped Kill Earth's Ancient Sea Monsters, New Study Suggests

Did an exploding star kill the Earth's biggest sharks?

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A Woman Fell Asleep During Cupping Therapy. She Woke Up with Bizarre Blisters.

She had applied the cups herself, and then fell asleep, according to a new report of the case.

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All About Apples: Health Benefits, Nutrition Facts and History

An apple a day may really keep the doctor away, as these fruits are low in calories and high in fiber, have only a trace of sodium and no fat.

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NASA Space Lasers Creating Most Detailed Map Ever of Antarctica's Ice

It's measuring the highs and lows of our planet.

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8,300-Year-Old Stone Snake Heads Reveal Stone Age Ritual Ceremonies

What might be passed over as two oddly shaped rocks are the work of Stone Age artisans who sculpted the rocks into beady-eyed snake heads, archaeologists have found.

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How This Supercolony of 1.5 Million Penguins Stayed Hidden for Nearly 3,000 Years

Sometimes we miss one or two, sometimes we miss millions.

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The US Lost 1 Warship in WWI. 100 Years Later, We Know What Caused the Sinking.

A new exploration of a 100-year-old shipwreck reveals the weapon that brought the vessel down.

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Future Humans May Call Us the 'Chicken People,' and Here's Why

Domesticated chickens, it turns out, could be a signpost for future archaeologists that screams, "Humans were here!"

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Cannibalism? Nope, This 8,000-Year-Old Man Was Likely Burned in a Ritual

The shattered skull of a hunter who lived about 8,000 years ago isn’t evidence of cannibalism, as scientists previously thought. Rather, the hunter died in a grisly murder, new research suggests.

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The Arctic Is Not Doing Well (at All)

The Arctic is warming faster than ever.

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Asteroid Bennu Had Water! NASA Probe Makes Tantalizing Find

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe, which just arrived at the asteroid Bennu last week, has already found lots of hydrated minerals on the space rock, mission team members announced today (Dec. 10).

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'Miracle' Excavation of 'Little Foot' Skeleton Reveals Mysterious Human Relative

Following an epic 20-year-long excavation in South Africa, researchers have finally recovered and cleaned the nearly-complete skeleton of an ancient human relative.

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Super-Steamy Megalodon May Have Been Too Hot to Avoid Extinction

Why did megalodon go extinct? New research has answers, and the shark's high body temperature likely played a part.

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These Simple Tips May Prevent Holiday Weight Gain, Study Suggests

Some simple tips, including weighing yourself regularly, can help prevent holiday weight gain, a new study finds.

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Here’s Why Scientists Are Poring Over Ancient Alpaca Poo

Ancient poop could reveal the history of alpaca domestication.

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Earth's Mysterious 'Deep Biosphere' Is Home to Millions of Undiscovered Species, Scientists Say

Should we search for life on other planets, or begin searching deep inside our own?

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How Rising Temperatures Suffocated 96 Percent of Sea Life in Earth's Biggest Extinction

Here's the horrifying way these sea creatures met their end more than 250 million years ago.

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It's Official! NASA's Famed Voyager 2 Spacecraft Reaches Interstellar Space

It's time to say goodbye to one of the most storied explorers of our age: Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.

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How to Survive the 'Game of Thrones,' According to Science

If you want to survive the "Game of Thrones," it pays to be noble, female and flexible about the concept of loyalty.

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16 of the Most Interesting Ancient Board and Dice Games

From the forerunner to backgammon to a Norse strategy game called Viking chess, here's a look at the fascinating games played in our very distant past.

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4,000-Year-Old Game Board Carved into the Earth Shows How Nomads Had Fun

It's one of the world's oldest board games.

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This Fluffy Alien World Farts Helium

As a Jupiter-size world swings around its small but active star, bombarded by radiation, the planet leaves behind a tail of escaping helium as wide as itself — and researchers have spotted this tail from the ground.

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Will Dark Matter Mess with These Ultraprecise Atomic Clocks?

Researchers are putting a global network of the most precise timekeepers ever made to the task of hunting for dark matter, the invisible and largely intangible substance that researchers think makes up about five-sixths of all matter in the universe.

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Tiny 'Blueberries' on Mars Continue to Baffle Scientists

Snack-loving scientists working with the Opportunity mission on Mars dubbed tiny, iron-rich spheres scattered near the robot's landing site "blueberries," but these features were easier to name than to understand.

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China Launches 1st Mission to Land on Far Side of the Moon

China's robotic Chang'e 4 spacecraft launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center Dec. 7, kicking off the first-ever surface mission to the moon's far side.

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Climate Change Is Making Sharks Right-Handed

Warming oceans lead to some strange brain changes in sharks.

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How Do Animals Breathe Underwater?

Fish do it. So do jellyfish, starfish and sea cucumbers.

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Man Coughs Up a Giant Blood Clot in the Shape of His Lung

A man in California surprised his doctors when he coughed up an unusual looking blood clot: It was in the shape of his lung.

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Physicists Keep Trying — and Failing — to Find Dark Matter in Dark Place

A summertime sparkle seemed to hint that researchers had found dark matter, but it looks like those scientists were wrong.

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The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels

Despite warnings that there is little time left to get a handle on global warming, carbon emissions are on the rise.

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Sorry Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant Is Not Inside This Ethiopian Church

Several media outlets are reporting the sacred chest holding the Ten Commandments is hiding inside the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion.

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Polonium: A Rare and Highly Volatile Radioactive Element

Polonium was a critical ingredient in the first atomic bomb and it's a suspected poison in more than one high-profile death.

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'It Was Just Dead Brain Tissue': Seattle Women Dies from Extremely Unusual Infection

It started with a sinus infection that wouldn't go away.

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Centuries-Old Ninja Oath Warns of Divine Wrath

A long-hidden ninja oath swearing secrecy about the elite warriors' skills recently came to light.

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Stonehenge Archaeologists Furious at Construction Crew Accused of ‘Smashing’ a 6,000-Year-Old Platform

Digging a tunnel beneath Stonehenge, what could go wrong?

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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Hand, foot and mouth disease can spread quickly across child care centers and elementary schools. Here's what to look for and how to manage the disease.

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'Chemo Brain' May Result from Effects on 'Helper Cells.' The Finding Could Lead to Possible Treatments.

A new study provides insight into how certain chemotherapy drugs affect brain cells. The study also identified a potential new treatment for "chemo brain."

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Uterine Cancer Killing More US Women, with Black Women Hardest Hit

More women in the U.S. are developing and dying from uterine cancer than they were nearly two decades ago, and black women are "disproportionately" affected.

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Seal with Eel Stuck Up Its Nose Was Probably Just Really Bad at Hunting, Scientists Say

Said seal doesn't look pleased.

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Ancient, Unknown Strain of Plague Found in 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Sweden

In a nearly 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden, researchers have discovered the oldest-known strain of the notorious bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Astronomers Think They've Figured Out the Raging Swirls of Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes

Churning, hellish, hot-cold gas storms swirl around our universe's supermassive black holes. But the scientists involved in discovering them would prefer you call them "fountains."

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A Common Virus May Be Linked to Heart Problems in Fetuses

A common virus that typically causes only mild symptoms in adults might lead to heart defects in developing human fetuses

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Man Unknowingly Buys 4,000-Year-Old Pottery at Flea Market, Uses It As Toothbrush Holder

You never know what you'll find at a flea market.

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SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station, But Misses Rocket Landing

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifted off into clear blue skies today (Dec. 5), but its first stage spiraled down in a failed landing.

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Scary Map Shows Where Animal Poop Is Turning into Deadly Ammonia Pollution

Here's where all the farm animals are pooping, y'all.

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This Legless Lizard Breathes Through 'Christmas Trees' Growing from Its Head

A new species of legless salamander is an elusive aquatic oddity.

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Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Ever

The rate of vanishing ice is "off the charts."

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What Is X-Ray Spectroscopy?

