A Young, Pro Athlete Nearly Died After Swallowing a Toothpick

He was a young and fit pro athlete, but he came dangerously close to death when he accidentally swallowed a rather common place item.

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This Is the Purest Beam of Light in the World

The device, built to be portable enough for use in space, produces a beam of laser light that changes less over time than any other laser humanity has created.

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Climate Change May Hurt Babies' Hearts

Extreme heat due to climate change might increase congenital heart defects.

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Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian Cave

The Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.

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Will It Really Take Joshua Tree '200 to 300' Years to Recover from the Shutdown?

The government shutdown lasted just 35 days. The damage that happened during it at Joshua Tree National Park could take decades to heal.

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Hyperfast Shock Waves from a Supernova Heat Atoms to Blazing-Hot Temperatures

Taking the temperature of a star bomb.

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Israeli Scientists Say They'll Have Cure for Cancer Within a Year. Here's Why That's Highly Unlikely

An Israeli biotech company said that it believes it will have a cure for cancer within a year, but experts contacted by Live Science say that's highly unlikely.

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Cocktail-Inspired, Injectable Male Birth Control Could One Day Dissolve Away with Light

For some couples, condoms don't cut it.

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What Is Coral Bleaching?

Nature's red flag is the eerie white glow of one of the ocean's most biologically rich ecosystems.

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Giant Void Hidden Under Antarctica’s Ice Threatens Vast Glacier

There's a giant void hiding under the Antarctic ice, and it's growing larger and more menacing by the day, a new study using satellite data finds.

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Adorable Clip of Tiger Cubs Learning to Wrestle Will Melt Your Heart on This 'Arctic' Day

They might look cute and helpless now, but someday, these tiger cubs will be able to rip their prey to pieces.

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In Photos: The Tigers of India's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Meet Raj Bhera and her adorable cubs.

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Birthplace of Earth's Continents Discovered Under These Mountains

A missing rare-earth element points to the origin of continents.

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Before There Were Dinosaurs, This Triassic 'Lizard King' Ruled Antarctica

Meet the original "lizard king" — an iguana-size reptile that ruled Antarctica 250 million years ago.

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Gallery: Medieval Africa's Astounding Riches

Medieval Africa was home to the world's richest man – maybe ever.

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Medieval Map Points to World's Richest Man, Maybe Ever

The Medieval world's richest man was from Africa.

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Most Important Meal? Review Questions Whether Breakfast Is Really Good for Weight Loss

Breakfast may not be the "most important meal of the day" after all, at least for people trying to lose weight.

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How Does a Person Freeze to Death?

Extremely cold temperatures this week might have you wondering what happens to your body at these temperatures, and could you really freeze to death?

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The Polar Vortex Might Be Causing 'Frost Quakes' in Chicago

It might be cold enough in Chicago right now to make the ground shake.

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Here's Why the Polar Vortex Always Hits the Midwest

The middle of the country is basically a big cold-air funnel.

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Is This Amelia Earhart's Plane? Debris from Wreck Found Off Papua New Guinea

In the late 1930s, a little boy on a Papua New Guinean island saw a plane — its left wing engulfed in flames — crash onto the beach. The little boy told his elders, but they didn't believe him.

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Burned Bones Could Reveal More Than You Think

It might be possible to tell sex from tiny, burned bone fragments.

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Sonar Can Literally Scare Whales to Death, Study Finds

Researchers have answers about what sonar does to whales, and it isn't pretty.

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Lost Grave of English Explorer, Center of Urban Legend, Discovered in London

Archaeologists working at a London construction site rediscovered the lost grave of explorer Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia.

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Dark Energy Gets Weirder: Mysterious Force May Vary Over Time

Dark energy is even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, a new study suggests.

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Buy the Meteorite That Nearly Destroyed Siberia in This Fun Valentine's Day Auction

For sale: Meteor that nearly destroyed Siberia. Lightly used.

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This 'Empty Trash Bag' Is Orbiting Earth in a Very Strange Way

A lightweight object resembling an empty trash bag is winging around Earth in a truly bizarre orbit.

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Corrosive Black Fungus Sinks Its Tendrils Deep Into a Medieval Cathedral

A medieval cathedral is facing a destructive fungal threat.

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US Military Space Plane Wings Past 500 Days on Latest Mystery Mission

The secretive mission of a U.S. Air Force X-37B miniature space plane just winged past 500 days in Earth orbit.

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Earth's Magnetic Field Nearly Disappeared 565 Million Years Ago

Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed about 565 million years ago, but the planet’s core froze solid and saved it in the nick of time, a new study suggests.

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Being a Night Owl Really Can Hurt Your Mental Health

Morning people have a lower risk for depression and other mental health concerns compared with night owls, but your natural sleeping pattern is strongly controlled by genes, a study finds.

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E-Cigarettes Linked to Heart Attacks, Strokes

A new study has found a link between e-cigarette use and an increased risk of stroke and heart attacks.

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The Flu Is Tied to an Increased Risk of Stroke and Ruptured Arteries

Two new studies have found a link between the flu and an increased risk of two serious conditions: stroke and rupture of the neck arteries.

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North Dakota Will Get Colder Than The North Pole Tonight — Here's Why

A meteorologist explains the science behind the historic weather event hitting the Midwest and Plains right now.

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What Is the Large Hadron Collider?

The world's greatest atom smasher.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Algorithms Can Be Racist. Here's Why She's Right.

Algorithms rely on humans to feed them training data and help them interpret the world, so is it really that surprising that they reflect the biases of the humans who code them?

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Faces Re-Created of Ancient Europeans, Including Neanderthal Woman and Cro-Magnon Man

About 5,600 years ago, a 20-year-old woman was buried with a tiny baby resting on her chest, a sad clue that she likely died in childbirth during the Neolithic.

