A woman with buttock implants was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that, until now, has largely been linked with breast implants.
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Kamis, 28 Februari 2019
Painted Wolves: The Colorful Carnivores of the African Wild
A pack of long-legged, big-eared mammals chirps its way to one of the highest known hunting success rates. Yet, the hunting strategy of the painted wolves brings them into areas that threaten their very existence.
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Here's the Science Behind Finding North Korea's Nuclear Weapons
Remote monitoring can reveal a lot.
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The World's Smallest Baby Boy Is Even More Remarkable Than You Think
In August 2018, a baby boy was born in Tokyo weighing only 9.45 ounces (268 grams) — about the weight of a bag of potato chips.
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THC vs. CBD: Which Marijuana Compound Is More Beneficial?
A new study suggests that marijuana’s main active ingredient, THC may be more important for therapeutic effects.
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Tropical Spiders Cause ‘Surprising Amount of Death,’ Hunting Opossums, Frogs and More
In the Amazon lowlands, spiders as big as dinner plates dine on opossums.
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Mysterious 'Planet Nine' Is Probably 5 to 10 Times the Size of Earth
There could be a planet hiding out on the distant frontiers of our solar system. Astronomers have published new details about what it probably looks like.
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'Extraordinarily Rare' Semi-Identical Twins Were Born in Australia
Twins can be fraternal, identical — and in extremely rare cases — semi-identical.
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Prickly Pear Cactus Needles Are Oldest Tattoo Tool in Western North America
A 2,000-year-old spiky object recently rediscovered in museum storage is the oldest known tattoo-making tool from western North America, a new study finds.
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Mayan Artifacts Used in Ritual Sacrifices Discovered at the Bottom of Sacred Lake
The sunken artifacts include ceremonial bowls and obsidian blades that may have been used in ancient animal sacrifices.
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Newfound 'FarFarOut' Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen
Astronomers just discovered an object, dubbed FarFarOut, that lies 140 astronomical units from the sun. That's 140 times the Earth-sun distance, which is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers).
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Doctors Often Miss Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults, New Study Suggests
In recent years, there's been an alarming rise in colorectal cancer cases among young adults
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Rabu, 27 Februari 2019
An Exploding Asteroid Blasted Across Mars' Surface in the Last 10 Years
Sometime in the last decade, something heavy slammed into the Martian atmosphere and blasted apart into a hard rain of superheated material.
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What Are Radio Waves?
Radio waves help us communicate across close and far distances. They also help us identify otherwise invisible objects in space.
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Oldest Frog Relative from North America Could Fit on Your Pinky Finger
It's possible that during the Triassic period, the crocodile-like phytosaur snapped at a frog-like creature, but missed. It's a good thing it did, because 216 million years later, paleontologists have found the fossils of these tiny frogs.
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Dramatic Moment Shark Clamps Jaws Down on Parrotfish Captured in Exhilarating Photo
A parrotfish in peril won a prominent photo prize.
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Photos of Colorful, Majestic Marine Creatures Are 'A Visual Feast'
Photographers from around the world competed to take home the top prizes in the 2019 Underwater Photographer of the Year contest.
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What Is Infrared?
Infrared radiation plays a big role in our lives. It's what makes up half of the total energy released by the sun and it's what your TV remote shoots at the receiver when you're changing the channel.
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California's Hidden Threat: High-Risk Volcanoes That Might Erupt in the Next Decade
California has several volcanoes that are at "high risk" or "very high risk" of erupting.
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Tiny Trails of Suffocating Mollusks Found at the Bottom of the Great Blue Hole
Conch graveyards and incredible mineral growths abound
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Ripples in Space-Time Could Help Solve Cosmic Mystery of How Fast Universe Is Expanding
Analyzing ripples in the fabric of space and time created by pairs of dead stars may soon solve a cosmic mystery surrounding how quickly the universe is expanding — if scientists are lucky.
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Humpback Whale That Washed Ashore in Amazon Jungle Was Likely Sick
How did a humpback whale get stranded in the Amazon?
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A Man's Trouble Smelling Was Caused By a Tooth Growing in His Nose
A man got a completely unexpected diagnosis after he told his doctors that for the past two years, his left nostril had been stuffy, drippy and losing its ability to smell.
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Ram-Headed Sphinx Abandoned by King Tut's Grandfather Found in Egypt
A giant, unfinished ram-headed sphinx has been found in a quarry site near the Nile.
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Photos: The Ram-Headed Sphinx of Gebel el-Silsila
Archaeologists discovered a ram-headed sphinx dating back some 3,700 years at a famous site in Egypt.
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Selasa, 26 Februari 2019
Someone Decapitated a 'Crusader' Mummy in Ireland and Ran Off with Its Head
Police in Ireland are looking for the head of a very tall mummy.
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Fat Rat Rescued from Manhole Cover by Germany's Loveliest Firefighters
A particularly plump rat had an adventure this weekend after it got stuck in a manhole cover and had to be freed by local firefighters and animal rescuers.
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What Are Parabens?