X-ray spectroscopy is used in many areas of science, medicine and technology, to better understand the characteristics of a material at the atomic level.

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This Frozen Russian Island Is the World's Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle

When Siberia's islands thaw, they turn into a crazy jigsaw puzzle of ice.

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Photos: 500-Year-Old Body of Man with Thigh-High Boots

Archaeologists discovered the man's body in London's sewer system.

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500-Year-Old Body of Man Wearing Thigh-High Boots Found in London Sewer Construction

Was this a fashion statement?

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Here's the Truth Behind a NASA Document on Aliens Visiting Earth

Silvano Colombano said that his view on aliens visiting Earth “is not accurately represented” in a viral Fox News article.

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Rare Rainfall in the Atacama Is Deadly for Its Tiniest Inhabitants

What is supposed to be a boon to life caused bacteria to burst like balloons.

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A Woman's Odd Symptoms After Chiropractic 'Neck Manipulation' Revealed a Brain Cyst

A women's chiropractic procedure to manipulate her neck may have inadvertently led doctors to discover a large cyst in her brain that had likely been there for decades.

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Carnivores: Facts About Meat Eaters

A carnivore is an animal or plant that eats the flesh of animals.

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Tehran Is Sinking Dramatically, And It May Be Too Late to Recover

The ground is shifting under Tehran, capitol of Iran.

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Cancer DNA Binds to Gold. That Could Lead to New Cancer Blood Test.

Researchers have discovered a curious difference between the DNA from cancer cells and that from healthy cells, and this finding could lead to a new blood test for cancer.

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Centipedes and Millipedes: Lots of Legs, What's the Difference?

At first glance, centipedes and millipedes look alike with their numerous legs. But there are a few key differences between these squirmy creatures.

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The Sun's Turbulent North Pole Looks Like a Spooky Vortex in This Composite Image

Santa would not do well here.

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Moldy Mouse Chow Delays SpaceX Dragon Launch to Space Station

SpaceX's next cargo launch to the International Space Station has been pushed back to Wednesday (Dec. 5) due to a rodent problem.

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SpaceX Delay May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments

Here's what those wriggling worms are expected to do in space ... and it's not to scare aliens.

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Scientists Just Discovered What May Be Canada's Largest Cave. And It Looks Like Sarlacc's Pit.

A helicopter team counting caribou in Canada recently made an unexpected discovery.

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Humanity's Largest Atom Smasher Takes a Pause, Will Wake Up Again in 2021

Particles: Breathe easy. Scientists at the world's largest particle collider have no plans to smash you together until spring 2021.

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Common Chemicals in Toiletries May Lead to Early Puberty

Chemicals found in shampoo and makeup may shift up the onset of puberty.

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Were Paleo Artists Also Self-Mutilators?

A new paper argues that Paleolithic cave artists may have cut off their own fingers.

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Hello, Bennu! NASA Asteroid-Sampling Probe Reaches Its Target Space Rock

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe sidled up to the diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu today (Dec. 3), bringing an end to a circuitous deep-space chase that lasted 27 months.

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SpaceX Rocket Makes Historic 3rd Launch Into Space with 64 Satellites On Board

A Falcon 9 rocket with a twice-flown first stage lifted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base today (Dec. 3), carrying 64 tiny satellites to orbit. SpaceX had never launched the same first stage three times before.

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Sculptor Unknowingly Poisons Herself with Her Own Art

When a sculptor in Toronto started feeling ill in 2013, she had no idea that her art was the reason why.

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Shingles: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a viral disease that can cause a painful, blistering rash, which usually appears on one side of the body. It's caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.

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David Attenborough Warns of 'Collapse of Civilization' at UN Climate Summit

The people (and Sir David Attenborough) have spoken: Climate change is scary as heck.

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This Ring Bears the Name of the Man Who Condemned Jesus to Death. Who Really Wore It?

This ring bears the name Pilatus. But experts think it probably doesn't belong to Pontius Pilate, who ordered the execution of Jesus in the Bible.

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Watch a Brainless, Single-Cell Slime Hunt for Food in This Eerie GIF

This slime mold knows what it wants.

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NASA Arrives at Bennu Today, But Exactly Where Is That Asteroid?

NASA is starting scientific observations of a new asteroid called Bennu today (Dec. 3), kicking the OSIRIS-REx mission into full gear.

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How Butt Gas, Drugs and Amazing Memories Led to This Weird Turtle Photo

The ancient cosmologers were right and Galileo was wrong: This turtle's got the whole freaking world on its back.

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Thriving Plateau Region That Slipped Beneath North Sea 8,000 Years Ago Reveals Its Secrets

Archaeologists are finding out what the vast landscape looked like before it slipped beneath the salty water so long ago.

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Bones of Handless Man Found Near Mysterious Medieval Dolphin Burial

The body was found just a few feet from the burial of a mysterious medieval skeleton of a dolphin.

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NASA's Stunning Photo of the Moon Will Make You Swoon

The moon is pretty enough here from Earth, but it's even more stunning up close, as this new image from NASA reminds us.

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Fox, 'Cosmos' Producers Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Host Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Fox Broadcasting Company and the producers of the science-based series "Cosmos," are investigating host Neil deGrasse Tyson following claims of sexual misconduct by three women.

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Soar Over NASA's InSight Landing Site on Mars in This Stunning Video

A new video gives a bird's-eye view of the patch of Mars that NASA's InSight lander now calls home.

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Ice Age 'Unicorn' May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans

A burly "unicorn" once roamed the Eurasian steppes.

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This Gene Can Make Viruses Invisible to the Immune System — Up to a Point

One gene, which protects the body from autoimmune disorders also helps secretly usher in some viruses by changing their look.

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Here's What Photosynthesis Sounds Like Underwater

If you listen closely, you can hear little plants harnessing the sun's energy. All you have to do is dive underwater and listen for the faint but distinctive "ping!" that red algae make while carrying out photosynthesis, a new study finds.

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A 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Just Shook Alaska

The earthquake struck 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Anchorage, prompting a tsunami warning.

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Babies Create a Mental Map of Their Body Before They Ever Leave the Womb

Those kicks and jabs help your baby build an information superhighway while still in the womb.

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Ancient Hominins May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans in Arabia

Ancient human relatives lived on the Arabian Peninsula for an astonishingly long time — from about 240,000 to 190,000 years ago — and spread into the heart of the region by following its blue rivers and lakes, a new study found.

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Vaping Marijuana Gets You Way, Way Higher Than Smoking It, Study Finds

17 willing participants got very, very high for science — and they found vaping weed is way stronger than smoking it.

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Meet the Leggy Deep-Sea Worms Named for Hodor and Arya Stark From 'Game of Thrones'

Arya Stark and Hodor from "Game of Thrones" inspired the scientific names of newfound deep-sea worms.

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Archaeologists Are Looking for Dead Sea Scrolls Inside 2 Newfound Qumran Caves

The caves are in just the right spot to hold these biblical-era manuscripts.

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This Week's Strangest Science News

Ready to get weird? Here are some of the strangest stories on Live Science this week.

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Haunting, 9,000-Year-Old Stone Mask Discovered in a Field in the West Bank

The incredible mask elicited tears from one of its discoverers.

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Scary 'New' Tick Has US Officials Worried

A newfound tick in the United States is spreading.

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Here's How Dangerous, Deadly Prions Spread to the Brain

Hint: It's not through the blood.

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What Are Gamma-Rays?

Gamma-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. They can be used to treat cancer, and gamma-ray bursts are studied by astronomers.

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Deceptive and Dangerous: A Gallery of An Antarctic Volcano

Deception Island, Antarctica is an active volcano.

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Antarctic Island Exploded 4,000 Years Ago

A remote Antarctic island went boom, and now researchers know when.

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Here's How Much Starlight Has Been Created Since the Beginning of the Universe

All the light that has ever been created is still lurking among the stars.

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Spinning Grains of Cosmic Dust Could Explain Weird Signals at the North Pole

A mysterious cosmic signal that was detected above the North Pole could be coming from fast-spinning grains of dust.

