The U.S. government is putting something big and secret in orbit tonight (Sept 30). Here's the little we can glean from public information.
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Rabu, 30 September 2020
Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?
Pioneer 13 dropped a probe through Venus's clouds 42 years ago. A reexamination of that probe's data reveals faint signatures that may turn out to be the earliest signs of life on the inhospitable planet.
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How to see the full moons on Oct. 1 and Halloween
This event happens only once in a blue moon.
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Timothy Ray Brown, 1st person cured of HIV, dies after cancer relapse
He was cured of HIV while receiving cancer treatment over a decade ago.
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Ancient Siberian grave holds 'warrior woman' and huge weapons stash
Four Iron Age people buried with ample weapons may have died of an infection 2,500 years ago.
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Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module
Investigators have traced the source of the leak to the "main work area" of the Zvezda Service Module, the heart of the Russian part of the station, NASA officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 29).
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Failed brain surgery and possible human sacrifice revealed in Stone Age burial
A Stone Age adult survived attempted brain survey before dying more than 7,000 years ago.
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During Fat Bear Week, bears compete in a battle of the bulge
Who will be the chonkiest bear of all? As bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park bulk up for winter, rangers invite the public to select one thicc beauty as the favored fattest.
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Selasa, 29 September 2020
Snakes disembowel toads and feast on the living animal's organs one by one
For the first time, scientists have observed snakes disemboweling toads to dine on their organs.
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The 'rubber ducky' comet is glowing
The rubber ducky comet is glowing, but you can't see it. New analysis of data from the Rosetta probe shows an ultraviolet aurora all around the speeding object.
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Antarctica could melt 'irreversibly' due to climate change, study warns
Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated.
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4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the ice cap at Mars' south pole
Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars may be hidden in a handful of small lakes below the Red Planet's south pole, and more could exist, according to new research.
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Source of mysterious 'fairy circles' found
The most detailed monitoring effort ever shows that fairy circles are engineered by the grasses themselves.
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Stone Age dog may have been buried with its master
After the dog's burial, rising sea levels flooded the region.
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Senin, 28 September 2020
1 million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide
The world reaches another grim milestone.
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Trump administration plans to distribute 100 million rapid COVID-19 tests to states
The tests can provide results in 15 minutes.
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SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather
SpaceX postponed the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 28) due to bad weather at the mission's Florida launch site.
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Black holes so big we don't know how they form could be hiding in the universe
Black holes can get big … really big. But just how big? It's possible they could top out at over a trillion times more massive than the sun.
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'Tired' brain cells may distort your sense of time
Sometimes time flies and sometimes it stands still. Tired brain cells may be why.
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'Brain-eating' amoeba in Texas city's water supply kills 6-year-old
The state's governor has issued a disaster declaration for the county where the deadly amoeba was found.
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AI 'resurrects' 54 Roman emperors, in stunningly lifelike images
An artist used machine learning to create photorealistic portraits of 54 ancient Roman emperors, working from nearly 1,000 images of busts.
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Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells
These changes exposes more surfaces to potentially target with therapeutics.
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Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today
SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 28) and you can watch it live here.
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Minggu, 27 September 2020
We may finally know what life on Earth breathed before there was oxygen
Billions of years ago, long before oxygen was readily available, the notorious poison arsenic could have been the compound that breathed new life into our planet.
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Could the Sahara ever be green again?
The Sahara was once a grass and shrub-covered steppe. Could this ever happen again?
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Sabtu, 26 September 2020
There's no speed limit in a superfluid universe. Now we know why.
Physicists have figured out how objects traveling through a superfluid can exceed a critical speed limit.
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Are some black holes wormholes in disguise? Gamma-ray blasts may shed clues.
Unusual flashes of gamma rays could reveal that what appear to be giant black holes are actually huge wormholes, a new study finds.
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What makes something fireproof?
Fire safety involves "fire resistant" and "flame retardant" measures.
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Jumat, 25 September 2020
Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.
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Here are the most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates out there
Scientists around the world are creating dozens of unique vaccine candidates to fight the novel coronavirus — and they're doing it at unprecedented speeds.
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Mold that led to penicillin discovery revived to fight superbugs
Scientists grew and sequenced mold that first led to the discovery of penicillin.
