The 10 biggest archaeology discoveries of 2020

Despite the difficult year, many archaeological and historical discoveries came to light, including a sprawling geoglyph in Peru, a trove of mummies, the tomb of the legendary Romulus and more.

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Would you eat a python to save the Everglades?

Invading pythons are causing problems for the native wildlife in Florida. Should people start eating them and are they even safe to eat?

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10 steamy signs in 2020 that climate change is speeding up

From record wildfires to a bumper crop of hurricanes to melting poles, here are some of the biggest signs in 2020 that climate change is speeding up.

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6 ways the hunt for dark matter changed in 2020

This year saw a possible first detection of solar axions, and the possible death of the sterile neutrino.

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10 ways COVID-19 changed the world

Here are just some of the ways COVID-19 changed the world in 2020.

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US rivers are changing from blue to yellow and green, satellite images show

Researchers believe color changes could be used as a proxy for the health of river ecosystems.

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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2020

Some human ancestors are known only as "ghost" populations.

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Murder hornets and monkey cannibals: 10 times nature freaked us out in 2020

Some of this year's top science stories were truly the stuff of nightmares.

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The 100 best science photos of 2020

'Naked' sharks, secret galaxy mergers, disco tardigrades and more incredible science photos from this crazy year.

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Here's what we learned about aliens in 2020

From the best places to find them to what they might breathe, here are the newest clues we discovered about alien life.

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10 huge black hole findings from 2020

Here, we take a look at some of the most spectacular black hole findings of 2020.

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10 strange animals that washed ashore in 2020

Here are 10 gnarly animals from our ocean's depths.

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8 times nature was totally metal in 2020

Remembering the cannibal dinosaurs, chest-bursting eels, and rampaging galaxies that made 2020 heavier than dark matter.

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Bats are superheroes of the night. Their superpowers could help us protect them.

Conservationists are using bats' echolocation abilities to help track these mammals, as many of them succumb to white nose syndrome.

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The strangest medical cases of 2020

From a man with green urine to a teenager with a sewing pin in his heart, a number of intriguing medical cases caught our eye this year.

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10 science records broken in 2020

From the longest bird flight to the oldest identical twins, 2020 was filled with record-breaking science.

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The coolest ancient weapons discovered in 2020

Here are nine cool ancient weapons discovered this year.

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World's largest iceberg continues to break up off the coast of South Georgia

It is hoped that the icebergs will now miss the island, but their fate is still uncertain.

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10 geological discoveries that absolutely rocked 2020

Here are 10 of the most amazing geological discoveries of the year.

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10 times science made a sucky year suck less

From the incredible efforts of scientists to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time to clapping seals, this year had some amazing discoveries.

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10 times science made a sucky year suck less

From the incredible efforts of scientists to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time to clapping seals, this year had some amazing discoveries.

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What are the most common ways people get injured?

The most common culprit is found in most homes.

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10 times sharks made our jaws drop in 2020

Here are our favorite stories about sharks from 2020.

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Mysterious asteroid the size of a dwarf planet is lurking in our solar system

There's a giant asteroid somewhere out there in the solar system, and it hurled a big rock at Earth that left behind meteorites unlike any scientists had ever seen.

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Why aren't peanuts, pecans and almonds real nuts?

Brazil nuts and cashews are crunchy and small, so why aren't they nuts?

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6 times that 2020 showed us women from antiquity were totally badass

This year, archaeologists discovered intriguing evidence showing that women of the ancient world were not to be trifled with.

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Live Science's top stories of 2020: Writers' choice

From a mirror universe to X-shaped galaxies, these stories guaranteed that 2020 would be a year to remember.

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Fireballs, spaceships and … iguanas? 7 strange things that fell from the sky

Watch your head!

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Our most popular science stories of 2020

Here are the most-read stories on Live Science this year.

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10 bizarre animal stories of 2020

2020 was a weird year, even in the animal kingdom.

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Fast-spreading UK coronavirus variant: All your questions answered

A scary new strain of coronavirus, innocuously named B.1.1.7, has recently exploded across southeast England, prompting the government to tighten lockdowns on the region. Though we don't know all the details, experts are increasingly confident it is more easily transmitted than other strains. Here's everything we know so far about this novel strain.

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Extraterrestrial evidence: 10 incredible findings about aliens from 2020

Are we alone in the universe? Many discoveries about aliens in 2020 seemed to increase the prospect of extraterrestrial entities existing.

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Weapons carved from human bone come from drowned land bridge between UK and Europe

It's a mystery why hunter-gatherers from the Stone Age crafted weapons from human bone.

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Lyme disease-carrying ticks may invade new territory in the Midwest

The model can help identify which counties are at high-risk for invasion.

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13 ways the Earth showed its wrath in 2020

Eruptions, temblors and severe weather, oh my.

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Humans are destroying our 'perfect planet,' Attenborough says

A new series explores the powerful natural forces that work together to sculpt and support life on our fragile pale blue dot.

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The 10 coolest dinosaur findings of 2020

Here's what we've learned about dinosaurs in 2020.

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Jupiter and Saturn descend on world's tallest building in epic 'Great Conjunction' video

A photographer filmed the "Great Conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn as the heavenly bodies passed by Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

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Octopus punches fish in the head (just because it can)

Octopuses sometimes partner with fish to hunt, but the partnership comes with risks (for the fish, that is).

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'Zombie' greenhouse gas lurks in permafrost beneath the Arctic Ocean

Experts say we need to improve our patchy knowledge of subsea permafrost.

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Air pressure makes Mount Everest 'shrink' by thousands of feet, new study finds

Seasonal changes in air pressure sometimes make Mount Everest's "perceived elevation" to shrink by thousands of feet, a new study finds.

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Man revives baby elephant using CPR: How does that work?

A man successfully revived a baby elephant using CPR after the animal was involved in a road accident. How did he do it?

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Ancient 'swamp king' monster croc once terrorized Australia

The ‘swamp king’ was over 16 feet long and much broader than modern-day crocodiles.

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Seals are making 'Star Wars' noises at each other underwater, and we have no idea why

Antarctica's Weddell seals communicate with each other in a high-pitched underwater language reminiscent of Star Wars sound effects, a new study finds.

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Antarctica has its 1st COVID-19 outbreak

The outbreak occurred at the a Chilean research base on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Is it safe to get the COVID-19 vaccine if you're pregnant?

Though the vaccine hasn't been tested in pregnant people, experts think that it's likely safe.

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Stunning telescope image of Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunction will amaze you

A telescope close-up reveals the strange beauty of the Great Conjunction.

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Moon has way (way) more craters than we thought

Scientists found over 109,000 previously unidentified impact craters on the moon using artificial intelligence and data from China's lunar orbiters, creating the largest crater database of its kind.

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What's causing rare allergic reactions to Pfizer's vaccine?

Several severe allergic reactions that were reported among hundreds of thousands of people vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine last week.

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2 people die in shark attacks. How unusual is this?

Separate shark attacks in Hawaii and the eastern Caribbean leave two people dead. Experts say tragedies like this are rare relative to the number of people in the water.

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Scientists think they've spotted the farthest galaxy in the universe

Astronomers have peered out into the vast expanse and spotted what they think is the farthest (and oldest) galaxy ever observed.

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World’s ugliest orchid looks like a soul-sucking, eyeless worm

Orchids are usually prized for their loveliness, but a newly described species is no beauty.

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Doctors heard music when checking a man's pulse. Here's why.

In addition to the thump thump of the man's heart, doctors heard music when checking his pulse.

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What was the Star of Bethlehem?

According to the New Testament, the Star of Bethlehem led the three wise men to Jesus' birth. Here are a few theories about what the star really was.

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Is the new UK coronavirus variant more contagious?

The variant has a mutation that may make the virus "sticker" or allow it to bind more tightly to human cells.

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Could the Christmas Star visible tonight actually be the Star of Bethlehem?

Did the biblical "Star of Bethlehem" come back in 2020? It wouldn't be crazy to think so. But it's not the only possibility.

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Exquisitely-preserved wolf pup mummy discovered in Yukon permafrost

A wolf pup mummy, perfectly preserved in permafrost for 57,000 years, is finally giving up some of its secrets.

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3,800-year-old baby in a jar unearthed in Israel

Jaffa's 4,000-year-old history is buried beneath its streets.

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Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's trading partner

Ancient Egyptians got those baboons from somewhere.

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Red Bull skydivers recreate mysterious Marfa lights for winter solstice 2020

An epic nighttime skydive saw Red Bull Air Force's Amy Chmelecki and teammates don pyrotechnics to highlight – literally – the importance of astronomy and dark skies in a rural region of Texas.

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with dramatic lava fountains

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted beginning Sunday (Dec. 20) night local time, with dramatic lava fountains and huge puffs of gas and steam being launched from the summit crater called Halema'uma'u.

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Gargantuan chunk of 'cosmic web' discovered. It's 50 million light-years long.

Astronomers discover one of the longest filaments of the cosmic web. And it may help solve the puzzle of the universe's missing matter.

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How to watch tonight's 'great conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn

Here's how to catch the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, something that hasn't happened this spectacularly in nearly 800 years.