Parabens can be found in a wide variety of cosmetics, foods, beverages and pharmaceuticals — but are they bad for you?
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Charles Dickens Plotted to Send His Sane Wife to an Asylum
Being married to Victorian author Charles Dickens was definitely not the best of times.
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Ocean Microphones May Have Recorded Lost Malaysian Jet's Crash … Thousands of Miles from Search Sites
The lost airliner Flight 370 may have crashed thousands of miles from the search locations, according to new research based on sounds recorded in the ocean after the passenger jet disappeared in March 2014.
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Man's Radioactive Remains Spread Radiation All Over Cremation Chamber
Doctors in Arizona injected a 69-year-old man with a drug designed to shrink tumors growing in his body. The drug was radioactive. The man was cremated.
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Maybe Dying Stars Fart So Much Because They're in a Relationship
These stars aren't really that gassy, they just look like they are.
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Scientists Finally Solve Mystery of Tiny, Ancient Worm’s ‘Mismatched’ Head and Body
A type of ancient, microscopic worm hid its jaws from scientists for more than 100 years.
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Mount Vesuvius Didn't Kill Everyone in Pompeii. Where Did the Survivors Go?
Where did the refugees from Pompeii go after Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79?
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At-Home Test for Colorectal Cancer Could Simplify Screening
An at-home screening test for colorectal cancer may be as good an option as a colonoscopy, a new review study finds.
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Barren Desert 'Fairy Circles' Caused By … Rain?
Odd patterns of bare patches called "fairy circles" found in only two places on Earth may be the result of heavy rain and hot weather.
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Senin, 25 Februari 2019
Why This Man's Blood Turned 'Milky' Colored
The man's blood fat levels were off the charts.
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Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which Would Scorch the Planet
Carbon dioxide emissions could wipe out one of Earth's most common types of clouds. That's bad news.
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Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year
The Soviet Union launched the Cosmos 482 Venus probe on March 31, 1972. But the failed Venus craft is crashing back to Earth soon.
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Stolen Mummy Feet, Arms and More Found Stashed in Speakers at Cairo Airport
Egyptian officials at the airport discovered smuggled mummy parts.
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Physicists Just Solved a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic Cores
The quarks inside atoms move slower than the quarks inside free-floating protons and neutrons. But why?
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This Weight Loss Strategy Takes Just 15 Minutes a Day
A new study suggests that monitoring your diet may not be as much work as you think.
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21 Totally Sweet Spider Superlatives
What's the largest spider? The fastest? The weirdest? This list has all of your arachnid records covered.
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Ming Dynasty Skeletons Reveal Secrets of Foot-Binding
Foot-binding was practiced for 1,000 years in China, but archaeologists are only starting to study this form of body modification.
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Minggu, 24 Februari 2019
Weird 'Snowman-Pancake' Asteroid Gets Its Close-Up. And It Really Is an Oddball.
The best-ever photos of Ultima Thule have made it down to Earth, and they heighten the intrigue about the frigid and faraway world.
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If You Don't Have This Gene, You May Recover Better from a Stroke
This gene is the same gene at the center of the recent CRISPR babies controversy.
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A 12-Year-Old Built a Fusion Reactor in His Playroom
A 12-year-old kid from Tennessee created a nuclear reaction in his family's playroom. Here's how he did it.
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Sabtu, 23 Februari 2019
Why Does Earth Have an Atmosphere?
Earth's atmosphere is enormous, so far reaching that it even affects the International Space Station's route. But how did this giant gaseous envelope form?
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An Iceberg Twice the Size of NYC Could Soon Break Off Antarctica
Lengthening cracks in the Brunt Ice Shelf spell trouble for the shelf's future.
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Jumat, 22 Februari 2019
Inca Ritual Baths Fed by Waterfall Reveals More of Its Secrets
Cutting-edge radar and laser scans and on-the-ground excavations are revealing just how the Inca built and used a ceremonial complex more than 500 years ago.
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A 'Dragon Aurora' Appeared in the Sky Over Iceland, and NASA Is a Little Confused
Why did Maleficent suddenly appear over Iceland?
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Microwaved Grapes Spit Plasma, and Scientists Finally Know Why
Why do grapes ignite when you microwave them? At long last, science has an answer.
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A Stunning 'Firefall' Flared to Life in Yosemite This Week
The firefall has returned to Yosemite. All hail the firefall.
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Biblical Archaeology: The Study of Biblical Sites & Artifacts
Biblical archaeologists work to uncover the truths and inaccuracies of ancient biblical texts.
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Why It'll Take Israel's Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon
An Israeli moon lander just took to the skies, but we'll all have to wait nearly two months for its historic touchdown try.
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Sunscreen 'Sea Change' May Be Coming with New FDA Rules
The FDA is proposing new sunscreen regulations aimed at improving the safety and effectiveness of these products.
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480-Million-Year-Old Mystery Creature Finally Identified from Its Preserved Guts
For the past 150 years, scientists have hotly debated a mysterious creature that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. And now, with the discovery of stunningly detailed fossils in Morocco, paleontologists have finally ID'd the bizarre life-forms.
