The desire to reflect and start anew each year is an old one, stretching back to civic and spiritual oaths made in Babylonian and Roman times. Today, New Year’s resolutions tend to be secular.
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A man’s persistent and worsening anxiety had an unusual cause.
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From smooching with a sweetie to blowing things up, here are the roots for several New Year’s Traditions.
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Google Earth is an amazing trove of visuals from all over the planet, and new strange things turn up in it all the time. Here are the best from 2017.
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The “vast majority” of people commenting, sharing and liking anti-vaccination information on Facebook are women, a new study finds.
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This New Year’s Day will bring a “Full Wolf Moon,” the biggest of the supermoons expected in 2018.
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From drinking clear drinks to taking ancient herbal remedies, there are several ways to avoid a hangover after New Year’s revelry.
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Human beings seem to be obsessed with the purity of water. But the reality is, totally pure water doesn’t exist.
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The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, hear those familiar songs in our minds.
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Here are eight interesting things we learned in 2017 about the factors that may influence happiness and lower your odds of stress and depression.
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The body’s skeletal system may have an internal scale that senses when someone has gained weight, so the body can decrease appetite in response, a new mouse study shows.
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For the past four years, a mysterious syndrome has been killing millions of sea stars along the West Coast, turning the five-armed critters into piles of goo. But now, the sea stars appear to be making a comeback, according to news reports.
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There was plenty of science in the movies that hit screens large and small in 2017.
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A team of physicists argues that its strange, spherical fusion reactor could be the way forward for nuclear energy.
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A rare, 60-page map of the world illustrated during the early Renaissance is finally on display as its creator intended: With its colorful pages arranged in a 2D circle, showing a bird’s-eye-view of the world from the vantage point of the North Pole.
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In 1587, Italian cartographer Urbano Monte completed a world map with a unique perspective.
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A new book chronicles flatulence behaviors from snakes to elephants, answering the basic question, “Does it Fart?”
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Ancient stone tools that may be nearly 2 million years old have been unearthed in Saudi Arabia, providing clues to help determine when ancient hominins dispersed from Africa.
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Ancient texts reveal that China’s first emperor ordered an official search for the secret of eternal life.
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A physicist in California is working on an unlikely project: Building the world’s biggest, most perfect snowflake
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Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in pregnant woman, and now its use is increasing, a new study finds.
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A lucky visitor to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center snapped a photo of the payload container that will fly aboard SpaceX’s new megarocket, the Falcon Heavy.
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Ancient rocks from a remote Canada island contain the oldest algae ever discovered.
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Stone pillars found in the Mongolian desert contain inscriptions revealing an ancient power struggle between leaders of a vast empire.
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Lies, exaggerations, criminal acts, unbridled irony, alternative facts, fake news … No, we’re not talking about 2017 politics. This is the 2017 world of science.
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DARPA’s latest challenge is designed to help humans navigate the treacherous and unknown subterranean environment of caves and human-made tunnels.
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When the moon’s shadow zipped across the United States during the Great American Solar Eclipse this past August, the shadow traveled so fast it created waves in Earth’s upper atmosphere, a new study finds.
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A National Weather Service meteorologist explains why the week of Christmas 2017 has been so frigid in the United States.
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After the FDA announced plans to crack down on homeopathic medicines, Live Science asked chemists what, if anything, the world is losing.
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Running long distances can be hard on the body, but as one ultramarathoner found out, it can also take a toll on an individual’s red blood cells.
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Scientists have discovered a bizarre new species of marine worm that lacks a number of internal features common to other animals — including an anus.
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Scientists have discovered out-of-this-world minerals at the site of a 60 million-year-old meteorite impact on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye.
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A submarine lost 103 years ago off the coast of Papua New Guinea has been found.
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The long-extinct sea predator flourished during the middle Cambrian period about 508 million years ago.
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Hundreds of prehistoric rock paintings have been found on the tiny Indonesian island of Kisar
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It looks like a prehistoric art gallery.
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It’s not uncommon for people to make faulty claims or misinterpret events when science is concerned.
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Earth is amazing. It’s also a little weird.
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A spinach leaf pumping with human heart cells, an ape with impeccable social skills, and more of 2017’s best offbeat discoveries.
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Early American settlers called bison “bufello” due to the similar appearance between the two animals.
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Here are the science photos that stood out in 2017, from adorable animals to our amazing planet to stunning space.
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The year 2017 was weird all over. And what science is better-suited for a weird year than quantum physics?
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the evening sky over Southern California last night (Dec. 22) in a dazzling display that was visible to potentially millions of spectators and set Twitter abuzz with sightings.
