What Is a Blue Moon, Anyway?

Skywatchers tonight (March 31) will be treated to the second and final Blue Moon of 2018, just on the eve of Easter. What is this type of moon, and is it actually blue?

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Why It's So Hard to #DeleteFacebook

Here we go again: another Facebook controversy, yet again violating our sense of privacy by letting others harvest our personal information.

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China's Falling Space Station Highlights the Problem of Space Junk Crashing to Earth

Any day now, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is expected to fall back to Earth – but it's uncertain where it will crash land. We know that Australia is in the potential zone, and we have been hit before by a falling space station.

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Africa Is Splitting in Two, and Here's the Proof

A gaping gash just opened up in Africa's Rift Valley. Here's why.

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Where Did the Easter Bunny Come From? Ask This Dead German Scientist

There are no egg-laying bunnies in the Bible. But there is one in this 1682 medical journal.

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Why Are People Freaking Out About These Boring SpaceX Satellites?

SpaceX pulled off another successful launch today, lofting a set of new polar-orbiting satellites. By itself, this Falcon 9 launch isn't unique. So why did the new launch generate worldwide attention?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Heart Surgery: Here's What We Know

Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent heart surgery this week to replace a heart valve.

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Here's How to Watch the Chinese Space Station's Uncontrolled Plunge to Earth

It's time to grab the popcorn: The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is plummeting back to Earth this weekend, and anyone with an internet connection can watch the fiery demise live online.

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Why the Fire that Incinerated a Tesla Was Such a Nightmare to Put Out

A Tesla that crashed and caused a fiery inferno is raising questions about whether these cars are more dangerous if they catch fire.

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Doctors Don't Know Why This Synthetic Pot Is Making People's Eyes Bleed

Health officials in Illinois are warning people that synthetic marijuana can cause bleeding from the ears and eyes, according to news reports.

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Here's What a Single Milkshake Does to Your Blood Vessels

A chocolate milkshake may be bliss for your taste buds, but it's not so good for your blood vessels.

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Despite Court Ruling, There's No Certain Science Linking Coffee to Cancer

Attention coffee drinkers: a judge in California has ruled that coffee companies in the Golden State must label each cup of joe with a cancer warning label.

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Why Denmark Is the Happiest Country

The new World Happiness Report again ranks Denmark among the top three happiest of 155 countries surveyed – a distinction that the country has earned for seven consecutive years.

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This Elementary-School-Age T. Rex Is a '1 in 100 Million' Discovery

The little T. rex would have been just 6 or 7 years old when it died.

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This Week's Strangest Science News

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

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April Fool's Crash: China's Space Station Will Most Likely Fall to Earth on Sunday

It sure looks like the abandoned Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will put on its re-entry light show on April Fool's Day.

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This Hidden 'Royal' Jewel, Taken from India, Will Sell for Millions of Dollars

A very fancy, expensive, hidden diamond is about to be openly sold for the first time in its 300-year history.

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The Knuckle-Cracking Debate Gets Twisty

A new paper contradicts old research about why knuckles crack.

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The Opioid Epidemic is Getting Even Worse, As Fentanyl Deaths Soar

Deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl doubled in just a year.

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The Sahara Desert Is Growing. Here's What That Means

Since 1920, the Sahara Desert has grown by about 10 percent.

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Mesmerizing 'Self-Healing' Liquid Sculptures Hold Their Shape: How It Works

Scientists have devised a fascinating and beautiful way to create watery sculptures within other liquids.

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King Tut, the Boy Soldier? Here's What Other Stories Aren't Telling You.

Many news reports describing this warrior-pharaoh hypothesis aren't telling you the whole story.

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Carving of Famed Pharaoh Hatshepsut Found in Storage

A new carving of Hatshepsut has been discovered in storage.

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Jesus' Baptism Site Surrounded by Bombs and Booby Traps (But Not for Long)

One of the holiest sites in Christianity is surrounded by thousands of active land mines. Not for long.

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This Truck-Size Dinosaur Terrorized Prey with 'Razor-Sharp 'Meat Hooks'

A truck-size dinosaur that sported sharp, long claws the length of bowling pins once tore across the South American landscape, terrorizing animals it hoped to eat about 85 million years ago, a new study finds.