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Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Just Survived a Massive Crash in Outer Space

Once again, a decades-old theory of gravity has survived a modern scientific onslaught. Einstein wins again.

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This Strange Hum Circled the Whole World. But Nobody Heard It.

There was a seismic hum that nobody could hear, and scientists still aren't sure what caused it.

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US Life Expectancy Dropped in 2017. Drug Overdose Deaths Are a Big Reason Why

Life expectancy for the average person in the U.S. dropped slightly in 2017, and drug overdose deaths likely played a role.

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While You Weren't Looking, Engineers Combined a Plane and a Blimp to Make a Plimp

What happens when you cross a blimp with a plane, and give it a few helicopter abilities? A lighter-than-air plimp-hybrid airship is born, according to a Seattle-based company looking for investors.

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Neanderthals and Humans Were Hooking Up Way More Than Anyone Thought

Way more sex happened between Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans across Europe and Asia than scientists originally thought, a new study finds.

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How Did That Big Cow Get So Huge?

The internet literally had a cow yesterday when news of a giant steer in Australia spread across the interwebs like a fire set by a cow kicking over a lantern.

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Lab-Grown Miniplacentas Resemble the Real Thing So Much, They Fooled a Pregnancy Test

Miniature placentas grown in a laboratory behave much like real placentas.

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Here's How Cannabis Got Its High

How did we end up with THC and CBD in the first place?

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We Could Spray Cheap Chemicals in the Air to Slow Climate Change. Should We?

A new paper reveals that it would cost less to slow climate change than it would to fix New York City's subway system.

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What Are Amphetamines?

Amphetamines are powerful central nervous system stimulants derived from the ephedra plant. They're used to treat disorders such as ADHD, narcolepsy and obesity. However, they can also be highly addictive and have harmful side effects.

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Why the Gene-Edited Babies Will Never Have Genetic Privacy

Being born with an edited genome all but wipes out the chance of genetic privacy.

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There's Drug-Resistant Bacteria in the Space Toilets, Guys

Always wash your hands after using the space toilet. Always.

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How Do Scientists Prove That Twin Babies Had Their Genes Edited?

Questions are swirling after the announcement that the first gene-edited babies were born earlier this month — including what exactly researchers did and whether they even did it.

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Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago

In an instant, the airburst devastated an area north of the Dead Sea.

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Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows

In a new documentary, a U.K.-based group claims to have discovered the ruins of Atlantis.

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Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Speaks at Conference, Addresses Controversial Research

Jiankui He, the Chinese scientist who edited the genes of twin babies, spoke publicly about his research for the first time today (Nov. 28) in Hong Kong, at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

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New Zealand's Islands Are Creeping Closer Together

New Zealand is still moving after an earthquake two years ago.

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Exquisitely Preserved Mummies Discovered in One of Egypt's Largest Tombs

The tomb is so big that archaeologists have been excavating since the 19th century.

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Photos: Mummies Discovered in Tombs in Ancient Egyptian City

Archaeologists have discovered several mummies and sarcophagi in two separate tombs near Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt.

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Dads (Not Just Moms) Can Pass on Mitochondrial DNA, According to Provocative New Study

It's long been thought that people inherit mitochondrial DNA exclusively from their mothers. But a provocative new study suggests otherwise.

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Photos: The Ancient Ruins of Shivta in Southern Israel

Ancient Shivta in southern Israel was once part of a thriving group of desert cities on a trade route between the Mediterranean coast and the east of Arabia.

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145 Pilot Whales Found Dead on Remote New Zealand Beach. Nobody Knows Why.

Up to 145 pilot whales stranded on a remote New Zealand beach and no one knows why. All of the whales eventually died.

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Earliest Depiction of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered. Here's What It Shows.

Emma Maayan-Fanar was looking for shade from the desert sun when she saw the face of Jesus.

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6 Doctors Swallowed and Pooped Lego Minifigures So You Don't Have To

Here's how to poop a Lego for science.

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Sloths: The World's Slowest Mammals

Sloths spend most of their time sleeping and eating in the tropical rainforests of South and Central America.

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Gene-Edited Babies Reportedly Born in China. What Could Go Wrong?

A scientist claims to have edited the genes of human embryos, creating the first genetically-modified babies.

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Mars InSight Stuck the Landing. Here's the First Thing It Did.

InSight stuck the landing on Mars — here’s what happens after touchdown.

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Touchdown on Mars! NASA's InSight Lands to Peer Inside the Red Planet

NASA's InSight lander touched down safely on the Martian surface today (Nov. 26), pulling off the first successful Red Planet landing since the Curiosity rover's arrival in August 2012.

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Twitter Erupts with Mars Madness As Lander Touches Down Safely on Red Planet

Bam, just like that, the Mars InSight lander plops onto the surface of its new home. Here's what Twitter had to say about the momentous landing.

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Cyber Monday Deals on DNA Kits: Here's What These Tests Might Tell You

What can you expect from DNA kits that are on sale on Cyber Monday?

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Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'?

Are marsquakes the same as earthquakes?

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Everything ThinkGeek Is 50% Off Today!

Pehaps the best site on the Internet for finding cool science-y gifts that are unique and imaginative, ThinkGeek is going all out it seems for Cyber Monday.

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The 11 Biggest Unanswered Questions About Dark Matter

Physicists remain unsure about what exactly dark matter is and if it actually exists.

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No, Mars InSight Won't Be Searching for Alien Life. Here's What It IS Looking For.

Is there life on Mars? Even if there is, InSight won't tell us.

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Scientists Wrote an Equation to Find the Funniest Word in English. The Results Will Make You Fart.

The results will make you giggle, fart, poop and cluck.

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Mars Insight Photos: A Timeline to Landing on the Red Planet

The Mars lander has been making its way to the Red Planet since its launch on May 5, 2018. And on Nov. 26, the three-legged robot will make its final plunge, called 6 minutes of terror, onto the alien surface. There it will begin operations…

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Why NASA's Mars InSight Landing Zone Is a Big Weird Oval

It has everything to do with the tricky, daunting way the probe will punch through to the surface.

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Journey to the Center of the Red Planet: NASA's InSight Lander to Reveal the Secrets Inside Mars

Mars is the second-most studied planet — only behind our own — but we know virtually nothing about its interior. That's about to change with NASA's InSight.

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Here's How to Watch the Insight Landing on Mars on Monday

In a few days, humanity will once again reach out and touch the surface of a foreign world.

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Why Do I Get Sore Days After I’ve Worked Out?

Many of us have experienced the burning, aching, jelly-leg feeling that creeps in hours, or even days, after exercise. But where does it come from and why does it always show up a couple days after intense or new workouts?

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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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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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Many Kids Are Given Probiotics for Stomach Bugs. But They May Not Help At All.

Young children with intestinal infections don't appear to benefit from several commonly used probiotics.

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Get Ready for InSight Mars Landing's '6 Minutes of Terror'

When InSight lands on Mars, no one will see it in real time.

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Black Friday Deal: R2-D2 Action Figure Can Explore 'Star Wars' Galaxy

For Black Friday, Amazon is selling this app-enabled R2-D2 droid figure for its lowest price.

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Give the Gift of AncestryDNA at 40% Off

Need a gift for a special someone who seems to have everything? Or perhaps a friend or partner who is interested in their ancestors or just in history? AncestryDNA may be the perfect holiday present.

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See Spectacular Lunar Mission Images in 3D (Photos)

New book "Mission Moon: 3D" presents the history of NASA's Apollo missions, with 3D photographs.

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See the Apollo Moon Missions Like Astronauts Did — In 3D

Stereo 3D brings new depth to archival images of the Apollo missions to the moon.

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Black Friday Deal: 23andMe DNA Test - Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Service

Go beyond your family tree to uncover ancestry markers in your DNA, with a genetic testing kit that you can use at home.

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Black Friday Deals: Best Gifts for Science Geeks

Here's a look at some of Live Science's favorite Amazon Black Friday deals for that science geek in your life, from a curious child to a spouse who can't get enough of the Discovery Channel.