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Divers discover lost WWII submarine wreck off Southeast Asia
Divers in Southeast Asia have located the lost wreck of what's thought to be a U.S. Navy submarine that sank in 1943 after it was attacked by Japanese aircraft.
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Man dies after eating bags of black licorice every day
The man reportedly ate several large packages of black licorice a day.
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How COVID-19 might sabotage the immune system of young, healthy people
Researchers have identified a crucial immune system mechanism that could help explain why the coronavirus is so lethal for some people.
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Bright 'red glob' washes ashore in Washington. It may be a 7-armed octopus.
A seven-armed octopus unexpectedly washed ashore on Whidbey Island, Washington, even though these cephalopods aren't native to the area.
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Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet has ultraviolet auroras
Planets aren't the only things in the solar system with auroras. Comets can have them too, data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission has revealed.
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Dream-shaping tech from MIT channels suggestions into your dreams
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method called targeted dream incubation (TDI) for planting suggestions that can shape a sleeper's dreams.
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Kamis, 24 September 2020
SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test
The Starship SN7.1 tank was destroyed on purpose at SpaceX's South Texas facilities, during a pressure test designed to take the stainless-steel hardware to its bursting point.
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1st US airline offers rapid COVID-19 testing to some passengers
Customers will have the option to take a COVID-19 test at the airport or to submit a self-collected mail-in test.
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Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland
Climate archivists have found the coldest day ever in the Northern Hemisphere, set by Greenland in 1991
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10 Most Common Reasons Why Couples Argue
Are you and your partner argue all the time? It is so common for couples to have some disagreements at some point in their lives.
The disagreement may not reach the argument stage; however, it still remains as disagreement.
Here are the 10 most common reasons why couples argue
1. Sex
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Beaked whales can hold their breath for over 3 hours (and possibly longer)
These deep-diving whales can stay submerged for more than an hour longer than once thought, and recover surprisingly quickly.
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Coronavirus mutations: what we've learned so far
How fast is the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, mutating? And how have those genetic changes affected the virus?
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NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more
NASA and the United States Space Force are banding together for the future of human spaceflight.
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Rabu, 23 September 2020
Wee, single-celled creatures may chow down on viruses
However, one expert says we need more proof these organisms actually eat viruses.
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Earth's new minimoon might be a rocket humans launched into space in the 1960s
Earth has a small new moon coming, but it might have been made by people in the 1960s. It will take closer observations to know for sure.
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Mass stranding event beaches 450 whales in Tasmania
It's the worst stranding event the Australian island has ever seen.
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Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under
About 100 million years ago, a gigantic meteorite collided with Australia, creating a 3-mile-wide impact crater.
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Election Day vaccine unlikely: FDA to issue tougher standards for authorization
Individuals familiar with the situation spoke told The Washington Post anonymously.
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'Pi planet' alien world takes 3.14 days to orbit its star
Scientists have found an alien world that orbits its host star every 3.14 Earth days, a close approximation of the famous mathematical constant pi.
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Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for humans on Arabian Peninsula
Scientists have discovered human footprints embedded on an ancient lake surface in the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia that are around 120,000 years old.
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Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for humans on Arabian Peninsula
Scientists have discovered human footprints embedded on an ancient lake surface in the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia that are around 120,000 years old.
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Selasa, 22 September 2020
'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say
A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus
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What is dark matter?
Basic facts about the unknown material called dark matter.
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Tropical storm Beta floods Houston, and days of heavy rainfall are still to come
Roads are flooded again. Protective dunes destroyed. Louisiana is bracing for another impact. And the season still has much more than a month left to go.
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Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height?
After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning.
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US reaches staggering milestone — 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
It took eight months to reach 200,000 deaths.
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350 elephants killed by 'a combination of neurotoxins' in water, Botswana government says
Toxic cyanobacteria may have killed 350 elephants in Botswana, government says
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RV-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than the moon
Earth will change the direction of an asteroid that's getting awfully close this week.
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Why do we sleep? The answer may change right before we turn 3.
The main function of sleep may change as our brains do.
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Mysterious Mexican wreck was an illegal slave ship
Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a Mexican steamer as La Union, an illegal slave ship that smuggled the Maya as cargo to Cuba.
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Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22
Going forward, the North Pole will be plunged into twilight and then darkness.
