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January 31

• Bigfoot Has a Very Simple Explanation, Scientist Says
• Astronomers Find 25 Hugely Powerful Fast Radio Bursts That Keep Repeating
• Scientists Create Semi-Living 'Cyborg' Cells That Could Transform Medicine
• AI System Detects Strange Signals of Unknown Origin in Radio Data
• We Are 'Dangerously Unprepared' For Future Pandemics, Experts Warn
• The Mysterious Asymmetry of Jupiter's Asteroids May Finally Be Explained
• Mysterious Medieval City in Africa Had a Genius System to Survive Drought

January 30

• Lightning Strikes Create a Strange Form of Crystal Rarely Seen in Nature
• Tiny Radioactive Object Goes Missing in Australia, Sparks Urgent Search
• Inhaling Car Fumes Can Change a Brain's Connectivity in Just 2 Hours, Study Finds
• Intriguing Meteorite From Mars Reveals 'Huge Organic Diversity', Scientists Say
• Could 'The Last of Us' Ever Happen? The Real Risks of a Fungus Pandemic
• Physicists Used Sound Waves to Give a Tiny Sun Its Own Kind of Gravity
• Black Swans Could Be Entirely Wiped Out by a Single Virus, Scientists Warn
• Our Body Temps Have Been Dropping For 160 Years. Gut Microbes May Be Playing a Role

January 29

• Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer's Again And Again
• Are Your Cats Playing or Fighting? Researchers Think They Can Tell The Difference
• Newly Discovered Fossil Reveals Hundreds of Teeth 'Never Seen Before in a Pterosaur'
• Archaeologists May've Discovered The 'Oldest' And 'Most Complete' Egyptian Mummy Yet
• JWST Has Found Life's Elemental Building Blocks in The Depths of Darkest Space

January 28

• Babies May Not Be Born With a Microbiome After All, Scientists Say
• A 17th-Century Aristocrat Had a Crafty Secret For Keeping Her Teeth
• This Physicist Says Electrons Spin in Quantum Physics After All. Here's Why
• It Took Doctors 2 Years to Figure Out Why a Woman Couldn't Stop Vomiting
• Scientists Reveal The Most Distant Galaxy We've Ever Found

January 27

• There's a 'Lost City' Deep in The Ocean, And It's Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen
• This Island Appeared Out of Nowhere, With Life Forms Never Seen Before
• Archaeologists Find Hidden Ruins of 'Complete' Roman-Era City in Egypt
• Hypertension Drug Shown to Extend Lifespan And Slow Aging in Animals
• Astronomers Just Discovered a 'Bear' on Mars
• 'Extraordinarily Close' Asteroid About to Zoom Past Earth, NASA Says
• Ripples in Space-Time Could Actually Reveal When Time Began
• Dogs Can Be Aggressive For Lots of Reasons, And One of Them Is You

January 26

• Mysterious 'Zone of Uncertainty' Inside The Brain Reveals a Surprise
• Shooting Tiny, High Speed Bullets at a Spacecraft Could Speed Up Travel to The Stars
• People Who Don't Exist Look More Real Than Actual People, Study Finds
• Scientists Create Shapeshifting Humanoid Robot That Can Liquefy And Reform
• One Simple Idea Makes It Much Easier to Manage Your Weight Over Time
• The Human Microbiome Might Be Contagious, Scientists Say
• 'Funky Worm' Fossil Helps Explain The Mysterious Origins of Amphibians

January 25

• This Species of Carnivorous Plant Evolved Into a Toilet And Is Now Winning at Life
• Mysterious White Clouds Keep Popping Up Near The Bahamas, And No One Knows Why
• An Expert Explains Why The Radioactive Water Stored at Fukushima Should Be Released
• Bacteria Can Use Plastic Waste as a Food Source, Which Isn't as Good as It Sounds
• Scans of Mummified 'Golden Boy' Reveal He Was Covered in Magical Protections
• Latest Change to The Doomsday Clock Brings Us Closer to Midnight Than Ever
• Major Blow as Experimental HIV Vaccine Fails in Late Clinical Trial

