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Electrifying time-lapse video shows neurons shooting across the inside of a chick embryo

Green-banded broodsac: The brain-hijacking parasite that creates disco zombie snails

Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a spectacular galaxy crash

Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desert

Prenatal RSV vaccine protects newborns from the virus, CDC says

Scientists investigate mysterious case of orca that swallowed 7 sea otters whole

Watch ghostly dumbo octopus swim with its massive 'ears' in rare new footage

Woman is 1st to survive infection with deadly 'blackleg' bacteria she caught while gardening bare-handed

After you die, your microbiome cooperates with soil microbes to 'recycle' your body

The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests

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Alien life may evolve from radically different elements than human life did

'Very rare' Iron Age arrow with quartzite tip uncovered from melting ice after 3,500 years

Kelping is a 'global phenomenon' sweeping the world of humpback whales, scientists say

For 1st time, scientists write words in liquid water

Octopus sucker-inspired patch delivers drugs into the body without needles or pills

Strange purple lump on infant's head is rare case of protruding brain tissue, case report says

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How to see the Harvest Moon, the final supermoon of 2023, rise this weekend

'Ritual text' from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey

Rat 'lungworm' that can invade the human brain found in Georgia rodents

Why are some people's veins 'hard to find'?

James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that 'shouldn't exist' swarming across the early universe

Ancient supernova in James Webb telescope image could help solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries

Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they're not entirely sure how it works

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander fails to answer wake-up call, may be dead for good

New 'inverse vaccine' could wipe out autoimmune diseases, but more research is needed

Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima

COVID drug molnupiravir may be driving the virus to mutate — should we worry?

Scientists have figured out when the biggest bull sharks are most active — and it's not when official advice suggests

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What's the highest temperature water can freeze, and the lowest it can boil on Earth?

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule returns to Earth with a sample from the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu

Science news this week: Pink diamonds and nuclear 'pasta'

See the 'amazing' facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old grave

Is glass a liquid or a solid?

Pacific lamprey: The jawless fish that survived 4 mass extinctions and sucks prey dry of blood and body fluids

Space photo of the week: The sun's violent corona like it's never been seen before

What would colors look like on other planets?

An ancient, ravenous black hole has been hiding an 11-billion-year-old galaxy in its glare

Mysterious 'fossilized' bubble 10,000 times the size of the Milky Way could be a relic from the Big Bang

How does water get stuck in your ear — and how do you get it out?

Move over, Viagra — this spider's boner-inducing venom could treat people let down by the blue pill

15 places on Earth that look like alien planets

What is El Niño?

2 rare Roman cavalry swords from 1,800 years ago discovered by UK metal detectorist

Scientists in China find mysterious virus at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

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Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico

Nuclear 'pasta' cooked up by dead stars could unravel the secrets of stellar afterlife

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Archaeologists in Zambia discover oldest wooden structure in the world, dating to 476,000 years ago

'True rarity': Gigantic alligator gar caught and released in Texas reservoir could break 2 world records

See the stunning facial approximation of a medieval man with dwarfism

'Grand cosmic fireworks': See the stunning winners of the 2023 astronomy photo of the year contest

Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it means

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Green comet Nishimura survives its superheated slingshot around the sun. Will we get another chance to see it?

James Webb telescope snaps rainbow 'lightsaber' shockwaves shooting out of a newborn sun-like star

Earth's biggest cache of pink diamonds formed in the breakup of the 1st supercontinent 'Nuna'

Knife blade lodged in a man's belly mysteriously 'floated' to the other side of his body without causing damage

Some Patients Who 'Died' but Survived Report Lucid 'Near-Death Experiences,' a New Study Shows

Mysterious source of water on the moon traced to Earth's magnetic shield

Watch slime-covered penis mushroom that smells like rotting flesh grow and decay in mesmerizing timelapse

Watch elusive, sucker-less squid in rare footage captured off the Galapagos

'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation

'Outstanding' 2,200-year-old child's shoe discovered deep underground in Austrian mine

Humanity's future on the moon: Why Russia, India and other countries are racing to the lunar south pole

Astronomers measure dark matter 'haloes' around hundreds of ancient black holes for 1st time

14th-century shipboard cannon that fired 'stone shots' may be Europe's oldest on record

How accurate are our first childhood memories?