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Here's the science of the winter solstice

Today's winter solstice will boast the year's fewest hours of daylight for the Northern Hemisphere. Here's why.

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Alien hunters detect mystery signal coming from the closest star system

Astronomers hunting for radio signals from alien civilizations have reportedly detected an "intriguing signal" from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun.

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Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thought

The supermassive black hole hiding in the center of our galaxy is much closer to Earth, about 2,000 light-years closer, than scientists thought.

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SpaceX launches classified US spy satellite, sticks rocket landing to cap record year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a clandestine U.S. spy  satellite into space for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)  Saturday (Dec. 19) , marking its 26th rocket of the year.

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How wild was the Wild West?

While officially lawless, settlers usually weren't all that wild.

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The best coding toys for kids

From programmable robots to pocket-sized computers, there are a plethora of tools out there for kids to learn the basics of programming.

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China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to international scientists

Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international scientists.

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The world's largest iceberg has just broken in two

A chunk of ice about the size of Queens and the Bronx combined has broken off what was, until this fracture, the world's largest iceberg.

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The Milky Way is probably full of dead civilizations

If there are other intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way, they are probably much closer than we are to the galactic center, and fairly young.

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What's the biggest group of animals ever recorded on Earth?

From expansive underground colonies, to glinting underwater shoals, vast cacophonous flocks, and cloud-blanketing swarms, these animals are top contenders for the title of the world's most numerous group.

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Deadly centipede 'king' rules over a poison hellscape cave

Dozens of species live in Romania's toxic Movile Cave, and a newly described centipede species is the "king" of this unique ecosystem.

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Unsafe levels of radiation found in Chernobyl crops

Crops grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine are still contaminated with radiation from the explosive 1986 disaster.

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Lost artifact from Great Pyramid was just found in a cigar tin in Scotland

After a small piece of wood from the Great Pyramid was donated to a museum in Scotland, it vanished for decades. A curator found it hiding in plain sight.

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Newly discovered fungi turn flies into zombies and devour them from the inside out

Two newly discovered fungi eat flies from the inside out while dropping new spores out of holes dissolved in the living flies' abdomens.

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Scientists think they've detected radio emissions from an alien world

Scientists may have detected radio emissions from a planet orbiting a star beyond our sun for the first time.

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Invisible 'arches of chaos' span the solar system

Scientists have mapped the "arches of chaos:" a vast network of arching structures filling the solar system that could one day aid space travel.

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Angel, devil and blood-red heart appear at Martian south pole

It's summer in Mars' southern hemisphere, and strange structures are crawling out of the ice.

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Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history

Here are the world's most deadliest earthquakes, cyclones and floods.

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Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps

Many Alpine summits may have been ice-free before about 5,900 years ago.

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Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon

The moon's tides affect how much methane is released from seafloor sediments and the implications are huge.

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2 calves of one of world's most endangered large whales spotted

Two newborn whales were spotted swimming off the U.S. coast, giving researchers hope for a critically endangered whale species.

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See the moon's shadow on Earth from the 2020 total solar eclipse in these stunning satellite views

Skywatchers in southern South America were treated to a total solar eclipse on Monday (Dec. 14), and a weather satellite captured stunning views of the event from space.

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China's Chang'e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years

China's Chang'e 5 moon sample-return capsule landed in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday (Dec. 16), returning lunar rocks for the first time since 1976.

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Robot dogs could someday explore deep caves on Mars

Robotic "Mars Dogs" could use artificial intelligence and sensors to investigate the Martian surface and map hidden lava tunnels.

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Two strange blobs of X-ray energy are swirling out of the galaxy's center

The eROSITA X-ray telescope just revealed two strange bubbles of X-ray energy, sitting smack-dab inside the Fermi Bubbles.

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Deadly 'brain-eating amoeba' has expanded its range northward

You can thank climate change for this too.

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Stunningly preserved ‘Cretaceous Pompeii’ fossils may not be what they seem

Two dinosaurs that died in China during the Cretaceous were fossilized in 3D — but it probably wasn't a volcanic eruption that killed and preserved them.

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Nor'easter could drop a foot of snow on New England

The storm follows last year's mild winter with below-average snowfall.

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1st wild animal in US infected with SARS-CoV-2 found in Utah

A wild mink just tested positive.

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Red Sea oil tanker 4 times as big as Exxon Valdez could spill any day now

A mammoth oil tanker is decaying into the Red Sea, threatening to pollute the water supply of millions of people and the world's most resilient coral reef.

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World's oldest python fossil unearthed

The discovery of the world's oldest python fossils on record suggests that these snakes originated in Europe and probably lived alongside boas.

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US could reach 'net-zero' carbon by 2050. Here's how.

The U.S. can cut its carbon output to zero by the middle of the 21th century, according to a major new Princeton University study. It might even save money.

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How a girl's 'death mask' from the 1800s became the face of CPR dolls

The story behind the face of the CPR dummy.

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Hundreds of graves reveal Spanish town’s secret Muslim history

An archaeological site in northeast Spain holds one of the oldest-known Muslim cemeteries in the country, with the discovery of 433 graves.

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Spooning skeletons: Who were these 3,000-year-old 'Romeo and Juliet'?

More than 3,000 years ago, a couple at a biblical site in Israel was buried side by side in a spooning position, and archaeologists are calling them Romeo and Juliet.

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China's Chang'e 5 moon lander is no more after successfully snagging lunar rocks

China's Chang'e 5 lander touched down on the moon and collected the first lunar samples in nearly 50 years, but now the lights have gone out.

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Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change (Op-Ed)

As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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There's a new coronavirus variant in the UK. Here's what we know.

Vaccines will likely work just as well against the variant.

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The UK is sending robot submarines to watch the world’s largest iceberg crash into an island

The world’s largest iceberg appears days away from crashing into a penguin-filled island. These robots will study the aftermath.

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Physicists attempt to unify all forces of nature and rectify Einstein's biggest failure

Einstein's failed dream could ultimately become his ultimate triumph, as a small group of theoretical physicists rework his old ideas to explain the most pressing issues of modern science.

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Man who died of constipation 1,000 years ago ate grasshoppers for months

A man who died of constipation more than 1,000 years ago survived on just grasshoppers for months, his mummy has revealed.

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Physicists give Schrodinger's cat a cheshire grin

Physicists have shown how a particle might show its face in a corner of an experiment without needing its body anywhere in sight, like a grin without a cat.

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FDA approves genetically engineered pigs for food and transplants

Pigs that have been genetically engineered to be free of a molecule that triggers meat allergies have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Polar cyclones on Jupiter create a spellbinding vortex cluster

NASA's Juno mission offers fresh insights into Jupiter's dynamic atmosphere.

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Giant Aztec skull 'tower' unearthed in Mexico

More than 500 years ago, the Aztecs created a "trophy tower" out of hundreds of human skulls.

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1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine given in New York

On Monday (Dec. 14), the very first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was given in the U.S., marking the start of a long campaign to vaccinate the U.S. public.

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'Planet Nine' cousin found

An enormous exoplanet found circling a double star 336 light-years away may provide clues to a mystery closer to home: Planet Nine.

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The only total solar eclipse of 2020 may be one few get a chance to see

It would only seem appropriate that the final eclipse in this eccentric year of 2020 will be visible only from Patagonia — nicknamed "the end of the world."

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What's behind the mysterious, earth-shaking boom of the 'Seneca Guns'?

Scientists investigated the unexplained booming sounds known as "Seneca Guns," heard near coastal North Carolina.

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Massive supercontinent will form hundreds of millions of years from now

Scientists are modeling when Earth's next supercontinent phase will begin, and how that could affect global climate.

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Longest-exposure photo ever was just discovered. It was made through a beer can.

Eight years and one month ago, a Master of Fine Art student at the University of Hertfordshire fitted a beer can with photographic paper and created a low-tech pinhole camera. She then placed the can on a telescope at the university's Bayfordbury Observatory and eventually forgot about the project. 

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Spectacular Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's how to watch the show.

The Geminids meteor shower peaks on Sunday, and should provide good views of shooting stars anywhere the sky is clear.

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How will sea levels change with climate change?

Sea level changes are not happening uniformly across Earth's oceans. Here's why.

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Flying fish: Real fish, but not really flying

Key facts and information about flying fish.

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Ancient Egyptian hoard of counterfeit 'dirty money' unearthed

A shortage of silver caused by the collapse of leading Bronze Age civilizations around the eastern Mediterranean about 1200 BC resulted in the original "dirty money" — several hundreds of years before coins had been invented.

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How does a secure phone line work?

Encryption tech can be either hardware or software.

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How long can human embryos stay frozen?

Hypothetically, an implanted embryo could be older than the woman who gives birth to it.

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COVID-19 vaccines: The new technology that made them possible

Here's how mRNA vaccines work, and why they could make such a difference for vaccine development.

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Why an Australian COVID-19 vaccine caused false-positive HIV tests

The vaccine appeared safe and effective, but some participants falsely tested positive for HIV.

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1,800-year-old altar to pagan god Pan hidden in a Byzantine church

Archaeologists in Israel have found an ancient altar to Pan that was repurposed as a brick in a church wall.

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Army officer's secret journal could offer new clues about the UFO crash in Roswell in 1947

An army officer was among the first people to inspect wreckage of a so-called UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, and he may have recorded clues about what he saw in a journal.