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Photos: See the Ancient Faces of a Man-Bun Wearing Bloke and a Neanderthal Woman

A forensic artist has recreated hyper-realistic faces of ancient Britons, including a Neanderthal woman and a Saxon man.

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New MIT Laser Device Whispers Secret Sounds Into Your Ear

Imagine sitting down to dinner with a group of friends, when a laser tickles the water molecules inside your ear. "Hello!" you hear.

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A Woman Returned from Vacation with a Fly Larva Living in Her Forehead

When a British woman returned from a visit to Uganda, she didn't realize that a live baby fly had hitched a ride home with her.

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Denmark Is Building a $12 Million Border Wall for Pigs

This little piggy went to market. This little piggy was denied entry at the Danish border and had to stay home.

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Florida Couple Finds a Grenade. Next Stop: Taco Bell?

A metal-fishing couple caught more than they bargained for.

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Space Rock Leaves 'Evil' Splat on Mars' Surface

There is a splat on Mars.

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Deepest View of the Universe Gets Deeper

One of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images peered even deeper into the cosmos than scientists had thought.

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2,000-Year-Old Winery Discovered in Egypt's Nile Delta

An ancient winery included special chambers for storing the latest vintage.

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Physicists Made a Flying Army of Laser Schrödinger's Cats

A laser pulse glanced off a rubidium atom and entered the quantum world — taking on the weird physics of Schrödinger's cat.

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What Causes Alzheimer's? We Don't Really Know Yet

This week, a study suggested bacteria that causes gum disease might be to blame.

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Trevor, the World's Loneliest Duck, Has Died As He Lived — Alone in a Puddle

Known as the only duck on the small west Pacific island of Niue (population around 1,600), Trevor was found dead in the roadside puddle he called home on Friday (Jan. 25).

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Shackleton's Lost Ship May Lie at the Bottom of Antarctica's Weddell Sea

Polar explorer Shackleton abandoned the ship Endurance in 1915, after the vessel was crushed by sea ice.

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2018 Bright Spot: Sharks Bit Us Less

In 2018, there were 66 documented unprovoked shark bites, down from 88 in 2017.

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This French Soldier Got Slashed in Russia in 1812. Now, We Know What He Looked Like.

In a battle against Russia more than 200 years ago, a French soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armée was slashed in the face with a saber. He died a few weeks later, his body laid to rest in a mass burial pit in what was then Königsberg, East Prussia.

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Iran's Capital City Is Being Devoured by Sinkholes

Sinkholes and fissures are opening up the earth around Tehran, Iran's capital city.

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Why Are the Northern and Southern Lights Different?

Auroras paint the sky around the poles when the sun is particularly active, flinging highly charged particles at Earth's atmosphere — but to scientists' surprise, displays at the north and the south don't precisely match.

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Pet Hedgehogs Are the Latest Source of a Salmonella Outbreak

Don't kiss or snuggle these spiky furballs.

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There Are 'Superbug' Genes in the Arctic. They Definitely Shouldn't Be There.

A "superbug" gene that was first detected in India has now been found thousands of miles away in a remote region of the Arctic.

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Ancient Carved 'Drums' Give Exact Stonehenge Measurements, Say Archaeologists

Highly decorated chalk cylinders, carved in Britain more than 4,000 years ago, could be ancient replicas of measuring devices used for laying out Stonehenge.

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In Photos: The Vanishing Ice of Baffin Island

As the ice caps on Baffin Island shrink, the landscape beneath is seeing the light of day for the first time in perhaps 120,000 years. Here’s a look at the stark and humbling beauty.

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Retreating Ice Exposes Arctic Landscape Unseen for 120,000 Years

As the Arctic melts, ancient vegetation is revealed.

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What's the World's Largest Dinosaur?

Scientists aren't entirely sure, but here's what they think.

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Why This Enormous, Scaly Foot Looks Like It's from a Dinosaur

A deceased male cassowary recently put his best foot forward on Twitter.

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Could Evolution Ever Bring Back the Dinosaurs?

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for hundreds of millions of years before they died in an asteroid blast 66 million years ago. So, could these gigantic reptiles ever re-evolve back to our modern world?

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The Sahara: Earth's Largest Hot Desert

One of the harshest places on Earth can is the Sahara Desert. The largest hot desert in the world, and the third largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic, the Sahara covers nearly all of northern Africa.

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Europe's 'New' Periodic Table Predicts Which Elements Will Disappear in the Next 100 Years

Oxygen can breathe easy, but the party may be over for helium balloons.

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500-Year-Old Greenland Mummies Had Heart Disease, Scans Show

Signs of ancient plaque in mummies' hearts hint at cardiovascular disease.

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A Great White Shark That Washed Up on California's Coast Was Shot, Investigators Say

The ocean's top predator was no match for a well-placed shot from a .22-caliber rifle.

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People Keep Injuring Themselves on Electric Scooters, First Scientific Study Finds

Data from the first official study on electric scooter injuries is in, and the results are not great.

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Oops! British Aristocrat Accidentally Bought Stolen, 7th-Century Sculptures As 'Garden Ornaments'

The 'Indiana Jones of the art world' helped find a pair of 'priceless' stolen sculptures in a British aristocrat's soggy, dirty garden.

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How Alligators Survive in a Frozen Pond: They 'Snorkel'

Alligators in an icy pond in North Carolina have taken up "snorkeling" to survive the cold winter.

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Apollo Astronauts May Have Found the Oldest-Known Earth Rock on the Moon

A chunk of material brought back from the moon by NASA astronauts in 1971 harbors a 4-billion-year-old piece of Earth that was blasted off our planet by a long-ago impact, a new study suggests.