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Black Friday 2018 Deal: littleBits Marvel Avengers Hero Inventor Kit

The STEM toy company littleBits has a Black Friday 2018 deal just might perfect for your little superhero: The Marvel Avengers Hero Inventor Kit, but you better act fast. Amazon is offering the STEM kit at a deep discount for today only.

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Can You Get a Sunburn in Winter?

Here's a case for wearing sunscreen 365 days a year.

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Black Friday Deals: Amazon's Best Science Toys for Kids

If you have a little paleontologist, a star-gazer or a budding chemist, one of these science-inspired toys may be right for your child. Here's a look at some of the best STEM deals for kids.

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Weighted Blankets: How They Work

Weighted blankets are touted for helping people to calm down, and sleep better. But do they really live up to these claims?

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The Real Reason the Pilgrims Survived

The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking at New Plymouth would have likely failed.

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Can Lip Balm Make Your Chapped Lips Worse?

Dry, chapped lips are itchy and painful, but repeatedly applying lip balms and products may not help your case.

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Creepy 'Smiling' Worm Pulled from Bottom of the Sea

Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov has a habit of pulling ghoulish and bizarre creatures from the deep sea.

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Your 'Fat-Toothed' Relative May Not Make It for Thanksgiving. He Vanished from Earth 300 Million Years Ago.

Although it may look like a dinosaur, a newly identified sail-backed reptile that lived 300 million years ago is actually more closely related to humans, a new study finds.

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Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops

A dead sperm whale had more than 100 plastic cups, plastic bags, flip flops and other pieces of plastic in its stomach when it was found rotting on a beach in Indonesia.

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Here's How Smoke from California Wildfires Affects the Human Body

Experts say that the biggest health danger from the smoke comes from the particulate matter that it contains.

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What Do Shrink-Wrapped Thanksgiving Turkeys and the Higgs Boson Have in Common?

Both can be made using the power of particle accelerators.

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No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.

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The Strange History of the Turkey Tail

The fate of turkey tails shows how Americans have shifted from eating whole animals to focusing on choice cuts – and the surprising places where unwanted parts end up.

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Infectious 'Prions' Found in the Eyes of Patients with Fatal Brain Disease

People with the rare and fatal brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) show signs of the disease in their eyes, according to a new study.

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950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power.

Unlike other Martian cloud structures that seem to poof in and out of existence, this one has staying power.

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Mom's Phone Call Helps Uncover Oldest Long-Necked Dinosaur on Record

Not only is the beast the oldest sauropodomorph, but it had the longest neck ever.

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Ugh, When Our Sun Blows Up It's Probably Gonna Get Sand Everywhere

A new study reveals the origin of silica, and how a bunch of old supernovas got it all over everything.

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Ochre: The World's First Red Paint

Artists have used ochre — a naturally occurring pigment that has hues ranging from yellow to red to purple-brown — to paint for hundreds of thousands of years.

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Don't Eat Romaine Lettuce... Again

It's happening again: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans to avoid romaine lettuce.

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4 Infant Botulism Cases Linked to Honey-Dipped Pacifiers

The FDA warns caregivers not to give honey to infants younger than 12-months

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Turkeys 'Peas' and 'Carrots' Get a Presidential Pardon. How Did This Thanksgiving Tradition Start?

Why do American presidents pardon Thanksgiving turkeys?

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536 Was a Garbage Year for Mankind (So Give 2018 a Break)

Worst. Year. EVER.

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What Is Brain Freeze?

What is happening when something as lovely as ice cream causes such awful pain?

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Aspirin Can Help Your Heart. Omega-3s Might. But Together? Maybe Not.

Aspirin and Omega-3 both help the heart — but maybe not together

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MDMA Makes People More Cooperative... But That Doesn't Mean More Trusting

A new study from England suggests that the drug makes people more cooperative, but only with those who are deemed trustworthy.

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These Ancient Termite Mounds Are As Old As the Egyptian Pyramids. And They're Visible from Space.

Around the same time the ancient Egyptians were building their mighty pyramids, tiny termites were digging through the earth, creating giant mounds in Brazil that still exist today and are so massive, they're visible from space, according to a new study.

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Half of the Year's Rain Falls on Earth in Just 12 Days

Extreme precipitation will be more likely in a warming world.

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Middle East Looters Turn to Spirit Possession to Find Gold Treasure

Some looters are turning to spirits called "jinn" in their hunt for gold treasure.

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Ancient Skeletons of Woman and Fetus Hint at Childbirth Death 3,700 Years Ago

Archaeologists in Egypt recently unearthed a grim discovery: skeletons of a pregnant woman and her fetus.

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What Is Chickenpox? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Chickenpox is a viral infection that's easily prevented by a highly effective vaccine.

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What Is Chickenpox? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Chickenpox is a viral infection that's easily prevented by a highly effective vaccine.

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What Is Virotherapy?

Viruses are now being developed to attack cancer cells. Here's how they work.

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This Spinning, Snakelike Star System Might Blast Gamma Rays into the Milky Way When It Dies

Astronomers found a star system in our galaxy that could produce a gamma-ray burst — one of the brightest and most energetic events in the universe.

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Scientists Finally Know How Wombat Butts Make Cube-Shaped Poops

These marsupials have especially talented poop-cubing butts. And a team of physicists figured out how they work.

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'Ravenous, Hairy Ogre' Microbe May Represent Entirely New Branch on the Tree of Life

Who needs aliens, when there are plenty of bizarre life forms still to be discovered in Canada?

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There's Something Hot Hidden Under East Antarctica

Scientists aren't sure precisely what it is.

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First-Ever All-Female Antarctic Expedition Busts Women's Endurance Myth

Women who trekked across Antarctica in the first-ever all-female expedition broke more than gender norms — they also busted this gender myth.

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Are These Earth's Oldest Fossils of Life? Dispute Has E.T. Implications

Rocks found at Isua in Greenland may contain the oldest fossils of life on Earth, but not everyone agrees.

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Why Don't Animals Turn into Zombies in 'The Walking Dead'?

Animals do not turn into zombies — only humans do. At least, that seems to be the rule in AMC's sci-fi zombie thriller, "The Walking Dead."

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Divers Surprised by Gorgeous 'Feather Boa' of the Sea. And the Video Is Glorious.

An undulating ribbon of silver surprised divers near northern New Zealand in October — but not so much that they couldn't get it on video.

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How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?

Nut-obsessed squirrels might be smarter than you think.

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Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System

Going, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.

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The 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend! Here's What to Expect

Come early Sunday morning (Nov. 18), the famous Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak, with lesser numbers expected on the preceding and following mornings.

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California's Deadliest Fire Is Seen Engulfing Paradise in 'Astonishing' Satellite Images

Only 4 hours after it started, the Camp Fire was ravaging Paradise, California.

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Warmer, Wetter Than Usual Winter Headed for Much of US

Just over half of the United States has no need to fear a frigid, frozen winter in the coming months — instead, they'll likely experience a warmer and wetter winter than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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Shocked Squirrel and Shy Owl Shine in Wildlife Comedy Photos

Who says wildlife isn't funny?

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See Wildlife's Sillier Side, Captured by Photo Contest Finalists

Whimsical images showcase wild animals in unintentionally hilarious poses.

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European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws

Why did the European Space Agency create a whole bunch of fake moon dust and use it to 3D print small screws, gears and even a fake coin?

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Bubbles: Sure, They Look Innocent, But They Can Be Bacteria-Spreading Menaces

Innocent-looking bubbles can serve as a launching pad to spread bacteria from water into the air, according to a new study.

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Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys 'Go Rouge,' Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells

Miniature kidneys produced in the lab were hiding something from the researchers that grew them.

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Coffee Tastes Bitter, So Why Do People Drink It?

It may sound counterintuitive, but people who are supersensitive to coffee's bitter taste actually drink more of it, a new study finds.