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Child's bones buried 40,000 years ago solve long-standing Neanderthal mystery

We don't know whether it was a boy or a girl. But this ancient child, a Neanderthal, only made it to about two years of age.

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World's largest iceberg still barreling toward penguin habitat, new footage confirms

Iceberg A-68a is just a few hundred miles from crashing into South Georgia island, new photos from the Royal Air Force reveal.

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How to watch the northern lights across far northern US tonight

The forecast isn't certain, but some in the U.S. might get a rare glance at the aurora.

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People sometimes prefer burning hot pain to thinking too hard

Thinking hard is a pain.

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Gold coin stash from time of Henry VIII found in English garden

A family pulling weeds in the garden discovered a hoard of gold coins featuring various British monarchs dating back to the 1400s.

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Human-made stuff now outweighs every living thing on Earth

All of the Amazon's splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly in the fields, no longer outweighs the sheer amount of stuff humans have made.

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Your skin should be toxic to ticks. Here's why it's not.

A toxin from an ancient bacteria helps ticks survive and transmit Lyme disease to the humans they feed on, a new study finds.

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Bees defeat 'murder hornet' relatives with poop

Asian honey bees defend their hives by attaching animal dung around the doorways, a behavior that was previously unknown in bees.

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NASA's spacecraft spots China's Chang'e 5 lander on the moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of China's Chang'e 5 lander on the moon just hours after its historic landing.

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Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe

Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter?

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This is what a supernova sounds like, according to NASA

NASA's new data sonification project turns the universe's most extreme phenomena into sounds.

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SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing

SpaceX's Starship spaceflight system just took a big step on its path to Mars.

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Missing link in pterosaur origins discovered

An enigmatic group of Triassic reptiles might be a close relative of pterosaurs.

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Dramatic transformation of the Arctic landscape may be permanent

From vanishing sea ice to blistering air temperatures to zombie fires, climate change is reshaping the Arctic. And that transformation may be permanent, researchers said.

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When will COVID-19 vaccines start to make a difference?

A new model projects how case rates, hospitalizations and deaths will fall as COVID-19 vaccinations begin.

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Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine is 86% effective, early data suggest

The United Arab Emirates has approved the vaccine based on this data.

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People with significant allergies should avoid Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, UK warns

This comes after two National Health Service members developed allergic reactions to the vaccine on Tuesday.

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SpaceX aborts Starship SN8 prototype test launch at last second

SpaceX's first attempt to launch a Starship prototype on a high-altitude test flight ended with a last-second abort in Texas on Tuesday (Dec. 8).

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Sahara's 'Godzilla' dust storm may have been triggered by warming in the Arctic

Warmer-than-average conditions and declining sea ice in the Arctic may be linked to the Sahara Desert's biggest dust storm in recorded history.

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The strange story of how nuns uncovered 'House of Jesus' in Nazareth

A group of 19th-century sisters excavated and protected the House of Jesus in Nazareth. Here's their story.

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Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos

The remnants of circular and rectangular villages dating to 1300 were discovered in the Amazon rainforest.

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Saturn and Jupiter to almost 'kiss' this winter solstice

From Earth's perspective, Jupiter and Saturn will appear a moon's distance apart on Dec. 21.

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Dogs will never speak human. Here's why.

The findings mean that dogs may be similar to human infants in their word processing abilities.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine starts to work just 10 days after 1st dose

Overall, the vaccine was 52% effective after the first dose and 95% effective after the second dose.

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Epic time-lapse shows what the Milky Way will look like 400,000 years from now

The Gaia space observatory just released its most detailed map of the universe yet, including the trajectories of hundreds of millions of stars.

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Watch SpaceX test a giant 'Starship' over Texas today

SpaceX plans to test its enormous Starship prototype over Boca Chica, Texas at some point Tuesday (Dec. 8).

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Who was Carl Linnaeus?

Carl Linnaeus, the famous 18th century Swedish botanist, created the basic foundation on which the modern binomial classification system is based.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Live Updates

Among the top news today: 90-year-old woman in the U.K. becomes the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of clinical trials.

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Giant pandas have winter poop parties, rolling around in horse manure

Pandas enjoy rolling in horse manure; this smelly habit may help them keep warm.

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Did the universe's creator hide a message in the cosmos?

Did the creator of the universe leave a hidden message in the cosmos for intelligent life? If so, scientists have yet to find it. But at least one is still trying.

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Hurricane Season: How Long It Lasts and What to Expect

Here's a guide to the Atlantic hurricane season, including predictions, naming conventions and how to prepare for a storm.

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Here's how genes determine your facial features

Scientists scanned the DNA of 8,000 people to figure out how genes control facial features. Here's what they found.

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Burnt 'Great Pyramid' notes reveal Isaac Newton's research into the apocalypse

Sir Isaac Newton, the acclaimed physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, may be one of the most renowned scientists of all time, but his wide-ranging research took him to strange places far outside what we now consider to be science.

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Puerto Rican scientists mourn loss of Arecibo Observatory's iconic telescope

In a year full of terrible new sorrows and burdens, the collapse of Arecibo Observatory's iconic radio telescope feels like a particularly brutal loss to Puerto Ricans.

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China plants its flag on the moon with Chang'e 5 lunar lander (photo, video)

China now has a real flag flying on the moon.

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Microwave pulses caused bizarre ‘Havana syndrome,’ report suggests

A string of unexplained illnesses in Cuba, China and elsewhere was likely caused by directed, pulsed radio frequency energy, according to a government report.

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Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India

All patients tested negative for COVID-19.

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Elaborate Viking ship burial may have held a king or queen

Archaeologists have uncovered a 62-foot-long (19 meters) Viking ship that dates back more than 1,000 years and likely held remains of a king or queen.

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Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast

How did an octopus in Japan grow nine arms?

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Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record

Last month was even hotter than previous record-breaking Novembers.

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China claims fastest quantum computer in the world

"Jiuzhang" would be the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing some tasks 100 trillion times faster than the world's fastest supercomputers.

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Earth spent 500 million years creating and eating dead continents

For more than a billion years, Earth covered itself in new continents. New research shows that those continents were quickly swallowed up again but their deaths fertilized life on the surface.

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Nazi 'Enigma' machine found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Divers trying to remove old fishing nets from the Baltic sea have accidentally stumbled on a Nazi code-making "Enigma" machine.

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How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 — by infecting horses

In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a sudden shock paralyzed social and economic life.

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Chain of Alaskan islands might really be one monster volcano

Six volcanic islands in the Aleutian archipelago may be linked together in one massive caldera hiding underwater.

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Voyager mission finds a new type of electron burst at the edge of our solar system

The Voyager probes left our Solar System years ago, yet even as they travel through interstellar space, they are still detecting bursts of cosmic rays from our Sun, more than 23 billion kilometres (14 billion miles) away.

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How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy

Here's how the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed and kept safe from the factory to your local pharmacy.

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Is anyone on Earth not an immigrant?

There's some people in southern Africa who might not be immigrants, scientifically speaking.

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Most accurate map of our galaxy pinpoints 1.8 billion cosmic objects

With new data from the European Gaia spacecraft, astronomers can now explore 1.8 billion cosmic objects in unparalleled detail.

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What color is the sun?

You probably learned this at school.

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Mysterious minimoon circling Earth is actually a 1960s rocket booster

It's official: Earth's minimoon is human made.

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World's oldest animal fossil actually came from rotting algae

Fat molecules attributed to ancient sea sponges actually belonged to algae, two new studies suggest.

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World's largest atom smasher could seed microscopic black holes

If teensy black holes could be produced inside the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, that would be a boon for physics.

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China's Chang'e 5 probe lifts off from moon carrying lunar samples

China has launched a small spacecraft from the surface of the moon in the critical next step in the ambitious Chang'e 5 mission to bring lunar samples to Earth.

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Physicists recorded the flowing sound of a 'perfect' fluid for the first time

For the first time, physicists have recorded sound waves moving through a perfect fluid with the lowest possible viscosity.

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COVID-19: When are you most infectious?

A close friend – let’s call him John – recently called, asking for advice.

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Drone catches Arecibo Observatory's last moments

When the cables broke at Arecibo Observatory, a drone caught the whole event on video.

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What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

How will you know if you have the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease? Here are the most common symptoms.

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Ghostly circles in the sky can't be explained. And astronomers are excited.

Ghostly circles of radio emission, hanging out in space like cosmic smoke-rings, can't be explained by current theories. And astronomers are excited to figure them out.

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Lost island beneath the North Sea survived a mega-tsunami 8,000 years ago

Some ancient islands now submerged beneath the North Sea survived a devastating tsunami about 8,000 years ago and may have played a key part in Britain's human prehistory.

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The best Montessori learning toys

Here's a roundup of Montessori toys for the little ones in your life who love to learn and have fun while they're at it.

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The Alps are growing taller

The Central Alps are growing "surprisingly quickly."

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Why did this man's urine turn green?

After five days in the ICU, a man's urine turned green.

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The Falklands War: Margaret Thatcher's great victory

In 1982, Argentina tried to reclaim the Falkland Islands from Britain, but was unsuccessful.