January 24

• Sword Mistaken For Replica Is Actually An Ancient 3,000-Year-Old Weapon
• Astronomers Just Realized The Milky Way Is Too Big For Its Surroundings
• This Asteroid Has Survived For 4 Billion Years. That Could Be a Huge Problem
• Scientists Have a Plan to Turn Earth Into a Giant Observatory
• An Iceberg The Size of London Has Broken Free From Antarctica Ice Shelf
• Dozens in 7,000 Year Old Mass Grave Were Carefully Decapitated After Death
• Earth's Inner Core May Right Now Be in The Process of Changing Direction

January 23

• Viagra Linked to Much Lower Risk of Death in Men, But Questions Remain
• Physicists Break Record Firing a Laser Down Their University Corridor
• New NASA Nuclear Rocket Plan Aims to Get to Mars in Just 45 Days
• These 5 Traces of Ancient Ancestors Still Exist in Human Bodies Today
• COVID-19 Infection May Induce Fetal Brain Hemorrhages, Scientists Warn
• A Rare Green Comet Can Be Seen in The Sky, And It May Be Our Last Chance
• This Rembrandt Has Been Hiding a Surprising Secret For Centuries

January 22

• Losing Focus May Actually Boost Learning, Study Finds
• These Binary Stars Are So Close Together That Their Year Is Only 20.5 Hours Long
• The Latest Milky Way Survey Shows Off an Incredible 3.32 Billion Celestial Objects
• There's a Science to How Often You Should Change Up Your Exercise Routine
• The True Extent of Global Warming Has Been Hidden, Scientists Warn

January 21

• Six Minutes of Intense Exercise Boosts a Crucial Molecule in Your Brain
• Scientists Have Built a Macroscopic Tractor Beam Using Laser Light
• Some People's Brains Are Wrinklier Than Others, And Now We Know Why
• 6-Pound 'Monster' Cane Toad Found in Australian Coastal Park

January 20

• Great White Sharks Are Being Scared From Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators
• Paranormal Activity Is All in Your Head, And This Could Explain Why
• Excruciating Eye Pain Is Being Inflicted by This Tiny Australian Critter
• Monster Space Rock in Antarctica Is Among The Largest Found in 100 Years
• Education Seems to Protect The Gut, Not Just Make You Smarter
• Millions See The World Through a 'Static' Haze Called Visual-Snow Syndrome
• Couple Captures Rare Footage of a Giant Squid Swimming Off The Coast of Japan
• The Night Sky Is Twice as Bright as It Was Only 8 Years Ago

January 19

• Common Vaccinations Could Be One Way to Reduce The Risk of Developing Dementia
• Getting Your Nails Done Frequently Could Damage The DNA in Your Hands
• This Ancient Creature Used a Trident to Joust For Sex 400 Million Years Ago
• A Digital Dissection of Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh Reveals Striking Features
• We're Getting Closer to Understanding Why Our Moment of Death Is So Peaceful
• We Might Have Been Wrong About The Role Rats Played in The Black Death
• Our Muscles Evolved a Clever Way to Keep Us Warm, Even When They're Doing Nothing

January 18

• Echidnas Blow Bubbles of Snot to Stay Cool in The Australian Outback
• Record-Breaking Signal From Distant Galaxy Is Furthest of Its Kind Ever Detected
• Obesity Expert Reveals What You Should Do When Weight Loss Plateaus
• One Part of a Chocolate Bar Is More Important Than The Rest For That Perfect Treat
• World's Oldest Runestone Uncovered in Norway Spells Out a Mysterious Word
• The Oldest Styles of Art Were Creative Abstracts, And Probably Not Made by Us
• Mysteriously Deep Snow Covers The Icy Moon Enceladus, But How Did It Get There?

January 17

• More Time in Green Spaces Is Linked With Less Use of Prescription Drugs
• Circumcision Appears to Alter The Penis Microbiome, Study Finds
• This Biomarker Can Foreshadow Early Alzheimer's Years Before Symptoms
• Procrastinating Could Be a Sign of Serious Health Problems, Study Finds
• Encouraging People to Retire Early in China Came With a Serious Downside
• Unclassified Documents Say Number of UFO Reports to The Pentagon Is Soaring
• Stunning Images Reveal The Most Detailed Look at The Milky Way in Radio Waves
• Firing a Laser Into The Sky Can Divert Lightning, Experiment Shows

