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Elite ancient Egyptian woman was embalmed with exotic ingredients smelling of vanilla and larch, new analysis reveals

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Crystal-studded space rock found in the Sahara may rewrite the history of the early solar system

What are eyes made of?

Tick bites: Symptoms, treatment and tick-borne diseases

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'Cosmic cannonballs' exploding out of dead star could explain mysterious flicker in the night sky

Eating just 2 cannabis gummies can put small kids at risk of toxic effects

A new, ridiculously slippery toilet bowl could keep poop from sticking, scientists report

Australia woman's brain invaded by parasitic worm that normally infects pythons

3,000-year-old mummified bees are so well preserved, scientists can see the flowers the insects ate

Celestron Regal ED 10x42 binocular review

Ancient Roman walls discovered in Swiss Alps are an 'archaeological sensation'

Dark matter could be building up inside dead stars — with potentially explosive consequences

15 incredible images of Earth's moon

What is OSIRIS-REx? Everything you need to know about the 1st NASA spacecraft to land on an asteroid

13 of the most venomous sea creatures lurking in the water

Hallucinogen use hits record-high in adults, survey reveals

When stressed, these male spiders woo mates with empty 'take-out containers' instead of dinner

Why does paper tear more easily when it's wet?

Lyme disease: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Math's 'hairy ball theorem' shows why there's always at least one place on Earth where no wind blows

Space photo of the week: Ring Nebula glistens like a jelly-filled doughnut in Webb telescope's latest images

Is pee sterile?

A black hole 'assassin' ripped a star to shreds and left its guts strewn about the galaxy

Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced.

Did the ancient Egyptians really marry their siblings and children?

Baby sun-like star caught spewing out gamma-rays in cosmic 'tantrum' for the 1st time ever

Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims

Did the Tonga eruption cause this year's extreme heat?

Explorers retrace 1845 Arctic expedition that ended in death and cannibalism

Solar Orbiter probes how the sun generates solar wind

'Like a bomb has gone off': Ancient humans may have set megafires that turned Southern California into an uninhabitable 'wasteland' for 1,000 years

Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean

Mass die-off strikes endangered emperor penguin chicks across 4 of 5 West Antarctica colonies

Rare 'blue supermoon' — the biggest and brightest full moon of the year — rises Aug. 30

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Who should get the new RSV vaccines? Here's everything you need to know

The biggest hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in 50 years is about to begin

Scientists discover strange 'singularities' responsible for exotic type of superconductivity

Ancient human-size sea lizard rewrites history of early armored marine reptiles

Blood-red walls of Roman amphitheater unearthed near 'Armageddon' in Israel

Dark Energy

Rare gold coins and cremated infants were possible sacrificial gifts to the ancient gods of Carthage

Bizarre new cosmic object is the most magnetic star in the universe

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'Complete' twist of fallopian tube sent girl to hospital with sudden belly pain

Why do some stars fail to ignite?

Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone

Invasive yellow-legged hornets spotted in US for 1st time

190 years after Darwin, 2-year expedition launches to retrace his voyage around the world

Russia's Luna-25 lander just crash-landed on the moon, space agency confirms

Should you really pee on a jellyfish sting?

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Neanderthals: Our extinct human relatives

Can hot drinks help you cool down?

7 rules that explain Earth's most extreme animal shapes and sizes

West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years

What is the hottest place in the universe?

Black hole 'seeds' discovered in the early universe for 1st time ever

2,200-year-old remains of sacrificed giant panda and tapir discovered near Chinese emperor's tomb

Watch sloth fight off ocelot in incredibly rare footage from deep in the Amazon rainforest

Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms

Turns out you can transmit sound in a vacuum, just not very far

'Flesh-eating' bacteria kill 3 in New York and Connecticut

The Milky Way wasn't always a spiral  —and astronomers may finally know why it 'shape-shifted'

'Strange metals' used in superconductors can entangle whole seas of electrons at once, and scientists finally understand how

Great white sharks are washing up on Canadian beaches — but experts claim this could be a good thing

Bizarre polygons on Mars' surface hint that alien life on Red Planet was possible

Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists

'We were freaking out': Scientists left 'flabbergasted' by detailed dinosaur footprints covering a cliff in Alaska

Hirota people of Japan intentionally deformed infant skulls 1,800 years ago

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What happens to your body when you stop drinking alcohol?