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COVID-19 quarantine now 10 days, 7 with test, CDC says

The recommendations for self-isolation — for people who test positive for COVID-19 — have not changed.

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Mystery of galaxy's missing dark matter solved. (And it involves a thief.)

A small, mysterious galaxy 44 million light-years away is finally yielding up its secrets.

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Watch China spacecraft land on the moon in this amazing video

A spectacular video from China's Chang'e 5 lander reveals its successful touchdown on the moon as it softly set down to collect the first lunar samples in 44 years.

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What does transgender mean?

The term transgender describes people whose gender identity differs from the sex to which they were assigned at birth.

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UK approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine

The first doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine will likely roll out in the U.K. next week.

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Black holes may not exist, but fuzzballs might, wild theory suggests

What if black holes aren't black holes at all, but rather the cosmic equivalent of fuzzy, vibrating balls of string?

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These photos of the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse are just heartbreaking

Gut-wrenching pictures and video documented the beginning of the end for the Arecibo Observatory, one of the world's most iconic telescopes.

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Roman subjects paid emperor piles of silver to leave them alone, inscription reveals

A stone inscription immortalized Roman emperor Septimius Severus' gratitude for a city's generous "donation" of 700,000 silver coins.

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Scientists just mapped 1 million new galaxies, in 300 hours

Australian scientists tested all 36 receivers on the ASKAP radio telescope for the first time ever, mapping 85% of the sky in 300 hours.

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COVID-19 may have arrived in US by December 2019

Researchers studied blood samples from December 2019, and found a small number tested positive for antibodies against the virus.

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Newfound marine blob looks like 'party balloon' with two strings, scientists say

A new species of comb jelly was identified in a deep trench near Puerto Rico.

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China's Chang'e 5 lands on the moon to collect the 1st fresh lunar samples in decades

China has landed on the moon again — and this time the country plans to bring home some souvenirs.

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Broken Arecibo telescope collapses, ending an era of alien-hunting

After two snapped cables damaged Arecibo Observatory's radio telescope beyond repair, the iconic instrument has collapsed.

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The best science kit gifts for kids

Little scientists will have a bundle of fun with science kits; they will try their hand at making a potato clock, learning to levitate a pencil, creating a test-tube sunset and more.

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Mysterious black spot in polar explorer's diary offers gruesome clue to his fate

In 1907, explorer Jørgen Brønlund died during an expedition in Greenland. Scientists recently gleaned new details about Brønlund's death from a mark in his diary.

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Sprawling 8-mile-long 'canvas' of ice age beasts discovered hidden in Amazon rainforest

Ancient rock art of extinct ice age animals, handprints and patterns were found in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia.

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AI system solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours

This complex problem that has plagued researchers for decades.

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Biblical Goliath may not have been a giant

Goliath, the giant who was felled by King David in the Hebrew Bible, is described as having a jaw-dropping height. Turns out, that may not have been accurate.

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Chinese submarine reaches the deepest place on Earth

The Chinese submarine Fendouzhe has completed a months-long expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, a feat matched by only James Cameron, a hobbyist investor and the U.S. Navy.

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Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is highly effective, final analysis shows

New data from Moderna's phase 3 trial confirm that the vaccine is highly effective and protects against severe disease.

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Escaped mink could spread the coronavirus to wild animals

More than 100 SARS-CoV-2 infected mink may have escaped from Danish farms, raising the risk that these escapees could spread the novel coronavirus to wild animals.

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Alligators can regrow their tails, surprising scientists

Baby alligators can regrow their tails and they do it in a novel way.

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Is the Boeing 737 Max safe enough to fly?

The Boeing 737 Max began flying commercially in May 2017 but has been grounded for over a year and a half following two crashes within five months. Is it safe enough for liftoff?

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Our solar system will disintegrate sooner than we thought

Although the ground beneath our feet feels solid and reassuring (most of the time), nothing in this universe lasts forever.

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Dangerous 'naked' black holes could be hiding in the universe

Black holes shorn of event horizons could lurk throughout the universe.

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Give the gift of Bill Nye with his virtual reality science kit

VR science kits will be all the rage this holiday season.

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How much snow is needed for an official 'White Christmas'?

Here's how much snow is officially needed to call a Christmas "white."

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The best Lego sets for alien, sci-fi, space fans and more

Attention, Lego fans! If you love aliens and UFOs, or spaceflight and sci-fi, we've got the perfect sets for you and your kids.

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How do fax machines work?

The first fax machine used telegraph lines and was patented 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell's famous first phone call.

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The best science kit deals for Black Friday

From gross and slimy to green and growing, these science kits are sure to be fun and educational for your kids.

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Sphero RVR, the All-Terrain Programmable Coding Robot, Climbs To Black Friday Deal

Beep, bop, boop and save 18%!

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The best gifts for science nerds and geeks

What's up, nerds? Here at Live Science we love shopping for science lovers. Check out this specially curated list of our favorite science-themed and geeky gifts.

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Save 53% on AncestryDNA testing kit for Black Friday

AncestryDNA may be the perfect holiday present. And right now, Amazon is selling the kit for $47.00, which is 53% off the normal list price.

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Best dinosaur toys for all ages

If you've got a youngster in your life who loves dinosaurs, we have suggestions for toys that will spark their imagination and curiosity.

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Save 55% on Catan board game, plus expansion packs this Black Friday

Save over $27 on this classic board game, plus discover more Black Friday deals on exploration and strategy games!

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The best Black Friday deals on binoculars for travel, skywatching and nature

Whether you love watching nature or can't get enough of the moon and stars, check out our top pick of binoculars

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Catch the full moon (and a penumbral eclipse) on Monday

A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs at the same time as November's full moon.

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Discover the ultimate 9,000-piece Lego Colosseum – Lego's biggest project is now on sale

At 9,036 pieces, this set recreates Rome's Ancient wonder. Plus: Lego Architecture sets are now up to 20% off this Black Friday

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A Thanksgiving sun treat: Big sunspot rotates into view

A group of sunspots has emerged on the Earth-facing side of the sun, just in time for Thanksgiving.

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Is China winning the new space race?

China has been the only country to land on the moon for over 40 years – since the Soviet Luna program.

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Swarm of eels breaks record for most fish ever spotted at one time in abyssal ocean

Before we start mining for precious metals in the darkness of the deep sea, we might try switching on the light first and observing our surroundings.

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Swarms of 'primordial' black holes might fill our universe

What if dark matter weren't a new type of matter at all, but huge swarms of tiny, "primordial" black holes?

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Megalodon nurseries reveal world’s largest shark had a soft side

Scientists have identified five locations that the extinct predator Megalodon used as "nurseries" for young sharks.

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Why do cats meow?

Meowing is a tool to get you to do their bidding.

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The best Osmo kit deals

These Osmo kits can turn screen time into tactile time, helping kids to learn about numbers, shapes, coding and more. And right now, Amazon has several great deals to get you started.

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Dino-era bird had the head of a Velociraptor and beak of a toucan

A fearsome bird from ancient Madagascar had the face of a Velociraptor and the beak of a toucan.

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Here are the most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates out there

Scientists around the world are creating dozens of unique vaccine candidates to fight the novel coronavirus — and they're doing it at unprecedented speeds.

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Arecibo radio telescope, damaged beyond repair, seen from space

Satellites spotted gashes in the damaged Arecibo Observatory, which will be decommissioned.

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Spacecraft with precious asteroid cargo is almost home after 3 billion-mile trek

On Dec. 6, 2020, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will finally return to Earth.

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The world's newest monkey species was found in a lab, not on an expedition

The discovery of the Popa langur, a medium-sized leaf-eating monkey found in central Myanmar, was recently announced by scientists.

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Best microscopes for kids 2020

We've rounded up the best microscopes for kids. No matter your child's skill level, your own budget or their level of enthusiasm for biology and exploration, there is a perfect microscope waiting to engage them.

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Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precision

High-energy X-ray scans of an intact Egyptian mummy mapped a detailed glimpse of the bones and objects inside.

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2 of Darwin's famous notebooks, including iconic 'Tree of Life' sketch, are missing

Two notebooks Darwin filled after his HMS Beagle expedition are missing, possibly stolen.

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Who set up this mysterious metal monolith in Utah desert? (It's not aliens.)

Who embedded a 10-foot-tall metal monolith in the remote Utah desert?

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SARS-CoV-2 relative found lurking in frozen bats from Cambodia

For the first time, close relatives of the novel coronavirus have been found outside China.

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Pandemic: Legacy board game is 38% off this Black Friday

Combat a deadly virus or mastermind your own outbreak with these strategic board games

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Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here's what happened.

How did Americans celebrate the holidays during the influenza pandemic of 1918? With a lot of partying, turns out.

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Physicists could do the 'impossible': Create and destroy magnetic fields from afar

The ability to cancel and induce magnetic fields from a distance could improve biomedicine.

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Is belief in God a delusion?

As the pandemic raged in April, churchgoers in Ohio defied warnings not to congregate. But what do psychologists have to say about strong beliefs in a god?

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Faint 'super-planet' discovered by radio telescope for the 1st time

Scientists have discovered a cold, faint "super-planet" that has remained elusive to traditional infrared survey methods.

