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No need to wait for Black Friday — one of Canon's best cameras for wildlife photography is discounted by over $1,450 right now

Walmart has an incredible Amazon-beating discount on the brilliant Canon EOS R5. | Continue reading


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Scientists to read Cassius the giant crocodile's bones to find out exactly how old he was when he died

When Cassius — the world's largest captive crocodile — died in Australia, his keepers thought he could be over 120 years old. Now, a necropsy could reveal his true age. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 17 days ago

Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles. | Continue reading


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Dolphin news, features and articles

Find out everything there is to know about dogs and stay updated on the latest dogs news with the comprehensive articles, interactive features and dogs pictures at LiveScience.com. Learn more about these loyal pets as scientists continue to make amazing d | Continue reading


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Marine mammals

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Elephants

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@livescience.com | 17 days ago

Indonesia volcano eruption kills at least 10

An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki stratovolcano rained debris and ash on villages on the island of Flores. | Continue reading


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India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 17 days ago

'Fireball' meteors possible over US tonight as South Taurid meteor shower peaks

The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this month's doubleheader of shooting stars. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 17 days ago

These 3 neurons may underlie the drive to eat food

A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. | Continue reading


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Earth from space: Watch Valencia disappear under a sea of mud during deadly Spanish floods

Satellite images show the true extent of the flash flooding in Valencia during a freak weather event that killed at least 214 people across Spain. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 days ago

'An offering to energize the fields': 76 child sacrifice victims, all with their chests cut open, unearthed at burial site in Peru

An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 days ago

Cassius, the world's biggest captive crocodile, may have been over 120 years old when he died

Cassius, the world's largest captive crocodile, has died in Australia. The saltwater croc may have been over 120 years old — but no-one knows his true age for sure. | Continue reading


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Content funding on Live Science

How we fund the content that you read on Live Science. | Continue reading


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The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 days ago

Will we ever have quantum laptops?

Quantum computers are here. But could we ever build a quantum laptop? | Continue reading


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When did plate tectonics begin?

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did this process begin? | Continue reading


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'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 days ago

Saturn's moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's vast subsurface ocean. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 days ago

Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover

NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water. | Continue reading


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How many weeks are there in a year?

We take our timekeeping rules for granted, but the history of these rules is long and complex. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 19 days ago

'Unique' gold offering to god of war discovered at Roman fortress in Georgia

An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold offering to a god of war, a colorful mosaic and other artifacts. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 19 days ago

A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 19 days ago

380 million-year-old remains of giant fish found in Australia. Its 'living fossil' descendant, the coelacanth, is still alive today.

Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 19 days ago

New memory chip controlled by light and magnets could one day make AI computing less power-hungry

A new type of ultrafast memory uses optical signals and magnets to efficiently process and store data. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 20 days ago

Northern sea robin: The bizarre fish with crab legs it uses to taste the seafloor

The northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to "taste" the seafloor. | Continue reading


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Huge lithium deposits are in Nevada. Here's why.

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity. | Continue reading


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What really caused encephalitis lethargica, the mysterious disease described in the movie "Awakenings"?

Revisiting a disease that affected a million people might provide answers we need for the future. | Continue reading


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Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA's groundbreaking new satellite

NOAA shared new images taken by the world's first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 20 days ago

Can viruses cause cancer?

The far-reaching impact of certain viruses on the body can make cells grow out of control, causing cancer. | Continue reading


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Chemists broke a 100-year-old rule to make extremely unstable molecules

Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 20 days ago

'Mind-blowing' discovery reveals 5,000-year-old cultic building in Israel

The remains of a 5,000-year-old structure that likely had cultic purposes is one of the oldest public buildings ever found in Israel. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 20 days ago

Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life

Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin." | Continue reading


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@livescience.com | 21 days ago

James Webb telescope finds 1st possible 'failed stars' beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 23 days ago

1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in Sweden

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 23 days ago

Ancient Indigenous weapons from Australia can deliver 'devastating blows,' 1st-ever biomechanics study of its kind reveals

A first-ever biomechanics study of two First Nations weapons systems has identified the design features that make them so formidable. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 23 days ago

Watch 1st-ever video of ovulation occurring in real-time

A new imaging technique enabled scientists to film every step of ovulation as it unfolds in mouse cells. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 23 days ago

'Wake-up call': Women are more likely than men to die of complications after heart surgery

Complications that arise after surgery are more likely to be underrecognized and undertreated in women than in men, leading to higher death rates, new research suggests. Why? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 24 days ago

New app performs motion capture using just your smartphone — no suits, specialized cameras or equipment needed

Motion capture requires special equipment and infrastructure that can cost upward of $100,000 — but scientists have created a smartphone app and AI algorithm to do the same job. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 24 days ago

7 centuries-old suits of battle armor from around the world

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, these examples of battle armor were designed to protect and impress. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 24 days ago

Why wait for Black Friday? The Celestron 114LCM computerized telescope is $115 off right now

This powerful Newtonian reflector telescope has hundreds of 5-star Amazon reviews and a previous Black Friday best price-beating discount. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 24 days ago

Earth from space: Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come

A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region … | Continue reading


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Lasers reveal Maya city, including thousands of structures, hidden in Mexico

The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court. | Continue reading


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