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- August 8th
- Using AI has an environmental impact — here are 4 ways you can minimize it
- 'These were harder than any other blades, cut sharper and cost more': How ancient Sri Lankans created steel of legends by harnessing monsoons
- Where and when to see the Aug. 12 solar eclipse — exact times for North America and Europe
- What's the difference between sweet potatoes and yams?
- August 7th
- Bacterial 'postbiotic' may help preserve fertility in the aging uterus, preliminary research suggests
- Where to buy last-minute solar eclipse glasses and viewing gear before August 12
- Uberaba Geopark: A time capsule from the Late Cretaceous period nestled in Brazil's tropical savanna
- New recyclable yarn is as stretchy as spandex and could help tackle fashion's plastic waste problem
- NASA grants Voyager 2 probe another year of power with risky 'Big Bang' maneuver. Now, will it work for Voyager 1?
- AI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?
- August 6th
- Most-detailed-ever view of the sun's surface revealed in new images from the world's largest solar telescope
- 'It would be a disaster': Ammunition for war and surging water withdrawals are putting the Caspian Sea on the brink of collapse
- FDA approves first mRNA vaccine for seasonal flu
- First photos of SpaceX lunar rocket crash show blackened hole torn into the moon's surface
- Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways nobody imagined
- Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer — it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet
- August 5th
- A star 20 times the size of the sun died in a supernova — and telescopes around the world joined forces to watch it
- Backward eclipse? Why the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse appears to move the wrong way on maps
- Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaur
- 'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
- 'It's real, and it's happening': Antibiotic resistance in kids is rising around the world, massive study finds
- Diagnostic dilemma: Man who consulted ChatGPT about cutting out table salt ended up hospitalized with psychosis
- Half of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspot
- August 4th
- Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible
- Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
- 'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China
- A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when.
- Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researcher says
- World's highest frozen lake shatters along disputed border between China and India — Earth from space
- 'Teach me! Doctor': Meet the pediatrician on a mission to boost parents' knowledge of childhood illnesses
- August 3rd
- 2 people die of Cyclospora infection in Michigan
- Microbial DNA hidden under Antarctica offers new clues about how the continent’s mysterious Blood Falls came to be
- 'Poop pills' may ease insomnia by reprogramming the gut microbiome, early study hints
- Live Science crossword puzzle #54: Egyptian pharaoh who died at 18 — 6 down
- Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
- Aspen trees provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows
- Did fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit? New evidence revives a provocative hypothesis
- Rock crystal scraper: 45,000-year-old Neanderthal tool that shows they had an 'eye for beauty of form and color'
- August 2nd
- Hubble telescope takes one of the most detailed looks at neighboring Andromeda galaxy ever — Space photo of the week
- 'We're a bit late on the case, but we are on the case': Author Fred Pearce on the rise of renewables, a defused population bomb, and letting nature find its own way
- 'The apparent chaos of the Anthropocene is turbocharging evolution itself': Plants are finding ways to survive and thrive in the climate crisis — if we let them
- Did Celtic women fight in battle?
- August 1st
- Could we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.
- Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years
- Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization
- Why do cats have 'leg whiskers'?
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