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Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22
Going forward, the North Pole will be plunged into twilight and then darkness.
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Senin, 21 September 2020
Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names
With the formation of Tropical Storm Wilfred on Sept. 18, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season reached the end of its storm names list and will now "go Greek."
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First experimental evidence of a new type of dark boson possibly found
Two experiments hunting for a whisper of a particle called a dark boson that prevents whole galaxies from flying apart recently published some contradictory results.
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First experimental evidence of a new type of dark boson possibly found
Two experiments hunting for a whisper of a particle called a dark boson that prevents whole galaxies from flying apart recently published some contradictory results.
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Melting ice sheets will add over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100
A new, international study shows the significant impact that melting ice sheets will have on global sea levels.
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Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts
Newly translated Christian texts tell of wizard battles and demon circles.
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New CDC guidelines say coronavirus spreads through air. Then CDC deletes them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged what scientists have been saying for a while: the coronavirus can spread through the air. Then, they took it back.
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An aurora that lit up the sky over the Titanic might explain why it sank
A geomagnetic storm that sparked spectacular aurora displays could also have contributed to the sinking of the Titanic.
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Black doctors have created a task force to make sure COVID-19 vaccines are safe
The panel is independent of the FDA and CDC and will review decisions of both agencies.
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Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast.
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What if Earth had rings?
What might Earth be like crowned with rings? Space and science- fiction illustrator Ron Miller created extraordinary images of how the sky might look if Earth possessed such rings.
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Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 49: Mysterious Bacteria
Single-cell microbes known as bacteria are simpler than most forms of life, yet they are still intriguingly complex.
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Minggu, 20 September 2020
What did people use before toilet paper was invented?
What did people use instead of toilet paper? Seashells, tapestries, wooden sticks and more.
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Sabtu, 19 September 2020
Why is space a vacuum?
The nothingness of space is hard to wrap our heads around.
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Jumat, 18 September 2020
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women's rights
Before she became a Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work as an attorney in the 1970s fundamentally changed the court’s approach to women's rights and how we think about women – and men.
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CDC reverses controversial coronavirus testing guidelines
The guideline change comes after strong criticism from public health experts and a report that the updated guidelines were posted despite objections from CDC scientists.
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What is glyphosate?
Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide chemical in the world, sprayed everywhere from farms to backyards.
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Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows soil microbes to exhale electricity
Scientists found the 'secret molecule' that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground
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Facial reconstruction reveals Egyptian 'mummy portrait' was accurate except for one detail
A CT scan of an ancient mummy shows that its "mummy portrait" was almost, but not completely accurate.
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Helium-huffing alligators and reluctant hitmen win big at the Ig Nobel awards
Weird science took center stage at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.
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The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system
Venus just became a serious contender. But what are the other most promising locations for extra-terrestrial life?
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Is Earth-moon space the US military's new high ground?
U.S. military officials have increasingly flagged a new role in guarding American assets and interests in Earth-moon space.
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'We just had no answers': COVID-19 'long-haulers' still learning why they're sick
Some people deal with COVID-19 symptoms for months on end.
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Kamis, 17 September 2020
Flu season may be very mild this year, thanks to COVID-19 precautions
Flu activity in the U.S. right now is at "historical lows," according to a new report.
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Moderna releases key details on how it's running COVID-19 vaccine trial
Other vaccine makers have been criticized for giving too little information on their clinical trials.
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Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian
Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 400 skeletons to understand who the Vikings really were.
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Watch LIVE: The 2020 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, tonight @ 6:00 p.m. ET
You can watch the premiere of the 2020 Ig Nobels here on Live Science.
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A new solar cycle just started. Here's what that means.
We're officially nine months into solar cycle 25, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019.
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Rabu, 16 September 2020
Cave bear mummy discovered in Siberia still has its internal organs, fur and black nose
An ancient cave bear adult and cub mummy have been found in the melting permafrost of Siberia.
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These could be the funniest animal pictures ever
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists have been announced
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Could wearing glasses lower the risk of COVID-19?
It's still too early to recommend that everyone don eyeglasses, goggles or face shields in public to protect against COVID-19.
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Hidden rivers of warm water threaten vast Antarctic glacier
Thwaites Glacier holds enough ice to drive up sea levels more than 2 feet. These hidden ducts lubricate its collapse into the ocean.