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A Drunk Man Swallowed a Live, Venomous, Spiny Catfish. Here's What Happened.

As part of a drinking game, a 28-year-old man from the Netherlands attempted to swallow a living fish with some powerful natural defenses.

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Sheep Ain't Baa-aad at Recognizing Faces (But Humans Are Better)

Scientists who claimed that sheep had humanlike facial recognition may be feeling a bit sheepish.

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General Mills Recalls Some Bags of Flour Due to Salmonella Risk

General Mills is recalling some of its flour products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

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Stratolaunch, Builder of Gargantuan Airplane, Drops Rocket Plans

Stratolaunch will continue to work on the world's largest airplane, but the company will abandon plans for its own rockets.

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When You're an Alpha Chimp, Life Isn't a Barrel of Monkeys

Staying at the top of the pecking order is not an easy game for male chimpanzees.

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In Photos: The Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzees

Photos of the critically endangered chimpanzees that call Senegal's Fongoli savanna home.

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Why Does This Woman's Eyeball Look Like a Sliced Pizza?

The faint cuts in the woman's eyeball look like a poorly sliced pizza. They are the result of a once popular, but now outdated, eye surgery.

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Could 'Memory-Erasing' Implants Help Prevent Drug Relapses? It Worked for These Rats.

These rats loved cocaine — until they got their memories "erased."

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Eve of Destruction: Doomsday Clock Hovers at 2 Minutes to 'Midnight'

The hands on the hypothetical Doomsday Clock suggest the world is still in dire risk of apocalypse.

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Deep Blue Sea: Winning Underwater Photographs

Rare and amazing sea creatures delight in underwater photographs.

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Trio of Devil Rays Caught in Rare Courtship Dance in Stunning Underwater Photo

A trio of spinetail devil rays in a rarely-seen courtship display took the top prize in a major underwater photography competition.

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Tiny-Headed, Ancient 'Platypus' Was Nearly Blind and Deaf, But It Was Still Deadly

It had terrible eyesight, couldn't hear much and had few taste buds. That didn't stop this bizarre little Triassic 'platypus' from hunting.

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Scientists Drill Deepest Hole Ever in Antarctica

They hope it will help them understand how the ice sheet will respond to climate change.

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How Did Uranus End Up On Its Side?

A body at least twice as massive as the Earth smashing into Uranus could have made it lopsided, shows research.

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Here's How 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria Feast on Your Flesh

A new study reveals just how the bacteria thrive deep in muscle tissue and cause such severe disease.

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Earth Swallowed Another Planet and (Maybe) That's Why Life Exists

A collision with a Mars-like planet could have given Earth the ingredients it needed for life to form.

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Andes Grew to Towering Heights in Two Explosive 'Growth Spurts'

As the now-iconic Andes Mountains rose skyward along the western coast of South America dozens of millions of years ago, violent volcanic activity rocked the continent, a new study finds.

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David Attenborough Warns That Earth Has Entered 'Age of Humans'

The world has already changed, said the famed British naturalist.

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‘Mystery Dinner Snake’ Found in Belly of Another Snake Finally Identified

A snake pulled from inside another snake's stomach was a species unknown to science.

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Watch Live: Doomsday Clock 2019 Announcement

Will humanity inch closer to "doomsday" in 2019?

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Famous Japanese 'Freak Wave' Recreated in Lab

It takes a perfect storm to generate a freak wave, a wall of water so unpredictable and colossal that it can easily destroy and sink ships, a new study finds.

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How to Destroy the Earth in 3 Easy Steps

Mad scientists through the ages have dreamed of holding the world hostage by threatening to destroy the whole thing. Here's how that could work.

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3,000-Year-Old Tomb of King Tut Finally Restored, Mummy Inside Burial Chamber

The restoration included an investigation of mysterious brown spots on wall paintings inside King Tut's burial chamber.

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How Flat-Earthers Explain Total Lunar Eclipses

The blood-red color of the moon during a total lunar eclipse may be difficult to explain without a basic understanding of orbital mechanics, but flat-Earthers have come up with a way to circumvent scientific facts and construct a creative explanation.

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No Planet Nine? Weird Orbits of Distant Objects May Have Different Explanation

The weirdly clustered orbits of some far-flung bodies in our solar system can be explained without invoking a big, undiscovered "Planet Nine," a new study suggests.

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Tiny, Previously Undiscovered Capillaries May Exist Inside People's Bones

These tiny tunnels were spotted in lab mice and traces of it in one inquisitive researcher

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Chinese Scientist Who Created Gene-Edited Babies Lied and Skirted Regulations, Officials Say

Research to create genetically modified babies was conducted dishonestly, authorities in China said.

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Sorry, Global Warming Won't Save You from Snow Days

Donald Trump's tweets notwithstanding, climate change could lead to a worst-case scenario of extreme snow storms against a backdrop of less snowpack overall.

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These Cold-Prevention Myths Won't Keep Your Kids Healthy This Winter (But Here's What Will)

Many parents have tried "folklore strategies" to prevent their children from catching colds, like telling them not to go outside with wet hair.

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Teen Diver Finds Huge Cache of Plastic Pollution — Thousands of Golf Balls Off California Coast

With a marine scientist, the teen reveals how much golf courses are polluting nearby waters.

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11 Surprising Uses For Pee and Poop

Solid and liquid waste have an unexpectedly wide range of useful applications.

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Did 'The Big Bang Theory' Get the Science Right? A Lesson in Supersymmetry and Economy Class

Is super asymmetry a thing? And do big physicists really travel economy class?

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No, Archaeologists Have Not Found the Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra

Alas, the "pair so famous" has yet to be discovered. Here's what we do know.