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Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti

Newfound cave paintings from the ice age were obscured for centuries by graffiti.

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Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) in Your Brain

In the latest example of bacteria being "literally everywhere," scientists appear to have found evidence of microbes living harmlessly in our brains.

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In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in California

Wildfires raging in Northern California are now considered the deadliest the state has ever endured. Here's a look at the fires and the destruction left behind.

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Einstein Letter Warns of German Anti-Semitism 10 Years Before Nazis' Rise to Power

Einstein warned of fascism and anti-Semitism 10 years before the Nazis rose to power.

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Paris-Size Crater Found Hidden Under Greenland Ice

Earth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the evidence of all that geologic drama.

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Oldest Known Footprints in Grand Canyon Were Left by Mysterious, Sideways-Walking Reptile

About 315 million years ago — long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth — an early reptile scuttled along in a strangely sideways jaunt, leaving its tiny footprints embedded in the landscape, new research finds.

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Do Not Fear the Dark Matter Hurricane (The Dark Matter Hurricane Is Good)

Scientists think there's a 'dark matter hurricane' coming, but it's definitely not going to kill you. It's actually kind of exciting.

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What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work?

A computed tomography (CT) scan is a quick and painless way to diagnose an injury, abnormality or disease.

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The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans

A new study raises questions about the water cycle of the deep Earth.

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Newly Uncovered Greek City May Be Legendary Home of 'Trojan War' Prisoners

The ancient city dates back to between 300 B.C. and A.D. 400.

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Climate Change Made Recent Hurricanes Wetter. And They May Get Worse.

Rainfall in some of the biggest storms in recent years was fueled by climate change.

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Scientists Are '99 Percent' Sure There's a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Our Solar System

Scientists think there's a giant new planet full of frozen water, and it's right down the cosmic street from Earth.

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Where Are All the Aliens? 'Out There' Book Excerpt

In 'Out There' (Grand Central Publishing, 2018), Space.com senior writer Mike Wall tackles the search for alien life from many different angles and discusses humanity's drive to get off its natal rock. Read an excerpt from the new book here.

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Low-Carb Diets May Burn More Calories

Keeping weight off may be about more than just "calories in and calories out."

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Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms

A paper published in 2017 appeared to show a limited quantum effect in bacteria. Now scientists argue that something much weirder happened.

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Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.

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Show-Off Bobcat Walks in Front of Tourists with a Dead Iguana Dangling from Its Mouth

This iguana never stood a chance.

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This Octogenarian Is the Oldest Fish in Captivity. And She Likes Belly Rubs.

The world's oldest fish lives a comfortable life at the Steinhart Aquarium in California.

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Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal Poop

First humans, now seals: Microplastics are in everyone's digestive tract.

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Giant 'Pink Legacy' Diamond Fetches Over $44 Million at Auction

Do you have $45 million lying around? This "fancy vivid" diamond could be yours.

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How the Midnight Sun Gave This Man 'Rotten Zombie Skin'

A midnight sun can evoke many images, including those of an endless night and a beautiful, soft light — but a really awful sunburn probably isn't one of them.

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Biblical-Era Etchings of Ships Discovered in Israeli Desert

The carvings are realistically proportioned and show details consistent with the ship-building of the day.

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Photos: Biblical-Era Cistern and Carvings Discovered in Israel

A 2,000-year-old cistern in Israel has yielded carvings of ships and zoomorphs.

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Why You Can Blame Your Mom If You're Still Single

Traits passed down by Mom could explain your relationship patterns.

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Satellite Images Reveal North Korea's Missile Program Is Very Much Alive

North Korea's missile program has not actually been dismantled, according to a report published this weekend.

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Beneath Antarctica's Ice, Intriguing Evidence of Lost Continents

A new map reveals the ancient precursors to Antarctica.

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North America's Oldest Mummy Sheds Light on Ancient Migrations

A 10,600-year-old mummy found in Nevada is helping scientists fill in their fuzzy picture of how humans first migrated into the Americas.

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Ancient Monkey Transformed into a 'Sloth' When It Arrived in Jamaica

The extinct Jamaican monkey X. mcgregori mcgregori acted like a sloth and had hardly any teeth. It may have been a seafaring hero.

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Hundreds of Tiny Terracotta Warriors Found Guarding 2,100-Year-Old Chinese Site

They look like a miniaturized version of the Terracotta Army guarding the first emperor of China.

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Photos: Mini Terracotta Army Hidden in China Pit

A 2,100-year-old pit containing chariots and small ceramic sculptures of infantry, cavalry, watchtowers, musicians and servants has been discovered in China.

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'Move More and Sit Less': These Are the New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

After a decade, Americans have new physical activity guidelines to aim for — and officials hope the changes will get more people encouraged to get moving.

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Purrfect Photos: Cat Mummies and Wooden Cat Statues Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Burial Complex

Tens of cat mummies and around 100 wooden statues of cats were discovered near a pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt. The area seems to have been used for cat burials thousands of years ago.

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Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid

Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people.

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Scale of California's Deadly Camp Fire Shown in Satellite Photos

As wildfires continue to burn in California, new satellite photos show the sheer scale of the deadly Camp Fire that has devastated the state's northern town of Paradise.

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Keto, Mediterranean or Vegan: Which Diet Is Best for the Heart?

How do these three diets stack up against each other when it comes to heart health?

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Massive Solar Storm Detonated Hidden American Bombs During the Vietnam War, Navy Records Show

Researchers digging through naval records uncovered a strange and alarming consequence of a massive 1972 solar storm.

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How to Farm During a Zombie Apocalypse

Groceries stores are gone, and zombies want to eat you. How do you feed yourself and those around you?

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Both Bacteria and Viruses Can Cause Pneumonia, But One Is Much Worse for the Heart

Pneumonia caused by bacterial infections poses a much greater threat to the heart than pneumonia caused by viral infections, a new study suggests.

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Ship Traffic in the Now-Open Northwest Passage Endangers Narwhals, Other Unique Animals

Climate change is shrinking Arctic sea ice and opening the region to ship traffic. Whales, seals and other marine mammals could be at risk unless nations adopt rules to protect them.

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These Plant Chemicals Could Help Your Heart's Health

Drinking a cup of tea or eating a handful of berries a day may help protect against heart disease, a new study suggests.

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The 12 Biggest 'Little' Mysteries of Fall — Solved!

Here are the most intriguing "little" mysteries we've gathered about fall.

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Why Late-Night Eating May Hurt Your Heart

Sometimes the heart wants what it wants. But it's not late-night eating.

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Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?

A resonance theory of consciousness suggests that the way all matter vibrates, and the tendency for those vibrations to sync up, might be a way to answer the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness.

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10 of the Strangest Medical Studies (in Recent History, That Is)

Check out some of the strangest medical studies carried out in recent years.

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How to Watch a Near-Earth Asteroid Zoom Closer to Earth than the Moon

Three chunky asteroids are zooming by Earth this weekend, and one of them is getting closer to our planet than the moon itself.

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An American Might Win the World Chess Championship for the 1st Time Since Bobby Fischer

Will Fabiano Caruana of Brooklyn, New York, unseat the chess grandmaster?

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Huge Lakes Thought to Be Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice Seem to Have Vanished

Researchers thought there were large lakes under East Antarctica's Recovery Glacier. Now they can't find them.

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Can Injecting Millions of Stem Cells into the Brain Treat Parkinson's Disease?

A new experimental therapy for Parkinson's disease that involves injecting millions of special stem cells into the brain of patients with the condition is currently being tested in a clinical trial.

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Here's How Peru's Ancient People Survived in the Treacherous Andes

By about 7,000 years ago, ancient people who lived high in the Andes Mountains had developed bigger hearts and slightly higher blood pressure, among other adaptations, to better survive life at those treacherous heights, a new genetic analysis shows.

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Water Deep in Earth's Core May Come from Dust Swirling Around the Sun

The source of some of Earth's first water may be gas left over from the sun's birth.