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Hubble captures a black hole's 'shadow beams,' yawning across space

In images from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have spotted an entirely new phenomenon.

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Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flights

Stratolaunch has started construction on a prototype of a Mach 6 vehicle designed to launch from the world's biggest airplane.

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Margaret Thatcher: Facts about the controversial prime minister in 'The Crown'

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first woman prime minister, and one of the country's most controversial figures.

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Crested rats can kill with their poisonous fur

Rabbit-size rats from Eastern Africa are the only mammals on Earth that gain a poison defense from plants.

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China launches historic Chang'e 5 mission to collect the first moon samples since 1976

The first lunar sample-return mission since the 1970s is underway.

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Man's 'heart attack' was really side effect from swallowed battery

When a man arrived at the emergency room, it looked to doctors like he was having a heart attack. But that was a false alarm: The man had actually swallowed a battery that messed with his electrocardiogram (EKG).

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Pinwheel Cave rock art in California may depict hallucinogenic 'trance flower'

Starting about 400 years ago, Indigenous people in California had hallucinogenic ceremonies in a cave by Santa Barbara.

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Rebuilding Notre Dame will be incredibly hard

A new documentary from NOVA shows the delicate and difficult work of restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral after the April 2019 fire that destroyed its roof.

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Newfound corpses at Pompeii were a master and servant who died together

Two victims were fleeing a suburban villa when hot ash swept in and buried them.

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Adorable monkeys caught commiting grisly act of cannibalism

Cannibalism is rarely observed among primates, but it's not unheard of.

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Best Black Friday board game deals for kids who love science

This Black Friday is the perfect time to grab fun and educational science board games that are perfect for the whole family!

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine up to 90% effective (with the right dose)

A third major coronavirus vaccine candidate has revealed promising results in late-stage trials.

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Save 50% on your favorite magazines this Black Friday

For a limited time only you can grab fantastic half-price deals on annual, quarterly or monthly digital magazine subscriptions

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Whodunit solved when 'sword' is found embedded in thresher shark

It's a mystery why a swordfish stabbed a thresher shark to death, but it's possible they were competing for food.

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Wide-eyed prehistoric shark hid its sharpest teeth in nightmare jaws

New analysis of jaws from a shark that lived 370 million years ago revealed a horrific twist (literally) to the predator's toothy grin.

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'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning

Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.

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Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19. Here's what doctors are facing, in their own words.

It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals.

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JFK conspiracy theory is debunked in Mexico 57 years after Kennedy assassination

Most conspiracy theories surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s assassination have been disproven.

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Solar power stations in space could be the answer to our energy needs

It sounds like science fiction.

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Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change?

Can we harness natural and human-made carbon traps to help us slow climate change?

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Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video)

A bright green meteor streaked across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it broke up over the ocean.

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Ultrasound captures worms squirming in a man's stomach

Doctors observed a "tubular ... structure that moved with a curling motion" inside his stomach.

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Why do some animal sleep so much?

Body size and diet might impact how much sleep mammals need.

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Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals

He is known as the "father of fractals" for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature.

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Physicists built an 'anti-laser' to charge your phone from across a room

A device demonstrated in a groundbreaking new experiment acts like a laser, only backwards. And someday it might send power invisibly through the air.

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Could COVID-19 immunity last decades? Here’s the science.

Of course, rare cases of reinfection show that immunity is not long-lasting for everyone.

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Astronomers detect millions of signals from an intelligent civilization: Us

The Universe seems like a lonely place.

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College-age kids are drinking less alcohol — but smoking more marijuana

Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to.

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Best binoculars for kids 2020

We've rounded up the best binoculars for kids. No matter your child's skill level, your own budget or their level of enthusiasm for nature, there is a perfect pair of binoculars waiting to inspire them.

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Losing Arecibo Observatory would create a hole that can't be filled, scientists say

Arecibo Observatory is facing a mid-life crisis — or something much worse.

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STEVE is smearing green 'streaks' across the sky, and nobody knows why

Astronomers report a strange new feature of the aurora-like STEVE, which they are calling 'streaks.'

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Hidden world of bacteria and fungi discovered on Leonardo da Vinci's drawings

Researchers examining Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings found a microbiome — a hidden biological signature of their travels across centuries.

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Speed of COVID vaccine testing did not compromise safety, Fauci says

This incredible speed in vaccine development is unprecedented, but the process is solid.

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Tiny owl found hiding in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going home. Here's why.

The owl found in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going back to his original territory. Here's why.

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CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is at home with people in your household, the agency said.

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Antarctica's blue whales return to South Georgia a century after they were nearly wiped out

The critically-endangered blue whale has returned to the waters near the remote island of South Georgia near Antarctica, almost 100 years after they were nearly made extinct.

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Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission Arecibo Observatory's massive radio dish after damage has made the facility too dangerous to repair, the agency announced today (Nov. 19).

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Scientists are recreating the smell of 16th-century Europe

Historians and scientists across Europe have now gotten together with perfumers and museums for a unique project.

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Prohibition-era gangster may have buried $150 million in treasure

Infamous mobster Dutch Schultz allegedly buried millions somewhere in upstate New York, and treasure hunting teams are hot on the trail.

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Scientists discover exotic new mineral forged in the furnace of a Russian volcano

Volcanoes rank among the most destructive and awe-inspiring phenomena on the planet. But these fiery fissures do much more than just destroy.

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No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing

COVID-19 cases are surging upward around the U.S., reaching 100,000 daily cases for the first time on Nov. 4 and 150,000 only eight days later.

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The dazzling Blue Ring Nebula puzzled scientists for 16 years — and now they finally understand why

Scientists have uncovered new evidence of the mysterious fluorescent debris that makes up the Blue Ring Nebula.

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Mysteries of COVID smell loss finally yield some answers

Explanations begin to arise at the molecular level for this vexing but commonplace symptom

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Ancient Egyptian temple reveals previously unknown star constellations

The ancient Egyptian temple was covered with soot, dirt and bird droppings.

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Woman's stomach pain turns out to be rare case of 'wandering spleen'

The organ shifted when ligaments around it became loose.

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FDA authorizes 1st fully at-home COVID-19 test

The test, made by Lucira Health in California, requires a prescription.

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Children can be stealth superspreaders of malaria to mosquitoes

These asymptomatic infections can undermine efforts to eliminate malaria.

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Pfizer vaccine is 95% effective, company to seek FDA approval within days

The final efficacy analysis of its late-stage trial suggest Pfizer and BioNtech's vaccine is safe and effective at preventing COVID-19.

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Medieval soldier found with sword and knives at the bottom of a Lithuanian lake

Archaeologists recently discovered the skeleton of a medieval soldier and his weapons at the bottom of a lake, the first such find in Lithuania.

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'Baby Yoda' revealed as astronauts' zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission

A few hours after launching to the International Space Station, the Crew-1 astronauts showed off their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda."

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What are monoclonal antibodies? (And why do we need them?)

Here's why we need monoclonal antibodies to the coronavirus as well as a vaccine.

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Ancient fragment of the Pacific Ocean found buried 400 miles below China

Scientists have identified an old piece of the Pacific Ocean – the ancient remains of its long-ago seabed – extending hundreds of miles underneath China, as it is pulled downward into Earth's mantle transition zone.

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How early was the coronavirus really circulating in Italy?

A new study suggests as early as September of last year, but some experts are skeptical.

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The true story behind Princess Diana's fairytale wedding in 'The Crown'

Prince Charles and Diana's engagement and wedding captured the world's attention, but it wasn't as perfect as it appeared.

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Cretaceous cold case of 'dueling' T. rex and Triceratops may finally be solved

The T. rex and Triceratops were discovered in 2006, but this sale marks the first time scientists will be able to study them in detail.

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Physicists discover the 'Kings and Queens of Quantumness'

A new mathematical framework helps physicists define the degree of quantumness of a system

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Newfound 'Kraken merger' may have been the biggest collision in Milky Way's history

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown galactic collision between the Milky Way and the mysterious 'Kraken galaxy.'

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Mysterious 'dark river' may flow hundreds of miles beneath Greenland

A giant underground river fed by melting ice could be running in a state of perpetual darkness far below the surface of Greenland.

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Mummy count continues to grow at ancient Egypt burial site

The number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing, archaeologists with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities reported.

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Why women make way less than men do in more religious places

The more religious a country or state, the bigger the gap in earnings between men and women.

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Huge eruption of Italian volcano sends ash hundreds of feet into the air

An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent pyroclastic flow down the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16).

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Huge eruption of Italian volcano sends ash hundreds of feet into the air

An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent pyroclastic flow down the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16).

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Olympic officials 'very confident' that next year's games in Tokyo will have spectators

Japan was scheduled to host the Olympic Games in the summer of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic forced officials to postpone the competition until 2021.

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This week on Live Science forums: AMA on friendliness and evolution

It turns out that survival of the fittest may be an overrated concept.

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Hurricane Iota will slam into Nicaragua as a 'catastrophic' Category 5

The massive storm is the strongest ever observed this late in the season.

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Deadly hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia can spread between people

A deadly virus that causes fevers, abdominal pain, vomiting, bleeding gums, skin rash and pain behind the eyes can now jump from one person to another.