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Man with 'Alice in Wonderland Syndrome' Watches Computer Icons Leap Off Screen

At first, the man couldn't believe his eyes. The icons on his desktop computer were slowly jumping out of his monitor, hovering in the space between him and the screen.

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The Greenland Ice Sheet Is Melting at Astonishing Rate

Southwest Greenland might be a future threat to ocean-level rise

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100-Million-Year-Old Hagfish Complete with Slime Kit Discovered

Lingering traces of preserved hagfish goo hint at the lineage of this slimy creature.

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'Ancient' Stone Circle Actually Built in 1990s by Scottish Farmer

A stone circle in northeast Scotland that archaeologists thought was built thousands of years ago has turned out to be just a few decades old.

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Photos: Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse Stuns Viewers

Check out these amazing shots of the best total lunar eclipse for years.

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Secret Soviet Bunkers in Poland Hid Nuclear Weapons

Long-hidden bunkers disappeared from official records after they were built. Now, thanks to declassified CIA imagery, they are being rediscovered.

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Soviets Hid Nuclear Bunkers in Poland's Forests (Photos)

Experts are piecing together the role that these sites played during the Cold War

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Why Do People Hate Comic Sans So Much?

The inventor of Comic Sans shares his thoughts about why so many people hate his creation.

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The Best Lunar Eclipse for Years Is Happening Tonight

Look to the sky tonight to see a blood-red full moon.

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What's the Science Behind This Weekend's Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse?

During the total lunar eclipse this Sunday night (Jan. 20), the moon will travel directly into Earth's shadow and turn into a rusty-red blood moon.

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What to Expect from the Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse

This weekend's long lunar eclipse has an unwieldy name.

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How a German City Developed — And Then Lost — Generations of Math Geniuses

Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.

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More Babies Are Being Born with Intestines Outside the Body. Is the Condition Linked to Mom's Opioid Use?

A serious birth defect is on the rise in the United States, and a new report suggests it may be linked to opioid use.

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Here's Why This Winter Storm Is So Darn Big

A major snowstorm has begun its trek across the United States. Here's why it's going to impact so many people.

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The Polar Vortex Is Collapsing — Here's What That Means for Your Winter Weather

Here's what's behind the severe winter weather.

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World’s Oldest Periodic Table Poster Turns Up in Scottish Storeroom

The world's oldest classroom poster of the periodic table of elements, dating to 1885, has turned up in Scotland.

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A New Satellite Will (Safely) Drop 'Meteors' Over Hiroshima

There's a new satellite in space, and it was put there to drop "meteors" over the city of Hiroshima.

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68,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Nuggets Recalled Because They May Contain Wood Pieces

Thousands of bags of frozen chicken nuggets are being recalled because they may contain a not-so-tasty ingredient: Wood pieces.

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25,000 Years Later, Javelin Is Still Embedded in Mammoth's Rib

About 25,000 years ago, ice age hunters in what is now Poland threw a light spear known as a javelin at a mammoth. Now, the discovery of that javelin has revealed a major surprise.

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Here's How to Watch the Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse This Weekend

On Sunday, the moon will snuggle up as close as it ever does to Earth, passing through our planet's shadow and putting on a show for millions across North and South America.

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Check Out These Amazing Super-Detailed Images of Fruit Fly Brains

A team of neuroscientists have produced a series of amazing, detailed images of fruit fly brains using a brand-new combination of imaging techniques.

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1st Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua Is Actually Not That Special

A cigar-shaped space rock named 'Oumuamua caused quite a stir when it became the first interstellar visitor discovered in our solar system. Is it an asteroid, a comet or an alien spacecraft? Whatever it is, it's probably not unique.

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Here's How a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Earth Could Hide Strange Forms of Life

There's a rocky planet in our stellar neighborhood that's very big and cold. However, scientists argue, it might still hold life.

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Mini-Monsters with Multiple Heads Created in the Lab

A single genetic tweak can mess up the process of regeneration in hydras, causing them to sprout multiple heads.

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More Than 250,000 People May Die Each Year Due to Climate Change

In the coming decades, more than a quarter million people may die each year as a result of climate change, according to a new review study.

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Not All Insomnia Is The Same — In Fact, There May Be 5 Types

There's a new way of looking at insomnia.

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Lionfish: Beautiful and Dangerous Invaders

Lionfish are known for their breathtaking beauty, venomous sting and relentless invasion of tropical waters far from their native habitat.

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Xtreme Microbes Found in Crystals Buried 200 Feet Beneath the Sea of Japan

Living in extreme environments requires extreme solutions.

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Earth May Be in the Middle of a Giant Asteroid Spike, Billion-Year Survey Reveals

Was the gargantuan asteroid that killed the dinosaurs just business as usual in our neck of the solar system?

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Eating Red Meat Is Wreaking Havoc on Earth. So, Stop It!

There's a new diet in town, and it offers a two-for-one special: People can help the planet and even live longer … so long as they stop devouring so many burgers, a new report by an international commission finds.

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In Photos: The Lions of Kenya's Masai Mara

Take a closer look at one of Kenya's most treasured pride of lions.

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Small Terrapin Outsmarts Young Lion in Wild Video

Who will win this lopsided battle?

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A Rare Kind of Black Hole May Be Wandering Around Our Milky Way

Scientists think that they've spotted a rare, Jupiter-size black hole casually strolling through the Milky Way galaxy.

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Did the Vikings Think the Gods Were Watching Them?

The Norse gods weren't babysitting humanity.

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Opal-Filled Fossils Reveal Timid, Dog-Size Dinosaur That Lived Down Under

When Mike Poben, an opal buyer and and fossil fanatic, bought a bucket of opal from an Australian mine, he was surprised to find to find what looked like an ancient tooth in the pile.

