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
The discovery suggests the mysterious "King Arthur's Hall" in England is older than Stonehenge. | Continue reading
Deep-sea researchers have discovered a glowing sea slug with a huge hood that helps the creature feed like a Venus fly trap. | Continue reading
Solar maximum is the most active phase of the sun's roughly 11-year solar cycle, which occurs when our home star's magnetic field weakens and eventually flips completely. During this explosive peak, dark sunspots cover the solar surface and spit out more frequent and intense sola … | Continue reading
When combined with Qiskit software tools, the 156-qubit R2 Heron quantum processor can perform 5,000 two-qubit gate operations — double the previous best — meaning it's ready for complex quantum computations, IBM scientists say. | Continue reading
A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic taxonomy. | Continue reading
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago. | Continue reading
A man's brain started bleeding just after he got teeth pulled at the dentist's office. Why? | Continue reading
There is a 50% chance that global warming will consistently exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next six years, according to a new report. | Continue reading
Prime Day sees some pretty tempting deals and discounts on science gifts, but is it worth waiting for Black Friday to potentially save even more? | Continue reading
A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working to confirm the diagnosis. | Continue reading
An artist's rendering of a black hole | Continue reading
An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the Homo genus arose. | Continue reading
The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with fast-moving fireballs possible in US skies. | Continue reading
The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. | Continue reading
The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," scientists say. | Continue reading
Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the animals on tiny treadmills. | Continue reading
Plant-based paper has been used for thousands of years, but exactly how is it created from trees? | Continue reading
Larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm found to feast on polystyrene then break it down in their guts. | Continue reading
Amazon has dropped the Apple Watch Series 10 price by $50 and it's also price-matched at Walmart as the Black Friday price wars begin | Continue reading
New superconducting material paves the way for the next stage in quantum computing | Continue reading
The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see November's full Beaver Moon rise. | Continue reading
A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert. | Continue reading
A newfound rock-shelter in Tajikistan has artifacts created by ancient humans spanning 130,000 years. | Continue reading
Turbulence in airplanes could become a thing of the past with FALCON, a new AI system that helps vehicles learn how to adjust to turbulence within a matter of minutes. | Continue reading
An artist's rendering of a black hole | Continue reading
Archaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future. | Continue reading
Coastlines are challenging to measure, but why? | Continue reading
"The incidence of diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders is less the greener the environment people live in." | Continue reading
Biologist Kathy Willis spoke to Live Science about how touching wood makes us calmer, why looking at a picture of a savanna is calming and how walking through a forest changes our gut microbes. | Continue reading
A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes. | Continue reading
In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane's aerobraking maneuvers help change its orbit. | Continue reading
The idea ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened is thought have come from Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder around 2,000 years ago. But is it true? | Continue reading
The Concorde was the fastest commercial plane ever flown, but its speed came with a hefty price tag. | Continue reading
If you didn't forget things, you'd be in for a world of trouble. | Continue reading
How much do you know about evolution? Take this quiz to find out. | Continue reading
Clouds affect Earth's weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes. | Continue reading
This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago. | Continue reading
Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet. | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene sent gravity waves rippling through the atmosphere far above the southeastern United States, new NASA images reveal. | Continue reading
Here's all we know about Black Friday 2024 so far — from when it takes place to the best science gifts to look for in the sales. | Continue reading
The number of known galaxies circling the Milky Way is increasing as we develop new powerful telescopes. | Continue reading
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life. | Continue reading
Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to spread and cause severe symptoms in other mammals. | Continue reading
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years. | Continue reading
Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests. | Continue reading
A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the Great, a new study claims. | Continue reading