Do we have taste receptors in other parts of our body?

Taste receptors have been found far beyond the tongue, but do they help perceive taste or work like the ones in our mouths? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 8 months ago

CVS, Walgreens to begin filling prescriptions for abortion pill mifepristone

Consumers will soon be able to fill prescriptions for mifepristone at select CVS and Walgreens locations. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 8 months ago

1,000-year-old vessels found in Guatemala held tobacco possibly used as 'narcotics to induce deep sleep, visions and divinatory trances'

Archaeologists have discovered a collection of pre-Hispanic ceramic vases that contain traces of nicotine, possibly from liquid infusion. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Space photo of the week: A young star sweeps up its cosmic neighborhood in vibrant new Hubble image

The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image is a riot of orange, blue and violet — and a lesson in how plucky young stars clear their dusty neighborhoods. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Can static electricity cause a fire?

It's commonplace to get a jolt from static electricity. But does it have enough electrical charge to start a fire? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Shoebill: The human-sized African bird that eats baby crocodiles and kills its siblings

Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

What's the fastest thing on Earth?

Particles from space are constantly zooming into Earth. But which one is the speediest? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Bitvae C2 Water Flosser review

The Bitvae C2 aims to make water flossing easy, convenient and affordable, but can it compete with more expensive options? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Lone orca kills great white shark in less than 2 minutes by ripping out its liver

Disturbing footage shows the moment a single orca chased down a great white shark and killed it, then swam away with the shark's liver in its jaws. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Remains of 7th-century Saxon town discovered under central London

Archaeologists have found traces of a Saxon town known as Lundenwic buried beneath London. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Boiling tap water can remove nearly 90 percent of microplastics, new study finds

Tiny plastic particles float inside tap water, and it's still unclear how they impact our health. But boiling the water for 5 minutes could remove most of these microplastics, a new study finds. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Fracturing Antarctic glacier breaks 80 mph speed record

The Pine Island glacier formed a 6.5-mile-long crack at 80 mph, proving to scientists that some glaciers can shatter like glass. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

RSV vaccine keeps older adults highly protected for at least 2 seasons

Pfizer's recently approved RSV vaccine maintains a high and fairly steady rate of effectiveness across consecutive RSV seasons. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Pain can linger even after a UTI is gone — haywire nerve growth may explain it

A new study in mice and human tissue samples suggests that UTI symptoms may persist after the infection has been treated due to an overgrowth of neurons in the bladder. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

One of our favorite wildlife cameras just had its price slashed by over $600

The Canon EOS R5 is one of the best wildlife cameras out there, and you can get it for under $3,000 at Walmart right now. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Secrets of giant Antarctic sea spiders and their tiny eggs revealed after 140 years

Unlike other sea spiders that carry their eggs on their backs, male giant antarctic sea spiders spend two days gluing their eggs to the seafloor. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

4,000-year-old copper dagger unearthed by metal detectorist in Poland

The rare copper dagger may have belonged to "a warrior of a very high social status." | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

East Coast cities are sinking at a shocking rate, NASA images show

Satellite images reveal the rate that cities along the U.S. East Coast, including New York, Baltimore and Charleston, are sinking into the ground. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Exploding, green 'devil comet' could photobomb April 8 total solar eclipse — and it might be visible with the naked eye

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the "devil comet," will be positioned close to the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse. Some photographers also predict that the volcanic comet may be visible to the naked eye, especially if it blows its top before the big event. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

'Goodnight, Odie': Odysseus, the 1st US moon lander since Apollo, shares farewell image after lunar face-plant

The Odysseus lander powered down yesterday as it braces for two weeks of lunar night. This farewell image may be its last. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

16-foot-long shark bites stranded pygmy whale's head off as human tries to rescue it

A shark instantly killed a stranded pygmy sperm whale on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula, where officials had warned about increased shark activity. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Weird dent in Earth's magnetic field is messing with auroras in the Southern Hemisphere

The South Atlantic Anomaly makes a section of the southern aurora weaker and likely dimmer. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

14 wrecks that expose 'what life was like on slaver ships' identified in the Bahamas

Researchers say they hope to recover what's left of the ships after more than 200 years underwater. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Flying car designed to hop across the Philippines' 7,000 islands coming this year

The Luft Pinoy is an electric minivan combined with a hydrogen-powered eVTOL system to create a flying car that's practical for island-hopping. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Items used by Roman cavalry and other treasures unearthed by metal detectorist in Wales

A collection of artifacts found on an island in Wales could be part of a religious offering. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

'2023 just blew everything off the charts': Antarctic sea ice hits troubling low for third consecutive year

Sea ice extent in Antarctica is vital for keeping ice on the continent and sea levels low. But its dwindling extent could mean the continent has shifted to a new regime, with global ramifications. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

James Webb telescope spots trouble in Orion Nebula: Stellar winds are eroding planet-forming material around a young star

A group of extremely bright stars may be slowly reshaping the Orion Nebula and stopping one of their neighbors from forming planets, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Striking new satellite images show Indonesia's new jungle capital taking shape

Nusantara will be the new capital of Indonesia as Jakarta continues to subside below sea level. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Why do people dissociate during traumatic events?

