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Health

CDC Says We Probably Can't Get Rid of Monkeypox Now

Health

Our Cancers Are Filled With Fungi

Health

More States Than Ever Have High Obesity Rates, CDC Data Shows

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Archaeology

The Ancient Maya Were Regularly Exposed to Toxic Mercury, Scientists Say

Soil analysis from several Maya cities found levels of mercury that could harm health, and modern archaeologists could be at risk.

CT Scans Reveal Gnarly, 1,000-Year-Old Mummies Were Murdered

American Ship Lost in 1859 Likely Rediscovered on Argentinian Beach

900-Year-Old Burial of Woman in a Canoe Uncovered in Argentina

Space

Check Out Juno’s First Up-Close Images of Icy Europa

The icy moon looms in sharp relief in images from a recent flyby.

The Water-Lakes-on-Mars Debate Just Got More Interesting

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Astronomers May Have Spotted the Remnants of One of the Earliest Stars

Look at Jupiter With Binoculars Tonight

Physics

Physics

Some Lucky U.S. Northerners Might See the Aurora Thursday and Friday

Kyle Barr

Physics

Physicists Devised a Way to See Elusive ‘Unruh Effect’ in the Lab

Physics

A Super-Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Just Booted Up

Paleontology

500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals 'Anatomical Space Cadet:' A Worm Covered in Bristles

A half-inch fossil from China is an ancient cousin of modern filter feeders.

These Fossil Mummies Reveal a Brutal World Long Before T. Rex Lived

Jeanne Timmons

This Ancient Reptile Is Not a Lizard. Don’t Call It a Lizard

Bones Poking Out of Backyard May Be the Largest Dinosaur Ever Found in Europe

Animals

Stressed? Your Dog Can Probably Smell It

Researchers in Ireland found that dogs can learn to distinguish between a person's normal body odor and their stressed-out scent.

Researchers Created a 'Cyborg Cockroach' With a Backpack Battery to Inspect Disaster Zones

Jody Serrano

10 Times The Most Extreme Was Too Extreme

Kevin Hurler

See the Microscopic World in Motion Through These Winning Videos

Anthropology

Sweeping Genetic Study of Ancient Eurasians Reveals Thousands of Years of History

Three new papers detail the population genetics of Eurasian people spanning over 10,000 years.

150,000-Year-Old Human Tooth Is Rare Evidence of the Extinct Denisovans

Stone Age Anatolians Dug Up Their Dead and Painted the Bones

Oldest Known Fossil of a Modern Human May Be Even More Ancient Than We Thought

History

Some of the Earliest Printed Documents Just Got Blasted With X-Rays

Two texts made on different continents could help reveal the history of printing.

108-Year-Old Calculations by Einstein Sell for $15 Million at Auction

Famous Viking Map of North America Is Totally Fake

Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Translated by Researchers

Earth Science

Earth Science

Hey Nerds: It's Time for the Annual Mineral Cup

Kevin Hurler

Earth Science

Humanity Is ‘Woefully Unprepared’ for a Major Volcanic Eruption

Lauren Leffer

Earth Science

Huge Crater Suggests a Second Asteroid Hit Earth at the End of the Dinosaurs

Artificial Intelligence

Hackers Could Make Dangerous AI Safer

A trust gap is growing between the public and AI developers. A new set of recommendations could help.

How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity

How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies

Thor Benson

Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns

Conservation

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Conservation

Scientists Figured Out How All-Female Termite Colonies Came to Exist

Conservation

Colossal Iceberg Spilled 168 Billion Tons of Freshwater Near Wildlife-Rich Island