'A big cosmological mystery': Newfound cosmic corkscrew defies our understanding of the universe

The structure is so large, it defies one of the simplest rules of cosmology. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

NASA finally opens capsule to potentially hazardous asteroid 'Bennu' that may contain seeds of life

Two tight fasteners kept the majority of the Bennu asteroid sample from scientists since it returned to Earth in September. Now they've finally prised it open. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Save $80 on Samsung's latest smartwatch

Best Buy just brought the Samsung Galaxy Watch6 down to under $400. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Anglo-Saxon teen girl discovered buried with lavish jewelry strewn across her head and chest

Archaeologists in England have discovered the remains of a teenager and child buried in a spooning position in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the sixth or seventh century A.D. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Listen to diamonds erupting from deep within Earth in striking animation

Diamonds erupt from the deep as supercontinents break up. Now you can listen to the "song" of these kimberlite eruptions. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

CES 2024: The best laptops for students

Although on-device AI was big at CES, there were plenty of budget-friendly machines to see as well. | Continue reading


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CES 2024: The best laptops for coding & programmers

CES 2024 was a banner year for innovations in laptops. Here are the ones likely to be making waves this year for coders. | Continue reading


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Giganto, world's largest ape, went down poor evolutionary path toward extinction

Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct at least 215,000 years ago after climate change caused its forest home to vanish. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Brand-new class of antibiotic kills drug-resistant superbug

Scientists discovered a new class of antibiotic that kills bacteria in a unique way and isn't vulnerable to existing drug resistance. | Continue reading


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2,700-year-old temple with altar overflowing with jewel-studded offerings unearthed on Greek island

The temple sits adjacent to a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Hubble tracks farthest and most powerful fast radio burst back to 'blob' of 7 galaxies

The most powerful and distant fast radio burst ever seen has been tracked to a "blob" of galaxies that existed when the universe was less than half its current age. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Einstein Probe, with unique 'lobster eye,' deploys to unravel the mysteries of black holes, colliding neutron stars and supernovas

The Einstein Probe has left Earth to survey the cosmos for X-ray signals from feeding black holes, colliding neutron stars and exploding stars. | Continue reading


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Lasers reveal ancient settlements hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest

Archaeologists used lasers to view an ancient civilization hidden in the Amazon rainforest. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Humans now kill 80 million sharks per year, 25 million of which are threatened species

Catch data from 2012 to 2019 reveal shark deaths from fishing increased from 76 million to 80 million per year. Researchers stress that more action is needed to save threatened species. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Annual cane toad kill-a-thon is about to start in Australia. Here's how to eliminate the pests humanely.

Instead of bludgeoning Australia's invasive cane toads to death, scientists advise popping them in the fridge for a day or two before transferring them to the freezer to finish them off. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Sugar-loving fruit bats' genes could point to new diabetes treatments, scientists say

Scientists are studying how fruit bats can handle such a sugary diets in order to potentially uncover new ways to manage humans' glucose levels. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests

The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

2 golden tongues symbolizing 'flesh of the gods' unearthed in ancient Egyptian mummies

The two new finds bring the total number of golden tongues found in ancient Egyptian mummies at Oxyrhynchus to 16. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Humans can 'smell' each other's emotions — but we don't know how

Scents are not only important in our relationship to food and the natural world. They also play a role in how we communicate with people we know. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Runners enjoyed their workouts more after using cannabis, but physically floundered

Smoking cannabis before a workout may make the experience more enjoyable, but it may feel harder, a small study suggests. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

2,000-year-old bullet found with Julius Caesar's name on it was likely used in civil war

The bullet's inscriptions hint that Indigenous people in Spain supported the would-be dictator, Julius Caesar, during the Roman civil war. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

How a scientist accidentally discovered a shark that regenerated its mutilated fin: 'The revelation was astonishing'

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Adorable but deadly little wildcat may be inbreeding at 'alarming' rates, study finds

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

World's tiniest fanged frog with males that 'hug' their babies discovered

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Want to ask ChatGPT about your kid's symptoms? Think again — it's right only 17% of the time

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Mysterious 'Green Monster' lurking in James Webb photo of supernova remnant is finally explained

'We've never had this kind of look at an exploded star before.' | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

'No chance of a soft landing': Company confirms Peregrine mission's human remains won't reach the moon

An oxidizer leak has left the lunar lander stranded in space carrying human remains | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Ancient Egyptian mummy masks, tombs and 'god of silence' statue discovered at Saqqara

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed tombs containing mummy masks and a 'god of silence' statue at Saqqara. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Do cats really hate us?

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Europeans' ancient ancestors passed down genes tied to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's risk

New research suggests that the risk of Europeans developing diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's stems from ancient human migrations. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

'Superstructure' bigger than Idaho has been growing on the seafloor by Fiji since the dinosaur age

Scientists pieced together the history of a huge Pacific plateau and found a complicated story. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

NASA's historic Artemis mission to land the 1st woman on the moon delayed until 2026

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Millions of fish descend on Philippines beaches in bizarre photos and video

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Vaccines slash risk of long COVID, studies show

Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Scientists tested 10 meals to find the perfect food for space travel

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan finally have an explanation

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Salt-loving bacterium can be genetically engineered to purify rare-earth metals

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

$600 off this laptop from Best Buy is a huge deal for coders

You can grab this powerful Lenovo laptop for just $799.99 while stocks last. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Mysterious moat discovered in Jerusalem may have been used to divide the biblical city

An Iron Age moat found in Jerusalem may have been used for defense thousands of years ago. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 review

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is a great-looking smartwatch that packs plenty of features — but comes with disappointing battery life. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Extinct 'hypercarnivorous' California grizzly bears were actually mostly vegetarian before Europeans showed up

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Medieval grave of 'very, very powerful' man and his 4-foot-long sword unearthed in Sweden

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

'Monumental achievement for all humanity': NASA's Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a record-breaking encounter with the sun

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Last year AI entered our lives — is 2024 the year it'll change them?

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

23 million-year-old petrified mangrove forest discovered hiding in plain sight in Panama

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Whale with broken back spotted near Mexico after suspected ship collision will likely die

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

The 1st Americans may have arrived by a sea ice 'highway'

During the last ice age, the first people to reach the Americas may have traveled from Asia along a sea ice "highway." | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 10 months ago

Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface

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


@livescience.com | 10 months ago