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You Can Overcome Embarrassment with Mental Training, Fart-Filled Study Finds

If you are prone to embarrassment, you might be too self-centered. Here's a mental trick to overcome it.

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Discover the Science of 'Star Wars' and 'Black Panther' at Future Con

Delve into the science of science fiction as Live Science visits Future Con in Washington, D.C.

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A Cancer 'Vaccine' Cured 97% of Tumors in Mice. What's That Mean for People?

A promising new cancer "vaccine" will soon be tested in humans for the first time.

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Crashing Chinese Space Station Will Go Down Shooting — Fireballs

Scientists expect that as the station burns up, it will generate huge fireballs visible from the ground.

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Lise Meitner: Life, Findings and Legacy

Lise Meitner was a pioneering physicist who discovered nuclear fission. Her contributions have often been overlooked.

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How Easy Would It Be to Repeal the 2nd Amendment? History Has an Answer

It would take serious popular support.

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Poisoned by Bitter Squash, Two Women Lose Their Hair

Bitter squash leaves more than just a bad aftertaste.

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Telescope Spots Doomed Chinese Space Station (Photo)

With just a few days left before China's Tiangong-1 space station is expected to come crashing down on Earth, astronomers captured this incredible view of the derelict craft zooming through space.

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2 Pilots in Different Planes Saw the Same UFO. The FAA Can't Explain It.

The FAA is completely stumped by this mysterious sighting over Arizona.

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A Man's 'Beer Belly' Was Actually a Massive Tumor

A New Jersey man's "beer belly" turned out to be a 30-lb. (13.6 kilograms) tumor.

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Gonorrhea's Always Bad, But This Man's Case Might Be the 'Worst Ever'

This could be the "worst ever" case of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea that doctors have seen.

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Walk on the Beach 13,000 Years Ago Becomes Huge Archaeological Discovery

About 13,000 years ago, two shoeless adults and a child squished their bare feet through wet clay near the water's edge, leaving footprints that still exist today.

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Mysterious Brown Spots on King Tut's Tomb Are 'Dead'

Mysterious brown spots on the ancient artwork of Tutankhamun's tomb are not growing larger as previously feared.

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Astrophysicists Claim They Found a 'Galaxy Without Dark Matter'

Dark matter, if it exists, should be everywhere. But scientists just spotted a galaxy that seems to have none at all.

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Archaeologists Were Surprised to Find the Mummy of an Egyptian Priestess in This 'Empty' Coffin

An ancient Egyptian coffin, previously thought to be empty, holds the mummified remains of an Egyptian priestess who lived 2,500 years ago.

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See How a Single Cell Dies in Gory, Intricate Detail

Millions of cell corpses are piling up inside you. Who cleans them up?

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'Demonic' Fish Glows in Eerie Photo

An unsettling image of a very strange fish skeleton seems more suited to a conversation about demonology than one about marine biology.

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Dear Alpaca Thieves, Please Return This Alpaca's Missing Brother

Bambi the Kiwi alpaca is blind, and according to the Rodney Times "relies heavily on Charisma to help him find his way around his home.

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Chinese Space Station May Crash Like NASA's Skylab

The uncontrolled fall to Earth of China's Tiangong-1 space lab may share some similarities with the end of the Skylab space station in 1979; some of Skylab's pieces rained down on rural Australia.

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Here's What Growing Inside Your Rubber Ducky

This will take the fun out of bathtime: Rubber ducky toys are teeming with bacteria and fungi, a new study finds.

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3 Boys Find Mastodon Jawbone in Mississippi

Three boys in Bovina, Mississippi, are having a very cool spring break, after finding a mastodon jawbone in some recently plowed dirt.

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These Scientists Have a Wild Plan to Throw Salt into the Atmosphere. Here's Why.

Sprinkling large amounts of salt into the atmosphere could stave off climate change, a group of researchers has proposed.

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Iron Age People in Scotland Really Knew How to Party, Ancient Trash Heap Reveals

About 1,700 years ago, Iron Age cooks served a massive, meaty feast along the Scottish coast of the North Sea, offering guests a spectacular view as they chowed down on sheep, pig and otter, and even received party favors — metal rings and brooches.

