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Athens' blue skies and famous landmarks like the Acropolis were bathed in an ominous red, yellow and orange glow, all due to a dust storm.

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Sky in Athens Turns Red

By Sharon Adarlo

A dentist was in for a huge shock when he looked down at his parents' new tile floor and saw what appeared to be the fossil of a human jaw.

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Dentist Alarmed to Spot Human Jawbone in Parents’ Tile Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's the "duck curve" problem. Solar power is providing huge amounts of energy during the day, creating a headache for grid operators.

California Now Has So Much Solar Power That Electricity Prices Are Going Negative During the Day

By Frank Landymore

NASA's administrator is once again making outrageous claims about China's space capabilities, fueling the rivalry between the two.

Head of NASA Says China Is Hiding Military Experiments in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

The lava tube, Umm Jirsan, contained human and animal remains, as well as stone tools dating back to at least 7,000 years ago.

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Ancient Humans Lived Inside a Lava Tube, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have long been hunting for a hidden planet in our Solar System — and new research suggests that it's out there.

Scientists Say They’ve Found More Evidence of Hidden Planet in Our Solar System

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists say that our increase use of plastic will dump untold tons of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere.

Plastic Is Starting to Generate a Staggering Proportion of Earth’s Carbon Pollution

By Sharon Adarlo

A new study discovered that nearly half of China's major cities are caving into the Earth, adding to a growing global issue of subsidence.

Chinese Cities Are Sinking Into the Earth, Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Dark matter may in fact be made up of light-barrier breaking particles called tachyons, the researchers posit.

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Physicists Suggest Universe Is Full of Material Moving Faster Than Light

By Frank Landymore

An elderly elephant named Viola was found ambling through Butte, Montana on Tuesday after escaping a traveling circus.

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Elephant Escapes Circus, Thunders Through Montana City

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A report about a craft that appeared to defy both aerial and aquatic physics is, apparently, making a splash among the ex-military set.

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Former Naval Officer Raises Alarm About “World-Changing” Underwater UFO Captured on Video

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute claims to have had a "conversation" with a humpback whale in Alaska.

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SETI Institute Claims They’ve Successfully Communicated With a Whale

By Victor Tangermann

Last month's deadly bridge collision in Baltimore has, apparently, gotten the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Report: Baltimore Bridge Collapse Now Has the FBI’s Attention

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate Change Now Linked To Rise In Strokes

Climate Change Now Linked To Rise In Strokes

By Frank Landymore

Northrop Grumman has released a photo of a sleek underground drone called Manta Ray that closely resembles its oceanic namesake.

Northrop Grumman Shows Off Terrifying Military Drone Submarine

By Victor Tangermann

United Nations' head climate expert says the human race has got two years tops to tamp down the worse effects from global warming.

The UN’s Climate Chief Says We Have Just Two Years to Save the Planet

By Sharon Adarlo

The use of aerosols to make clouds reflect more sunlight could be significantly more effective than once believed.

Scientists Find That “Cloud Engineering” Could Help Stave Off Climate Disaster

By Frank Landymore

Global surface temperatures have soared once again, making March the tenth consecutive hottest month on record.

Global Temperatures Have Set Records Every Month for the Past Ten Months

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have allowed a small piece of "gravity-free" graphite to levitate almost perfectly still above a grid of magnets.

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Scientists Show Off Levitating Material

By Victor Tangermann

The programmable so-called "metafluid" is made of rubber-like spheres that allow it to radically alter its properties.

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Harvard Develops “Intelligent” Liquid That Can Be Programmed

By Frank Landymore

The solar eclipse triggered a number of strange behaviors among animals, who were seemingly confused by the Sun setting far earlier.

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Animals Reacted Strangely During the Eclipse

By Victor Tangermann

NASA footage from the International Space Station shows a massive, looming cloud of darkness engulfing huge swathes of the United States.

The Solar Eclipse Looks Absolutely Wild From Space

By Victor Tangermann

There are plenty of livestreams on the internet where you can watch the total solar eclipse unfold today. Here are the links.

