The bullet's inscriptions hint that Indigenous people in Spain supported the would-be dictator, Julius Caesar, during the Roman civil war. | Continue reading
An adult male silky shark was spotted with a huge chunk of its fin missing. A year later, it had almost completely regrown. Here's the amazing story behind the discovery. | Continue reading
Black footed cats are already a threatened species, and habitat fragmentation is now causing increased rates of interbreeding, placing them at higher risk of disease. | Continue reading
Researchers found a new species of fanged frog when they noticed clutches of eggs laid on leaves and mossy boulders unusually far above water. | Continue reading
The AI chatbot provided incorrect diagnoses in 72 pediatric cases from a sample of 100 historic cases, while offering diagnoses in a further 11 that were deemed too broad to be correct. | Continue reading
'We've never had this kind of look at an exploded star before.' | Continue reading
An oxidizer leak has left the lunar lander stranded in space carrying human remains | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed tombs containing mummy masks and a 'god of silence' statue at Saqqara. | Continue reading
Scientific research on how cats view us is mixed, but one thing is clear — they don't adore us the way dogs do. | Continue reading
New research suggests that the risk of Europeans developing diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's stems from ancient human migrations. | Continue reading
Scientists pieced together the history of a huge Pacific plateau and found a complicated story. | Continue reading
NASA has announced it is pushing back its flagship Artemis II expedition to September 2025 and its Artemis III moon-landing mission to September 2026 after testing uncovered safety issues. | Continue reading
Countless sardines beached themselves on an island in the Philippines around 48 hours before a major earthquake that rocked the seafloor nearby. But were the two things connected? | Continue reading
Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms. | Continue reading
Scientists assessed a variety of "space dishes" and determined that the optimal (and tastiest) dish for male astronauts would be a hearty vegetarian salad. | Continue reading
Bright spots that appear and vanish on Saturn's moon Titan have a seemingly simple explanation — they're floating chunks of frozen organic material. | Continue reading
Genetically modifying a specific species of bacterium boosted its ability to extract rare-earth metals by 210% — paving the way for more environmentally friendly ways to extract these valuable elements. | Continue reading
You can grab this powerful Lenovo laptop for just $799.99 while stocks last. | Continue reading
An Iron Age moat found in Jerusalem may have been used for defense thousands of years ago. | Continue reading
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is a great-looking smartwatch that packs plenty of features — but comes with disappointing battery life. | Continue reading
Although extinct California grizzlies upped their meat consumption following European colonization and agricultural expansion, they were mostly veggie and smaller than what historical sources claim. | Continue reading
Archaeologists think the man buried in the grave may have been a wealthy supporter of the Kalmar Union in which a single monarch united the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. | Continue reading
Later this year, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will come even closer to the sun than it has before, while traveling at record-breaking speeds. | Continue reading
AI will be featured heavily in products at CES 2024, with devices and software benefiting from highly sophisticated in-built AI tools. So is 2024 the year AI changes our lives? | Continue reading
Fossils discovered on Barro Colorado Island suggest central Panama was once home to a vast mangrove forest that was preserved when a volcanic mudflow buried it 23 million years ago. | Continue reading
A humpback whale off Baja California Sur with a deformed spine was likely hit by a ship and the injury will probably be fatal, an expert told Live Science. | Continue reading
During the last ice age, the first people to reach the Americas may have traveled from Asia along a sea ice "highway." | Continue reading
The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds. | Continue reading
A professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age. | Continue reading
A study uncovers the likely reasons why a rare genetic quirk is tied to protection against Parkinson's disease. | Continue reading
A tusk scooped up my miners in North Dakota turned out to be one of the most complete skeletons of a mammoth ever discovered in the state. | Continue reading
One of the best fitness trackers around is less than $70. | Continue reading
Just six hours into its maiden flight, Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has experienced a technical fault that could doom the mission. | Continue reading
The new tissue-derived minibrains may complement existing models made from stem cells, the researchers behind the new study say. | Continue reading
Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has successfully launched into space on a brand-new rocket and will attempt to touch down on the lunar surface in February. But the lander's payload includes human remains, which leaders of the Navajo Nation claim is "tantamount to de … | Continue reading
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Jan. 8). | Continue reading
Bird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change. | Continue reading
ULA's new rocket now has one flight under its belt. | Continue reading
Fossils from Australia provide the first direct evidence that photosynthesis was happening at least 1.75 billion years ago. | Continue reading
Here's what you need to know about procrastination if your New Year's resolution is to stop dragging your feet. | Continue reading
"Hercules" the funnel-web spider is the largest male of the species ever found. | Continue reading
Scientists overcame a limitation in graphene to harness the material as a working semiconductor at terahertz frequencies with 10 times the mobility of silicon. | Continue reading
And for medical purposes, how stinky is too stinky? | Continue reading
Jan. 7, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
In our favorite space image of the week, NASA's Juno spacecraft got an unprecedented look at Jupiter's volcanic moon Io from just 930 miles away. | Continue reading
What you think is cat vomit may actually be something else, like a fur ball or regurgitation. | Continue reading
Why are whales so big? Why are giraffe's necks so long? Here are the origins of 10 iconic features in the animal kingdom. | Continue reading
The moon's halo is always 22 degrees wide in the night sky when it appears. So what causes it? | Continue reading