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Mysterious Geoglyphs Reveal Amazon Was Densely Populated Before Columbus

Earthworks that span a huge swath of the Amazon River basin reveal some parts of the region were once densely populated.

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New Images Spot Elusive 'Snacking' Brain Cells

New images show the brain's "helper cells" nibbling on synapses, the connections between neurons.

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What Makes an E-Cig Taste Good May Also Make It Toxic

With names like "Banana Pudding," "Blueberry Cinnamon-Streusel Muffin" and "Butter Crunch," the flavoring ingredients in electronic cigarettes sound not only harmless but immensely appealing.

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Divers Search for Wreckage of Mystery US Hercules Crash

The aircraft that crashed in 1969 off the coast of England after being commandeered by a rogue U.S. serviceman who was desperate to fly home.

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Here's Why Antibiotics May Give Viruses a Leg Up

Why are infections from the viruses that cause West Nile fever, dengue and even Zika deadly for some people but mild in others?

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This Could Be the 'Beginning of the End' for North Atlantic Right Whales

A lack of new babies for endangered Northern Atlantic right whales makes their future even more uncertain.

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Oldest Human DNA from Africa Reveals Clues About a Mysterious Ancient Culture

The DNA samples come from one of the most ancient cemeteries in the world.

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The Cannibalistic Tale of Doomed 19th-Century Arctic Expedition

The ocean journey made by adventurers who intended to navigate the Northwest Passage went horribly wrong in 1846.

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Why Is This Entire Italian Volcano Sliding Toward the Sea?

Mount Etna's entire bulk is moving.

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Meet Your 'Interstitium,' A Newfound Organ

Researcher say they've found a network of fluid-filled spaces in tissue that hadn't been seen before.

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Why Aren't There Any Supersize Whales?

Whales are giant beasts, but why aren't even larger, supersize whales swimming around?

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This Medieval Mother Had a Gruesome 'Coffin Birth' After Medieval Brain Surgery

A chilling skeleton in Italy shows a mother who gave birth after she and her baby were already dead.

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You Could Soon Buy an 'Artificial Meteor Shower' — for a Hefty Fee

A Japanese company has a plan to commercialize dropping metal pellets from space.

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What Will Happen to China's Tiangong-1 As It Falls Through the Atmosphere?

Heat and friction will destroy the space station.

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China's Out-Of-Control Space Station Is Nowhere Near the Biggest Thing That Ever Fell Out Of Space

Here's how China's Tiangong-1 space station will compare to other uncontrolled re-entries when it hits the atmosphere.

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Why Is China's Space Station Falling to Earth in the First Place?

The one-module station is in an uncontrolled fall and will re-enter the atmosphere somewhere underneath the spacecraft's orbit, but nobody knows exactly when or where that will happen.

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Black Holes Devour Stars, Spit Out Clues to How Galaxies Grow

Black holes may spit out energy in the form of radio waves in direct proportion to the amount of mass the black holes consume, new data suggests.

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Why Is Orange Snow Falling Across Eastern Europe?

Winter sports enthusiasts posted truly weird images of an orange landscape after tinted snow fell across Eastern Europe Friday.

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Weirdly Dimmable 'Alien Megastar' Darkens Again

One of the biggest dips in the brightness of Tabby's star points to a possible source for its dusty light-blocker.

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If the Falling Chinese Space Station Hits You, Is Anyone Liable?

The crashing space lab's orbital path includes the United States and most of the population of the world. On the off chance a piece of Tiangong-1 hits you, here's who is liable.

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Is West Texas Sinking Into a Hole of Its Own Making?

Oil and gas drilling are doing strange things to the West Texas landscape.

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Flat-Earther Blasts Himself into the Sky on Homemade Rocket (and He Survives)

"Mad" Mike Hughes launched himself from the Mojave Desert on a self-made rocket before landing back to Earth, a little dinged up.

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In Photos: A Look at China's Space Station That's Crashing to Earth

Tiangong-1, China's first space station, is currently falling back to Earth and will soon make an uncontrolled entry through our atmosphere. Here's a look back at the 9-ton space lab.