We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age

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Europe's 1st humans were likely wiped out by a sudden freeze 1.1 million years ago

Maui satellite photo shows full scale of deadliest US fire for more than a century

Drones equipped with lasers uncover secrets of bloody WWII battle

Medieval girl buried face down with bound ankles, likely so she couldn't 'return' from the grave

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100-year-long 'megastorms' on Saturn are creating radio signals that scientists can't fully explain

Cassius, the world's largest captive crocodile, could be even bigger than we thought

Gene therapy injection into the brain causes alcohol use disorder to stop — in monkeys

2,000-year-old gold treasure from Iron Age tribe unearthed by metal detectorists in Wales

Relatives of the 1st mitochondria may be living in geothermal hot springs today

Why do some animals adopt other animals' young?

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Space photo of the week: Hubble captures one of our galaxy's oldest objects

What's the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?

This bizarre little succulent looks like a baby's butt

Pom pom crab: The crustacean that uses anemones as boxing gloves

How do rattlesnakes rattle?

The Apple Watch Series 8 is back down to $329

What's the largest planet in the universe?

What is penicillin, and how was it discovered?

Why Venus is now a slim crescent and will disappear from the evening sky this weekend

Scientists uncover hidden math that governs genetic mutations

'Wrinkle in space-time' enables James Webb to capture stunning image of most distant star ever detected

Bizarre 'demon' particle found inside superconductor could help unlock a 'holy grail' of physics

'Quantum superchemistry' observed for the 1st time ever

Nearly 170 genes determine hair, skin and eye color, CRISPR study reveals

A single massive tectonic collision? That's not how the Himalayas came to be, scientists say

Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian waters

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Eerie 'fireball' seen over Australia was actually a Russian rocket in disguise

Bison are being introduced to the Russian Arctic to replace extinct woolly mammoths. But why?

Crocodiles are drawn to the wails of crying human babies and infant primates

15 Dazzling images of the sun

What did Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh, really look like?

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New species of bacteria discovered after man is bitten by stray cat

Nightfox Swift night vision binocular review

'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City

Volcanoes like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa don't erupt like we thought they did, scientists discover

What are the origins of the Nazi swastika?

Ayurvedic infertility medicine sends woman to hospital with lead poisoning

Does caffeine help or cause headaches?

Room-temperature superconductors: The facts behind the 'holy grail' of physics

Missing 'body' of ice age animal carving finally found — but nobody knows what the animal is

Treblab X3 Pro review

Mysterious waves of magnetism may explain why the sun's atmosphere is hotter than physicists thought possible

Why do we always have room for dessert?

Dell XPS 17 review: An excellent workhorse or coding laptop... if you can afford it

What is the deepest-diving mammal?

Could a black hole devour the universe?

'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter

15 unexpected effects of climate change

Barreleye fish: The deep-sea weirdo with rotating eyes and a see-through head

What is the biggest spider in the world?

500-million-year-old worm with ‘shuriken’ spikes named after gigantic ‘Dune’ sandworms

19 'mass extinctions' had CO2 levels we're now veering towards, study warns

Strange, two-faced brain cells confirmed to exist, and they may play a role in schizophrenia

Meteorite that crashed to Earth 3,500 years ago carved into arrowhead by Bronze Age hunters

Perseid meteor shower peak on Aug. 12 and 13 will be the 'best in years.' Here's how to watch.

James Webb telescope captures 'a preview of the sun's distant future' in stunning new Ring Nebula image

Scientists 'remote-controlled' designer human cells implanted in mice using only DC currents

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Can picking your nose raise the risk of catching COVID-19? The answer may (not) shock you

Google's 'mind-reading' AI can tell what music you listened to based on your brain signals

Lego Ideas Motorized Lighthouse review

'Black swan' pathogens from ancient permafrost may be getting ready to wake up

'Exceptional' winged Medusa discovered in Roman-era mosaic in Spain

James Webb telescope discovers giant question mark galaxy in deep space

Deadly swarm of earthquakes in Japan caused by magma moving through extinct volcano

Mysterious energy burst from the early universe puzzles astronomers

Bizarre particle that can remember its own past created inside quantum computer