Researchers now think the boat was a local "føringsbåt" for passengers and cargo. | Continue reading
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An analysis of ancient residues left on a vase depicting the Egyptian deity Bes reveals it may have been used to reenact a myth. | Continue reading
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Evo is a large language model that is not trained on words but on the genomes of millions of microbes. It can accurately predict the effects of mutations. | Continue reading
Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere. | Continue reading
Gray hair is often a sign of aging, but is it possible to delay its advance or reverse the color change? | Continue reading
New research suggests that climate change is currently driving a surge in global dengue infections and that case rates could increase by 60% by 2050. | Continue reading
Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination. | Continue reading
Large language model AIs might seem smart on a surface level but they struggle to actually understand the real world and model it accurately, a new study finds. | Continue reading
These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their unsuspecting prey. | Continue reading
The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community — but will it last? | Continue reading
From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come from? | Continue reading
Stress can shape how memories are formed, a study in mice suggests. The findings could point the way to future treatments for PTSD and anxiety. | Continue reading
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new analysis of the rock reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago. | Continue reading
Immune cells produced during severe COVID-19 infection may shrink tumors. The unexpected mechanism offers a new therapeutic possibility for advanced and treatment-resistant cancers. | Continue reading
The budget-friendly ProForm 750R rowing machine is even better value than ever with this price cut. | Continue reading
Researchers have analyzed mummified remains pulled from Siberia's permafrost in 2020 and determined they belong to a 3-week-old saber-toothed kitten that died at least 35,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments of an ancient rainforest that covered the South Pole during the Cretaceous peri … | Continue reading
Explore the skies for less with the Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 at their lowest price since February — now $210 ahead of Black Friday | Continue reading
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed. | Continue reading
The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the Solomon Islands. | Continue reading
After discussing the quirks in 3D modeling software, where a laser beam is treated as a solid object that can cast a shadow, scientists decided to experiment in real life — and found that laser beams can indeed cast a shadow under the right conditions. | Continue reading
Argentina's El Ojo is said to harbor UFOs and the ghosts of ancient deities, but as far as scientists can tell, the island is simply a fluke of nature that formed through erosion and water currents. | Continue reading
Fast radio bursts — powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions — tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests. | Continue reading
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a distant exoplanet. | Continue reading
It's rare to find gladiator memorabilia from Roman Britain, but archaeologists by Hadrian's Wall have just found a 2,000-year-old knife handle depicting a left-handed fighter. | Continue reading
Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah. | Continue reading
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The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on the standard model of galaxy evolution and bolstered a rival theory for how physics may work on large scales, according to a team of astronomers. | Continue reading
The James Webb telescope has spotted three gigantic "red monster" galaxies that were spawned soon after the Big Bang. They're so large they could rewrite the laws of galactic evolution. | Continue reading
A new model based on the famous alien-hunting Drake equation suggests that some parallel universes within the hypothetical "multiverse" could have higher chances of containing extraterrestrial life than our universe. | Continue reading
A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how the youth was exposed. | Continue reading
By tapping into the enigmatic theory of how neurons transmit signals, scientists have proven they can one day build computer chips with near-zero electrical resistance. | Continue reading
A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble. | Continue reading
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the body. | Continue reading
Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a weird plasma burst from the sun. | Continue reading
A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions. | Continue reading
Discover all things chemical with the latest chemistry news, features and articles from Live Science. | Continue reading
The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier. | Continue reading
A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory. | Continue reading
Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006. So why is its status still so controversial today? | Continue reading
Researchers created the most detailed map of the brain's functional networks using data from people watching movies, including "Inception," "Home Alone" and "Erin Brokovich." | Continue reading
Most of us are familiar with the mammoths in the "Ice Age" movies, but how much do you really know about these creatures? Find out by taking our quiz. | Continue reading
A study looking at the brain size of different breeds relative to their skulls reveals how humans have altered the species through artificial selection. | Continue reading