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Why Is Easter Called 'Easter'?

Everyone knows that chocolate eggs don't date from the roots of Christianity, but neither does the name (which the Venerable Bede says came from a pagan goddess).

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How Much Space Junk Hits Earth?

China's Tiangong-1 space station isn't the first spacecraft to shed bits of junk onto Earth, and it won't be the last.

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What Should You Do If You Find a Piece of China's Crashed Space Station?

So, you found a piece of space debris. Now what?

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Viagra for … Cancer Prevention? Early Mouse Study Has Surprising Results

The "little blue pill" could one day have a surprising use as a cancer prevention drug, early research in mice suggests.

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In a Final TV Appearance, Stephen Hawking Imagines Humanity Colonizing Alien Worlds

One of Stephen Hawking’s final television projects was the documentary "Leaving Earth," airing March 25.

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Did These Children Have Their Hearts Ripped Out as a Sacrifice to an Ancient Rain God?

Construction workers in northern Peru recently uncovered a grisly discovery: The skeletal remains of 47 ancient people, including those of at least 12 children who were likely sacrificed by the ancient Chimú culture about 1,500 years ago.

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Whale Murder Was Sexually Motivated, Whale Detectives Say

Biologists have accused a killer whale of murdering another whale's child. Here are the facts of the case.

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Here Are Some of the Most Common Causes of Food Poisoning

Millions of Americans deal with the misery of food poisoning each year, and a new report looks at some of the most common germs that made people sick in 2017.

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'Smoking-Breathing' Elephant May Be Just Enjoying Some Charcoal

An elephant in India seems to have a smoking habit. Sort of.

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What Are the Odds of the Crashing Chinese Space Station Hitting You?

How unlucky would you have to be to get bonked on the head with any Tiangong-1 bits that survive the fiery plunge?

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More Than 100 Beached Whales Have Died, But Rescuers Are Trying to Save These 15

A commercial fisherman in Australia spotted an alarming site this morning: Upward of 100 whales were stranded and dying on a beach at Hamelin Bay, about 180 miles south of Perth.

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China's 8.5-Ton Space Lab Expected to Fall to Earth Over Easter Weekend

China’s Tiangong-1 space lab will likely fall to Earth between March 30 and April 2, according to the latest prediction by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Debris Office in Darmstadt, Germany.

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This Bizarre Sea Creature Has Parasitic 'Husband' Attached to Her for Life

In the deep North Atlantic, a small but ghastly-looking anglerfish floats in the inky black, eerily lit by her wispy, glowing fishing lure and the specks of light illuminating her long fin-rays.

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Move Over, 'Tomb Raider': Here Are 11 Pioneering Women Archaeologists

Popular "Tomb Raider" Lara Croft can't hold a candle to these groundbreaking women in archaeology.

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Reproductive System: Facts, Functions & Diseases

This may be the most important system in the body. Without the ability to reproduce, a species dies.

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Your Grilled Burger May Come with a Side of High Blood Pressure

Regularly eating meats that are sizzled on the grill may increase the risk of high blood pressure, a new study suggests.

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Why This Lab Reeks of Animal Flesh and Contains a Suitcase Full of Slime

For one lab, the key to filling in the fossil record is in watching eels, worms and hagfish rot.

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Could Cutting Calories Slow Down Aging?

Cutting calories may reduce the risk of age-related diseases, and maybe even help you live longer, a new small study suggests.

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1 in 10 Sober People Have Cocaine or Heroin on Their Fingertips

There are a lot of drugs in the world, and there's a chance you've got a tiny bit on your body right now — even if you've never knowingly touched the stuff.

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Freezing This Nerve Could Trick Your Body into Losing Weight

To lose weight, freeze your nerves? That's the idea behind a new approach that may hold promise for weight loss.

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No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really Is

Scientists have decoded a genetic explanation for an "alien" skeleton.

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Quadrupled, Maybe Even 16-upled in Size

The enormous plastic soup floating in the vast North Pacific Ocean is growing. So much so that it's now three times the size of France.

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Astronomer Announces He Has Discovered ... Mars

In an online publication, this astronomer reports the detection of a very bright object in the night sky that wasn't there before. Turns out, he's thousands of years late for this discovery.