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Photos: Cretaceous 'Night Mouse' Was a Wee Mammal
Paleontologists have unearthed a new 69 million-year-old mammal species in the North Slope of Alaska.
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Tiny Dino-Era 'Night Mouse' Found Above Arctic Circle
A tiny Cretaceous mammal lived among the northernmost dinosaurs on Earth.
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Kamis, 21 Februari 2019
This Bird's Body Is Half Male, Half Female. So Is Its Brain.
Male cardinals are red. Females are tan. This one is both at the same time.
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Scientists Have Created Synthetic DNA with 4 Extra Letters
Will scientists ever be able to create 'better' DNA in the lab than evolution did in nature?
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Mighty T. Rex Began As Cute, Deer-Size Dino
Apex predator T. rex had very humble beginnings.
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Hawaii's False Missile Alert Shows Americans Have No Idea What to Do in Nuclear Attack
An erroneous alert about a nuclear attack was sent to Hawaii residents. The ensuing confusion and hysteria revealed that Americans are not prepared.
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A Woman Died After Reportedly Eating Prized Mushrooms at Fancy Restaurant in Spain
A woman has died and more than two dozen others are ill after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain.
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What Are Neutrinos?
Billions of them are passing through every centimeter of your body right this instant, but you can't feel them. What are these mysterious "little neutral ones?"
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Huge Open Buckets of Uranium Ore Found at Grand Canyon? Totally Fine, Experts Say.
Pay no attention to those buckets of radioactive uranium in the Grand Canyon museum, they're probably nothing to worry about, experts say.
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Our Atmosphere Is So Big It Tickles the Moon
The wispy outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere extend much deeper into space than scientists realized -- deep enough that the moon orbits through it.
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Could Earth's Oceans Ever Boil Away?
When will the end come for the oceans?
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This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore.
The world's biggest bee species has been feared extinct since it was last seen in 1981.
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A Brilliant Daytime Meteor Exploded Over Cuba This Month. Here's Where It Came From
Astronomers just got the goods on the meteor that flared up over Cuba earlier this month.
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This Fish Just Gave Evolution the Finger and Got Pregnant
Mary's species of fish never evolved to have sex or incubate live young. She did it anyway.
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Kratom 'Poisonings' Have Increased 50-Fold in Recent Years
Calls to U.S. poison centers regarding the herbal supplement kratom have increased dramatically in recent years.
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Meet Hippocamp: Neptune's Smallest Moon Has a Name (and a Violent Past)
A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore.
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Rabu, 20 Februari 2019
How Are Elements Grouped in the Periodic Table?
Don't worry, the periodic table of elements isn't as confusing as it looks.
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What the Heck Is a Blobfish?
The blobfish may be ugly on land, but it's rather handsome where it belongs — deep under the ocean.
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Yes, That Viking Warrior Buried with Weapons Really Was a Woman
Researchers answer questions following the explosive finding that a Viking warrior was biologically female.
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Photos: Viking Warrior Is Actually a Woman
Here's what the Viking warrior woman may have looked like.
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What Are the Milankovitch Cycles?
Earth has many moves.
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Was Roman Emperor Nero's Evil Reputation Just 'Fake News'?
Did the infamously cruel Nero really do all the terrible things that historians reported?
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Mountain Range More Rugged Than the Rockies Found Buried Deep Within Earth
Ain't no mountain rough enough like those 660 kilometers deep in the ground.
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A High-Fat Diet May Be Bad for Your Gut Bacteria
Eating too much fat may be bad for your gut bacteria, a new study from China suggests.
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Japan Just Shot a Fake Asteroid with a Space Bullet … for Science
Say you need to prepare to shoot bullets into an asteroid and suck up the debris kicked up from the blast, then tuck it away for safekeeping.
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Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military Space Force
The Space Force just took a big step from sci-fi-sounding dream toward reality.
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Why Do So Many Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana?
Here's why public opinion has changed dramatically in favor of pot legalization.
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Selasa, 19 Februari 2019
5,600-Year-Old Human Skull Bone Fished Out of the Thames by Lucky 'Mudlarker'
Someone found this 5,600-year-old skull fragment while sifting through the muddy shore of the River Thames.
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The 'Rubber Ducky' Comet Is Stressed and Keeps Cracking Its Neck
Comet 67P's head has spent 4.5 billion years trying to twist away from its neck. And that's caused some stress fractures.
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'Young Blood' Transfusions to Prevent Aging Are Unproven and Risky, FDA Warns
If you think the idea of getting a transfusion with "young blood" to ward off aging sounds far-fetched, well, U.S. health officials agree.
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In Photos: Stunning Views of Grand Canyon National Park
It is not the widest nor longest nor deepest canyon in the world, but the Grand Canyon of northern Arizona is certainly one of the most impressive and most visited natural wonders found on the planet
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WWII Sailor in Controversial 'The Kiss' Photo Dies at 95
The story behind a WWII photo of a kiss between strangers is far less romantic than once thought.