January 16

• Fluke Discovery of Ancient Farming Technique Could Stabilize Crop Yields
• These Massive Neutron Stars Existed For Less Than The Blink of an Eye
• The Genius Strategy That Made OpenAI The Hottest Startup in Tech
• This Oft-Repeated 'Fact' About The Moon And The Ocean Is Totally False
• There's a Simple Way to Offset The Health Risks of Sitting All Day
• Huge Study Reveals 4 Eating Patterns Linked to Lower Risk of Early Death
• 'Incurable' Fatal Syndrome May Finally Be Treated By New Drug
• Swimming in Open Water Poses a Serious Risk Few People Know About

January 15

• Sloths Are Stronger on Their Left Side And Scientists Have No Idea Why
• NASA Satellite Shows How We Can Track Local CO2 Emissions From Space
• Scientists Have Discovered Almost 1,000 Long-Hidden Maya Settlements in Guatemala
• Erasing Your 'Sleep Debt' Is Trickier Than Just Hitting Snooze on The Weekends
• T. Rex Was a Lot Brainier Than We Thought, Researcher Claims

January 14

• Skipping Meals Could Be Much Worse For You Than We Realized
• Vegan Diets For Pets Pose Plenty of Questions, Study Finds
• NASA Just Discovered a Rare Earth-Sized Planet in a Habitable Zone
• The UK Is Poised to Start Cancer Vaccine Tests in The Fall. Here's What to Know
• A Simple, 5-Minute Breathing Technique Is a Powerful Tool to Reduce Anxiety

January 13

• 'Irish Giant' Finally Finds Some Privacy 200 Years After Body-Snatching Incident
• Fathers Have Been Older Than Mothers For 250,000 Years, Study Finds
• JWST Just Confirmed Its First Exoplanet, And It's The Size of Earth
• Space Probes Sent by Aliens Could Arrive in Reverse. Here's Why.
• The Fall of The Amazon Could Trigger a Global Cascade of Tipping Points
• Traveling Back in Time Is Possible Inside Universes That Spin
• Cleopatra Wasn't a Hot Topic in 2022, So Why Was Her Wiki Page The Most Popular?
• ExxonMobil Predicted The Climate Crisis 5 Decades Ago, Leaks Show

January 12

• Extreme 'Rogue Wave' in The North Pacific Confirmed as Most Extreme on Record
• Oceans Broke Yet Another Heat Record in 2022, Scientists Warn
• This Female Insect Pokes Out a 'Penis' to Penetrate The Male 'Vagina'
• Pasta Is Healthier Than You Think, And It's Even Healthier as Leftovers
• Shattered Skull Details Gruesome Final Moments of a Medieval Murder Victim
• Milky Way's Most Distant Stars Found Half Way to a Neighboring Galaxy
• Russia Confirms Rescue of Stranded Cosmonauts With a Replacement Mission
• Mysterious Quantum Phenomenon Lets Us Peek Inside an Atom's Heart

January 11

• This Prescription Drug Appears to Recover Lost Memories in Mice
• The Great Salt Lake Could Vanish Within Just 5 Years, Scientists Warn
• Lab-Grown Retinas to Restore Vision Are a Step Closer to Human Trials
• The Last 8 Years Have Been The Hottest Ever Recorded on Earth
• Study Reveals The Sad Truth of Couples Working From Home
• What's With All The Dead Animals That Our Pets Bring Us?
• Madagascar's Vanishing Biodiversity Could Take Over 20 Million Years to Recover
• One of The Deadliest Human Diseases Is Far Older Than We Ever Realized

January 10

• US Approves First Vaccine For Bees Amid Global Pollinator Crisis
• A New Test Could Help Find Hidden Viruses We've Never Seen Before
• Amazing NASA Video Squeezes Over 100 Days on The Sun Into 1 Hour
• Massive Volcanic Outburst Detected on Jupiter's Hellish Moon Io
• Humans Still Have The Genes For a Full Coat of Fur, Scientists Discover
• Anthropologists Reveal Why Women Around The World End Up Working Hardest
• Controversial Proposal to Reduce Global Warming Could Threaten Ozone Regeneration
• The World's Biggest Study on Parasites Has Found Something Terrible. They're Dying.