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Photos: WWII Battleship 'USS Juneau' Discovered

Wreckage from the USS Juneau was located off the Solomon Islands by the Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel. It is the final resting place of the five Sullivan brothers who served and died together.

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Here's Why Cockroaches Can Survive Just About Anything

Their genes let them essentially eat insecticides for breakfast.

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Why #OddlySatisfying Videos Are So … Satisfying

Why people love videos of slime, sand, factory equipment and cake decorating.

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Are People Actually Smoking Bug-Spray-Laced Drugs? Either Way, It's a Bad Idea.

Street drugs in Indianapolis may be laced with an unusual ingredient: household bug spray, according to news reports.

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How This Bulging Lump on a Man's Hand Revealed a Serious Heart Infection

It started out as a red patch on a man's palm. But soon it turned into a raised, blue lump that pulsed with his heartbeat.

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Creator of 'Grand Unified Theory of Mathematics' Wins Prestigious Math Prize

Robert Langlands, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, won one of mathematics' most prestigious prizes for a lifetime for groundbreaking work.

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Famous Mathematician Joseph Fourier Would Have Been 250 Today. Here's Why He Matters

Fourier's discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.

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Sorry, Toby — Winter Storms Don't Have Names (Except on Cable News)

Only hurricanes get official names. Unless you're watching The Weather Channel.

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How Much Do You Poop in Your Lifetime?

Over time, a person's poop can really add up.

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Final Resting Place of 5 Navy Brothers Found Thousands of Feet Beneath Pacific

During WWII, the sinking of the warship USS Juneau doomed five brothers who served on it.

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Dream-Like Video Captures Minke Whale Gliding Beneath Antarctic Ice

It looks like a stereotypical hallucination of a whale floating beneath puffy clouds.

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US Can't Stop Hypersonic Weapons, Air Force General Says

Missiles that spit out warheads traveling up to 20 times the speed of sound and with the ability to perform elusive acrobatics may be too much for the U.S. defenses to block, U.S. Stratcom chief says.

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Bizarre, Nessie-Like Creature Washes Ashore in Georgia, and Marine Experts Are Mystified

Is it a dead frilled shark? Or a decayed whale or an oarfish? Or even a hoax?

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These 2 Genes May Increase the Risk for Extreme Morning Sickness

Researchers have identified two genes that may increase risk for hyperemesis gravidarum, a debilitating condition that causes extreme morning sickness during pregnancy.

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Why Some People Can 'Hear' Silent Images

Here's a riddle: If a tree falls in a silent GIF, does it make a sound?

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New Stem Cells Treatment Reverses Blindness in 2 Patients

Two people who were going blind can now see the word in much greater detail than before thanks to an experimental stem cell treatment for macular degeneration.

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Stephen Hawking to Be Interred in Westminster Abbey Near Newton, Darwin

Stephen Hawking will spend eternity in the company of some other tremendously influential English scientists.

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China's First Space Station Is Going to Fall Out of Space Very Soon

A Chinese space station is going to fall out of space, and now trackers know when. Kind of.

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A virus scooped up from a lake saved an 80-year-old Connecticut man who had a life-threatening bacterial infection in his heart.

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Google Wants to Make Military Spy Drones Even Smarter

Google has partnered with the military to enhance surveillance drone software.

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Every Year, the Swiss Cover Their Melting Glaciers in White Blankets

Summer's coming, which means that soon enough it'll be time to tuck the glaciers in.

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Here's the Best Way to Protect Yourself From a Norovirus Outbreak

It's a vacation nightmare: You board a cruise ship for a weeklong getaway, only to have an outbreak of norovirus, or "stomach bug," take the ship by storm.

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Was Ex-Russian Spy Sergei Skripal Poisoned? We Asked Toxicology Experts

It's still a mystery as to what sickened former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on Sunday (March 4) at a shopping mall outside of London, but several clues point toward poison, toxicology experts told Live Science.

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The Fascinating Story Behind the Oldest Message in a Bottle

The oldest message in a bottle on record wasn't discovered by a historian, but by a woman picking up trash strewn across the coastal dunes of Western Australia.