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Stonehenge May Have First Stood in Wales, According to Speculative Idea
The iconic megaliths that make up Stonehenge may have once stood in a temporary monument, not too far from where they were quarried in Wales.
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Here's Why Great White Sharks Are Natural-Born Superheroes
What's the secret to being a badass great white shark? Millions of years of highly specialized genetic evolution.
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Customs Letter About a Long-Lost Suitcase Leads to Artifacts from Desert with Early 'Jesus' Painting
The ancient desert village of Shivta in southern Israel made headlines when archaeologists discovered a wall painting there that is thought to show the baptism of Jesus Christ, the earliest representation of Christ known in Israel.
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'River of Stars' Streaming Through the Milky Way Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 1 Billion Years
This cluster of stars has been visible for a long time, but scientists only just now realized they're part of the same cosmic river.
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The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises with February's Full Moon
Why did "supermoon" become such a thing?
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Senin, 18 Februari 2019
A Single Earthquake Can Move Millions of Tons of Carbon into Earth's Deepest Trenches
Earthquakes may be dumping millions of tons of carbon into the Earth's deepest cracks. And scientists aren't sure what that means.
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Marvel at This Glittering 'Galaxy' Inside a Fly's Testicles
The "stars" in this photo aren't what you think.
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Why an Outlaw Was Stabbed to Death and Then Buried Face-Down in Medieval Sicily
The killing was "effective and rapid" by someone who knows human anatomy "very well."
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Minggu, 17 Februari 2019
Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing Matter
Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.
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What the Heck Happened to This Yo-Yo Champ's Index Finger?
A yo-yo champion experienced dramatic ups and downs for the circulation in his index finger.
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Mendeleev's Periodic Table Draft Is Virtually Unrecognizable — But It Changed Science Forever
Back in 1869, the periodic table of elements had just 63 elements and was scribbled in ink.
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Sabtu, 16 Februari 2019
Rarely Glimpsed Scaly Pangolins Caught Hugging Trees in the Dark
New videos show a rare glimpse of strange, scaly mammals.
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Why Men Who Can Do 40 Pushups May Have Better Heart Health
The ability to do a lot of pushups may be a sign not only of strength, but also of good heart health, a new study suggests.
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Jumat, 15 Februari 2019
England's Oldest Cave-Art Site Is Covered with Signs to Ward off Evil Spirits
The marks, meant to protect against evil spirits, are out of place in a cave known for ancient animal carvings.
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Black Snow Is Falling from the Skies in Siberia, and It Is Toxic.
Don't eat the black snow.
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Humans Crossed the Bering Land Bridge to People the Americas. Here’s What It Looked Like 18,000 Years Ago.
The Bering Strait land bridge is now underwater, but a newly created digital map reveals how the landscape likely appeared about 18,000 years ago.
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Russia Claims Strobe-Light Weapon Causes Nausea & Hallucinations. Is That Even Possible?
How flashing light can overwhelm the brain
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Rare 12th-Century Triple Toilet Let Three People Go Number Two at Once
This toilet built for three is a gross gem of London history (and soon, you can take a selfie with it).
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Yellow, Blob-Like Cell Transforms into Wriggling Salamander in Surreal Time-Lapse Video
A mesmerizing 6-minute time lapse shows a single cell dividing seemingly endlessly until what was once a yellow blob has become a wriggling, darting salamander tadpole.
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Life Really Is Harder for Night Owls. Here's Why.
"Night owls" have different patterns of brain activity compared with "morning larks," a new study finds
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Why Do Humans Hear So Well? You Can Thank the Tiny 'Jell-O' Violin Inside Your Ear
A teensy little "Jell-O" membrane in our ears may partly explain why humans have such amazing hearing.
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Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One
Threatened reindeer herds literally run circles around their predators.
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A Solar Flare '10 Billion Times More Powerful' Than Earth's Sun Blasted Out of Orion's Sword
This crazy solar flare is more powerful than any ever blasted by Earth’s sun.
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Kamis, 14 Februari 2019
Search for Shackleton's Antarctic Shipwreck Turns Back to Avoid Deadly Ice Trap
The wreck may be lying on the seafloor near the Larsen C Ice Shelf.
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Ancient Fresco of Mythical Narcissus Found in Pompeii
Excavations in a lavishly decorated house in ancient Pompeii have yielded a Valentine's Day-worthy discovery: a fresco of Narcissus, the mythical hunter who fell in love with his own reflection.
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Plasma Waves Are Cooking Electrons in Earth's Magnetic Shield
Space is warm — or, at least, warmer than it should be. A new study seeks to explain why.
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Remains of USS Hornet, Storied WWII Aircraft Carrier, Discovered at Bottom of South Pacific
After a fierce battle in 1942, the USS Hornet succumbed to an onslaught from Japanese dive-bombers, torpedo planes and destroyers, which hit the ship with torpedoes. But now, shipwreck hunters have finally located the Hornet's remains.
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Medieval Letter Reveals Bawdy Nun Who Faked Her Death to Escape Convent
Medieval nun fakes death to escape convent and enjoy a life of carnal lust. Sounds like the basis for a juicy novel, but this really happened during the 14th century in England.
