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"July's full 'buck moon' rises this week-and signals a big lunar transition is on the way."

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July 17, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE      Amazing science every day SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   TOP SCIENCE NEWS (Mark Miller Photos via Getty Images) July's full 'Buck Moon' rises this week — and signals a big lunar transition is on the way July's full moon — also known as the Buck Moon, the Thunder Moon and the Hay Moon — will be at its fullest on the night of July 21. It's the last "regular" full moon before a parade of four consecutive "supermoons" light up the sky. Read More HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY (Smudge Whisker via Alamy) Venus of Brassempouy: The 23,000-year-old ivory carving found in the Pope's Grotto The palm-sized carving depicts a Neolithic woman wearing an ornate headpiece. Read More ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (NASA/JPL-Caltech) 'Dark comets' may be a much bigger threat to Earth than we thought, new study warns A strange class of space rock known as a "dark comet" has qualities of both asteroids and comets — and the hard-to-spot objects may pose a larger threat to Earth than we thought, according to new research. Read More HEALTH (TopMicrobialStock via Getty Images) New fungal infection discovered in China Scientists uncovered a species of fungi that had never before been seen in humans. They say warmer temperatures could drive its evolution, for the worse. Read More ANIMALS (Doug Perrine / Alamy Stock Photo) Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed Surprising new research has revealed why the world's longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, has such a lengthy lifespan. The findings could have big implications for the species' future. Read More TECHNOLOGY (Jagadeesh Moodera, et al) Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 times faster than in semiconductors Scientists observed record-breaking electron mobility — seven times higher than in conventional semiconductors — with a material made from the same elements as quartz and gold. Read More POLL QUESTION What part of the brain lights up in response to ASMR? Learn the answer (and what ASMR is) here. The amygdala The medial prefrontal cortex The brainstem The pituitary gland

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