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October 19
- What's the scientific explanation for 'ghost encounters'?
- This 180-year-old graffiti scribble was actually an equation that changed the history of mathematics
October 18
- 17,000-year-old remains of blue-eyed baby boy unearthed in Italy
- How do people die of the flu?
- Watch bioluminescent algal blooms trigger electric-blue waves off San Diego coast in stunning new footage
- 'Cryptic terrain' and dark dust surrounds Mars' icy south pole, new photos reveal
- Potential health hazards of cryptocurrency mines laid bare by scientists
- Conspiracy theory that Hurricane Milton was 'engineered' explained by psychologists
- How a catastrophic volcanic eruption on the North Korea border created 'Heaven Lake'
- Carlsbad Caverns: New Mexico's otherworldly caves with gypsum flowers and 'soda straws' dangling from the ceiling
- Chinese humanoid robot is the 'fastest in the world' thanks to its trusty pair of sneakers
- 32 physics experiments that changed the world
- Which came first: viruses or bacteria?
October 17
- Rare hoard of Roman-era coins discovered in German mountains — miles from the empire's frontlines
- How long is the flu contagious?
- The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe
- Wireless data speeds hit 938 Gbps — a new record and 10,000 times faster than 5G
- NASA finds signs of hellish, lava-covered 'exomoon' circling an alien world — and it could meet a 'destructive end'
- Spatulas and takeout containers made from recycled black plastic may carry flame retardants
- Smartmi Air Purifier E1 review
- Astronauts could mine asteroids for food someday, scientists say
- Weed, brains and spider eyeballs: 20 jaw-dropping snapshots of the microscopic world around us
- Malfunctioning mitochondria may drive Crohn's disease, early study hints
- Orionid meteor shower 2024: When to see 'shooting stars' from Halley's comet next week
- Most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet pieced together from 110-year-old pickled head
October 16
- 2,000-year-old tomb holding 12 skeletons found at Petra where 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' was filmed
- Cosmology
- Ancient humans waited out last ice age in frigid Central Europe, surprising study finds
- Scientists finally confirm that solar maximum is well underway — and the worst could still be to come
- Drug inspired by spider venom aims to reverse heart attack damage
- Defense startup developing AI-powered 'kamikaze drones' for the U.S. Marines
- Are we wrong about the age of the universe? The James Webb telescope is raising big questions.
October 15
- Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound
- WWII British sub that sank with 64 on board finally found off Greek Island
- Rare illusion gives 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years
- Top-secret X-37B space plane will execute 'never-before-seen maneuvers' on its descent to Earth
- Europa Clipper: What's next for NASA's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft?
- Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under the seafloor where tectonic plates meet
- Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream
- Acupuncture really works for sciatica pain, study finds
- Earth from space: 4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'
October 14
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why
- Is it COVID or the flu? At-home tests can look for both viruses at once
- 5,000-year-old jade 'dragon' unearthed in tomb in China
- Scientists design new 'AGI benchmark' that indicates whether any future AI model could cause 'catastrophic harm'
- Periodic table of elements quiz: How many elements can you name in 10 minutes?
- China’s secretive new 'Thousands Sails' satellites are an astronomer's nightmare, 1st observations reveal
- 5,000-year-old cemetery in Spain has twice as many females as males, and nobody knows why
- Record-breaking ancient spinning galaxy challenges cosmic evolution theories
- Phaistos Disk: 3,000-year-old inscriptions from Crete that have never been deciphered
- The biggest supermoon of the year is about to rise: When to see the 'Hunter's Moon' at its best and brightest
- Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land
- Female gibbons 'vogue' and dance like robots — and make sure they have an audience
October 13
- Space photo of the week: See the gorgeous Rosette Nebula — before it destroys itself
- How many times does a heart beat in a day? What about in a lifetime?
October 12
- Why does meat have more protein than vegetables?
- 'Can you predict the future? Yes, of course you can.': Inside the 1 equation that can predict the weather, sporting events, and more
- Science news quiz, October 12, 2024: Do you know your meteor showers from your massive millipedes?