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Anti-Vaccine Movement Joins Ebola, Drug Resistance on List of Top Global Threats

The World Health Organization has listed the anti-vaccine movement as a top global health threat in 2019.

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The Day Edwin Hubble Realized Our Universe Was Expanding

It's the 90th anniversary of Edwin Hubble's discovery.

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Those Tiny Cotton Sprouts China Grew on the Moon? They’re Dead Now

China managed to grow some tiny cotton sprouts on the moon, but it killed them. Here's how.

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Man Gave Himself Semen Injections to 'Treat' Back Pain. Unsurprisingly, It Didn't Work.

Talk about toxic masculinity.

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Stunning Animation of a Solar Flare Captures Its Life from Birth to Death

For the first time, an animated model visualized a realistic solar flare.

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Physicists Want to Build an Even More Powerful Atom Smasher at CERN

The search for the universe's hidden particles continues

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Giant, Spinning Disk of Ice Looks Like Alien Creation. Here's How It Formed.

Its appearance has been likened to a moon, an alien creation, a crop circle and a giant Lazy Susan.

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Bizarre Superfluid Could Explain the Existence of the Modern Universe

Back in the first moment of the universe, everything was hot and dense and in perfect balance. A new quantum experiment aims to show how that changed.

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Damage to Ancient Carving of Egyptian Couple Was Meant to Hurt Them in the Afterlife

The act was meant to obliterate them in the afterlife.

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Mystery Mummy May Have Been Pharaoh's Personal Eye Doctor

This ancient Egyptian eye doctor certainly made a spectacle of himself.

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Two Ancient Tombs from the Roman Era Discovered in Egypt

Archeologists recently found two ancient tombs in Egypt’s Western Desert that date back to Roman times

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Electricity Basics: Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance

Resistors, inductors and capacitors are basic electrical components that make modern electronics possible.

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The Ocean Is Hotter Than It's Ever Been

Nope, not normal

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Smoking Pot Just Once May Increase Teen Brain Volume: Why That Could Be Bad

Smoking pot just once might be linked to changes in young brains

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Earth's Tilt May Exacerbate a Melting Antarctic

As sea ice melts, Antarctica may get more sensitive to astronomical cycles.

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Third Cat in Wyoming Diagnosed with Plague: Here's Why You Shouldn't Panic

Two other cats are known to have contracted plague in the past six months.

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Antarctica Is Dumping Hundreds of Gigatons of Ice into the Ocean Right Now

Antarctica is losing ice six times faster than it was four decades ago. That’s not good for our oceans.

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Here's the 1 Way We Can Avoid Climate Catastrophe, Scary Report Says

How can humans limit catastrophic climate change? We can phase out fossil-fuel emitters — such as coal-burning power plants, jet-fuel-slurping planes and gas-thirsty automobiles — once they reach their retirement age, a new study finds.

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Cotton Seed Sprouts on the Moon's Far Side in Historic First by China's Chang'e 4

Before China finished packing up its Chang'e 4 lunar lander to be blasted off on a never-before-accomplished journey to the far side of the moon, scientists slipped in a small tank of plant seeds. And now, the team announced, a cotton seed has sprouted.

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Romeo the Water Frog Has Finally Found His Juliet — and Their Love Just Might Save His Species

For 10 long years he searched for his Juliet — and now he's found her.

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Photos: Drilling into Antarctic Subglacial Lake Mercer

Scientists drilled through some 3,500 feet of ice to study this hidden Antarctic lake. They found it is teeming with life.

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Hidden Beneath a Half Mile of Ice, Antarctic Lake Teems with Life

It's one of the most extreme environments on Earth.

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Cancer Cells Transformed into Harmless Fat in Mouse Study

Scientists in Switzerland say they have turn aggressive cancer cells into harmless fat in a mouse model.

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Reflections from Donna Strickland, 3rd Woman Ever to Win Nobel in Physics

The winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics says scientists shouldn't feel pressured to do research that has economic or commercial ramifications. Science for the sake of science is more important.

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So Many Ticks Were Feasting on This Unlucky Python, They Looked Like Living Scales

Some 511 bloodsucking ticks were removed from this snake.

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WWI German Sub Spotted Off French Coast, 100 Years After Its Crew Surrendered

Shifting sands are slowly revealing a WWI submarine, officially known as UC-61, and turning it into a tourist attraction in France.

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What Caused This Man's Sudden, Monthly Sweating Episodes?

There's nothing strange about breaking out into a heavy sweat on a sweltering day, or, after some serious physical activity.

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Government Shutdown Halts Some Research on New Invasive Tick Species

It's critical to learn more about this tick, health officials say, but the shutdown has halted at least some of this research.

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Ancient 'Tomb' Unearthed in Guatemala Turns Out to Be Maya Steam Bath

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient steam bath that the Maya likely used for religious rituals — and possibly relaxation — more than 2,500 years ago.

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Newborn Orca Spotted Off Seattle Coast. Will the Baby Survive Its 1st Year?

A beleaguered orca population finally has something to celebrate.

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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of DNA Structure, Stripped of Honors Over Racist Statements

The co-discoverer of DNA's double helix is being stripped of his honorary titles because of his recent racist remarks.

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Physicists Built a Machine That Breaks the Normal Rules of Light

Physicists have built a ring in which pulses of light whip circles around each other and the normal rules that govern light's behavior stop applying.

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What Are Corticosteroids?

Corticosteroids are synthetic drugs that are similar to cortisol, a hormone the body naturally produces. They're used to treat a wide variety of disorders, including asthma, arthritis, skin conditions and autoimmune diseases.

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Scientists Are Legit Building a Steam-Powered Spaceship, And It Sounds Awesome

Half a century after the first manned space flight, space travel may be about to enter the age of steam.