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Moderna coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective, early results suggest

This comes a week after Pfizer announced similar results, providing hope that the world may soon have multiple vaccines that work effectively.

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Dog ticks prefer humans as hosts when temperatures rise

The study researchers recruited some brave human and canine volunteers for a unique experiment.

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World's ugliest bats sing through 'face masks' made of skin to woo the ladies

Scientists recently documented never-before-seen mating behavior in wrinkle-faced bats, in which males pull a furry flap of skin over their faces.

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Triassic period ended with 'lost' mass extinction and a million-year rain storm, study claims

The Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE) ushered in 1 million years of rain and killed as many as 33% of all marine life, a new study suggests.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon launches 4 astronauts to space station in historic flight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched its first operational space taxi flight for NASA Sunday (Nov. 15).

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COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the obesity epidemic once again into the spotlight, revealing that obesity is no longer a disease that harms just in the long run but one that can have acutely devastating effects.

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Supernova explosions may have helped shape Earth's climate history

Nearby supernovas have left a series of possible fingerprints in the tree-ring record here on Earth over the past 40,000 years, potentially disrupting our planet's climate multiple times over this span.

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This interactive tool figures out your COVID-19 risk of attending an event

Planning to attend an event but unsure of the COVID-19 risk, and if you should go at all? There's an evidence-based interactive webtool that can help.

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What did trilobites go extinct?

What took out the trilobites, whose fossils are found all over the world?

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Mars: Mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?

The best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface!

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Why is November the 11th, not 9th month?

It was either because New Year's Day used to be March 1 or because the Romans used to have a 10-month calendar.

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Here's all the buzz about honeybees

There are 20,000 species of bees, but honeybees have a special relationship with people.

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Watch SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to the ISS Saturday

Watch here as SpaceX launches its first fully crewed mission to the International Space Station (despite mounting pre-launch woes).

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SpaceX's Elon Musk says he's tested positive for COVID-19 on eve of NASA astronaut launch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he has received mixed results from tests meant to diagnose infections of the novel coronavirus.

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1st instance of microevolution in early human relative discovered

Changes previously thought to be sex differences in a human relative are actually due to microevolution, a new study finds.

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Thanksgiving with family and friends is a bad idea, health experts warn

Both COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising rapidly and exponentially, shattering records set in the spring.

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Mushroom hunter unearths gorgeous Bronze Age sword

A man searching for mushrooms in a forest in the Czech Republic uncovered an ancient sword and bronze axe, both thought to date from around 3,300 years ago.

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NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days

The life-hunting Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30, is scheduled to land inside Jezero Crater on the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021.

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200 'murder hornet' queens found inside first US nest of this invasive insect

There were nearly 200 new queens poised to start their own colonies in a 'murder hornet' nest destroyed by Washington state entomologists.

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200 more copies of Newton's 'Principia' masterpiece found in Europe by scholar sleuths

A new census tracked down hundreds more copies from the first printing of Newton's pioneering science book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," or the "Principia."

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Horned figures from cult of a Mesopotamian moon god discovered in biblical-era fort

A 3,000-year-old fort containing a carving of mysterious horned figures has been discovered in the Golan Heights. And it may have been built by the kingdom of Geshur, an ally of the Israeli King David.

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Birth of magnetar seen for the first time

Two neutron stars slammed together far away from Earth, and the Hubble may have spotted a magnetar emerging from the aftermath.

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31,000-year-old burial holds world's oldest known identical twins

About 31,000 years ago, identical twin boys died, but not at the same time, a new analysis of their remains shows.

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Botched restoration leaves Spanish statue looking like a confused potato head

This is not the only statue that has been restored to cringe-worthy new looks.

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Can the EmDrive actually work for space travel?

The EmDrive doesn't just violate our fundamental understanding of the universe; the experiments that claim to measure an effect haven't been replicated. When it comes to the EmDrive, keep dreaming.

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Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula

An epic photo shows the ESO's Very large Telescope firing four orange lasers at a distant star system.

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Teen contracts 'hot tub lung' from indoor swimming pool

Bacteria carried by humidity from a family's indoor swimming pool sent a teen boy to the emergency room with severe breathing difficulties.

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Wearing a cloth face mask protects you and others from getting COVID-19, CDC says

Cloth face masks offer two-way protection, benefitting both the wearer and those around them.

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Rare squid with ‘elbow’ tentacles baffles Australian scientists in spooky new footage

Researchers found and measured a group of rare Bigfin Squids congregating off the Australia coast for the first time ever.

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Ancient gold stash found in jug in Jerusalem

A jug of four gold coins was found during the construction of an elevator in Israel.

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Coronavirus vaccine could be ready for all Americans by April, Fauci says

This comes on the the tail of Pfizer's announcement that its experimental coronavirus vaccine may be more than 90% effective in preventing an infection.

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Asteroid Apophis is speeding up as scientists recalculate odds of 2068 impact

Astronomers say they'll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068.

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Mysterious 'gene within a gene' found in the coronavirus

Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – a segment virtually hidden from view in the virus's genome, and largely overlooked until now.

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Primeval Greenland lake found buried beneath a mile-thick slab of ice

Scientists have discovered an ancient lake below Greenland's ice that formed when the region was much warmer and ice-free.

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Restaurants and gyms drove COVID-19 transmission this spring

Restaurants were the riskiest venues for transmission, followed by gyms, coffee shops and hotels.

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Viking ship in Norway buried near cult temple, feast hall and funeral mounds

Archaeologists located the buried Viking ship and ritual center in Norway with ground-penetrating radar.

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What is biology?

Broadly speaking, biology is the study of life.

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Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine

A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed by Russian hunters after boarding a docked nuclear submarine in Kamchatka.

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Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron's stomach in midair

The snake eel probably thought "not today" as it burrowed out of the heron's stomach.

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2020 Atlantic hurricane season shatters record

Tropical storm Theta cements the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season's status as a record-breaker. And there's still time to run up the score.

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Evictions would raise COVID-19 risk for everyone

Lifting eviction moratoriums would raise the risk of COVID-19 transmission for everyone.

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Denmark halts plan to cull 17 million mink over coronavirus infections

Some still argue that culling would be best for public health and animal welfare.

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SpaceX set to launch first fully-crewed ISS mission Saturday

We're likely just days away from the first fully-crewed SpaceX launch, after SpaceX fixed engine problems that cropped up in October.

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Jim Bridenstine will step aside as NASA chief when President-elect Biden takes over: report

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine won't remain in the agency's lead role in the Biden administration even if asked, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report reported on Sunday (Nov. 8).

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Skin-eating fungus from Europe could invade US, decimate salamanders

The Southern Appalachian mountains are a global biodiversity hot spot for salamanders. And now a skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate them.

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The fossil of a duckbill dinosaur has been found on the 'wrong' continent

The final chapter of dinosaur history is a tale stretching across two very different worlds, each a vast supercontinent dominated by its own unique mix of predators and herbivores.

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'Alien-hunting' Arecibo Observatory suffers more damage as second cable fails

The famed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has suffered another major blow in a difficult year that has seen two snapped cables damage the fragile dish.

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Archaeologists finally peer inside Egyptian mummies first found in 1615

Ancient painted mummies found in Egypt more than 400 years ago were finally examined with CT scans.

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'Diseases of despair' on the rise across the US

The U.S. has also been facing another deadly, but less visible, public health crisis.

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US tops 10 million coronavirus cases

The country's total now stands at just over 10 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Here's the Biden-Harris plan to beat COVID-19

The plan includes an expansion of diagnostic testing, increased PPE production and a nationwide mask mandate.

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Here's the Biden-Harris plan to beat COVID-19

The plan includes an expansion of diagnostic testing, increased PPE production and a nationwide mask mandate.

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Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is more than 90% effective, early data suggests

The data is not yet published and the study is ongoing. But if this number holds up, it far exceeds public health experts' expectations.

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This bacterium survived on the outside of the Space Station for an entire year

The bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans was still alive and kicking after a year spent on the outside of the International Space Station.

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Weird 'gravitational molecules' could orbit black holes like electrons swirling around atoms

Physicists have discovered a special kind of particle can exist around a pair of black holes in a similar way as an electron can exist around a pair of hydrogen atoms — the first example of a "gravitational molecule."

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What if Earth shared its orbit with another planet?

Earth is the only planet traveling within its nearly circular orbit around the sun. But what if Earth shared its orbit with another planet?

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Planned satellite constellation poses a collision threat, NASA says: Reports

NASA has voiced "substantial concerns" about a planned constellation of broadband satellites, saying the commercial spacecraft would increase the risk of collisions in an important slice of Earth orbit.

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How long do most species last before going extinct?

Some species last longer than others, but what's the average?

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What was the largest empire in the world?

You can argue for the British, Persians, Romans, Mongols or pretty much any empire you want.

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What are cytokines?

Cytokines help the immune system kill pathogens, but too many cytokines can lead to bad health outcomes and may turn into a "cytokine storm."

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Rare wolf spider presumed extinct turns up on British military base

Britain's great fox-spider had not been seen since 1993. Turns out, it's been thriving on a military base.