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Hurricane Sally makes landfall as Category 2 storm, bringing extreme winds and flooding
The slow-moving storm is toppling trees, cutting power and dropping extreme amounts of rain.
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Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
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100 million-year-old sperm is the oldest ever found. And it's giant.
Scientists have discovered the oldest known sperm, dating back 100 million years, crammed in the body of a tiny crustacean.
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Selasa, 15 September 2020
Hurricane Sally expected to bring 'historic flooding' to the Gulf Coast
"Extreme life-threatening" flash flooding is likely through Wednesday along the central Gulf Coast.
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Lost humpback whale abandoned by friends in croc-infested river in Australia
The whale swam nearly 20 miles upriver before scientists caught up to it.
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Eerily well-preserved 17th-century ship found in the dark waters of the Baltic Sea
Divers from Finland have made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of the Baltic Sea, finding an incredibly well-preserved shipwreck dating back almost 400 years.
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Squirrel beer, ant gin and poop wine are served up in Disgusting Food Museum's new exhibit
Visitors to Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum can now discover odious alcohol from around the world.
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Countries around the world want a Space Force — but why?
Countries around the world are following the U.S. in creating their own version of the Space Force.
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SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with prototype of Mars-colonizing Starship
The next big leap for SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft appears to be right around the corner.
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COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus
COVID-19 may eventually become a seasonal illness like the flu.
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10 Most Popular Artists of All Time
It’s not easy to evaluate and compare who is the greater artist than the other if arts, fame and talent are the basis for assessing.
Therefore, defining who’s the best and most famous is almost impossible, but in general, history can help a little on the subject.
Each person has its point of view of beauty, and it’s true. However, if the point of view of millions of people is the same from past to...
Senin, 14 September 2020
Hurricane Sally set to batter a Louisiana still reeling from Hurricane Laura
Louisiana already has 23,000 climate refugees living in shelters following Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Sally will flood the region beginning today.
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New 'eternal sleeper' dinosaur species was entombed while still alive
This dinosaur was likely resting in a burrow before it was abruptly buried alive.
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'Elinor Wonders Why' teaches kids to explore science by asking questions
A curious bunny named Elinor explores Animal Town with her friends, in an endearing new PBS series that teaches kids how to find answers about science and nature.
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Fate of Schrödinger's cat probably isn't in the hands of gravity, experiment finds
Can we blame gravity for one of quantum physics' most brain-numbing paradoxes — Schrödinger's cat?
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Possible hint of life discovered on Venus
Phosphine, a chemical long thought to be a signature of life, is floating around in the clouds of Venus. How did it get there?
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Study casts doubt on 'sky disk' thought to be oldest representation of the heavens
Fierce debate over the Nebra Sky Disk has been reignited by a new study that suggests it is at least 1,000 years younger than previously thought.
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La Niña may brew a more active hurricane season, worsen drought in the Southwest
La Niña conditions — cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific Ocean — could promote a more active Atlantic hurricane season.
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Minggu, 13 September 2020
See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning
The moon and Venus will form a triangle with the Beehive star cluster in the predawn sky on Monday (Sept. 14).
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Why can't humans digest corn?
Have you ever wondered why humans can't digest corn?
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The new coronavirus can infect brain cells, study finds
However, scientists still don't know how the virus sneaks into the brain in the first place.
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Sabtu, 12 September 2020
Laika and her crew: 'Space Dogs' documentary explores Moscow through a stray's eyes
A new film channels the spirit and traces the lineage of Laika, the first creature ever to orbit Earth.
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Why do dogs have cold noses?
It's possible that a pup's cold, wet nose acts as an infrared sensor.
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Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
Catch up on important COVID-19 news from Live Science.
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Physicists who disproved '5th force' win $3 million 'Breakthrough' prize
Three physicists won a $3 million Breakthrough prize for a series of experiments that began using cheap equipment on a tabletop in Seattle and ended up hunting dark matter.
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Jumat, 11 September 2020
13-year-old dies of rare 'brain-eating' amoeba after swimming in Florida lake
Infections with this organism are almost universally fatal, with less than a 3% survival rate.