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Pro tip: Trying to “kill it with fire” never, ever ends well.
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This Christmas card is a very, very, very small gesture of holiday goodwill.
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Astronomers will soon get another look at the big, ghoulishly weird space rock that buzzed Earth on Halloween three years ago.
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The year 2017 was brimming with strange science news. We’re talking about worms sprouting two heads after visiting outer space, subatomic particles that were almost kept secret and mystery blobs floating in the ocean off the coast of Norway.
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Dogs can be trained to be cancer-sniffing wizards, detecting cancerous fumes wafting from diseased cells. This sniffing could help diagnose people, which begs the question: why aren’t dogs screening us for cancer right now?
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Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday that celebrates African heritage and identity. It is observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.
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A woman’s emotional well-being and her mental outlook can also play important roles in pregnancy.
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A biohybrid sperm microrobot might one day deliver anti-cancer drugs to tumors in the female reproductive tract, according to a new paper from Germany.
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Those mysterious UFO alloys that the government can’t identify? Chemists don’t buy it.
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The winter solstice is in full stride today (Dec. 21), marking 2017’s day with the fewest hours of daylight for the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s why.
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The ruins of a richly decorated church were unearthed during salvage excavations in the city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, in Israel.
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Archaeologists have revealed a richly decorated Byzantine church during salvage excavations in Israel.
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From mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia, to a previously undiscovered cave holding Dead Sea Scrolls, here are 10 of the coolest archaeological finds of 2017.
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‘Tis the season … in which chocolate treats poison pet dogs, according to a new study from England. The research found that pups are four times more likely to go to the vet for chocolate poisoning during Christmas than any non-holiday time of year.
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Lake Vostok is one of the largest subglacial lakes in the world. It may harbor unique types of organisms.
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A sonogram, or ultrasound scan, can help determine the sex of a baby, but using fetal ultrasound to create keepsakes is not recommended.
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UFOs have fascinated and puzzled people for decades. Yet UFO sightings and news reports rarely come with hard evidence.
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Sometimes thought of as dumb brutes, Neanderthals, a dead-end species in human evolution, used tools, buried their dead and controlled fire, among other intelligent behaviors.
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Rattlesnake “remedies” may also contain a dose of salmonella.
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There’s no harm in following California’s new cellphone guidelines detailing how to reduce exposure to a phone’s radio-frequency (RF) energy, but know this: There’s no science showing that following these guidelines will make you safer, experts said.
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The former head of a secret government program to investigate UFO sightings told several media outlets that extraterrestrial life may exist.
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk unveiled a tantalizing first glimpse at his company’s new megarocket – the Falcon Heavy – which is expected to launch on its maiden flight next month.
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Turns out, hormone levels and brain hemispheres may explain the right-leaning kiss bias.
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While most UFO sightings can be attributed to cloud formations, atmospheric phenomena, weather balloons or military planes, a few remain unexplained.
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After a woman in Virginia was reportedly mauled to death by her own dogs, some of her friends had trouble believing the story, because the woman had a strong bond with her dogs.
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You would think that electrons would be easy enough to describe — but a quantum-mechanical property called “spin” makes that task much less straightforward.
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Scientists have unearthed desert spiders’ underground-tunnel-building secrets.
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It was a good year for a very bad conspiracy theory.
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The only active volcano on mainland Europe is famous for destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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From Jesus’ tomb to his forbidden teachings, here are some of the biggest biblical archaeology findings from 2017.
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The monster jet, bankrolled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is designed to bring satellites into orbit.
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Physicists demonstrated that in the unique circumstances of quantum-correlated nuclei inside a chloroform molecule, entropy can spontaneously decrease.
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New analysis of microbial fossils indicates they are the oldest known evidence of life on Earth.
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The Defense Department had a secret program to investigate reports of unidentified flying objects – and former military participants in the program say they had a stunning encounter with one back in 2004.
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From a woman who sweats blood to a man with a giant stone in his bladder, a number of intriguing medical cases made headlines in 2017.
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Every year the common virus is lethal to many. What happens inside the body that results in death?
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Bucktoothed sharks, cosmic jellyfish, boat-eating worms and more creepy creatures of the deep discovered in 2017.
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While it looks like an asteroid, the first interstellar object spotted passing through the solar system, called ‘Oumuamua, may be more like a comet in disguise.
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Continental drift was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth’s surface.
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If you’ve ever woken up in the middle of the night feeling as though you’re being crushed by a demonic being, you may have just experienced what’s called the incubus phenomenon: an “attack” by a male demon.