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Massive great white shark Unama'ki spotted south of Miami

Unama'ki is one of the largest Great White sharks tagged.

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Death rates have fallen by 18% for hospitalized COVID-19 patients as treatments improve

Two large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than three times as likely to die as people hospitalized for COVID–19 in August.

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This bizarre planet could have supersonic winds in an atmosphere of vaporized rock

Scientists think they have identified a lava world so dramatic that it might boast a thin regional atmosphere of vaporized rock where it is closest to its star.

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An asteroid trailing after Mars could actually be the stolen twin of our moon

A distant asteroid trailing in the gravitational wake of Mars our moon's long-lost twin.

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The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with an Antarctic penguin refuge

Iceberg A68a, the world's largest iceberg, is floating directly toward a wildlife hotspot in the South Atlantic ocean.

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Earwax may reveal how stressed you are

Levels of the stress hormone cortisol in earwax could be a new way to track anxiety, depression and other medical conditions.

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Woman sheds coronavirus for 70 days without symptoms

The researchers say this is the longest anyone has been reported to be contagious with COVID-19 while remaining asymptomatic.

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Denmark to cull all farmed mink to stop coronavirus outbreaks

The virus has mutated in mink — as might be expected — but we don't know if those mutations changed the virus significantly.

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Rare ancient burial contains child whose arms and legs were removed

8,000 years ago in Indonesia, a child was buried without their leg and arm bones, a common practice at that time and place.

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NASA finally makes contact with Voyager 2 after longest radio silence in 30 years

After long months with no way of making contact with Voyager 2, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the record-setting interstellar spacecraft.

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500 million-year-old creature with mashup of bizarre features could be arthropod 'missing link'

Astonishingly well-preserved fossils of a shrimplike Cambrian arthropod represent a rare chimera.

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Watch a 'Godzilla' wasp dominate Mothra in this eerie lab video

Scientists discovered a new species of aquatic wasp that reminds them of Godzilla.

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Jousting yard where Henry VIII nearly died just discovered 5 feet under

Radar technology has revealed exactly where Henry VIII had a traumatic brain injury while jousting.

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Ancient burial of fierce female hunter (and her weapons) discovered in Peru

Early hunter-gatherer women in the ancient Americas hunted big game just as much as men did, a new study suggests.

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Fisher cats: Animals that aren't cats, nor are they really fishers

If the fisher cat isn't the most inaccurately named animal in North America, it's certainly up there: It's not a cat, and it doesn't care much for fishing.

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US officially becomes only nation to leave the Paris Climate Agreement

Now that a yearlong waiting period has ended, the U.S. will formally exit the Agreement.

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Who invented the Electoral College?

Here's how the U.S. electoral college came to be.

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Possible cause of COVID-19 blood clots found

These antibodies attack cells in such a way as to promote blood clots.

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Mysterious 'fast radio burst' traced to a known object in the Milky Way for the first time ever

Astronomers detected a fast radio burst inside the Milky Way for the first time ever, and traced it to a known magnetar.

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Mark Kelly becomes 4th astronaut elected to Congress

Mark Kelly has won a seat in the U.S. Senate, making him only the fourth NASA astronaut to be elected to Congress.

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What does the 2020 presidential election mean for space exploration?

A brief look at the space policies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

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A history of contested presidential elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore

The presidential elections of 1876, 1888, 1960 and 2000 were among the most contentious in American history. Here's why.

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Long-hidden 'selfie' of a medieval mason found in historic Spanish cathedral

In one of Spain's most famous churches, a self-portrait was carved atop a pillar by one of the building's stonemasons, about 900 years ago.

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AI can detect COVID-19 from the sound of your cough

The algorithm listens to subtle differences in coughs between healthy people and infected people.

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2,000-year-old seal depicting Greek god Apollo found in Jerusalem

A 2,000-year-old carved gem bears the likeness of Apollo, and it was likely owned by a Jew.

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Mantis shrimp punch down, pick on smaller rivals to steal their homes

When mantis shrimp find a burrow that's just right, they'll fight brutal battles to steal it.

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What happens if a president loses an election but won't leave the White House?

President Donald Trump might win the election. But if he fails — if Biden is elected, and Trump makes good on his threat to not peacefully transfer power — what happens?

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'Lost' chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it's spectacular.

More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back.

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Mass grave of Black victims of Tulsa race massacre possibly unearthed in Oklahoma cemetery

Excavation crews have unearthed at least 12 unmarked coffins in a Tulsa, Oklahoma graveyard that archaeologists think holds victims of the infamous 1921 race massacre in the city.

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The International Space Station can't last forever. Here's how it will eventually die by fire.

What goes up must come down — including, sadly enough, the International Space Station.

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Cosmic bubbles may have forged dark matter, new theory suggests

New theory suggests cosmic bubbles during the birth of our universe are responsible for creating dark matter.

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Does vitamin D protect against COVID-19?

In the absence of a COVID-19 cure or vaccine, scientists are investigating whether vitamin D can reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.

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Drones are flying straight into volcanoes, for life-saving science

Researchers have designed specially-adapted drones to fly straight into volcanoes and help gather data from an active volcano in Papua New Guinea.

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Why is red for Republicans and blue for Democrats?

Red is for Republicans and blue is for Democrats, an association that only became cemented during the 2000 election.

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Why did the Democratic and Republican parties switch platforms?

The Republicans used to favor big government, while Democrats were committed to curbing federal power. How did the parties switch stances?

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Were these nails used to crucify Jesus? New evidence revives controversial idea.

A new study has reignited a heated dispute about two corroded Roman-era iron nails some suggest were used to crucify Jesus.

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Why has our normal body temperature been dropping?

A new study looks at one hypothesis explaining why humans' body temperatures have been on the decline. Here's what it found.

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COVID-19 infects the mouth. Could that explain patients' taste loss?

The most likely sites of oral infection are the salivary glands, tongue and the tonsils.

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Platypuses glow an eerie blue-green under UV light

Scientists have discovered that platypus fur glows under ultraviolet light, in the first example of biofluorescence in egg-laying mammals.

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Are you genetically more similar to your mom or your dad?

Are you genetically more similar to your mom or dad? Turns out, that's a complicated question to answer.

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7 ways the election will shape the future of science, health and the environment

Climate change, nuclear arms control, the pandemic and more will be determined by whoever wins the White House and Congress.

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Daylight saving time 2020: When we change our clocks and why

Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about daylight saving time (often misspelled as "savings"), including times, dates, its history and more.

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Hubble telescope spots a 'Greater Pumpkin' in space for Halloween

As families tuck into their couches to watch Charlie Brown's quest for the great pumpkin this Halloween, they may be surprised to hear that NASA has already discovered a "greater pumpkin."

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Why did Rome fall?

Depends on which Rome you're asking about.

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A rare Halloween 'blue moon' will shine on trick-or-treaters tonight

If anyone's trying to wake some dark spirits, tonight's the night. A "blue moon" and "beaver moon" will rise over All Hallow's Eve.

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COVID-19 household transmission is way higher than we thought

More than half of people living the same household as a COVID-19 case also became infected.

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Coral 'tower' taller than the Empire State Building discovered off Australian coast

Scientists have discovered a free-standing reef near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which stands taller than the Empire State Building.

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Powerful earthquake strikes off Turkey's coast, killing at least 14

The earthquake caused the collapse of nearly 20 buildings in the city of Izmir. Search and rescue efforts are underway beneath the rubble.

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Why black holes are the scariest things in the universe

Here's why black holes are the scariest objects in the universe.

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NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth

OSIRIS-REx finished stowing the bits of the asteroid Bennu that it snagged last week, successfully locking the material into the spacecraft's return capsule

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Will our solar system survive the death of our sun?

Our sun's death is a long way off — about 4.5 billion years, give or take — but someday it's going to happen, and what then for our solar system?

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Gravitational-wave treasure trove reveals dozens of black hole crashes

Scientists can now catch gravitational waves better than ever before.

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Why Americans are so enamored with election polls

While it is possible the polls will misfire, it’s exceedingly unlikely that such failure would cause the opinion research industry to implode or wither away.

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Elusive squid seen alive in natural habitat for first time (VIDEO)

The tiny ram's horn squid was found more than 2,700 feet underwater.

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Rare full moon on Halloween will be seen across the US for the first time in 76 years

Don't miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn't been seen across the US since 1944.

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Man almost dies from an allergic reaction to cold air

The condition, known as cold urticaria, is fairly rare and can cause anaphylaxis.

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Look Ma, no ears! Teensy spiders hear with organ on their legs

Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also "listen" for their prey.

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Racist physicist sneers at Einstein and Jews in a 1927 anti-Semitic letter up for auction

An anti-Semitic letter penned in 1927 by a German physicist shows racist views toward Albert Einstein and Jews in academia.

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An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy, scientists find

'Rogue' planets are worlds without suns. Astronomers have discovered one the size of Earth for the first time ever.

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Building blocks of language evolved before humans split from chimps and monkeys

The ability to understand how groups of words relate to each other is foundational to language, and dates to an ancestor we shared with primate relatives at least 40 million years ago.

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What happens at the center of a black hole?

At the center of a black hole, matter is compressed down to an infinitely tiny point, and all conceptions of time and space completely break down.

