Hacking incidents by AI agents are creating a legal minefield. The developers and deployers of rogue bots could be held liable. | Continue reading
A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others, a group that may have been victims of Viking raid. | Continue reading
The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia. | Continue reading
This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman. | Continue reading
Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult. | Continue reading
In this excerpt from "Neanderthals Among Us," author Peter Sahlins looks at the way Neanderthal extinction theories are often engrained with our own societal fears. | Continue reading
Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission saw surprising "jaundiced yellow" and "swampy green" colors on the moon during their close lunar flyby, a new report reveals. | Continue reading
Roman aqueducts used gravity to transport water. So how did they get it to go uphill? | Continue reading
Live Science spoke with Steve Winter ahead of the release of "Big Cats." | Continue reading
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Flu tests are coming back positive at higher rates than is typical for early fall in several Western states, data suggests. | Continue reading
Car technology is making rapid advances, and the car you will drive in 10 years may be very different from the one you're driving today. | Continue reading
Researchers created multicolored tattoo inks that are activated by different wavelengths of light, allowing people to hide their tattoos in different scenarios. | Continue reading
Having a certain ratio of proteins produced by immune cells in your blood is linked to a higher risk of age-related diseases, scientists report. | Continue reading
A bronze ring that depicts the Lighthouse of Alexandria has been discovered underwater in the remains of an ancient palace. | Continue reading
A quadruped robot scampered more than 26.2 miles of uneven, hilly terrain alongside human runners without needing to be recharged. | Continue reading
A new study that tracked dogs' aging by reading tiny chemical tags on their DNA found that larger dogs aged more quickly. | Continue reading
A 9 million-year-old capybara tooth was found in the Atacama Desert, a surprising find given that these rodents love water. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest "fast radio burst" ever seen, providing more clues about these mysterious explosions. | Continue reading
A new supercomputer simulation traces how thousands of small galaxies eventually became the Milky Way. | Continue reading
Scientists have developed various AI tools to measure people's biological ages. Would you use one? | Continue reading
The sea surface temperature in a key El Niño region has exceeded 86 degrees F for the first time on record, hinting that the strength and location of some El Niño events are transforming. | Continue reading
Dengue fever infections are booming in Florida this year, with more local cases than usual and the state's first dengue-related death in nearly a century. Why? | Continue reading
OpenAI says its newly launched GPT-6 Astra model brings humanity to the threshold of AGI, but external evaluators argue that inflated lab metrics and opaque testing obscure its true reliability. | Continue reading
DNA samples from Jonathan the 194-year-old tortoise reveal gene variants and epigenetic changes that could contribute to his remarkable lifespan. | Continue reading
A predatory mammal-like animal from the Jurassic seems to have characteristics of both a platypus and an otter. | Continue reading
New simulations suggest that the perplexing Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud (AMEC) repeatedly emerges in the Red Planet's skies thanks to a never-before-seen meteorological process. | Continue reading
With extreme weather conditions becoming more frequent, having a disaster kit and other emergency plans can be beneficial. Live Science readers shared their thoughts about how prepared they are for these events. Do you agree with what they said? | Continue reading
Astronomers have spotted a rare "second-generation" exoplanet closely orbiting the nearby white dwarf HS 0209+0832. An unusual mixture of heavy elements inside this zombie star suggests that "this system has given birth to a new world using the foundations of the old one." | Continue reading
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards has unveiled its finalists for 2026, so let's all have a good laugh at nature. | Continue reading
Peaking on Oct. 8-9, the unpredictable Draconid meteor shower is one of the few that's best seen just after dark. Could it produce another meteor storm? | Continue reading
Immune cells that clear old and dying cells get sluggish with age. Scientists think that rejuvenating these cells could help combat aging. | Continue reading
Before visiting the emergency room, a woman fired a gun at hallucinations triggered by over-the-counter pills. | Continue reading
A palm-sized robot inspired by frogs uses snapping rods to jump, swim and navigate an obstacle course. | Continue reading
Astronomers may have discovered the first known microblazar, a long-theorized object firing a powerful beam of particles directly at Earth. | Continue reading
A study of nearly 200 individuals buried in domestic contexts in ancient and Viking Age Scandinavia has revealed unusually high levels of violence. | Continue reading
Rosalind Franklin knew about DNA's double-helix structure ahead of Watson and Crick, a new study of her photos and notes reveals. | Continue reading
We've found the best deals on telescopes and binoculars in the Amazon Big Deal Days sale, helping you save money on stargazing gear ahead of winter. | Continue reading
A 2016 astronaut photo mosaic highlights a "sunglint" phenomenon that transformed Lake Powell into a winding metallic "river." The artificial reservoir, which is the second-largest in the country, is home to many visible and long-lost geological wonders. | Continue reading
The ozone hole above Antarctica is unusually large right now, and it might signal a shift in how the gap in Earth's protective layer behaves. | Continue reading
Mpox continues to circulate in many countries, including the United States. Here's what to know about the infection and the vaccines that protect against it. | Continue reading
Mpox (formerly monkeypox) continues to circulate in the U.S. Can it be stopped? | Continue reading
Skywatchers in the U.S. and eastern Canada can see a rare lunar occultation of Jupiter early on Oct. 6. Here are the exact times to see the giant planet vanish and reappear. | Continue reading
The ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a new study finds. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment. | Continue reading
This 1,400-year-old Maya urn features skulls, underworld gods, and a deceased ancestor dressed like a jaguar. | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a new type of architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing. | Continue reading
A particle collider experiment just revealed something unexpected about how the fiery soup of particles that filled the universe after the Big Bang coalesced into the protons and neutrons that make up matter today. | Continue reading