October 11
- 'Future You' AI lets you speak to a 60-year-old version of yourself — and it has surprising wellbeing benefits
- Scientists are working on a poop test for endometriosis
- New DNA findings shed light on Tsavo's infamous man-eating lions
- British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest
October 10
- Man developed a 'headspin hole' after years of breakdancing, case report says
- Parasitic worms cause terrible diseases — could the viruses they carry be to blame?
- Early development is inherently 'chaotic,' new atlas of mammal embryos reveals
- Google's Sycamore quantum computer chip can now outperform the fastest supercomputers, new study suggests
- Toothbrushes and showerheads are teeming with viruses unknown to science, study shows
- Watch atoms fuse into world's 'smallest bubble' of water in 1st-of-its-kind 'nanoscale' video
- Hurry! These Prime Day science deals are still live today
- Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.
- Evidence of Assyrians' conquest of Holy Land discovered in Jerusalem
October 9
- 'Severe' solar storm that hit Earth Thursday could be 'global phenomenon' with auroras as far south as California
- Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size 'millipede' solves evolutionary mystery
- 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists who revealed a 'completely new world of protein structures'
- Here's why storm surge during hurricanes can be so catastrophic
- A Prime Day telescope deal so good we bought one for ourselves
- Samsung Galaxy Watch now at lowest-ever price in this Prime Day deal
- Mysterious 'blobs' in Earth's mantle are not what we thought, study claims
- Anti Prime Day deals: These are the top 6 fitness trackers we would buy today
- Save $120 on the tooth-friendly Oral-B iO Series 10 electric toothbrush this Prime Day
- Last chance: Our favorite running earbuds are reduced for Prime Day
- Save on a Peloton Bike for Prime Day and keep fit indoors all winter
- Save $74 on our favorite stargazing binoculars and see the stars for less this Prime Day
- Basement renovation in home near Paris unearths cemetery spanning 700 years, with Roman-era graves
- Save 20% on the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon ahead of Prime Day
- Study reveals how the brain divides days into 'movie scenes'
- The best Prime Day telescope deals worth buying on Amazon UK
- This Prime Day binocular deal is astronomical: $130 off the best stargazing binocular
- The best Prime Day Fitbit deals we've seen this year 2024
- Last chance to buy the best DSLR in the world at lowest-ever price
- 'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation
- Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle
- World's most powerful X-ray laser set for massive upgrade that will help us better understand the atomic world
October 8
- How strong can hurricanes get?
- 32 things on Mars that look like they shouldn't be there
- New 'biological aging' test predicts your odds of dying within the next 12 months
- Ancient piece of driftwood hidden for thousands of years could hold secrets for combating climate change
- Mystery iron-rich magma entombed in dead volcanoes could be rich source of rare earth elements
- Scientists restore monkey's vision with a patch made from human stem cells
- Scientists discover bright 'sungrazer' comet that could be visible with the naked eye this month — after Tsuchinshan–ATLAS
- Better than Prime Day: This Sony camera deal at Walmart is huge!
- 'It will be comparable with the industrial revolution': Two legendary AI scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work on neural networks
- Hurricane Milton: Jaw-dropping images taken from space show the storm rapidly intensifying as it approaches Florida
- Just launched, and already in a Prime Day fitness tracker deal? Has Samsung lost it?
- We recommend this Prime Day smartwatch deal: Now at its cheapest-ever price
- NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system
- One of the best star projectors now lowest-ever price this October Prime Day
- Earth from space: Beautiful 'lake of haze' in Himalayan valley has a darker, more sinister source
October 7
- 2,800-year-old burial mound with sacrifices unearthed in Siberia is eerily similar to Scythian graves
- Why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper to search for aliens near Jupiter
- Best DSLR ever made now as cheap as July Prime Day — save $800
- 'Any protein you can imagine, it can deliver': AI will help discover the next breakthrough in RNA, says Nobel Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman
- Why do cats 'chatter'?