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What Is Ovulation?

Ovulation occurs when an egg moves from the ovaries into the fallopian tubes and is ready for fertilization.

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Why Meteorologists Don't Know if Tonight's Nor'easter Will Bring Rain or Snow

Why is tomorrow's snowfall proving so tough to predict?

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Quantum Physicists May Have Finally Solved the Riddle of Ball Lightning

An experiment on ultracold atoms may have revealed the electromagnetic knot that traps the hot plasma of ball lightning.

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Long-Lost Footage of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Discovered at Flea Market

This haunting film reel was lost for 100 years. Soon, the world will see its contents.

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Rare Footage of the Devastation of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

The devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is revealed through this long-lost footage discovered at a California flea market.

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Linebacker with One Hand Wows NFL: What Is Amniotic Band Syndrome?

College football player Shaquem Griffin lost his left hand when he was 4 years old due to amniotic band syndrome.

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No, Those Aren’t Animal Tracks on Mars

A United Kingdom-based researcher claims he's seen evidence of ancient animal tracks on Mars, but don't get too excited. The features he's talking about are widely documented by NASA as interesting crystal shapes that likely formed in water.

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Why Some Babies Get a Boost From Looking Like Dad

Babies who look like their dads are healthier, likely because they get more love and "paternal investment" from their fathers.

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Nor'easter Exposes Revolutionary-War-Era Shipwreck on Maine Beach

A shipwreck that may date to the Revolutionary War era was exposed on a Maine beach after the recent "bomb cyclone."

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Tattoos Last Forever Because Your Immune Cells Are Hungry for Dead Skin

Tattooed mice reveal why some ink never fades.

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WWII Aircraft Carrier, USS Lexington, Discovered Beneath Coral Sea

The wreck had been lost to history.

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Archaeologists Closer to Finding Lost Viking Settlement

The famed Viking post has been described in sagas passed down over hundreds of years. But its location has been lost to history, until now.

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10 Species That Are in So Much Danger They'll Be Featured on Limited-Edition Shirts

In collaboration with the IUCN, sportswear brand Lacoste is temporarily booting its iconic crocodile embroidery from the chest of a limited number of its polos in favor of 10 endangered species.

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DARPA Wants to 'Freeze' Bodies on the Battlefield — to Keep Them Alive

A new military program aims to develop treatments that slow down the body's biochemical reactions, to buy time for battlefield injuries.

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Remains of US Pilot from WWII Found at the Bottom of Pacific Ocean

More than 70 years ago, during World War II, a U.S. pilot was shot down as he was flying over the Pacific. Over the decades, sand and sea life at the bottom of the ocean covered the wreckage, further obscuring it from view.

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Why Can Some People 'Hear' Colors?

About 4 percent of the people on Earth experience a mysterious phenomenon called synesthesia.

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This Is One of the Tiniest Ancient Birds, and It Lived Alongside Giant Dinosaurs

About 127 million years ago, tiny birds the size of grasshoppers lived alongside some of the biggest animals to walk the Earth, including the long-necked sauropods, a new study finds.

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SpaceX Roadster Could be Martian 'Biothreat'

Elon Musk's spacefaring Tesla Roadster is likely carrying the biggest bacteria payload to ever leave Earth.

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Man's Foot Blister Turns Out to Be Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacteria

A Texas man who thought he had a simple blister on his foot turned out to have a life-threatening infection.

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Why 17 People Volunteered to Be Infected with Parasitic Worms

At a university hospital in the Netherlands, 17 students have a tropical parasitic disease.

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This Weird Google Earth Picture Does Not Show a Crashed UFO

A popular YouTube channel is trying to convince viewers that photos of an avalanche on an island near Antarctica depict an alien spaceship crash site.

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Bizarre, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Reappears in the Rainforest After 151 Years

A strange plant that needs no sunlight and sucks on underground fungi for nutrients has turned up in Borneo, Malaysia, 151 years after the last time a scientist found it.

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Is Earth's Missing Xenon Hidden in the Core?

Earth's xenon is missing. But a new experiment suggests it might have been right under our feet all along.