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Here’s How to Live Stream the Eclipse Right From Your Computer

By Victor Tangermann

If you're looking for someone to blame the worsening degradation of the climate upon, look no further than these 57 companies.

Scientists Discover the Villains Destroying the Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

When a small earthquake struck, a patient named Justin Allen was lying down on an operating table getting a vasectomy.

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Earthquake Strikes While Man Is Midway Through Vasectomy

By Sharon Adarlo

For the first time in centuries, two separate regional "broods" of cicadas are set to arise and invade parts of the United States.

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One Trillion Bugs With Bulging Eyes Set to Invade a Third of the United States, Experts Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are experimenting with a device built atop a decommissioned aircraft carrier that would dim the Sun by salting the clouds.

Using Decommissioned Aircraft Carrier, Scientists Test Sun-Dimming Device

By Noor Al-Sibai

A small earthquake has hit the East Coast, striking a highly populated area in central New Jersey, less than 60 miles from New York City.

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Earthquake Rattles New York City, Eastern United States

By Victor Tangermann

A massive ball suspended inside Taiwan's iconic Taipei 101 skyscraper protected the structure during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake this week.

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Huge Pendulum in Skyscraper Protected It When Epic Earthquake Struck

By Victor Tangermann

People who want to see the total solar eclipse on April 8 may be blocked by cloudy skies if weather forecasts for America are accurate.

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Eclipse Tourists Devastated as Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies

By Sharon Adarlo

South Korean researchers have maintained plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds inside a tokamak fusion reactor.

Korean “Artificial Sun” Reactor Sets Record at 100 Million Degrees

By Victor Tangermann

If you want to climb Mount Everest, you gotta take your shit back with you and you can no longer leave it on the mountain.

Rich People Hiking Mount Everest Now Forced to Bring Their Poop Back With Them

By Sharon Adarlo

Climate change is causing so much polar ice melt that it's slowing down Earth's rotation and it will alter how we measure time in the future.

So Much Polar Ice Is Melting That It’s Slowing Down the Earth’s Rotation

By Sharon Adarlo

British archaeologists have found microplastics amidst historic sediment excavated in York that date as early as the 1st and 2nd centuries.

Scientists Alarmed to Discover Microplastics in Ancient Archaeological Dig

By Sharon Adarlo

A pod of sperm whales used "defensive defecation" to successfully deter a vicious swarm of orcas off the coast of Western Australia.

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Footage Shows Whales Fighting Off Orcas Using Explosive Diarrhea

By Frank Landymore

Two beluga whales have died at Niagara Falls tourist attraction Marineland this month, raising the total number of whale deaths to 17.

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Marineland Under Investigation Amid 17 Beluga Deaths

By Victor Tangermann

After his tragic death, veterinarians have found underlying illnesses in the body of New York City's beloved owl, Flaco.

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Scientists Find Grim Diseases During Autopsy of NYC’s Flaco the Owl

By Noor Al-Sibai

Trees are quite literally "coughing" as they're struggling to keep up with the sheer amount of heat-trapped carbon dioxide in the air.

Trees “Coughing” as They Fail to Capture Excess CO2

By Victor Tangermann

As the space race heats up, the US is growing increasingly concerned about China, its chief adversary, using the Moon to launch attacks.

US Military Commander Worries China Could Launch Attack From Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia has accused the US of using commercial satellite operators for its intelligence efforts — and is threatening to take military action.

Russia Warns of Potential Military Strike on SpaceX Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that playing happy coral reef sounds through underwater speakers could allow sad coral reefs to come back to life.

Coral Reefs Coaxed Back to Life by Playing Happy Reef Sounds on Underwater Speakers

By Victor Tangermann

A controversial new paper suggests the universe is twice as old as current models suggest and that dark matter doesn't exist.

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New Paper Claims Dark Matter Doesn’t Exist at All

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists were able to restore a coral reef in Indonesia in just four years by using specially made steel frames covered with sand.