Ever feel disconnected during a stressful event? That could be your brain protecting you. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Mexico's most dangerous active volcano erupts 13 times in 1 day

The Popocatépetl volcano, just outside Mexico City, has been spewing thick plumes of volcanic ash into the sky, causing flights to be grounded. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Satellite snaps eerily circular holes in the clouds above Florida. What caused them?

A NASA satellite recently spotted a series of bizarre "fallstreak holes" in clouds above Florida. The circular cloud gaps have been previously (and incorrectly) linked to paranormal phenomena. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

One of our top astrophotography cameras just got an incredible $599 off

The Sony A7 III stands out among its competitors for offering professional results at incredible value for money — and now you can get hundreds off it with a Walmart deal. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

How many ancient Egyptian pyramids are there?

How many ancient Egyptian pyramids are still standing, especially if you count smaller, private pyramids? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

NASA's asteroid-slamming DART mission completely changed the shape of its target

NASA's DART spacecraft seems to have completely reshaped asteroid Dimorphos after violently crashing into it in Sept. 2022 | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

What causes tinnitus, and can it be treated?

That ringing that only you can hear can become really bothersome if it persists. Here's what triggers tinnitus, plus how you can manage the condition. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Copper Age necropolis unearthed in Italy contains skeletal remains and still-sharp weapons, maybe from ancient warriors

The necropolis dates to the Copper Age and contains 22 tombs. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Mini model of human embryonic brain and spinal cord grown in lab

The new organoids were grown in the lab for up to 40 days, and they mimicked the central nervous system of an 11-week-old human embryo. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Scientists say dehydrating the stratosphere could be plausible option to combat climate change

A new study explores the possibility of removing water from the air before it enters the stratosphere, where water vapor acts as a greenhouse gas, to mitigate the effects of climate change. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Passing stars may have changed Earth's orbit and climate, study finds

Passing stars may have altered Earth's orbit, and its climate, many times throughout cosmic history. New research digs into what that means when it comes to understanding our planet's past. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Historic Texas wildfires rage toward U.S. nuclear weapon facility

A series of wildfires in Texas began spreading on Monday (Feb. 26) and have now grown to historic scales, reaching 60 counties and threatening America's main nuclear weapon storage facility. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Underwater volcano eruption 7,300 years ago is the largest in recorded history

The Kikai-Akahoya eruption — the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history — ejected more than 80 cubic miles of volcanic rock and ash off the southwestern coast of Japan 7,300 years ago. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Record-smashing Chinese maglev hyperloop train hits 387 mph and could someday outpace a plane

The T-Flight is a maglev train that hit a record-breaking speed of 387 mph on a short test track — but engineers want to double that rate so the train can carry passengers at speeds faster than if they were traveling by plane. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

We finally know why humans don't have tails

Researchers discover a potential genetic connection between humans' tail loss and a type of birth defect. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Astronomers narrow down where 'Planet Nine' could be hiding by playing massive game of 'connect the dots'

The researchers who originally proposed the Planet Nine hypothesis have narrowed down where the giant elusive world might be hiding, after carrying out an exhaustive sweep of the theoretical planet's orbital pathway. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Could mini space-grown organs be our 'cancer moonshot'?

Scientists say they're growing "organoids" in space to better understand cancer, neurological diseases and aging, and to hopefully uncover treatments. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Russian satellite narrowly avoids collision with US spacecraft, and NASA could do nothing to stop it

NASA's TIMED satellite narrowly avoided hitting a defunct Russian satellite in the early hours of the morning. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

Mars-bound astronauts will face incredible stress. Here's how we can prepare them to make history.

Traveling to Mars will require living in close quarters for more than two years. Here's how astronauts can deal with the stress of those conditions. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago

'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien technology

A distant star system housing 6 planets that move in 'mathematically perfect' orbits has ignited a search for possible alien technosignatures. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 months ago