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Here's Your Brain on Cirque du Soleil: Performers Spark Awe, Scans Show

What's happening in our brains when we feel a sense of awe?

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How Does the Experimental 'Vaccine' for Celiac Disease Work?

An experimental "vaccine" for celiac disease is set to be tested in a new clinical trial.

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Antarctica: The Ice-Covered Bottom of the World (Photos)

Here's a look at the southernmost continent, a place of extremes.

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Stephen Hawking's PhD Thesis, Wheelchair Sell in Multimillion-Dollar Auction

And Stephen Hawking's wheelchair just sold for nearly $400,000.

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Who Were the 1st Americans? 11,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals Clues

People genetically linked to the Clovis culture, one of the earliest continentwide cultures in North America, made it down to South America as far back as 11,000 years ago. Then they mysteriously vanished around 9,000 years ago, new research reveals.

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Emu and Donkey Fall in Love

A rescued emu and donkey in North Carolina seem to see each other as family.

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Bounty Hunter Kills Gargatuan Burmese Python, Gets $375, Earns Our Undying Gratitude

Nope. Nope. Nope.

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RBG's Broken Ribs: Why Is Breaking Bones Dangerous for Older Adults?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital after falling and breaking three ribs. But why are broken bones and other fall-related injuries so worrisome for older adults?

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What Does Sadness Look Like in the Brain?

Feelings of sadness or anxiety might be linked to increased "chitchat" between two areas of the brain

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Not Just the Flu: Gonorrhea, Chicken Pox Also Go Through Seasons

You probably know when flu season happens, but what about chicken-pox season or gonorrhea season?

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Here's How Much the Earth Weighs in 'Ghostly' Neutrinos

As neutrinos pass through the planet, they offer new information on what it looks like inside.

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Here's the Time of Day When You Burn the Most Calories

Your body's internal clock plays a role not only when you're most alert and sleepy, but also when you burn the most calories, a new study finds.

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How the 'Ghostly' Image of a Sunken Plane Wound Up on Google Earth

Don't worry, the plane is not really underwater.

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NASA Figures Out Where Weirdly Square Iceberg Was Born

NASA went back and looked at how that weirdly square iceberg formed. What they found surprised them.

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The House Science Committee Is Back in Democrat's Control: What That Means for Science

House Committee on Science, Space and Technology may now actually advance...science?

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What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition that involves chronic inflammation in all or part of the digestive tract.

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World's Oldest Animal Drawing, Discovered in Borneo Cave, Is a Weird Cow Beast

A 40,000-year-old painting of a mysterious, wild cow-like beast discovered in a Borneo cave is the oldest human-made drawing of an animal on record, a new study finds.

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Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal the Shape of Wormholes

Wormholes are usually illustrated as gaping gravity wells linked by a narrow tunnel, but their precise shape has been unknown — until now.

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Watching People Beatbox in an MRI Machine Will Blow Your Mind

Beatboxers create sounds that "don't exist in any known language," new research reveals. And it looks awesome.

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Delicious or Disgusting? Odd Museum Serves Up Sheep Eyeballs and Frog Smoothies

Could you stomach soup made from a stomach?

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15 'Disgusting' Foods Will Have Your Taste Buds Begging for Mercy

What are the most revolting foods on the planet? You'll find 80 of them at the Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden.

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Embalmed Heads Hanging Around a Horse's Neck: That's How Ancient Celts Showed Off

The ancient Celts took boasting of their conquests to an extreme.

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What Is Salmonella?

Salmonella causes an unpleasant bacterial infection that usually occurs after the person consumes a contaminated food or beverage. Although the symptoms are miserable, most people recover quickly with hydration and rest.

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Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow

An eerie, marmalade-colored light show made Earth look like a gigantic orange lollipop early this morning (Nov. 7), prompting an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to snap a photo of it to share with Earthlings down below.

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15 Incredible Places on Earth That Are Frozen in Time

These are places where time stands still.

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Ancient Ceremonial Complexes Revealed in World's Driest Desert

Infant burials and stone monuments were found at these ceremonial complexes in the Atacama Desert.

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Earth's Smallest Ape Weighed 8 lbs., Lived 12.5 Million Years Ago

The remains of the smallest ape ever known to walk the Earth may have been discovered in the hills of Kenya, scientists say.

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Did a Conspiracy Rob These Treasure Hunters of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Florida Shipwreck Artifacts?

A legal battle between a maritime salvage company and the state of Florida could have implications for some of the oldest European artifacts in the U.S.

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Check Your Cake Mix: Duncan Hines Recalls Several Products Because They May Contain Salmonella

Some varieties of Duncan Hines instant cake mix are being recalled because they may contain a not-so-tasty ingredient: Salmonella.

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Harvard Scientists Say Aliens May Explain Bizarre Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (But Probably Not)

Does oddball space object 'Oumuamua's weird acceleration hint at alien origins?

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T. Rex Turned Like a Ballerina from a Slow-Motion Nightmare

Most people don't think of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex as having the grace of a pirouetting ballerina or the poise of a spinning figure skater, but new research indicates that the dinosaur king was quite good at turning to pounce on prey.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

People who experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) exhibit excessive anxiety and worry about multiple events or activities most days of the week.

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A Longer Life May Not Be in Your Genes

Long life spans tend to run in families, a phenomenon that's often attributed to people's genes. But a new, large study questions that.

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Italian Physicists Wrote a 'Perfect Pizza' Equation, Because Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Italian physicists wrote a "perfect pizza" equation, because we all need this right now.

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Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Guide Aliens to Earth. What Could Go Wrong??

Researchers at MIT just found that humanity could build a laser that could signal an extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Remains of Nazi 'Flying Bombs' Uncovered in British Woods

Archaeologists have excavated the exploded remains of a German V1 "flying bomb" that crashed in a forest near London in 1944.

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Photos: The Flying Bombs of Nazi Germany

Near the end of World War II, Germany launched thousands of what it called "retaliation weapons" or flying bombs at London. Here's a look at the buzz bombs and the destruction they wrought.

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The Inca Empire

Many ancient Inca traditions continue to be appreciated and are carried out today by their decedents.

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'Male' Octopus Hatches 10,000 Teensy Babies in Surprise Birth

Sit back, clear your mind, and let this imagery sink in: "buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny octopi."

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Man Dies 8 Years After Swallowing a Live Slug That Left Him Paralyzed

Swallowing a live garden slug led to a serious parasitic infection for an Australian teen.

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I Took 9 Different Commercial DNA Tests and Got 6 Different Results

Experts explained that the companies aren't really doing science, so it's not surprising that they produce different results.

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No Evidence Russian Engineer Stabbed Antarctica Colleague for Spoiling Book Endings

However, tension at the isolated research station did erupt in violence, landing one man in the hospital and the other in police custody.

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New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine

A supercomputer that "thinks" like a brain can simulate neural activity in real time.

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'Broken-Heart' Syndrome Is Real. This Complication Makes It Deadly.

People who experience a rare condition known as "broken-heart syndrome" need immediate medical attention, but often make a quick recovery.

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The Seafloor Is Dissolving Away. And Humans Are to Blame.

Climate change reaches all the way to the bottom of the sea.

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After a Zombie Apocalypse, Here Are 9 Keys to Rebuilding a Civilization

Do you know what it takes to rebuild a civilization, after the undead have wreaked havoc?

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What Was the World's 1st Cyberattack?

In November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris wrote a program that would travel from computer to computer and ask each machine to send a signal back to a control server, which would keep count.

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SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.

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College Athlete Dies of Rare Bacterial Illness Called 'Forgotten Disease'

A college student-athlete in Kanas died suddenly from a rare bacterial infection after thinking her symptoms were due to tonsillitis.

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How Did People Wake Up Before Alarm Clocks?

How did people wake up before the invention of modern alarm clocks?

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Help Put a Scientist's Face on the UK's New £50 Bill!

Pardon me, do you have change for a Hawking?