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Wreck of WWII battleship with Nazi symbol discovered off Norway
The wreck of a German warship torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in 1940 has been discovered in deep water off the North Sea coast of southern Norway.
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Mind-blowing Andromeda galaxy and 'Cosmic Inferno' earn space photo contest's top prizes
An international contest for space photography awarded its top prize to the photographer who captured a unique view of the Andromeda galaxy.
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Alien-hunting telescope suffered 'no damage to electronics' during mysterious midnight disaster
Mysterious midnight disaster spared critical electronics in iconic alien-hunting telescope called the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
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Alien-hunting telescope suffered 'no damage to electronics' during mysterious midnight disaster
Mysterious midnight disaster spared critical electronics in iconic alien-hunting telescope called the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
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Eating out may be riskier than riding a bus during COVID-19 pandemic
People who tested positive for COVID-19 were twice as likely to report dining at a restaurant before becoming sick than people who tested negative.
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Kamis, 10 September 2020
Stark new imagery reveals the scary extent of West Coast wildfires
Smoke blankets the West Coast in the new images.
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Pioneering gravity research snags $3 million physics Breakthrough Prize
A team of physicists just snagged $3 million for testing the law of gravity like never before.
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Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could actually be a cosmic dust bunny
A new theory has emerged that the cigar-shaped space rock 'Oumuamua might actually be a dust bunny.
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Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
Scientists used marine fossils and orbital data to recreate 66 million years of climate history. Its shows that climate change is anything but 'normal.'
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Flu Shot Facts & Side Effects
The seasonal flu shot is a yearly vaccine administered to protect against the flu, or influenza. In the United States, flu shots are recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older.
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Dark matter hunter who accidentally found 'Fermi bubbles' wins $50,000 physics prize
Tracy Slatyer, known for hunting dark matter in our galaxy and discovering evidence of an ancient Milky Way explosion, has won a $50,000 prize funded by tech billionaires.
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How does cannabis get you high?
It apparently comes down to THC and endocannabinoid receptors in the brain.
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Rabu, 09 September 2020
Teensy long-necked dinosaur embryo reveals weird snout horn
This is "one of the most complete" skulls of a titanosaur dinosaur from Patagonia.
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13 mummy coffins stacked in a well unearthed in ancient Egyptian necropolis
Archaeologists have yet to open any of the 2,500-year-old coffins.
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'Candyland' stone forests form using deceptively simply physics
Stark "stone forest" formations found in China, Madagascar and other places can form in surprisingly simple conditions.
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Coronavirus may dice heart muscle fibers into tiny snippets, remove cells' DNA
The finding is unlike anything researchers have seen before.
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Why AstraZeneca just paused its coronavirus vaccine trial
The hold is "a routine action" that can be expected during a clinical trial.
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Half a million cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US children
At least 513,000 children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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3,200-megapixel camera of the future Vera Rubin Observatory snaps record-breaking 1st photos
The imaging sensors for the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory have taken their record-breaking first photos.
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California's fast-moving Creek Fire spawns 'fire cloud' visible from space
Fires continue to ravage California, with five new blazes igniting since Friday (Sept. 4).
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Selasa, 08 September 2020
Seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2 identified in Nigeria: Why that matters
There are over 1,000 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 circulating around the world. Nigerian scientists have found seven in the country and this is important.
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Record-breaking 2.2 million acres burned by California wildfires
California is having a record-breaking year of flames, as dozens of wildfires have set the state ablaze.
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Ultradeep melting rocks drive invisible quakes beneath San Andreas Fault
The quakes can't be felt, but they may be linked to the regular magnitude-6 temblors on the fault.
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China's reusable experimental spacecraft returns to Earth after two-day mystery mission
A Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft has safely landed after two days in orbit, according to state media, and may have deployed a satellite during its mysterious, brief journey in space.
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2,200-year-old Chinese text may be oldest surviving anatomical atlas
These ancient Chinese texts on human anatomy are as old, if not older, than their Greek counterparts.
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313-million-year-old track marks found in Grand Canyon
The 313-million-year-old tracks were left by a tetrapod.
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Senin, 07 September 2020
Zombie wildfires are blazing through the Arctic, causing record burning
Arctic wildfires are releasing large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
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400-year-old mummified goat found frozen in Alps by champion skier
This goat could help researchers practice how to conserve and analyze ancient DNA.