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This failed planet is slowly rusting in space

Roughly two to three times Earth's distance from the sun, in the Asteroid Belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, 16 Psyche makes its home.

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Monster bird fossils unearthed in Antarctica

Birds with wingspans nearly twice as long as any alive today once flew over Antarctica.

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COVID-19 causes some patients' immune systems to attack their own bodies

Across the world, immunologists who retooled their labs to join the fight against SARS-CoV-2 are furiously trying to explain why some people get so sick while others recover unscathed.

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Arctic sea ice goes through 'historic' loss in 2020

Arctic sea ice has been in decline for a while now, but 2020 is turning out to be the second-worst year ever — with implications for the whole planet.

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13 Disturbing Halloween horrors come to life

Here is the science behind 13 Halloween horrors come to life.

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How Hurricane Zeta rapidly strengthened before slamming New Orleans

Zeta was a weakened tropical storm just yesterday. Now it threatens a huge swath of the United States.

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Trump lifts protections for Tongass National Forest, allowing logging, road development

Alaska's Tongass National Forest was protected from logging and other development for nearly two decades.

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Greenland ice melt is changing the shape of its coastline

Greenland's coastline is being altered by ice melt, potentially affecting predictions of what happens to the ice sheet next.

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'Fireball' meteorite that crashed in Michigan holds extraterrestrial organic compounds

A fireball meteor lit up midwestern skies on Jan. 16, 2018, then landed on a frozen Michigan lake. Analysis of the space rock revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.

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Who lies in the tomb of the 'Six-Headed Chief'? DNA reveals clues.

A strange grave in the Scottish Highlands is starting to make more sense to scientists, with DNA analysis showing that several members of the same family were buried in the same place.

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Astronomers peer into the atmosphere of a rare exoplanet that 'shouldn't exist'

The discovery of the extraordinary exoplanet LTT 9779b was first announced a month ago.

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Sue the T. rex had a terribly painful infection when she died

An infection, not bad genetics, are likely the reason for Sue's weird teeth.

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Astronomers find new way to hunt the elusive Planet 9

Astronomers are vetting a technique that could aid the hunt for Planet Nine, which some researchers think lurks undiscovered in the far outer system, way beyond Pluto's orbit.

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Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans

The dead don't eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead.

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Researchers revamp famous alien-hunting equation to predict spread of COVID-19

A famous equation used in the search for alien life has inspired a new model that estimates the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

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These tiny, little-winged dinosaurs were probably worse at flying than chickens

The discovery of two small dinosaurs with bat-like wings a few years ago was a paleontologist's dream.

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The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that can't be seen

The war against plastic may be overshadowing greater threats to the environment.

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What does 'close contact' for COVID-19 really mean? Epidemiologist explains.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance clarifying what exactly “close contact” means when it comes to transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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The Elysium effect: The coming backlash to the billionaire 'NewSpace' revolution

As entrepreneurs spend billions on space, there is a backlash building that holds their projects as icons of extravagance, even as they may help save the Earth. This is the "Elysium effect."

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Is there a puppy heaven? Owners think so, headstones in pet cemeteries show

Since the first pet cemetery was established in the 19th century, the notion of pets sharing the afterlife with their owners has grown in popularity.

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NASA finds water on the moon's sunlit surface for the first time

The moon has more hidden pockets of water ice than previously thought, NASA's SOFIA flying observatory reveals.

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Photos: Murder hornets will haunt your nightmares

Here's a look at one of the most diabolical and invasive insects: the murder hornet, or the Asian giant hornet.

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1st 'murder hornet' nest in US found and destroyed

The invasive wasp is a threat to honeybees.

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US hits highest average number of new COVID-19 cases since start of the pandemic

The third wave of the pandemic may be much worse than the first two waves.

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The Milky Way's quiet, introverted monster won't spin

This supermassive black hole's spin has been measured for the first time, and it's surprisingly low.

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Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies, and turn them into slaves

Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies and turn them into slaves.

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Rare, 2-headed snake discovered by Florida house cat

A rare, two-headed racer snake turned up in Florida, after being caught by a curious house cat

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Distant alien planets could be turned into dark matter detectors

A pair of astronomers is advocating a daring new research program: to turn our widening search for life beyond Earth into a hunt for dark matter.

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How the same tech in your Nintendo Wii is tracking wild and wily wolverines

Scientists are equipping the endangered wolverine with accelerometers to track them in the wild.

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Do camels really have water in their humps?

How do camels quench their thirst in the desert?

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SARS-CoV-2 uses a second secret doorway into cells

Scientists have found a second doorway, called neuropilin-1, that the novel coronavirus uses to invade human cells.

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Superbug may be spreading in hospitals overrun with COVID-19

The drug-resistant fungus can easily spread in hospital settings.

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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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Is it possible for anything to be 'germ-free'?

Instead of striving to be "germ-free," try to keep germs out of the wrong places.

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FDA approves first COVID-19 drug. But it's 'not a blockbuster.'

The drug was previously being used under "emergency use authorization."

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Explosive growth of Colorado wildfire seen from space

The spread of the fire was visible from space.

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Fault near Portland could unleash a major earthquake

The Gales Creek Fault in northwest Oregon has set off some temblors before recorded history.

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The first star in our galaxy caught sending out fast radio bursts is doing it again

A little dead star that dazzled us earlier this year is not done with its shenanigans.

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NASA's first attempt to sample an asteroid in space made a mess. It's the best mess ever, scientists say.

A NASA spacecraft has really made a mess of things on the asteroid Bennu, and scientists are thrilled.

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Physicists search for imprints left by dark matter haloes as they swoosh through galactic gas

The search for dark matter is at a crossroads. Now, physicists have a new way to tell what the invisible stuff is made of.

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All seniors could get COVID-19 vaccine by end of January, HHS head says

But even if vaccines are approved soon, several major roadblocks could significantly delay the timeline of distribution.

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Sacrificed llama mummies unearthed in Peru

These five naturally mummified llamas were sacrificed by the Inca about 500 years ago.

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Aliens on 1,000 nearby stars could see us, new study suggests

Humans have gotten good at spotting planets orbiting alien stars. But how many of those alien stars are able to look back and see us?

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Witch-repellent graffiti discovered in ruins of medieval UK church

Archaeologists in the U.K. have discovered ruins of a medieval church graffitied with mystical "'witch marks."'

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Famous fish that ate all his friends gets cheered up by 16th birthday party

Happy 16th birthday to Mikko the grouper, a popular aquarium fish in Finland who missed his human visitors during the COVID-19 shutdown.

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Physicists clock the fastest possible speed of sound

Scientists have discovered how fast sound can go, a blistering 22 miles (36 kilometers) per second.

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'Lost' tectonic plate called Resurrection hidden under the Pacific

A new computer reconstruction of the tectonic plates of 60 million years ago reveals the existence of a lost plate called Resurrection.

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Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution 320,000 years ago

People thrive all across the globe, at every temperature, altitude and landscape. How did human beings become so successful at adapting to whatever environment we wind up in?

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The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown much deeper and wider in 2020

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has expanded to one of its greatest recorded sizes in recent years.

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Asteroid Bennu: Successful touchdown —but sample return mission has only just begun

The most hazardous part of the mission is over – and seemingly successful, although we will have to wait for a few more days to hear the scale of the success.

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1-minute encounters may add up to spread COVID-19

None of the encounters was longer than 60 seconds.

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US is a week away from 'rapid acceleration' of COVID-19 cases

The U.S. has averaged 60,160 new cases per day in the last week.

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Corgi-size pterosaurs walked in the rain 145 million years ago

Researchers in Wyoming have discovered a pterosaur trackway dating to 145 million years ago.

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'Starman' just zipped past Mars in his rapidly-decaying Tesla Roadster

Starman — the dummy riding a Tesla Roadster through space — has made his closest approach ever to Mars since his stunt launch in 2018.

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Nothing can squish this 'iron' beetle. Now, scientists know why.

A tough exoskeleton in ironclad beetles protect them against piercing and crushing, and scientists recently uncovered the unusual interlocking structures that strengthen the insect's hard shell.

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NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu

For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space.

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Black holes could become massive particle accelerators

Physicists suggest harnessing the gravitational pull of black holes to create ferocious particle accelerators. The trick? Carefully set everything up so the particles don't get lost forever.

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The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out

As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.

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The closest black hole to Earth may not actually be a black hole after all

An object identified earlier this year as the closest black hole we've ever discovered may have just been demoted.

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Ghostly 'UFO cloud' hovering over mountains wows judges in weather photo contest

Lenticular clouds look like saucers and form when wind meets mountains. This photo is one of the Royal Meteorological Society's favorites of the year.

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'Monster' storms and frozen bison: The most spectacular weather photos of 2020

Here are the winners of the Royal Meteorological Society's 2020 Weather Photo of the Year contest, sponsored by AccuWeather.

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COVID-19 is at least 5 times deadlier than flu for hospitalized patients

Mounting evidence shows that COVID-19 is more severe than flu.

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Scientists discover new organ in the throat

A newly discovered set of salivary glands is nestled behind the nose.

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1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not 'cute and cuddly'

Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China's Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females.

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