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Steel Frame Brings Completely Dead Coral Reef Back to Life

By Sharon Adarlo

In England, researchers have uncovered a wondrous discovery: 390-million-year-old fossilized remains of the oldest forest ever found.

Scientists Discover Bizarre and Ancient Fossilized Forest

By Sharon Adarlo

A community in Massachusetts spent half a million dollars on a sand dune to protect their lavish, coastal homes. It was swept away in 3 days.

$500,000 Sand Dune to Protect Vacation Homes Washes Away in Three Days

By Victor Tangermann

Amazing Discovery as Man Finds Huge Bone Sticking Out of Ground

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Amazing Discovery as Man Finds Huge Bone Sticking Out of Ground

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created an RNA-replicating molecule in the lab — and brought the world one step close to creating artificial life.

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Scientists Just Got Closer to Creating Artificial Life in the Lab

By Noor Al-Sibai

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has scientific bones to pick with Dune's sand-thumping and worm movements.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Complains That “Dune 2” Isn’t a Shining Beacon of Scientific Accuracy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

University College London geophysical and climate hazards professor Bill McGuire argues we should be absolutely terrified of climate change.

Scientist Terrified by How the Climate Is Falling Apart

By Victor Tangermann

The report features six studies that thoroughly examined MIT's superconducting magnets design used in its breakthrough fusion test.

MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical

By Frank Landymore

To save the "doomsday" glacier, geoengineers propose surrounding it with giant underwater curtains to divert warm water away.

Scientists Propose Desperate Plan to Insulate Entire Doomsday Glacier

By Frank Landymore

The accused, 58-year-old Michael Hart of San Diego, is alleged to have illegally imported powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons.

Man Charged With Smuggling Greenhouse Gases

By Frank Landymore

A very clueless retired military officer is charged with giving secret Ukraine intel to a woman he met on a dating site.

Clueless Air Force Official Spills Military Secrets to Random Woman on Dating Site

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have devised a novel way to extract gold from electronic waste, a sustainable method that is based on a food industry byproduct.

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New Technique to Extract Gold From Old Electronics Could Make a Fortune, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

While giant "star dunes" have been observed all over the world, their age and origin have remained something of a mystery.

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Scientists Intrigued by Moving Sand Dune With Star-Like “Arms”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Terra satellite has captured a stunning image of "fallstreak holes" or "hole-punch clouds," scientifically known as cavum clouds.

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Satellite Spots Circular Holes in Clouds Over Florida

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are worried that rising global temperatures could cause disposed nuclear waste, which dates back to the Cold War, to resurface.

Climate Change on Track to Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste, Officials Warn

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that an oceanic slab has completely flipped upside down underneath Spain as it was being pushed beneath its neighbor.

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The Earth’s Crust Flipped Upside Down in This Spot, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

A group of government scientists are suggesting a strategy to literally dehydrate the stratosphere to help cool the planet.

Government Scientists Propose Plan to Dry Out the Stratosphere

By Noor Al-Sibai

As last year's record-breaking ocean temperatures cease to slow down, warming waters around the globe continue to alarm scientists.

Scientists Alarmed by Spike in Ocean Temperatures

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have come up with an optical storage device that has the same shape and size as a DVD, but can store 1.6 petabits of data.

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Scientists Create DVD-Shaped Disc That Can Hold More Movies Than You Could See in Your Entire Life

By Victor Tangermann

Gene-edited pigs, which are immune to a porcine disease and meant for meat consumption, are nearing federal approval.

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Company Seeking Approval to Sell Meat From Gene-Hacked Pigs

By Sharon Adarlo

Barrels dumped off the coast of Los Angeles once thought to contain dangerous pesticides could actually be harboring radioactive waste.

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Experts Alarmed by Barrels of Radioactive Waste Off the Coast of LA

By Frank Landymore

Researchers found microplastics in layers of sediment that date back as early as the first half of the 18th Century.

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Microplastics Found in Sediment Layers Untouched by Modern Humans

By Sharon Adarlo