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Experts Are Stumped by the Toad with a Stump for a Face

Why does this toad have no face?

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1.6-Billion-Year-Old Breath of Life Frozen in Stone

Tiny voids in rock are the exhalations of ancient microbes.

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A Woman Needed a New Hip Replacement Because of … a Dog Scratch

For one woman in the U.K., a dog scratch turned into a much bigger ordeal than she could've expected.

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Will the US Be Able to Stop Russia's New Arsenal of Missile Defense-Piercing Nukes?

Russia could soon be able to conduct nuclear strikes all over the world without any chance of being intercepted. Here's how we got to this point.

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What Were George Washington's Teeth Made Of? (It's Not Wood)

Here's the horrifying story behind the former president's dentures.

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Oldest Tattooed Woman Is an Egyptian Mummy

An archaeologist who followed a hunch has discovered the oldest figural tattoos in the world on the bodies of two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.

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Satellite View Shows 'Bomb Cyclone' Battering US East Coast

A stunning video from space shows a winter storm – also known as a "bomb cyclone" – slamming into the northeast United States today (March 2). Flooding and sheets of snow and rain accompanied the storm, along with strong waves along the coasts.

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The 5 'New' Types of Diabetes, Explained

Diabetes just got a little more complicated, or clearer, depending on your perspective. Researchers proposed classifying diabetes as five types.

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Pollution from Ships Creates Massive Clouds Visible from Space

Thicker clouds above the North Atlantic, captured by NASA, are the result of pollution from ships passing below.

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Stephen Hawking Says He Knows What Happened Before the Big Bang

What was there before there was anything? Stephen Hawking might know the answer.

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Expedition to 'Hidden' Antarctic Ecosystem Turned Back by Heavy Ice

Scientists on their way to investigate a mysterious region of Antarctica’s seafloor, hidden by thick ice for 120,000 years, have run into an obstacle: too much ice.

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How Much Trash Is on the Moon?

Moon-based detritus includes leftover urine-collection kits, an olive branch and tons of robotic equipment from lunar probes.

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Salmonella-Tainted Kratom Sickens a Dozen More People in Outbreak

A dozen more people have been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak linked to kratom, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today (March 2).

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A deer swallowed (and barfed up again) by a snake weighed more than its predator.

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'Floating Brain' to Assist Astronauts Aboard ISS

The crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will soon welcome a new member, described by its creators as "a kind of flying brain."

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Poop Stains Lead Researchers to Hidden 'Supercolony' of 1.5 Million Penguins

Antarctica's Danger Islands hold an adorable secret.

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

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Party Served Wild Boar Meat And Guests Got This Rare Infection

A party in Northern California served a traditional raw pork dish, but then a dozen guests wound up sick.

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LSD Trips Are Like Waking Dreams, Man — According to Science

Life is but a dream – if you're on LSD.

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Can Sound Be Used As a Weapon?

Were foreign diplomats and tourists attacked with a "sonic weapon," or was it something else? Ultrasound researchers dissect the bizarre case and offer a reasonable explanation.

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Genealogists have created the largest-known family tree, finding connections between a whopping 13 million people - greater than the population of Cuba.

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'Bomb Cyclone' Will Pummel Parts of the US East Coast Starting Tonight

Recent warm temperatures in the northeastern U.S. might have convinced you that spring is on the way, but winter isn't done quite yet.

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When your trip ends, does your mind stay on vacation?

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An unusual white ring in the front of a woman's eyeball was the result of a very rare condition.

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This is the World's Last Male Northern White Rhino — And He's Sick

Sudan, a 45-year-old rhino, is suffering from an age-related infection.

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Can anxiety be a good thing?

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'Resurrected' Shark Species Found Dwelling Deep in the Atlantic

The Atlantic sixgill shark is a different species than its Pacific relatives.

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Apparently, there's a one-in-a-million chance of spotting the yellow mutant bird.

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If you've ever taken an unflattering selfie, it's not you — it's geometry.

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Ancient Native American Burial Site Discovered Off the Coast of Florida

A 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site has turned up off the coast of Venice, Florida.

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It's not a pretty situation.

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A tiny tick had an even tinier bloodsucking hitchhiker.

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