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In a rare occurrence, a pregnant woman’s gestational sac — the small vessel that holds the developing embryo — attached not to the lining of her womb but instead to a scar left over from a previous C-section.
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3D printing isn’t new to 2017, but this year, researchers pushed the boundaries of the seemingly sci-fi technique.
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Robot kits can help children learn to build as well as to code. Based on our testing, here are the best kits for every age and skill level.
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Santa’s sleigh-pullers, including Vixen and Cupid, are likely females.
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A species of tiny, adorable marsupial that scientists thought had been extinct for more than 100 years has re-emerged in New South Wales, Australia.
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The U.S. government has been secretly investigating UFOs since 2007.
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People can get visual and auditory hallucinations and extreme altitudes, and altitude sickness may not be the cause, research found.
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From #DoesItFart to #FieldworkFail, these were some of the best science hashtags to explore on Twitter in 2017.
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Daggers, axes and jewelry made from rare iron during the Bronze Age are literally out of this world, according to new research finding that ancient artisans crafted these metal artifacts with iron from outer space carried to Earth by meteorites.
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Axes and daggers dating to thousands of years ago were made from iron that reached Earth inside meteorites.
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Gender is more of a flexible state than most people think. And as children, we start out thinking more flexibly about gender than we do as adults.
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Honanki is one of the largest prehistoric pueblos in the Verde River Valley of Central Arizona.
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A new form of liquid droplet, formed out of potassium “super-atoms,” demonstrates strange and powerful quantum effects.
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Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science’s best.
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At first glance, the wrinkled face of a dark haired-woman wearing round, gold earrings looks incredibly real. But it’s not — it’s a reconstruction crafted from modeling clay, based on the skull of a Wari queen who lived 1,200 years ago in what is now Peru
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A NASA satellite captured an image showing a thick curtain of brown smoke billowing from the Thomas Fire in Southern California yesterday (Dec. 14).
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Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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When you think you may be pregnant, it’s time to check with a pregnancy test. It’s important to understand how they work, how to read the results and which one is the most accurate.
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Four intact burials of children have been discovered at Gebel el Silsila in Upper Egypt.
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Ready to get weird? Here are some of the strangest stories on Live Science this week.
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A compound in marijuana appears to be relatively safe and nonaddictive, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Toxic air can take an unexpected toll on physical and mental health.
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The youngest child was just a toddler when he or she died.
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Between Oct. 27 and Oct. 29, 2017, an archaeological team took nearly 6,000 photographs of ancient stone structures and other types of archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia.
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It’s not aliens.
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Russian culture has a long and rich history, steeped in literature, ballet, painting and classical music. Here is a brief overview of Russian customs & traditions.
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The proof is in the poo.
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Headlines describing the discovery of a shark over 500 years old were a little off the mark.
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Hot tea may do more than warm your insides: Drinking at least one cup of caffeinated tea a day may lower a person’s risk for glaucoma, a new study suggests.
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Scientists have discovered an eighth exoplanet, Kepler-90i, around a distant star, mirroring the number of planets in our own solar system. See how Google machine-learning technology and NASA’s Kepler space telescope made the discovery.
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U.S. officials remain concerned about teen marijuana use — which increased in the past year — and vaping, which is common, according to a new survey.
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About 11,500 years ago, a high-status woman was buried in a cave with handmade fishhooks fashioned out of seashells.
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Deep in a cave on the Indonesian island of Alor lies the roughly 11,500-year-old remains of a high-status woman buried with fishhooks crafted out of seashells. The finds represent the oldest known fishhooks used in a human burial, a new study reports.
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A Jesus statue that was being restored in Madrid harbored a secret — a time capsule nestled inside the buttocks of the statue.
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Spy satellite and drone imagery is revealing ancient Silk Road outposts and other lost archeological treasures in the treacherous deserts of Afghanistan.
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Roughly 50 percent of humans find it hard to find or keep a romantic partner. The reason may be evolutionary.
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What caused the blob — and if there are others like it — remain mysteries.
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Typically, ocean waters flow gently westward. But sometimes two eddies can combine into something called a modon, a massive vortex that can break off from the ocean’s regular flow.
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A British surgeon has pleaded guilty to charges that he marked his initials into patients’ organs using a medical instrument called an “argon beam coagulator,” according to news reports.
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This holiday season, will you view the glass as half full or half empty? Well, that might depend on the size of the glass.
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Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.
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More than 1,800 years ago, an artist in ancient Egypt painted the portrait of a large-eyed woman wearing a red tunic — a painting that ended up resting on the woman’s dead, mummified body.
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With little sunlight and few soil nutrients, Antarctic microbes have evolved to be creative.