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Wine on Mars? The World's Oldest Wine-Making Country Wants to Make It Happen

Fancy some white wine on the Red Planet? Scientists in the Republic of Georgia are determined to grow grapes on Mars.

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Dark Matter Behaves Differently in Dying Galaxies

Astronomers barely know anything about dark matter, but now they know this: It behaves differently in old, dying galaxies than in new, star-forming ones.

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Earth's Magnetic Pole Is Wandering, Lurching Toward Siberia

Earth's north magnetic pole is on the move, unpredictably lurching away from the Canadian Arctic and toward Siberia.

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Is Anyone Out There? New SETI Tool Keeps Track of Alien Searches

With research on extraterrestrial life continuing across the world, a noted researcher from the SETI Institute launched a new tool to help researchers keep track of results.

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See Far Side of the Moon in Amazing Panorama from China's Chang'e 4 Lander

China made history earlier this month with the first successful soft landing on the far side of the moon — and now, the mission has sent back an incredible panorama view of its work site.

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Why Physicists Are Hunting the Strangest of the Ghost Particles

These tiny subatomic particles, showering down from the depths of space, continue to surprise (and annoy) physicists chasing them.

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A Man Overdosed on an Erectile Dysfunction Drug. Then He Saw 'Doughnut-Shaped' Spots in his Vision

A man in Massachusetts developed vision loss after consuming an entire bottle of an erectile dysfunction drug, according to a new report.

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Note Penned by British King on Eve of Napoleonic Wars Fetches Nearly $15,000 at Auction

The note was handwritten by King George III to the British Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury.

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Woman with Rare Condition Couldn’t Hear Male Voices

What is reverse-slope hearing loss?

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Watch China Land on the Moon's Far Side in This Awesome Video!

A spectacular new video gives a lander's-eye view of the first-ever touchdown on the moon's mysterious far side.

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Dozens of Seals Turn Up on Icy Streets in Canada. Here's Why.

Seals are cruising the roadways of Roddickton-Bide Am in Newfoundland.

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Here's How Many People Have Caught the Flu So Far This Season (Hint: It's a Lot)

This is the first time the CDC has estimated the number of flu illnesses in the midst of the season.

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A Mirror Image of Our Universe May Have Existed Before the Big Bang

Before the Big Bang, time may have run in reverse.

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Finch's Bite Is 320 Times More Powerful Than T. Rex's

A T. rex's bite — for its body size — is outmatched by a tiny modern relative.

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Mathematicians Discovered a Computer Problem that No One Can Ever Solve

Researchers working on machine learning have discovered a problem that no one, anywhere in the universe, will ever be able to solve.

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This Exploding 'Cow' May Be the First Black Hole Birth Ever Observed

Is this exploding "Cow" the first live birth of a black hole or neutron star ever seen from Earth?

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What the Slowdown in FDA Food Inspections Means for You (Spoiler: Don't Panic Yet)

The ongoing government shutdown has put a halt to some food safety inspections, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your salad or sushi is any more risky to eat than before.

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Maggots Will Soon Be Sent to War Zones to Heal the Injured

Maggots can be creepy, crawly and … medicinal?

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A Man Took a Whole Bottle of Viagra. Then He Saw 'Doughnut-Shaped' Spots in his Vision

A man in Massachusetts developed vision loss after consuming an entire bottle of Viagra, according to a new report.

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Visitors Chainsaw Iconic Joshua Trees in National Park During Gov't Shutdown

Joshua trees are beautiful, but humans can be pretty awful.

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Drug Overdose Death Rates in US Women Rise 260% in 2 Decades

Drug overdose death rates in women in the United States have increased by 260 percent in the past two decades, according to a new report.

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This Huge Black Hole Is Spinning at Half the Speed of Light!

The crumbs left over from a supermassive black hole's recent meal have allowed scientists to calculate the monster's rotation rate, and the results are mind-boggling.

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Extinct Human Relative from 'Miracle' Excavation Moved Like a Chimp

Inner ear bones in an ancient human relative reveal how she moved.

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The Magical Gaze of 'Mona Lisa' Is a Myth

Her gaze isn't actually following you, despite what we all thought.

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Photos: Decapitated Romans Found in Ancient Cemetery

A fourth century A.D. Roman cemetery in England has more than a dozen decapitated bodies in it, a new excavation reveals.

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Decapitated Skeletons, with Heads Between Their Legs, Unearthed in Roman Cemetery

The discovery of a Roman cemetery in England has archaeologists scratching their heads.

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Ultrabright Quasar Lit Up the Early Universe

Astronomers just found a galaxy with a glowing heart that is almost as old as the universe itself.

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Even the Ancient Egyptians Had Homework, Preserved Tablet Shows

Even thousands of years ago, young students still had to do their homework.

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There's a Link Between the Size of Your Belly and the Size of Your Brain

A new study links belly fat, or visceral fat, with brain shrinkage.

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Blue Whales: The Most Enormous Creatures on Earth

Blue whales are the largest animals ever to live on Earth, but many of the details of their lives remain a mystery to the biologists who study them.

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Ancient, 50-Foot-Long Whale Crushed Baby Whale Skulls for Dinner

Killer whales are not a new phenomenon.

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Scientists Have Discovered a Mysterious Repeating Radio Signal from Deep Space

Don't look now, but Earth is being bombarded with mysterious, invisible light.

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This Unknown Woman May Have Illustrated Elaborate and Sacred Medieval Manuscripts

Archaeologists recently found what might be called the first evidence of "bluetooth."

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Earth's Sun Will Turn into a Pure Crystal Ball Before It Dies

Before a star dies, it first turns to crystal.