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Minggu, 06 September 2020
These sea snails fly like butterflies, sink like hang-gliders (VIDEO)
Scientists studied how shell shape helps marine snails "fly" through water.
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10 Most Instagrammable Places to Visit
Instagram-worthy spots attract many tourists and travelers nowadays. Was there any moment when you went to beautiful locations and didn’t take any pictures? Sharing photos and videos on social networks is the most common way for adventurers to record and brag their travels abroad.
Fear not if you don’t know where you’re traveling next. We’ve listed up some best places worldwide that are Insta-worthy.
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Can diamonds burn?
With enough heat and oxygen, diamonds will burn.
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Sabtu, 05 September 2020
Are carrots orange because of a Dutch revolutionary?
No, but the crown did popularize the orange carrot.
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Coronavirus news of the week (VIDEO)
Catch up on important COVID-19 news from Live Science.
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Jumat, 04 September 2020
Endangered croc gives piggyback ride to 100 babies after mating with '7 or 8 females'
One of London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year honorees shows an endangered crocodile carrying 100 babies on his back
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Russian coronavirus vaccine produces immune response in early trials
Russia's candidate coronavirus vaccine prompted the immune system and didn't show serious adverse events, according to early data.
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Stunning new sun images show our star's popcorn-like magnetic field structure
A spectacular new set of images of our sun shows its popcorn-like magnetic field structure in all its glory.
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Viking sword placed on warrior's left side likely prepared him for 'mirror afterlife'
It's possible the Vikings thought the afterlife was a mirrored version of the real world.
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Kamis, 03 September 2020
The moon is rusty, and it’s likely Earth’s fault
The moon is turning ever so slightly red, and it's likely Earth's fault.
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What are stingrays?
Stingrays are an instantly recognizable fish. The graceful swimmers glide through the water by undulating the edges of their flat, pancake-like bodies.
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Rarest planet in the universe may be lurking in Orion's nose
A rare look at a three-star solar system reveals wobbly disks of dust that may host a young, three-sunned planet.
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Doctors chase treatment for kids threatened by dangerous COVID-19 syndrome
Physicians are chasing treatment for children with a dangerous COVID-19 syndrome called multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
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Quantum internet breakthrough could help make hacking a thing of the past
New research shows how the next generation of ultra-secure communication could be possible with existing infrastructure.
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For koalas with chlamydia, relief is finally in sight
Chlamydia has long been a serious threat to koalas, and scientists have new insights into a cure.
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Rabu, 02 September 2020
Creepy images show airway cells teeming with SARS-CoV-2
The images were captured with a scanning electron microscope.
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Viral claim that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths were caused by the virus is flat-out wrong
COVID-19 is often more severe in people with underlying conditions and it can also cause complications. The 6% stat doesn't include these people.
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Visit NYC in 750 million B.C. with this epic interactive map
A new interactive map visualizes how Earth's continents evolved from about 750 million years ago to today.
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Steroids are life-saving for critically ill COVID-19 patients, WHO says
The WHO recommends that critically ill patients be given corticosteroids.
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Largest black hole collision ever detected
Two large black holes crashed together and formed a massive new one — the largest of its kind ever detected, so large that physicists weren't sure it could exist at all.
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'Spinal Tap'-size Stonehenge reveals how the ancient monument really sounded
The huge standing stones in the outer circle of Stonehenge acted as an amplifier and gave reverberation to enhance speech and music in ceremonies held thousands of years before modern acoustics emerged.
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'Ghost Army' in WWII used inflatable tanks to fool the Nazis and win the war
A secret U.S. Army tactical unit called the "Ghost Army" tricked German forces during WWII with fake military displays that were deceptively real.
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Selasa, 01 September 2020
3,200-year-old Egyptian-built fortress found in Israel
The fortress was built to stop the Philistines, who wanted more land.
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Visualization shows face shields may not protect against COVID-19 spread
Droplets from a simulation cough spread about 3 feet to the front and sides of the face shield.
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Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space
A long-retired NASA satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, the agency has confirmed.
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New 'AI Jesus' can deliver a sermon, but will you understand it?
A neural network learned to deliver sermons like Jesus (sort of ) after it was trained on the King James Bible.
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