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A glass tube filled with lightning sparked plenty of attention after it was posted on Reddit this month. Here’s the science behind the trick.
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Some people say their joint or back pain changes with the weather, but a new study finds no link between achy joints and rainfall patterns.
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Where does your state rank?
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Chilly Massachusetts has bumped sunny Hawaii from the top spot as the healthiest state in the nation, a new report finds.
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The Sierra Nevada mountains grew almost an inch taller — and water is to blame.
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A rare condition renders people unable to picture mental images.
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge continues to snap gorgeous images of the planet’s chilly bottom, revealing the beauty and dynamics of Antarctica’s expansive ice.
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Say goodbye to the frozen Arctic.
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Firefighters may have a higher risk of skin cancer than the general public.
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If it’s clear outside on Wednesday night (Dec. 13) and Thursday morning (Dec. 14) before dawn, be sure to go outdoors. One of the year’s top meteor showers, the Geminids, will peak, with rates as high as one or two meteors per minute at around 10 p.m.
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A 537-million-year-old fossil was the victim of mistaken identity.
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The fossils of a refrigerator-size penguin were so gargantuan that the scientists who discovered them initially thought they belonged to a giant turtle. The ancient behemoth is now considered the second-largest penguin on record.
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Can objects be manipulated instantaneously from a distance?
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In this weird optical illusion, do you see curves, zigzags or both?
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A rare find in amber connects ancient ticks to feathered dinosaur hosts.
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Hunters caught a record-breaking 17-foot-long (5 meters) Burmese python in the Everglades on Dec. 1, but experts say there are likely hundreds of the massive snakes still in hiding.
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The giant ice wall that protects the Seven Kingdoms from the White Walkers is physically unrealistic, glaciologists say.
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Are huge balls of charged gas launched from the sun steering these marine animals off course?
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Life on Mars may have looked a lot like Tonga.
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The light-sensitive layer found at the back of a person’s eyes contains more than just cells that detect shadows and light — it also contains information about the health of a person’s entire body.
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Also inside the tomb was a badly decomposed body of an unidentified person, the archaeologists said.
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A 3,100-year-old tomb filled with bronze food vessels that have incredible designs has been discovered in Baoji City in China.
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Scientists can now visualize the interiors of structures that measure fractions of a millimeter.
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When “Pokémon Go” launched back in July 2016, catching ’em all was harder for people in rural areas, where the augmented-reality game’s hotspots were more spread out. So, many players in rural areas got behind the wheel, increasing car crashes.
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A dark, ominous cloud that formed over the massive Thomas Fire in Southern California is a pyrocumulus cloud, a special cloud that forms during fires.
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Chinese culture reflects the customs and traditions of one of the largest countries in the world, with 1.34 billion people.
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The bright light of a full moon or supermoon may seem inviting to motorcyclists eager for a nighttime ride, but that moonlit trip may also come with deadly consequences, a new study finds.
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When a man complains of cold or flu symptoms, it may not be fair to dismiss his laments as simply a case of “man flu.”
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Archaeologists have excavated two ancient tombs in Luxor, Egypt, that haven’t seen the light of day in about 3,500 years, according to the country’s antiquities ministry.
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Country shapes are weird, so the United Kingdom’s tallest mountain isn’t where you’d expect.
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What might it look like if you “pulled the plug” in the Mariana Trench and drained the water from all the oceans?
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Sleep will consume one-third of your life. You can’t avoid it, nor should you. Sound slumber is energizing and uplifting. But there’s more to it. Sleep is also essential for effective learning.
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A Kentucky woman’s brutally honest selfie and Facebook post while undergoing treatment for skin cancer drew the type of social media attention and news coverage usually reserved for celebrity health disclosures, a new study suggests.
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Pump those mental brakes!
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This pre-Christmas display of celestial fireworks is due to reach its peak during the long, dark hours from Wednesday night (Dec. 13) into early Thursday morning (Dec. 14).
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These are some of the largest rock engravings found anywhere in the world.
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Our planet is “humming,” and scientists are getting closer to figuring out why.
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Depends how you define consciousness.
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In a submerged cave network in the Yucatan, methane is an unlikely driving force for life.
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What would this little water bear have encountered in the world?
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There’s only one group of people who really know what happens when you die: the dead. And since the dead won’t be revealing their secrets anytime soon, it’s up to scientists to explain what happens when a person dies.
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Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science’s best.
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Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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Chromosomes carry hereditary information for everything from height to eye color.
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The Andean peak is also the highest in the Western and Southern hemispheres.
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A polar bear searches in vain for trash to eat before collapsing.
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