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Glaciers Created a Huge 'Flour' Dust Storm in Greenland

If you're in Greenland and a strange cloud darkens the sky, that cloud might be made up of something scientists call "glacier flour."

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Dirty Jokes in Latrine Mosaics Entertained Ancient Romans

Floor mosaics with explicit content were found inside a Roman latrine in Turkey.

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Best Science Gifts for Kids

Elementary-age kids love to ask questions, so why not stoke their curiosity with some stellar gifts?

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Scientists Create Rare Fifth Form of Matter in Space for the First Time Ever

It's the weirdest, least-understood state of matter in the universe.

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A Gurgling Mud Pool Is Creeping Across Southern California Like a Geologic Poltergeist

A mysterious, bubbling mud geyser is on the move in southern California, flitting dangerously close to railroad tracks, Highway 111 and some very expensive optic cables like a geologic poltergeist, according to news sources.

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Can 'Microdosing' 'Shrooms Expand Your Creativity? Scientists Are Trying to Find Out.

Small doses of psychedelics could unlock creative thinking.

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Photos: Ghostly Dumbo Octopus Dances In the Deep Sea

Images of a graceful deep-sea dumbo octopus captured by the ROV Hercules.

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Why You Shouldn't Worry About the New Study Linking Cellphones to Cancer

Unless you're a male rat.

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The US Shot Down a Fake Nuclear Missile in Space with Another Missile (Video)

It was the second-ever success for the joint missile defense program, and a stunning technological accomplishment.

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Massive, 5,655-Carat 'Lion Emerald' Unearthed in Africa

The massive emerald weighs about as much as an adult human brain.

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Facts About Hippos

Hippos are giant creatures that spend most of their lives in the water, but they don't actually swim. They can still kill you, though.

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Meet the Rare and Fabulous Felines of 'Super Cats' (Photos)

Wild cats are among the most diverse and successful predators on Earth.

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Adorable, Remorseless Killing Machine Is World's Deadliest Cat

The deadliest cat in the world isn't a lion, leopard or tiger.

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What Is Cellulitis?

Cellulitis is a common infection caused by bacteria that normally live harmlessly on the surface of our skin and enter the body through a cut or wound. If the skin infection is not treated quickly, it can lead to serious complications.

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Cancer Risk May Increase with Height for a Simple Reason

The taller you are, the greater your risk of cancer may be, a new study finds.

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The Best Gifts for Teens Who Love Science

If a teen in your life is a big old science nerd, or just loves thinking and learning, we've got some great gift ideas to suggest.

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The Appendix May Be Linked to Parkinson's Disease. But Don't Run Out and Have Surgery.

Those clumps of proteins that are a telltale sign of Parkinson's? Yeah, you have a lot of those in your appendix.

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Schadenfreude May Come in 3 Flavors, Some Meaner Than Others

People enjoy the misery of others for a few different reasons.

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This Coffin-Shaped Iceberg Is Drifting Toward Death

An astronaut snapped a photo of this big, old chunk of ice, which is finally on its way to die.

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Smoketree Photos: The Ghosts of the North American Desert

The Desert Smoketree is a ghostly looking resident of the southwest deserts of North America that often looks more dead than alive.

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Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday (So You Get 1 More Hour of Sleep)

This Sunday, people across the United States can luxuriate in an extra hour of sleep as daylight saving time comes to an end.

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A Deadly, Fast-Spreading Form of Super-Ice Could Be Killing Off Alien Life-Forms

Ice that forms at a speed faster than sound could be ripping life on alien planets to shreds before it even has a chance to get going.

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Black Holes Can Raise the Cosmic Dead

The Goldilocks of black holes can resurrect dead stars before killing them again.

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Man's Bloody Tears Were Caused by This Rare Condition

It looks like Halloween costume: a man with bloody tears pouring down his face. But these tears are the real thing, the result of a rare condition.

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Boy's Rare Brain Condition Means He Could Be Literally Scared to Death

Halloween frights are usually harmless, but not for five-year-old Reed Havlik: The boy has a rare brain condition that could cause him to be literally scared to death.

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The Gruesome Stories Behind Famous Dead People's Long-Lost Body Parts (Photos)

Whatever happened to Albert Einstein's brain? Or Louis XIV's heart? These body parts, and countless other pieces of famous dead people, are not buried in places you'd expect.

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Roaches Kick Wasps in the Head to Avoid Becoming Zombies

Cockroaches use defensive moves against "zombifying" parasitic wasps.

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US Homeland Security Dogs Face a Growing Occupational Risk: A Nasty Parasite

A surprising number of dogs working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are infected with this parasite, according to a new study.

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This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid

Archaeologists may have discovered the system used to haul massive stone blocks into place for Egypt's most massive pyramid.

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How Fake Blood Is Made to Look So Real

For Halloween, stage blood takes the spotlight and chemistry tricks can treat viewers.

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Cold, Dark Stars Lurking in the Universe Could Act Like Single Giant Atoms

Mysterious quantum stars that act like single, monster atoms could form surprisingly quickly.

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Earth Is Being Haunted by a Ghostly Dust Storm — And There May Be More Out There

Cosmic tumbleweeds of dust hover nearly 250,000 miles above our planet, new images reveal.

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Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal

Fans of this violent music report feelings of transcendence and positive emotions; psychologists want to learn why

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In Photos: Eerie Zoo Animal Skeletons, in X-Rays

Are X-rays of animals gorgeous or creepy? Maybe a little of both.

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Zoo's Animal X-Rays Reveal Spooky, Scary Skeletons

Animals from the Oregon Zoo are also beautiful on the inside.

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Doctors Retrieve Spoon from Man's Esophagus — A Year After He Swallowed It

A swallowed steel spoon was finally freed from a man's gullet.

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How Did Two Mothers Both Carry the Same Child?

Their success is due to a twist on a relatively new fertility treatment.

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Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Just Lost Enough Ice to Cover Manhattan 5 Times Over

An enormous iceberg about five times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier yesterday (Oct. 29), a mere month after a crack first appeared, satellite imagery shows.

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These Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Wore Their Instruments on Their Heads

Different species of duck-billed dinosaurs may have "tooted" different notes out of their trumpet-like, tubular crests, new research shows.

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A NASA Spacecraft Just Broke the Record for Closest Approach to Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just got closer to the sun than any other human-made object in history.

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Best Educational Toys & Games for Infants and Toddlers

These educational and science toys could help infants and toddlers grow their little minds.

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Tiny Beetle Entombed in Amber 99 Million Years Ago Reveals How Continents Shifted

A minuscule beetle from Myanmar is perfectly preserved in amber.

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Here Are the Real (and Freaky) Experiments That Inspired 'Frankenstein'

Frankenstein might look like fantasy to modern eyes, but to its author and original readers there was nothing fantastic about it.

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Photos: Deep Sea Expedition Discovers a Plethora of Octopuses

Researchers found numerous show-stopping octopuses in the deep waters of the Davidson Seamount. Photos captured by the ROV Hercules.

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The Best Gifts for Science Nerds and Geeks

If you're wondering what to get the science geek in your life, look no further. Do they need a moon lamp? Maybe a custom map of their favorite volcano? And don't forget that science geeks can never have too many science themed socks or t-shirts.

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The Parachute That Will Help Gently Plop the Rover Down on Mars, Breaks World Record on Earth

After months of testing supersonic parachutes, NASA is confident they have found the one.

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Photos: Black-Tailed Jackrabbits, the Curious Creatures of the American West

Surely one of the more unique species of mammal found across the western regions of North America is the black-tailed jackrabbit.

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'Alien Invasion' Radio Broadcast Terrified Listeners 80 Years Ago. Would E.T. Contact Cause Panic Today?

A radio report of an alleged "alien invasion" in New Jersey caused alarm 80 years ago today.

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High Vitamin D Levels Linked with Better Fitness

There's yet another reason to make sure you're getting enough vitamin D.

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Nearly Half of Americans Think Alternative Medicine Can Cure Cancer. It Can't.