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This Horrifying Menagerie of AI-Generated Cat Photos Will Haunt You
When neural networks attempted to create images of cats, the results were cat-astrophic.
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Why Can't NASA's Curiosity Rover Rescue Opportunity?
NASA has another mobile robot on Mars. Why not launch a rescue mission?
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What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?
NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what?
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How Do Emperor Penguin Dads Stop Their Eggs From Freezing?
These penguin dads are basically walking hot-water bottles.
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In Photos: The Emperor Penguin's Beautiful and Extreme Breeding Season
Emperor penguins are the only penguin species that breeds on the frigid ice sheets of Antarctica in the dead of winter.
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Here's Why a Perfect Heart Shape Showed Up on a Girl's X-Ray
An unusual X-ray shows a cartoonish heart seemingly floating in a child's esophagus.
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Rabu, 13 Februari 2019
Mars Rover Opportunity Is Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Red Planet
One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over.
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Why This 'Atmospheric River' Could Cause Mudslides and 'Roofalanches' in California
A massive "atmospheric river" is dumping huge amounts of rainfall on Northern California.
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Photos: 100-Million-Year-Old Tanzania Titanosaur Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
Talk about romantic! This teenage titanosaur had heart-shaped tail bones.
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Titanosaur the Size of a School Bus Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
A newfound dinosaur seems to wear its heart on its tail, according to paleontologists who found the enormous beast and realized this "hopeless romantic" had heart-shaped tail bones.
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These Newfound Catfish Species Are Either the Ugliest Fish Ever or Super Adorable
With tentacle-covered snouts, claw-like spines that protrude from their heads and bodies covered in armor, these newfound catfish look more myth than reality.
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Here's How Poor Sleep May Hurt Your Heart
A new study may have uncovered why a poor night's sleep is bad for your heart and blood vessels.
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'Unicorn' Tarantula Wears a Weird Horn on Its Back
A new species of tarantula has something in common with the mythical unicorn — a prominent "horn."
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These Ancient Spider Fossils Still Have Silvery, Shimmering Eyes
Paleontologists working in South Korea found ancient spider fossils with mirrors in their eyes.
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Did Great White Sharks Wipe Out the Giant Megalodon?
Teaser: A re-examination of the fossil record has produced a new theory of the super-fish's demise.
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Lakes of Melted Snow Are Literally Bending Antarctica's Ice Shelves in Half
These meltwater lakes are tearing Antarctica's ice shelves apart from the inside.
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Selasa, 12 Februari 2019
Photos: Craters Hidden Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Gaping depressions have been discovered lurking beneath the Greenland ice sheet. They are likely meteor impact craters.
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Gorgeous Fractal Patterns, Normally Found Only in Nature, Re-Created Using Laser Light
A human-made thing created a very beautiful, natural pattern.
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Huge Meteor Left Crater Hidden Beneath Greenland Ice
Scientists have discovered the second-ever meteor impact crater in Greenland, located not far from the first.
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What's So Special About the Atacama Desert?
Northern Chile's dry and desolate Atacama Desert hosts the world's largest array of astronomical observatories. Scientists have called the largely lifeless region Earth's closest analogue of Mars.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder: SAD Symptoms and Therapy
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) has the same symptoms and severity as clinical depression, only experts know when it starts and ends. Most sufferers have symptoms over fall and winter months, but a small percentage experience SAD during summer.
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US Navy's 'Aquanauts' Tested the Boundaries of Deep Diving. It Ended in Tragedy.
Who were the U.S. Navy's deep-diving "aquanauts"?
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Eating 'Ultraprocessed' Foods Linked with Early Death
So-called "ultraprocessed" foods — which are high in salt, sugar and other additives — are linked with an increased risk of early death, a new study finds.
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3 Reasons You Might Hate Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day may be one of the most polarizing holidays on the calendar. Here's why it's hated.
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Earth's Magnetic Field Booms Like a Drum, But No One Can Hear It
And for the first time, physicists have recorded the wild drum beats rippling from the magnetic poles.
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Prehistoric Sailors May Be Responsible for Stonehenge, Other Megaliths
Megaliths across Europe might have a common origin in Northwestern France
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Skeleton of Teen Girl Found Buried Next to Mysterious Pyramid in Egypt
The 13-year-old was buried next to a partially collapsed pyramid dating back 4,600 years.
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Photos: Teen's Skeleton Buried Next to Pyramid in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered the skeleton of a girl who was around 13 years of age when she died. Here's a look at the remains, the cemetery and the mysterious pyramid near where she was buried.
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A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'
Scientists couldn't find the pattern in these strange clouds of quantum fireworks. So they enlisted a computer, and it noticed a hidden turtle.
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This 2.1-Billion-Year-Old Fossil May Be Evidence of Earliest Moving Life-Form
About 2.1 billion years ago, a blob-like creature inched along on an early Earth. As the organism moved, it carved out tunnels, which may be the earliest evidence of a moving critter on the planet.
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Senin, 11 Februari 2019
With the US-Russian Nuclear Treaty in Tatters, Is 'Doomsday' Ticking Closer?