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Humpback Whales Plagiarize the Tunes of Other Whales (Even Oceans Away)

Humpback whales aren't just talented singers, they learn and steal each other's' songs.

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Spinning Black Holes Could Open Up Gentle Portals for Hypersonic Spacecraft

Feel like visiting another star system or dimension? You can do this by traveling through a spacetime portal of a black hole. But you better choose carefully. All black holes are not created equal.

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George the Snail, the Last and Loneliest of His Kind, Dies

George the snail won't be leaving any more silvery trails in his wake. The 14-year-old champ — the last known snail of his species — died in captivity on New Year's Day, 2019.

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In Photos: Ancient Stone Monument Discovered in Scotland

This stone circle near the village of Alford, west of Aberdeen, may turn out to be one of the last Neolithic monumental structures to be found in Scotland.

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Lassen Volcanic National Park: The West’s Most Beautiful, Least-Visited Wonderland (Photos)

The national park is full of steaming vents, snowy trails, diverse wildlife, colorful wildflowers and heavenly night-sky views.

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Rare Stonehenge-Like Monument in Scotland Has Single 'Recumbent' Stone

The exquisite stone circle may be 4,500 years old and is located in a remote patch of farmland in a Scottish village.

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How Did 'Miracle' Man Come Back from Dangerous Brain Swelling?

Doctors thought their patient had experienced a stroke. Fortunately, they were wrong.

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Giant 'Fatberg' of Grease and Baby Wipes Jams British Sewer

A 210-foot-long (64 meters) monster made from grease and used baby-wipes has clogged up a sewer in Sidmouth in southwestern England.

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No, Bacteria Aren't Mutating into Superbugs on the International Space Station

Bacteria on the International Space Station are evolving and changing in the strange orbital environment. But they don't seem to be any more dangerous to humans.

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What Are the Different Types of Ice Formations Found on Earth?

Glaciers, icebergs and sea ice, oh, my — exploring the different types of ice found on planet Earth.

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Top-Secret UFO Program Revealed in TV's 'Project Blue Book'

Discover the incredible true story of a secret, decades-long federal investigation of alien encounters.

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Ancient Sea Monster's Head Holds Big Teeth … and Fake Bones

A new analysis of a nearly 200-million-year-old sea-monster skull has surprised scientists, but not merely because the skull was enormous or because it was exquisitely preserved and not squashed, like many other Jurassic-period fossils are.

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Cancer Death Rates Reach 25-Year Low

U.S. cancer death rates have declined continuously for the last quarter of a century, according to a new report.

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If Aliens Are Causing Weird Dimming of 'Tabby' Star,' They Aren't Using Lasers to Do It

The evidence for aliens around one of the weirdest stars in our galaxy — Boyajian's star — is not looking promising.

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Thousands of Female Penguins Are Being Stranded in South America

Why are thousands of female penguins washing up dead in South America?

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Global Weather Forecasts Could Soon Get Much Better, According to IBM

Global weather forecasts are getting a big technology upgrade, thanks to a new project from IBM and The Weather Company.

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Mysterious Sounds Recorded at Cuba Embassy Were … Crickets

Crickets may have produced the sounds that sickened U.S. Embassy staffers.

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What Is E. Coli?

E. coli is to blame for why you sometimes can't eat certain foods, like romaine lettuce.

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Amelia Earhart Would Have a Hard Time Disappearing in 2019

From the early years of aviation up until about 2000, the main way pilots navigated was by playing connect-the-dots across a map.

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Here's Where J.K. Rowling Got Her Magical Ideas for Harry Potter (Photos)

J.K. Rowling drew inspiration from many historical magical ideas when she penned Harry Potter.

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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Mile-High Tsunami That Spread Through Earth's Oceans

When the dinosaur-killing asteroid collided with Earth more than 65 million years ago, it did not go gently into that good night. Rather, it blasted a nearly mile-high tsunami through the Gulf of Mexico that caused chaos throughout the world's oceans.

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Impending Galactic Crash Could Rip Open the Black Hole at the Milky Way’s Center

The end of the Milky Way as we know it may come 2 billion years ahead of schedule.

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Ancient DNA from Viking Graves Proves the Fierce Fighters Rode Male Horses

In Iceland, manly Viking warriors were buried with their male horses.

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China May Have Put a Working Electromagnetic Gun on a Warship. Is This a Big Deal?

China appears to have beaten the U.S. in the race to mount a rail gun on a battleship. Does it matter?

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Rainbow-Hued Rivers Transect Globe Like Veins in Gorgeous Maps

A cartographer turns geography into art.

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Rainbow Rivers: See Gorgeous Maps of the World's Waterways

The world's rivers flow like so many rainbows in a map by Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs.

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The Hunt Is On for Moons Around Ultima Thule

The most distant celestial object ever explored may well have moons, and astronomers are trying hard to find them.

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Should You Take Off Your Shoes Indoors?

Your home contains thousands of uninvited bacteria. Should you be worried?

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Dino Graveyard: Photos of Dinosaur National Monument

The world's richest quarry of dinosaur fossils is located in the American West, at Dinosaur National Monument.

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Eclipse Season 2019 Kicks Off with a Partial Solar Eclipse This Weekend!

Eclipse season kicks off with a partial solar eclipse this weekend.

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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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Doctors Thought a Woman Was Having a Panic Attack. She Actually Had Rabies.

The U.S. woman acquired the infection while on a yoga retreat in India.

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AI Can Now Decode Words Directly from Brain Waves

The technology could help people with diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) speak via a brain-computer interface.

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1 in 10 People Have a Food Allergy, But Many More Think They Do

Self-diagnosing a food allergy can lead to mistaken conclusions.

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Laser-Blasted Plasma Is Colder Than Deep Space...Literally

Laser-cooled plasma has all the chill.