January 9

• COVID Autopsies Reveal The Virus Spreading Through The 'Entire Body'
• Our Mental Picture of Space Seems to Expand Like The Universe
• What Is a Long-Haul Flight Actually Doing to Your Body?
• This Technique Is Revealing a Hidden World of Biology We've Never Seen Before
• FDA Approves New Alzheimer's Drug Designed to Slow Cognitive Decline
• Mysterious Symbols Could Represent The Earliest Writing Ever Found
• Scientists Just Invented an Entirely New Way to Refrigerate Things
• Pets Help to Protect Your Brain as You Get Older, Study Suggests

January 8

• Brain Games May Predict How Bad Your Next Cold Will Be
• A Comet Not Seen in 50,000 Years Is Streaking by Earth Soon. Here's When to Look Up
• Astronomers May Have Solved The Mystery of The Bubbles Towering Over The Milky Way
• Monkeys – Not Humans – Made Ancient Sets of Stone Tools in Brazil, Study Finds
• Scientists Gave Penguins a Mirror, And We Have Lots of Questions

January 7

• Men's Interest in Sex Linked to Risk of Early Death, Japanese Study Finds
• The Origins of Binary Black Holes May Be Hidden in Their Spins, Study Suggests
• Kids' Incredible Learning May All Be Down to 1 Chemical in The Brain
• Our Brains Aren't Wired to Stick to New Year's Resolutions. Here's What to Do About It
• We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable

January 6

• This Frozen Cave Lion Is So Well Preserved You Can Still See Its Whiskers
• COVID Is Doing Something to Our Sleep, And Even to Our Dreams
• Ghost Light From Homeless Stars Glimmered Even in The Early Universe
• Solar Powered Worms Show Us How We Might Live Longer, Healthier Lives
• Half of Earth's Glaciers Will Be Gone By 2100, But We Can Still Save The Rest
• Human Brains Never Truly Grow Up, a Trait We Share With One Other Close Relative
• Scientists Just Uncovered A Whole New Layer of Brain Anatomy

January 5

• This Ancient Creature Is a Bizarre Hybrid of Dinosaur And Bird
• The Number of American Kids Eating Cannabis Has Surged Dramatically
• Distant Memories of Fear Lurk in Your Brain, And We May Have Found Their Hiding Place
• Human 'Mini-Brains' Implanted in Mice Respond to Light in Scientific First
• Innovation in Science Is on The Decline And We're Not Sure Why
• Satellite Images Reveal Beavers Are Transforming The Arctic "Like Wildfire"
• Scientists Reverse Erectile Dysfunction in Pigs Using Synthetic Tissue

January 4

• We May Be Able to Find Life on Enceladus Without Even Landing
• Not Drinking Enough Water Linked to Serious Health Risks, Study Warns
• Breathtaking Views of Earth, Moon Revealed by Danuri Lunar Orbiter
• One Simple Thing Reduces The Risk of You Having to Go Back to Hospital
• A Nobel Physicist Explained How to Cook Pasta And Now Everybody's Angry
• There's One Thing Dogs Don't Use Their Tail For, Scientists Say

January 3

• Don't Like Drinking Water? Here Are 10 Ways to Make It Easier
• An Organism That Can Dine Exclusively on Viruses Has Been Found in a World First
• Cut Marks on Ancient Bones Reveal What Was in Fashion 320,000 Years Ago
• Your Coworking Space May Be Killing Your Creativity, Study Finds
• Earth's Sky Isn't Just Blue, And a Close Look at The Darkness of Night Reveals Why
• We're on The Brink of Hearing The Universe's Background Hum. Here's Why We're Listening
• We Finally Know Why The Southern Hemisphere Is So Much Stormier

January 2

• At The Right Levels, Stress Can Have a Surprising Impact on Memory
• Your Blood Type May Affect Your Risk of an Early Stroke, Research Reveals
• Mindfulness Can Rival Antidepressants For Anxiety, Study Finds
• Study Shows How The Universe Would Look if You Broke The Speed of Light, And It's Weird
• A Single Hormone in Men May Predict Their Future Health

January 1

• Sometimes Parents Actually Prefer It When Kids Don't Tell The Truth
• Scientists Grew Stem Cell 'Mini Brains' And Then The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes
• The Scary Things That Happen to The Human Body at Mount Everest's 'Death Zone'
• The Color of Wolves Mysteriously Changes Across America. We Finally Know Why
• Ethereal New Plant Species Doesn't Use Photosynthesis – It's Found Something Sneakier