Will the collapse of a key nuclear treaty affect the Doomsday Clock?
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52 Polar Bears 'Invade' a Russian Town to Eat Garbage Instead of Starve to Death
As climate change destroys their hunting grounds, some bears eat garbage to survive.
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Bat on the Loose at NBA Game May Have Exposed Fans to Rabies
A confused-looking bat flew into the arena during an Indiana Pacers game last week. Now, health officials say some fans may have been exposed to rabies.
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What Is the Coral Triangle?
The Coral Triangle is the most biodiverse ecosystem in the world and is home to a variety of sea creatures, including sharks, colorful corals and vibrant tropical fish.
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Watch a Giant Spider Crab Bust Out of Its Own Shell in Wild Time-Lapse Video
A Japanese spider crab cracks open its outer shell and seems to clamber out of itself.
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Ultima Thule Beyond Pluto Is Flat Like a Pancake (and Not a Space Snowman After All)
The final photos that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft snapped of Ultima Thule during the probe's epic Jan. 1 flyby reveal the distant object to be much flatter than scientists had thought.
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Geologists Figured Out Where the Most Remote Part of the Ocean Came From
The Australian-Antarctic Ridge was expected to have emerged with the Pacific to its East. The real story was a surprise to geologists.
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We Finally Know When Our Milky Way Will Crash Into the Andromeda Galaxy
The monster collision between our Milky Way and fellow spiral galaxy Andromeda will occur about 4.5 billion years from now, rather than in 3.9 billion years.
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Why Archaeologists Just Blasted This Ancient Shipwreck with a 'Ray Gun'
To trace the origins of ancient pottery, scientists used a method that sounds like it's borrowed from science fiction.
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In Photos: Ancient Shipwreck's Ceramics Traced to Kilns in China
Pottery recovered from a ship that sank 800 years ago retains chemical "fingerprints" in its bluish-white glaze.
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Marijuana Lollipop May Have Triggered Man's Heart Attack
A marijuana lollipop with a very high dose THC may have triggered a man's heart attack.
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Can the Pill Affect How Women Recognize Emotions in Others?
Despite the ubiquity of birth control pills, some researchers still that think certain aspects of the contraceptives deserve more research.
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Underwater Archaeologists Find Surprising Artifacts from Major Roman Naval Battle
The battle happened 2,200 years ago and archaeologists are left with several mysteries.
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Minggu, 10 Februari 2019
Why Do Babies Cry on Airplanes?
The pressure caused by flying at altitude is particularly difficult to bear for babies and toddlers.
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Sabtu, 09 Februari 2019
Your Dog Can Get Sick from Marijuana. Here's How to Prevent Pot Poisoning.
Pets can get sick — or, in rare cases, die — from eating cannabis. Second-hand smoke can affect animals as well. Follow the "ABCs" of cannabis safety to protect your pets.
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Do You Really Need to Buy Aluminum-Free Deodorant?
How I learned to stop worrying and rub aluminum into my armpits.
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Physicists Found a Brand-New Kind of Magnet Hiding in a Uranium Compound
This strange type of magnetism can form rapidly — and disappear just as quickly.
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Jumat, 08 Februari 2019
Measles Outbreak Spurs Vaccination Surge in Anti-Vaxxer Hotspot
Weeks after a hotspot for anti-vaxxers turned into a hotspot for measles infections, it became a hotspot for vaccination
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This One Number Shows Why Measles Spreads Like Wildfire
Measles is highly contagious, which makes it difficult to eradicate.
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Mighty Warrior's Medieval Sword Pulled Triumphantly … from Denmark Sewer
A sharp sword lodged deep within a sewer recently caught the eye of a pipe layer and an engineer working in Aalborg, Denmark.
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This Adorable Cat Was Frozen by the Polar Vortex. But Vets Defrosted Her and Now She's Fine.
Fluffy is one tough cat.
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Photos: Stunning Shots of the Natural World and Wildlife
Here's a look at the finalists for a Sony photo contest.
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The Best Photos of the Sony's 2019 Wildlife Photography Competition
The World Photography Organisation has announced the shortlist of finalists for its annual Natural World & Wildlife competition.
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Something Is Not Quite Right In the Universe, Ultraprecise New Measurement Reveals
A super-precise measurement of one of the fundamental constants of the universe suggests it's expanding faster now than it was in its early years.
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Weird, Bumpy Landscape in African Desert Explained by Ancient Ice Stream
This ancient ice stream was comparable to those found in Antarctica today
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Photos: Traces of an Ancient Ice Stream
300 million years ago, Namibia was covered in ice. Now, we see traces of it.
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European Slaughter of Indigenous Americans May Have Cooled the Planet
The Europeans killed so many indigenous Americans during the 16th century — through warfare and by causing disease and famine — that it actually cooled the planet during the Little Ice Age, a new study suggests.
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No, Drinking 'Beer Before Wine' Won't Prevent a Hangover, Study Finds
The old adage doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny.
