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- October 8
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- On this day in science history
- Some naked mole rats are designated toilet cleaners, study suggests
- James Webb telescope finds 'remarkable' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behind
- Color us impressed with this small but mighty home star projector, now 20% cheaper
- We saw Saturn and Jupiter with this telescope and now it's even cheaper for Prime Day
- Save 77% and get three months extra with this excellent NordVPN Prime Day deal
- Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices
- Hurry — we'd buy these star projectors now, before Prime Day ends
- Astro lovers' Prime Day pick: Canon favorite discounted ahead of the Supermoons and Orionids
- Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
- Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fits
- 'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry
- October 7
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- 'Closest view' yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by Mars orbiter
- Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins from possible Celtic market found in Czech Republic
- Our favorite noise-canceling headphones are now a huge $150 off in the Prime Day sale
- 'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt
- Harvest supermoon photos: See the moon at its biggest and brightest in pictures from around the world
- Top 10 stargazing deals we'd buy before Prime Day ends tonight
- Self-healing 'concrete batteries' now 10 times better — they could one day power cities, scientists say
- Our favorite budget air purifier is now less than $95 in the Prime Day sale
- Amazon just dropped the price on one of our favorite star projectors for Prime Day in October
- 'The Big One' could be even worse than COVID-19. Here's what epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says we can learn from past pandemics.
- Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperature
- The Red Sea experienced 'one of the most extreme environmental events on Earth' 6 million years ago
- Soar through a 1,000-mile-long maze on Mars in this mesmerizing new satellite video
- Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales
- The whale-shaped island in Belize with a 'great blue blowhole' — Earth from space
- This state-of-the-art electric toothbrush is now a huge $149 off and at its lowest-ever price
- Scientists used AI to map uncharted areas of the mouse brain
- Last chance to see Jupiter's moons for less! Our favorite astronomy binoculars are only $75 for Prime Day in October
- October 6
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- Shackleton's infamous ship 'Endurance clearly had several structural deficiencies,' new analysis reveals
- Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn't catch it until hours after
- Dramatic 'fireballs' expected during Draconid meteor shower this week: How to get the best views
- 2,700-year-old temple with 'sacred cave' discovered in Turkey — and it may honor the 'mother goddess'
- AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?
- Deadly mamba snakebites stop muscles from working — but sometimes, antivenom can send them into overdrive
- Live Science crossword puzzle #13: Biggest country on Earth (by land area) — 7 down
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints
- Leopards ate our ancient human ancestors' faces, AI analysis reveals
- 750-year-old grass shoe discovered in a vulture's nest in Spain
- China's new 'solar-power window coating' can capture energy and power household devices
- Unique gene variants in the Turkana people of Kenya may help them survive harsh desert heat
- Corleck Head: A spooky three-faced Celtic sculpture found on the 'Hill of Death' in Ireland — and it may have been connected to human sacrifice 1,900 years ago
- Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio for their work on immune tolerance
- What's the longest someone has been clinically dead — but then come back to life?
- October 5
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- Striking images capture an antibiotic slaying bacteria in real time
- Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of 'standard candle' — Oct. 5, 1923
- The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the week
- Why do avocados turn brown so quickly — and are they OK to eat at that point?
- October 4
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- 'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration
- Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating them
- Science news this week: Famed primatologist Jane Goodall dies, Iran sinks at an alarming rate, and scientists create human egg cells from skin
- AI voices are now indistinguishable from real human voices
- Who discovered America?
- October 3
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- Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point
- Plate tectonics may be why Earth has life — and the key to finding life elsewhere in the universe
- Scientists could soon create a 'universal antivenom.' But would it save lives?
- Harvest Moon 2025: How to watch a rare October supermoon rise tonight
- Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says
- Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant
- Our favorite budget electric toothbrush for kids is $3.79 ahead of Prime Day in October
- Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient
- Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950
- October 2
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- From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees
- Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida
- HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
- Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds
- Scientists find best evidence yet that icy moon Enceladus is habitable
- Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk
- Newly discovered comet 'Lemmon' may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime
- Chinese tech company develops creepy ultra-lifelike robot face — watch it blink, twitch and nod
- 4 reasons why you keep abandoning your fitness trackers (and how to stop them from happening again)
- When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen
- Our solar system's asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
- The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns
- October 1
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- Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91
- Bering Land Bridge emerged much later than we thought it did, new study finds
- Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free
- Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells — then used them to make embryos
- Heart quiz: What do you know about the body's hardest-working muscle?
- Years of repeated head impacts raise CTE risk — even if they're not concussions
- Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake
- Alen BreatheSmart 35i air purifier review — A real treat for gadget enthusiasts
- Best fitness trackers for swimming 2025
- 'Midnight' eVTOL smashes its own record in latest test flight — bringing us closer to operational flying taxis
- A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of place
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.
- 'I honestly am not sure on this at all': Poll reveals public uncertainty over experimenting on conscious lab-grown 'minibrains'
