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2019 was the second-warmest year on record Jan 15 2020 2:33 PM 2019 was the second-warmest year on record, ending a decade that topped 140 years of heat records. READ MORE   A second planet may orbit Proxima Centauri Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM The star closest to the sun may harbor another planet, this one much more massive and colder than Earth. READ MORE   The 'Blob,' a massive marine heat wave, led to an unprecedented seabird die-off Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM Scientists have linked thousands of dead common murres in 2015-2016 to food web changes caused by a long-lasting marine heat wave nicknamed the Blob. READ MORE

Neandertals dove and harvested clamshells for tools near Italy's shores Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM The discovery of sharpened shells broadens the reputation of Stone Age human relatives: Neandertals weren't just one-trick mammoth hunters. READ MORE

A parasite that makes mice unafraid of cats may quash other fears too Jan 14 2020 11:00 AM The parasite Toxoplasma gondii can mess with all sorts of mice behaviors and make the rodents fearless in many situations. READ MORE

Microbes slowed by one drug can rapidly develop resistance to another Jan 14 2020 8:00 AM Hunkering down in a dormant, tolerant state may make it easier for infectious bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics. READ MORE

More Recent Headlines After the Notre Dame fire, scientists get a glimpse of the cathedral's origins Jan 14 2020 6:00 AM Researchers will tackle the scientific questions behind rebuilding Notre Dame, and learn more about its history. READ MORE   This ancient stardust is the oldest ever to be examined in a lab Jan 13 2020 3:00 PM Tiny grains of stardust that formed long before our solar system are giving new insight into star formation in the Milky Way. READ MORE   The fastest-spinning object ever made could help spot quantum friction in a vacuum Jan 13 2020 11:00 AM Scientists have developed a torque sensor made with a nanoparticle that can spin more than 300 billion times a minute. READ MORE   Australian fires have incinerated the habitats of up to 100 threatened species Jan 13 2020 6:00 AM Hundreds of fires that are blazing across the continent's southeast have created an unprecedented ecological disaster, scientists say. READ MORE   How to restore the legendary acoustics of Notre Dame Jan 12 2020 6:00 AM Using heritage acoustics, researchers hope to help restore the sound of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral. READ MORE   Wildfires could flip parts of the Amazon from a carbon sponge to a source by 2050 Jan 10 2020 2:00 PM Climate change and deforestation could double the area burned by fire in the southern Amazon by 2050, flipping the forest from carbon sponge to source. READ MORE   What we know - and don't know - about a new virus causing pneumonia in China Jan 10 2020 12:54 PM A newfound coronavirus is behind a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in central China. Experts urge vigilance but say there's no cause for panic. READ MORE   Dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin gets a new observatory named after her Jan 10 2020 8:00 AM A new effort to study the cosmos is named after Vera Rubin, an astronomer who searched out dark matter and battled sexism. READ MORE   A giant wave of gas lurks near our solar system Jan 10 2020 6:00 AM The Earth and sun are relatively near a newfound, wavy rope of star-forming gas, named the Radcliffe Wave. READ MORE   A 'bonanza' of new bird species was found on remote Indonesian islands Jan 09 2020 2:17 PM Bird discoveries typically come in a trickle. But in a remote corner of Southeast Asia, 10 newly described songbird species and subspecies were found. READ MORE

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