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Kamis, 07 Februari 2019
A Rover That Will Look for Life on Mars Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin was the British scientist whose work was integral to the discovery of DNA's structure.
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Bed Used in Hotel for 15 Years Turns Out to Be Henry VII’s Marriage Bed
An ornately carved antique oak bed had a remarkable hidden history.
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How Sand Fleas Cause 'Extreme' Infections
A new report describes five cases of "extreme" sand flea infections in Colombia, showing that life-threatening illnesses with this parasite still occur.
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More Women Reported to Have Rare Cancer Linked to Breast Implants
More cases of a rare cancer linked to breast implants have been reported in the U.S.
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Painted Wolves Caught on Camera Hunting Baboons for the First Time
Africa's painted wolves are beautiful, hard-core hunters.
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‘Oldest’ Case of Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed in a 240-Million-Year-Old Shell-Less Turtle
Hundreds of millions of years ago, a shell-less turtle developed a malady in its bones.
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In Photos: The Majestic Painted Wolves of Zimbabwe
The painted wolves of Africa are one of the world's most endangered mammals.
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How Does Consciousness Arise in the Brain?
It's one of the most important unanswered questions of modern neuroscience.
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Earth Once Swallowed Its Own Superocean. Could It Happen Again?
An ancient supercontinent turned inside out as the Earth swallowed its own ocean some 700 million years ago, new research suggests.
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Mysterious Blobs Around These Small Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life
The sort of small, young, active stars that have become most exciting to astronomers looking for exoplanets may actually push away precisely what could be necessary to carry water to those planets — leaving them too dry to support life.
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Ominous Cracks Form in the Northern Hemisphere's Longest Floating Glacier
Is Greenland's Petermann Glacier due for another big break?
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Rabu, 06 Februari 2019
This Spiky-Spined Beast Is the Most Punk-Rock Dino Ever Discovered
There's a new mohawk-rocking dinosaur, called the Badassosaurus — er, Bajadasaurus.
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2018 Was 4th Hottest Year on Record, NASA Finds
And the past five years are, collectively, have been the warmest years in the modern record, hands down.
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Here's Why These Creepy Little Moths Have Noisy, Clicking Wings
A group of moths has developed a crunchy, loud tool for warding off certain predators.
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Bees Can Solve Math Problems That Would Stump the Average Toddler
These tiny mathematicians can add and subtract.
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Patient Tested for Ebola in Pennsylvania
A patient in Pennsylvania is being tested for a possible Ebola virus infection, according to news reports.
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Humans Are Eating Most of Earth's Largest Animals to Extinction
Humans are hunting and eating 60 percent of Earth's largest animals into an early grave.
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After 1-Year Joyride in Space, Starman Has Probably Trashed Elon's Roadster
After traveling more than 470 million miles (760 million kilometers) around the sun, Starman and his cherry-red Tesla Roadster have exceeded the car's warranty 10,000 times over.
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Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a Monstrous Corpse of Comet Dust
'Oumuamua is long gone, but it's still leaving scientists guessing. A new explanation proposes that the strange object was a "monstrous fluffy dust aggregate" produced by a busted-up comet.
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Lost City in South Africa Discovered Hiding Beneath Thick Vegetation
Billions of laser scans have revealed a lost city that was once a bustling epicenter in what is now South Africa's Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, new research finds.
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Thousands of Writhing Maggots Create the World's Creepiest Fountain
An unusual strategy helps larvae share meals among thousands of diners.
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Smoking Marijuana Linked to Better Sperm Counts in Surprising Study
The findings contradict previous research, but they are far from conclusive.
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Selasa, 05 Februari 2019
Snowball Earth: When the Blue Planet Went White
Can you imagine the Earth as one giant snowball?
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Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii
Why does this dead sea creature look like the Michelin Man?
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Kite-Blown Sled Climbs Antarctic Ice Dome, One of the Coldest Places on Earth
For the first time, an expedition climbed Fuji Dome in the interior of East Antarctica using a wind-blown vehicle.
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Maze of Tombs in Egypt Holds Many Mummies Dating Back 2,300 Years
The mummies spanned all ages and were buried in various types of tombs, all seeming to date back to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which lasted from 305 to 30 B.C.
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Photos of the World's Smallest (and Cutest) Owl
Elf owls, with their big yellow eyes and tiny bodies, are totally adorable.
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Historian Collects 'Forgotten' Relics from One of the Most Poignant Symbols of the Cold War
A German historian is collecting and preserving artifacts from the Berlin Wall, before the physical and ideological barrier that divided the city for almost 60 years fades from living memory.
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Why Physicists Are Interested in the Mysterious Quirks of the Heftiest Quark
The top quark is about 100 trillion times heavier than the up quark. But why?
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Senin, 04 Februari 2019
A Cactus Prick Likely Caused Former NHL Player's Life-Threatening Infection
Former NHL player Lyle Odelein developed a life-threatening infection after a spiky cactus pierced his leg
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Doctors Zapped a Woman's Brain So She Could Laugh Through 'Awake' Brain Surgery
Being awake during surgery can be terrifying, but laughing might help
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Earth's Magnetic North Pole Was Moving So Fast, Geophysicists Had to Update the Map
Now that the government shutdown is over, federal agencies have finally released an early edition of the World Magnetic Model, almost a full year before the next one was scheduled to be released.
