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How a Python Ate a Woman Whole and Left Hardly a Trace of the Fierce AttackHow often do pythons eat people?

'Lost' NASA Tapes Show Humans Sort of Caused Global Warming on the Moon TooWhy did the moon see a sudden temperature spike in the '70s? Blame astronaut footprints.

Opportunity rover waits out a huge dust storm on MarsNASA’s Opportunity rover is in low-power mode to preserve battery life while a vast dust storm blankets part of the Red Planet.

Deadly Fungus Cells Talk Amongst Themselves to Infect You Better The fungal cells use a surprising method to communicate with each other, which may make them more virulent.

This Man Had a Key Lodged in His Brain. Here's How He Survived.A young man in India survived having a key lodged more than an inch into his skull.

Young galaxies are flat, but old ones are more blobbyA survey of hundreds of star systems precisely links the shape of a galaxy to the ages of its stars.

Dogs lived and died with humans 10,000 years ago in the AmericasDogs unearthed at sites in Illinois were older than originally thought.

Can this robot build an IKEA chair faster than you?Robots made from off-the-shelf hardware can put together a chair in just over 20 minutes

A New Lung Cancer Drug Is Shaking Up Treatment: How Does It Work?A drug that acts on the immune system appears to help extend the lives of patients with advanced lung cancer when given alongside standard chemotherapy.

Diamonds From Outer Space Formed Inside a Long-Lost Planet

We’ve just seen a huge space explosion and don’t know what it isThere’s an enormous, fast-moving explosion in space - nicknamed "the Cow" - that's unlike anything we’ve seen before, and astronomers are scrambling to figure out what it is

Leaf-cutter ants pick up the pace when they sense rainLeaf-cutter ants struggle to carry wet leaves, so they run to avoid rain.

Surgeons Reattached This Girl's Leg Backwards. No, It Wasn't a MistakeTo treat a 7-year-old's cancer, doctors performed an unusual surgery.

Black Holes Could Actually Be Colliding WormholesLike the gravitational waves left behind by merging black holes, detectable ripples in space-time could come from colliding wormholes.

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the WeekHere 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.

Uranus smells like rotten eggsPlanetary scientists detected hydrogen sulfide in Uranus’ upper clouds — the same compound that gives rotten eggs their terrible smell.

Scientists accidentally found this octopus nursery deep in the Pacific OceanResearchers investigating deep-sea rocks discovered dozens of octopus moms and their eggs

NASA planet hunter on its way to orbit: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite successfully launchedNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. Researchers will use spectroscopy to determine a planet's mass, density and atmospheric composition. Water, and other key molecules, in its atmosphere can give us hints about a planets' capacity to harbor life.

How Would We Know If Intelligent Life Existed on Earth Before Humans?How would we know if some advanced civilization existed on our home planet millions of years before brainy humans showed up?

UK scientists engineer an enzyme that eats plastic

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