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1.32 Million Jews Were Killed in Just Three Months During the Holocaust

Operation Reinhard, known as the single largest murder campaign during the Holocaust, was worse than historians imagined.

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Will China's Moon Landing Launch a New Space Race?

China just became the first country to land a probe on the far side of the moon. It's a technological achievement and another sign of China's capabilities and ambitions in space.

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Huge Layers of Rocks on Early Earth Vanished. And Stealthy Scientists May Have Finally Found Them.

Hundreds of millions of years of missing sedimentary rock may have been bulldozed away by the glaciers of Snowball Earth.

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Inside This Cult Temple of the 'Flayed Lord,' Sacrificial Horrors Took Place

The first temple to Xipe Tótec, the "Flayed Lord," has been discovered in Mexico.

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This 'Fossil' Cloud of Pure Hydrogen Gas Could Be a Time Capsule of the Big Bang

The emptiest space in the universe is full of gas.

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Our Universe Could Be An Expanding Bubble in an Extra Dimension

Is our universe sitting on the edge of an expanding bubble?

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'Wound Botulism' Outbreak in San Diego Linked to Black Tar Heroin

Nine people in San Diego developed a rare but serious illness called wound botulism after using black tar heroin.

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These Water Molecules Have Been Sitting Untouched in the Deep Pacific for 700 Years

Echoes of the Little Ice Age still persist more than a mile down in the Pacific Ocean, even as ocean warming looms.

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There Are Plants and Animals on the Moon Now (Because of China)

China's Chang'e-4 lander contains a living experiment that could lay the groundwork for agriculture at its future lunar base.

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Greenhouse Gasses: Causes, Sources and Environmental Effects

Greenhouse gases are atmospheric gases that absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in the atmosphere. Increases in emissions of these gases are leading to climate change and global warming.

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Chinese Scientist Who Claimed to Edit Babies' Genes May Be Under House Arrest

This is the first reported sighting of Chinese researcher Jiankui He since his appearance at a conference in November.

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Green Flash: The Beautiful and Elusive Sunset Phenomenon

Sometimes, at sunset, the sun appears to suddenly and briefly change color. Blink, and you'll miss it.

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Sugar Substitutes May Not Help You Lose Weight, New Review Finds

There's no "compelling evidence" for important health benefits from sugar substitutes, according to the review.

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Trump Calls Wall 'Moral' Because Vatican Has One. So What's Its History?

Any border wall between the United States and Mexico can't be immoral, President Trump said at a Cabinet meeting yesterday (Jan. 2), because the Vatican has one, too.

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China Makes 1st-Ever Landing on Moon's Mysterious Far Side

China's robotic Chang'e 4 mission touched down inside the huge South Pole-Aitken basin Wednesday (Jan. 2), pulling off the first-ever soft landing on the largely unexplored lunar far side.

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Code-Name 'Corona': Earliest Spy-Satellite Images Reveal Secrets of Ancient Middle East

Images captured by the United States' first spy satellites have a new audience: scientists.

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This 2,300-Year-Old Egyptian Fortress Had an Unusual Task: Guarding a Port That Sent Elephants to War

The enormous fortress was constructed at a time when Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemies, a dynasty of pharaohs descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals.

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Photos: 2,300-Year-Old Fortress Discovered Along the Red Sea

The fortress would have protected a port that was used to transport war elephants.

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'Ripped' Woman with Massive Forearms Is the Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known human burial in lower Central America: the skeletal remains of a mysterious woman who lived 5,900 years ago in what is now Nicaragua, a new study finds.

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These Water Molecules Have Been Sitting Untouched in the Deep Pacific for 700 Years

Echoes of the Little Ice Age still persist more than a mile down in the Pacific Ocean, even as ocean warming looms.

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An Australian Man Screamed So Loud at a Spider That the Cops Showed Up

Sometimes spiders scare people so much that the cops have to deal with it.

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These 7 Expeditions Could Reveal Some of Earth's Biggest Secrets in 2019

What new mysteries will scientists unravel about Earth in 2019?

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Queen's Brian May Releases 'New Horizons' Single to Celebrate Epic Flyby

Only moments before New Horizons flew by the most distant solar system object ever visited, astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May released his new single based on the mission.

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Ultima Thule Looks Like a Bowling Pin in Space in New Horizons Flyby Photo

Ultima Thule, the weird Kuiper Belt object that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft visited in a historic flyby on Jan. 1, 2019, looks like a cosmic bowling pin, scientists say.

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Rare Flying Reptile with Mouthful of Fangs Trolled Jurassic Skies

A new species of Jurassic pterosaur had fearsome teeth.

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What a Tiny Electron Reveals About the Structure of the Universe

What shape is an electron? The answer, believe it or not, has implications for our understanding of the entire universe, and could reveal whether there are mysterious particles still to be discovered.

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Scientists Find the 'Missing' Dark Matter from the Early Universe

Past studies suggested there was less dark matter earlier on in the universe’s history.

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Sunken 17th-Century 'Pirate Ship' Discovered, Alongside Gunpowder-Packed Grenades

The ship, holding military stores, sank in a storm near Dollar Cove in April of 1684.

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In Photos: Pirate Ship Discovered in the UK

The ship sank in a storm in 1684 off Dollar Cove in the Gunwalloe district of Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula.

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4 Dark Matter Searches to Watch in 2019

As 2019 nears, physicists are hard at work on the next generation of dark matter detectors, and on parsing confusing data from detectors that already exist.

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Archaeology Discoveries to Watch for in 2019

We may find what’s hiding inside the Great Pyramid. And also tablets from a lost city in Iraq, and lost Faberge eggs from the Russian royal family. Stay tuned.

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