Science news this week: A giant gator and a wobbly asteroid

How far apart are stars?

How wealthy UFO fans helped fuel fringe beliefs

Maned wolf: A strikingly beautiful South American canid

Evidence of mysterious 'recurring nova' that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217

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Blood transfusions might transfer proteins involved in brain hemorrhage — but it would be incredibly rare

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World's 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China

Rare polar ring galaxy is 'one of the most spectacular' astronomers have ever seen

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Who should get the new COVID vaccines? What to know about the 2023-2024 shots

The closest black holes to Earth may be 10 times closer than we thought

Team Egg or Team Sponge? Scientists divided over identity of mysterious golden orb from bottom of ocean

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What happens to cancer cells after they're killed by treatments?

Who were the first farmers?

Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests

'Once again, innovation and proliferation ended with catastrophe': The environmental disaster of plants taking over the world

7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Arabia

Green comet Nishimura will reach closest point to Earth today, and it won't be back for another 430 years

Here's why Morocco's quake was so deadly — and what we can do for the next one

Dolly the sheep clone creator Ian Wilmut dies at 79

Apple Watch Series 8 gets $90 discount ahead of Series 9 announcement

Ancient sea monsters grew their long necks super fast after Great Dying by adding more vertebrae

Tortoise beetle larvae use their telescopic anuses to build shields from shed skin and poop

Divers recover US airman's remains from WWII bomber wreck near Malta

NASA is hunting for life outside the solar system. Here's how.

Science news this week: Burping black holes and radioactive wild boars

Space photo of the week: Gargantuan sunspots photobomb the world's largest telescope

Which animal has the shortest life span?

Watch bear and wolf attack moose mom and calf at same time in rare, remarkable footage

Hoff crab: The hairy-chested crustacean that farms bacteria on its hairs

5 asteroids will skim past Earth over the next 2 days, NASA says

Moment falcon digs its talons into pelican's head to protect its nest captured in incredible photo

Anatolian fault that gave rise to deadly Turkey and Syria quakes formed 5 million years ago

Lost 'rainbow cup' coin minted by Celts 2,000 years ago discovered in Germany

Blood clot risk linked to taking common painkillers alongside certain hormonal birth control

'It is biological in origin:' First analysis of weird golden orb from ocean floor leaves scientists stumped

Move over, python — this tiny snake holds the record for swallowing the largest prey whole relative to body size

How do some people survive falls from great heights?

DNA's 'topography' influences where cancer-causing mutations appear

Mysterious 17th-century 'cauldron' may be primitive submarine used to salvage treasure from a sunken galleon

Do black holes really suck in matter?

Used coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger

Perseverance rover spots a shark fin and crab claw on Mars

Apple has cut the prices of iPads for school season

Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dangerous major hurricane' by this weekend

Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video

NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims

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Brightest supernova of past 420 years revealed in stunning new James Webb telescope images

Bronze Age girl buried with more than 150 animal ankle bones, potentially to help her to the next world

Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art

Teen unearths 34 million-year-old whale skull on her family's Alabama timber farm

Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena

Grizzly bear filmed brutally mauling black bear in rare footage

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Will the sun ever become a black hole?

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10 times humans messed with nature and it backfired

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Genetically engineered pink pineapples are flying off shelves: What gives them their distinctive color?

Unknown ultra-light particles linked to dark matter could be found using atomic clocks

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Hot weather could boost aggression — but only in certain conditions

What is the most colorful animal on Earth?

When should you get a flu shot? What to know for the 2023-2024 flu season

Could a star ever become a planet?

Space photo of the week: James Webb sees the Whirlpool Galaxy in a new light

How do mirages work?

India's lunar rover finds 1st evidence of sulfur near the moon's south pole

Will El Niño end the Southwest's megadrought?

Sex between space tourists is inevitable — are we ready for the 1st babies conceived off-planet?

What are the most polluted cities in the world?

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3,000-year-old tomb of shaman who may have mediated 'between spiritual and earthly worlds' found in Peru

Why are humans good long distance runners?