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Strawberry Moon 2024: See summer's first full moon rise a day after solsticeByJamie Carter published 17 June 24June's full "Strawberry Moon" rises one day after the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This will be the lowest full moon of the year.
The Moon
1,700-year-old 'emergency hoard' of coins dates to last revolt of Jews against Roman ruleByJennifer Nalewicki published 17 June 24Many of the silver and bronze coins were minted during the Gallus Revolt during the Roman era.
Romans
Rare video shows elusive deep-sea squid cradling her gigantic, translucent eggsByKristel Tjandra published 17 June 24While navigating a remotely operated vehicle in the Gulf of California, scientists spotted a brooding squid cradling translucent eggs.
Squids
NASA engineers finally fix Voyager 1 spacecraft — from 15 billion miles awayBySascha Pare published 17 June 24The Voyager I spacecraft went haywire last year, but NASA engineers say they have finally fixed its data transmission systems and are receiving usable signals from all four science instruments.
Space Exploration
Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primate study revealsByNicola Williams published 17 June 24The male Y chromosome in humans is evolving faster than the X. Scientists have now discovered the same trend in six species of primate.
Evolution
Three bright stars mark the beginning of summer. Here's how to spot the 'Summer Triangle' this week.ByJamie Carter published 17 June 24The appearance this week of the three bright Summer Triangle stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how to spot them.
Astronomy
X-ray vision chip gives phones 'Superman' power to view objects through wallsByOwen Hughes published 17 June 24Researchers have developed an imaging chip for mobile devices that uses high-frequency radio waves to ‘see’ through objects.
Electronics
The sun's magnetic field is about to flip. Here's what to expect.ByDaisy Dobrijevic published 17 June 24When the sun reaches its period of peak activity, known as solar maximum, our star's magentic field will suddenly reverse. But why does it happen, and will it impact Earth?
The Sun
Track workouts for less: Garmin Enduro 2 is at its lowest price before Amazon Prime DayByLloyd Coombes published 17 June 24DealSave $300 with this Garmin Enduro 2 fitness tracker deal at Amazon right now and bag one of the best fitness smartwatches for less.
Does gum really take 7 years to digest? ByTyler Santora published 17 June 24Gum is full of non-food items, like resins, emulsifiers and softeners. So what happens when we swallow a piece?
Earth from space: Trio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islandsByHarry Baker published 17 June 24This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the islands' barren landscape.
Arctic
Scientists inserted a window in a man's skull to read his brain with ultrasoundByEmily Cooke published 16 June 24New research shows it's possible to use ultrasound waves to monitor activity in the human brain.
Neuroscience
Space photo of the week: 'Earthrise,' the Christmas Eve image that changed the worldByJamie Carter published 16 June 24Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken.
The Moon
Have days on Earth always been 24 hours?BySarah Wells published 16 June 24Earth's day used to be five hours shorter, and it's predicted to continue lengthening over time.
Planet Earth
Solar storm slams Mars in eerie new NASA footageByMeredith Garofalo published 15 June 24A powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial information that could aid future crewed missions to the Red Planet.
Mars
Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpoxByKristina Killgrove published 15 June 24Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two 16th-century toddler burials with evidence of smallpox, indicating that the foreign illness spread quickly with European contact.
Archaeology
Qinling panda: The shrunken pandas that diverged 300,000 years ago and sometimes come out brown ByLydia Smith published 15 June 24Qinling pandas were officially recognized as a subspecies in 2005, but the mystery of their brown fur was only resolved almost two decades later.
Pandas
Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's ArkByJennifer Nalewicki published 15 June 24The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood.
Archaeology
Why does the sun make people sneeze?ByCharles Q. Choi published 15 June 24People who sneeze in bright lights, like the sun, may have autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome, or ACHOO.
Health
1st-known human case of H5N2 bird flu remains under investigationByNicoletta Lanese last updated 14 June 24A man in Mexico died after catching the world's first laboratory-confirmed case of H5N2 bird flu in humans. However, authorities think he likely died of existing conditions, rather than the infection itself.
Flu
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