Many Americans hold the misguided view that alternative therapies alone can cure cancer, even though such methods are not proven to be effective in treating cancer.

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Why Do People Like Pumpkin Spice So Much?

What is it about the seasonal trend — that is, infusing pumpkin spice flavor into all kinds of treats — that makes it a fall favorite?

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The Hindenburg Wasn't Alone: Here's a Look at 23 Intriguing Airship Adventures

Long before jet aircraft came to dominate air transport, a variety of lighter-than-air vessels known as airships sought to combine the capabilities of ships at sea with the radical new ability of soaring through the skies.

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Ghostly Dumbo Octopus Makes Rare Appearance in Dazzling Deep-Sea Video

Watch this majestic dumbo octopus glide through the deep sea.

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Robbers Tried to Steal an ATM, But Instead Helped Uncover Lost Medieval Artifacts

A gang of goons' bumbling robbery attempt inadvertently revealed lost Tudor treasures.

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Banned Ozone-Depleting Chemical Was Used Illegally in China

A hazardous, ozone-depleting compound is still being used in China, even though it is banned worldwide by the Montreal Protocol, a new study finds.

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Rare Leftovers of 'Vampire' Fish, Favored by Medieval Foodies, Found in London

Deep in a medieval cesspit in the middle of London, researchers made a spooky discovery.

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In Photos: The Stunning Gila Wilderness Area

The Gila Wilderness area remains an unspoiled natural region.

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Are Anti-Vaxxers to Blame for Europe's Current Measles Outbreak?

The measles thrives in populations that are under-vaccinated. So, why have so many people in Europe avoided getting their shots?

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Jacques Cousteau's Grandson to Map Depths of Massive Blue Hole Off Belize's Coast

A new expedition is set to map the bowels of a mysterious blue sinkhole off the coast of Belize

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'Unprecedented' Number of Dead Whales Have Washed Up in Scotland and Ireland

And scientists are pointing a finger at anti-sub sonar.

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The Best Gifts for Tardigrade Lovers

Here are some gift ideas for the tardigrade-entranced.

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Weird and Funny Science Gifts That Are Sure to Make You Laugh

Who says science isn’t funny? Live Science collects a roundup of humorous and weird science-themed holiday gifts.

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The US Is Throwing Out Donor Kidneys That Could Be Given to Patients, Study Says

There's a serious kidney shortage in the United States.

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Want to Be a Bat Hero This Halloween? Don't Visit the Batcave. (Op-Ed)

It may sound like a thrilling adventure to visit caves full of hibernating bats — which, just like Batman’s Batcave, are largely hidden from the public eye. But venturing inside of bats' dark homes is actually incredibly dangerous to the bats.

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Photos: Hidden Monuments Found at Ancient Site of Izapa Kingdom

Here's a look at the amazing discoveries from the ancient site of the Izapa kingdom in southern Mexico.

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Hidden Monuments and Cookie-Cutter 'Suburbs' Discovered in Ancient Izapa Kingdom

Ancient hidden settlements were revealed in a new lidar survey of the Izapa kingdom in southern Mexico.

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Why Do Some People Feel More Pain Than Others?

Researchers are exploring the genetic differences that dictate why some people suffer greater pain than others, and how to translate these findings into personalized pain treatments.

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Why Believing in Ghosts Can Make You a Better Person

Ghost stories are often about the departed seeking justice for an earthly wrong. Their sightings are a reminder that ethics and morality transcend our lives.

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Why Is Laughter Sometimes Scary?

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Social Inequality Left Its Mark on 5,000-Year-Old Alpine Village

Archaeologists think they've spotted traces of social inequality in a 5,000-year-old village that was buried on the shores of Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

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Why Are There So Many Pigeons?

How history, architecture and, weirdly enough, bird milk have enabled pigeons to thrive in cities.

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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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Military Mystery Solved: Two Guys Out-Googled Google for an Image of Secretive US Base

An engineer and writer noticed a secretive military base in Nevada hadn't been updated on Google Maps for 8 years. They took care of that without any Google help.

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There Are 18 Volcanoes That Pose a 'Very High Threat' to American Life

These 18 volcanoes in the U.S. could lead to mass death and destruction.

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750-Year-Old Wooden Idols, Some Wearing Masks, Uncovered in Peru

Archaeologists have discovered 19 anthropomorphic wooden idols, some of them wearing beige clay masks on their faces, in the ancient city of Chan Chan, Peru, according to the country's Ministry of Culture.

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A Teensy Fly Burrowed into a Woman's Skin During Belize Honeymoon. She Noticed It 2 Months Later

A Florida woman will probably never forget her honeymoon in Belize, but not for the usual reasons

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Hawaiian Island Vanishes Overnight

East Island in Hawaii is no more.

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8 Bizarre Animal Surprises From 'True or Poo' — Can You Tell Fact From Myth?

Which of these bizarre animals facts from "True of Poo?" are real, and which are not?

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'Does it Fart?' Authors Drop Book Number Two, 'True or Poo?'

New book "True or Poo?" explores a range of riveting animal repulsiveness.

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'Painted People' in Scotland Developed Written Language 1,700 Years Ago

The Picts, a fierce group of people who lived in Scotland during ancient and medieval times may have developed their own written language.

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Photos: Circular Geoglyphs Discovered in Peru's Sihuas Valley

Here's a look at mysterious circles etched into the desert of southern Peru.

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Ancient Travelers Created These Sprawling Circular Structures During Pit Stops

Mysterious desert circles in Peru follow long-ago footpaths.

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Creepy AI-Created Portrait Fetches $432,500 at Auction

It's the arrival of artificial intelligence in the art world.

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How to Pee a Brick (And Help Save the Planet While You Do It)

The cities of the future could be made of human pee — and that's a good thing.

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Ridiculously Tiny Baby Octopus Riding Ocean Trash Is So, So Smol

Marvel at the cuteness of a pea-size baby octopus.

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Controversial Spearpoints Could Rewrite the Story of the First Americans

Archaeologists have unearthed what are potentially the oldest weapons ever found in North America: eleven spearpoints dating to about 15,500 years ago, a new study finds.

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'Phantom' Archaeopteryx, One of the World's 1st Birds, Could Probably Fly

After years spent sitting in private collections, a "phantom" fossil of one of the world's first known birds has finally seen the light of day. Now, scientists have determined that it's a previously unknown species within the famous genus of Archaeopteryx

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Weird Rectangular Iceberg in Antarctica Isn't Alone, NASA Photos Show

A NASA scientist actually spotted two sharp-cornered icebergs during a recent research flight over Antarctica.

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Traces of Earth's Oldest Animals Possibly Found

Preserved chemical evidence suggests that sponges were among Earth's earliest animals.

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The Earth Breathes in Incredibly Creepy Video from Canadian Forest

What could make the Earth seem to "breathe" as it does in this startling video from Quebec, Canada?

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People with Psoriasis More Likely to Develop Certain Gut Disorders

People with psoriasis may be at greater risk of developing certain gut disorders, a new study finds.

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Robbed of Nobel, Female Physicist Blazed Her Own Amazing Trail: Watch Her Speak Tonight

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist extraordinaire who helped discover radio pulsars while a graduate student, tells her story tonight. Watch it live on Live Science.

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Bats: Fuzzy Flying Mammals

There are more than 1,300 species of these unique nocturnal mammals.

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Spaceflight Might Expand Your Mind, But It Shrinks Your Brain

Going to space does more than change the way you look at the world — it also changes your brain.

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A New Flu Drug Was Just Approved by the FDA. It's the First in Nearly 20 Years.

As flu season descends on the country, U.S. officials have announced the approval of a new drug to treat influenza.

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It Might Stress You Out to Know What Stress Is Doing to Your Brain

If you're already feeling stressed out, sorry, but there's one more thing you might need to worry about: A new study finds that stress may impair your memory now and quicken cognitive decline later in life.

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No, The CDC Didn't Say You Can't Put Chickens in Halloween Costumes

Happy Halloween, chickens!

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