- OM System OM-1 Mark II now lowest-ever price in this Prime Day camera deal
- 'This is the most impactful storm we have faced': 'Major' storm Hurricane Milton to make landfall as Florida reels from Helene
- Scientists accidentally find deep-sea 'jelly' creatures merged into 'single entity' after injury, revealing bizarre new behavior
- Life expectancy is increasing at a slower rate this century — and it may be because we're reaching our human limit
- 2 scientists snag Nobel in medicine for discovering 'microRNAs'
- Save $140 on this Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 for Prime Day, Amazon's lowest ever price
- Nabta Playa: A mysterious stone circle that may be the world's oldest astronomical observatory
- Save $220 with this amazing BlueAir Classic Pro CP7i Prime Day air purifier deal
- Breathe easier with $150 off this BlueAir Protect 7470i Prime Day air purifier deal
October 6
- Stunning video shows sharks devouring sea urchins, spines and all
- Ancient DNA from South Africa rock shelter reveals the same human population stayed there for 9,000 years
- James Webb Space Telescope is 'science and magic rolled together,' says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Draconid meteor shower 2024: How to see dozens of 'shooting stars' fall from the dragon's tail this week
- Space photo of the week: Easter Island's last 'ring of fire' eclipse for 320 years
- How far away is the moon?
October 5
- NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles
- There were more black holes in the early universe than we thought, Hubble research reveals
- Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment
- Alligator gar: The 'living fossil' that has barely evolved for 100 million years
- James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon
- Why does drinking water feel so good when you're thirsty?
October 4
- 'Extraordinary' burial of ancient Egyptian governor's daughter discovered in a coffin within another coffin
- Flu shot lowers hospitalization risk by 35% in vulnerable groups, data hint
- Now an even better deal, save $300 on this Dyson air purifier for Prime Day
- Grand tomb of Roman gladiator found in Turkey actually contains the remains of 12 other people
- Neanderthals and modern humans interbred 'at the crossroads of human migrations' in Iran, study finds
- Did Neanderthals wear clothes?
- Who was the last Neanderthal?
- Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.
- Save 25% on this BlueAir DustMagnet 5440i air purifier, $80 off at Amazon
- 'Many more ancient structures waiting to be discovered': Lost chunk of seafloor hidden in Earth's mantle found off Easter Island
- Hranice Abyss: The deepest freshwater cave on Earth and a conduit to a 'fossil' sinkhole
- Record spike in earthquakes at Washington's 'high threat' volcano sends researchers scrambling for answers
- X9 solar flare launched from sun is the biggest in 7 years — and Earth is in the firing line (again)
- Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky
October 3
- 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San Francisco
- Medieval gold coin unearthed in ruined fortress in Bulgaria may depict Byzantine emperor
- 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse blazes over Easter Island in incredible new image
- Medieval walrus ivory may reveal trade between Norse and Indigenous Americans hundreds of years before Columbus, study finds
- New NASA images reveal giant hole in Curiosity rover's wheel after 12 years of 'abuse' on Mars
- We're one step closer to finding out why Siberia is riddled with exploding craters
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket grounded for the 3rd time in 3 months following 'off-nominal' crash-landing in the ocean
- Save 20% on Celestron binoculars in this limited time Amazon deal
- Earth from space: Deep tidal channels cut between 'pirate hotspot' islands in the Bahamas
- One of the best Celestron telescopes now $2,399 in latest Adorama price drop
October 2
- More people are surviving avalanches than decades ago — here's why
- Watch live: A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse has begun over Easter Island
- Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change, bleak study suggests
- James Webb telescope watches ancient supernova replay 3 times — and confirms something is seriously wrong in our understanding of the universe
- Monster X-class flare launches massive solar storm towards Earth — and could trigger auroras this weekend
- Flu shots have changed this year — here's why
- What causes stuttering?
- This Garmin smartwatch is nearly $400 off almost matching last year's Black Friday price
- 'The simplicity of life just hits you': Watch rare footage of critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla feeding her baby in the wild
- Here are the best camera deals still live after Prime Day
- These are the cheapest binocular deals after Amazon Prime Day 2024
October 1
- 32 alien planets that really exist
- In a 1st, DNA analysis reveals identity of captain cannibalized during ill-fated Franklin expedition
- 'Secret teachings' about ritual Samurai beheading revealed in newly translated Japanese texts
- 32,000-year-old mummified woolly rhino half-eaten by predators unearthed in Siberia
- Sega Toys Homestar Matataki star projector review
- Humanity faces a 'catastrophic' future if we don’t regulate AI, 'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio says
- Here are the best telescope deals we've found after Prime Day 2024