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Women's Brains Are 3 Years 'Younger' Than Men's, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that, by at least one measure, women's brains are biologically younger than men's.
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The Milky Way Is Totally Twisted
The Milky Way's disk bends and warps at the edges.
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See a Newborn Baby Humpback Whale Swim with Its Mom, Minutes After Being Born
This is what a baby whale looks like minutes after being born.
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Snack Attack! Chip Factory Finds WWI Grenade Packed in Potatoes
One potato, two potato, three potato … hand grenade?
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Floating Robots Spotted a Huge Plume of Magma Under the Galápagos
The discovery could help explain why the Earth isn't a huge ball of ice.
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Super-Earth Smackdowns May Explain Diverse Worlds
Crashing a giant space rock into a young planet can strip off some or all of its atmosphere, creating a wealth of different types of worlds.
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Why Alexander the Great May Have Been Declared Dead Prematurely (It's Pretty Gruesome)
A rare neurological condition may have led to the mistaken declaration of death of the king of Macedonia.
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This 210-Million-Year-Old 'Dragon' Ate Bones (and Its Own Teeth) for Breakfast
The 210-million-year-old T. rex relative known as Smok wawelski had a habit of gnashing up animal bones (and swallowing its own teeth), a new study of poop fossil reveals.
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In Photos: Mysterious Stone Structures in the Sahara
Photos of the amazing stone structures, dating back thousands of years, that were discovered in the Western Sahara.
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Hundreds of Mysterious Stone Structures Discovered in Western Sahara
The structures seem to come in all sizes and shapes, and archaeologists aren't sure what many of then were used for or when they were created.
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Obesity-Related Cancer Rates Are Rising Among Millennials
The increases may be related to the obesity epidemic.
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Minggu, 03 Februari 2019
China Tests World's 1st Robot Ship for Launching Small Rockets
China has built the world's first robotic, partially submersible boat for launching sounding rockets — a technology that will help meteorologists better understand the atmosphere over Earth's oceans.
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NASA Watched This Baby Island Burst From the South Pacific. And It Seems to Be Here to Stay.
A NASA scientist has visited a four-year-old island that satellites watched rise out of the waters — a rare opportunity to see in person a new island that lasts more than a few months.
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Sabtu, 02 Februari 2019
Why Do People Ghost?
Ghosting, which means cutting off all communication without offering an explanation, has only recently entered the popular lexicon. But it's a behavior likely as old as human interactions have existed.
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How Accurate Are Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Forecasts?
As legend goes, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, you should expect six more weeks of winter; if he doesn't, plan for spring. Life's Little Mysteries investigates the accuracy of Phil's predictions.
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Punxsutawney Phil Says 'Early Spring.' Here's What Actual Weather Forecasters Say.
Though the acclaimed and furry weather prognosticator failed to see his shadow, don't expect an early spring, say meteorologists.
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Here's What Groundhogs Will Do If Winter Goes Long
This morning (Feb. 2), a groundhog will not predict the weather.
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Jumat, 01 Februari 2019
Forgotten Parchments About King Arthur, Merlin and the Holy Grail Discovered in UK Library
The librarian hadn't fallen under a magical spell, but he still felt enchanted when he unexpectedly discovered seven handwritten parchments detailing the legendary adventures of Merlin and King Arthur.
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Read a Free Issue of 'All About Space'!
If you love Space.com, then do we have a special treat for you. Our sister publication All About Space is offering a free look at their print magazine and you can see read it online here.
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Read a Free Issue of 'How It Works'
If you like Live Science and you're a curious person, you're going to love "How It Works," our sister publication. Here, you can read a full issue of the fun magazine.
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Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View
Americans across the Midwest and Northeast can agree on one thing — it's really, really cold this week — and a NASA satellite monitoring air temperatures confirms the sentiment.
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Chinese Probe Uncovers New Mystery on the Dark Side of the Moon
The 'dark' side of the moon isn't really darker than the 'light side of the moon. But it does appear to get colder at night.
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What Is Genetic Modification?
Genetic modification purposefully alters the genetic makeup of organisms through controlled breeding or via genetic engineering technologies such as CRISPR.
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World's First Dolphin Spinal Tap Cranks Marine Medicine Up to 11
This is (Dolphin) Spinal Tap.
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Was The Queen's Twitter Hacked or Does She Just Really Like Mushrooms?
The Queen of England's official Twitter account started asking weird questions about fungi and alphabets, and now people are worried she got hacked.
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First Private Spacecraft Shoots for the Moon
The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.
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Black Hole Plasma Jets Shine Like Cosmic Lighthouses in These Gorgeous Images
Black holes aren't black; they often shine brighter than a galaxy.
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Stunning New Map of the Milky Way Shows 800 Million Stars, Galaxies and Near-Earth Asteroids
Can you spot our own sun in this map of more than 800 million stars in the area surrounding the Milky Way?
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