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Labor Day: Learn its history and traditions
Labor Day is a federal US holiday that falls on the first Monday in September and is considered the unofficial end of summer.
August 31, 2025
Hurricane Katrina retrospective: 20 years after the storm
It is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes to ever impact the United States.
August 29, 2025
How to find aliens: Look when their planets are aligned
A new study proposes a novel idea for how to find aliens: Look for their deep space communications when their planets are in alignment, as seen from Earth.
August 28, 2025
Starship redeems itself in spectacular 10th test flight
After a series of explosive failures this year, SpaceX’s Starship saw spectacular success during its 10th flight test on August 26, 2025.
August 27, 2025
Neanderthals and modern humans interbred 140,000 years ago
The fossil remains of a child, dated to 140,000 years ago, shows the earliest known evidence of breeding between Neanderthals and modern humans.
August 26, 2025
Human evolution complexity revealed in new African fossils
Scientists are learning more about human evolution after discovering a new species of Australopithecus that lived contemporaneously with ancient humans.
August 20, 2025
Did alcohol and evolution go hand in hand for humanity?
Alcohol and evolution: Eating alcohol-laden fruit might have helped early hominids socialize. Later, did making alcohol drive the rise of agriculture?
August 10, 2025
Why do we sleep? Study blames overloaded brain cells
Why do we sleep? University of Oxford researchers may have cracked the mystery: an electrical buildup within cellular components.
August 4, 2025
August birthstone: Peridot, spinel, or sardonyx
The August birthstone can be crystalline green peridot, colorful spinel, or banded sardonyx. Take your pick of these colorful gemstones, August babies!
August 1, 2025
UFOs in Canada? Official new report
The Chief Science Advisor of Canada has released a new report about UFOs in Canada. It provides guidelines to standardize UAP reports for government agencies.
August 1, 2025
