A new study suggests that a person's epigenetic "clock" may be a better predictor of how much their memory function has declined over time than their actual age. | Continue reading
A new analysis of a mass grave from Neolithic Spain reveals that the site wasn't a burial ground from a massacre, but of fallen warriors. | Continue reading
Black Friday has come early, and this Amazon deal is music to our ears. | Continue reading
Work and play in style with this HP Victus laptop. | Continue reading
The recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200. | Continue reading
The symptoms of a metal allergy can vary in severity, but why do they happen? | Continue reading
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds. | Continue reading
The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, which replaced four fingers he likely lost through amputation. | Continue reading
Experts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that they are right. | Continue reading
Footage filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface shows a goosefish strolling along the seafloor before tuning its bulbous head and bulging eyes straight at the camera. | Continue reading
There's a huge 34% discount on the UMAY Fitness Walking Pad, with three speed settings, a built-in LED display, and a suspension system for at-home exercise. | Continue reading
Scientists say they've discovered CBD in a shrub that belongs to the same family as cannabis, although they've yet to publish the research. | Continue reading
Scientists on a 30-day expedition off the coast of Ecuador have mapped two coral reefs and two seamounts more than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface. | Continue reading
Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be chunks of a Mars-sized space rock that crashed into our planet 4.5 billion years ago, scientists discover. | Continue reading
There were no lions in 16th-century Puerto Rico — so was the cave drawing made by someone who'd actually seen one? | Continue reading
New research describes how a kilonova explosion triggered by colliding neutron stars could eradicate life on Earth for thousands of years. Thankfully, the odds are incredibly low. | Continue reading
The walled city likely served as a political and cultural hub in Bronze Age China. | Continue reading
Scientists have described two lamprey fossils with "extensively toothed" mouths from the Jurassic period, shining a light on how this group has evolved into its modern forms since the Devonian. | Continue reading
A buildup of dental plaque breaks down tooth enamel, leading to tooth decay, gum disease and other oral health conditions. | Continue reading
NASA has released a new image of an eerie, cranium-shaped caldera in the Sahara Desert, which looks like it is staring right at the orbiting camera. | Continue reading
A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on? | Continue reading
A new tool may be able to predict the effectiveness of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines — but what do experts think of its assessments? | Continue reading
Scientists have scanned the mummified remains of a supposed "mermaid" from Japan. The initial results suggest it is a horrifying mix of fish, monkey and lizard parts. | Continue reading
Watch as these gruesome parasites emerge from their hosts. | Continue reading
From bats to hornbills, here are some animals that have historically been associated with death. | Continue reading
Don’t miss out on this massive $450 discount on one of our favorite rowing machines to perfect your technique and join virtual workouts from the comfort of your home. | Continue reading
A new antibody shot called Beyfortus was recently approved to protect babies from RSV, but it's in short supply this season. | Continue reading
Researchers recorded hundreds of facial expressions in cats, finding they're not quite as aloof as previously thought. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives in Indonesia. | Continue reading
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming solar maximum will arrive sooner and be more explosive than they initially forecast — as Live Science previously reported. | Continue reading
New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and two decades to keep temperatures below the 2 C threshold in the Paris Agreement. | Continue reading
Scientists have pieced together the remnants of a continent that broke off from western Australia 155 million years ago and seemingly vanished as it drifted northward toward Southeast Asia. | Continue reading
An 8-year-old girl discovered the bones of a woolly mammoth and a prehistoric bison after a landslide along the banks of a river in western Russia. | Continue reading
The Chicxulub impact threw sulfur gas, soot and dust into the air. New research finds that the dust may have been the most devastating. | Continue reading
Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago. | Continue reading
A shrieking skull, a cackling witch, a scampering black widow and other cosmic illusions haunt our skies. Which do you think is the scariest nebula in the universe? | Continue reading
Oct. 29, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
Engravings of human faces, animals and geometric shapes were spotted on normally submerged rocks after more than half of the Negro River dried up. | Continue reading
Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem. | Continue reading
Around Halloween in 2003, a series of massive solar storms erupted from the sun, including an absolute monster coronal mass ejection (CME) that remains the most powerful solar outburst in modern records. | Continue reading
Dogs evolved from wolves, but is one smarter than the other? | Continue reading
A study of 30 women with regular menstrual cycles suggests that the structure of the brain fluctuates in time with hormonal shifts. | Continue reading
Darwin and fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace predicted the existence of Wallace's sphinx moth from an orchid with an extremely long nectar tube. | Continue reading
A rare gold coin found by a metal detectorist and recently auctioned off was minted by a little-known ruler in pre-Roman Britain. | Continue reading
The sunken public building was discovered in the underwater ruins of ancient Greek city. | Continue reading
Jupiter's swirling clouds form an eerie image that resembles a face. | Continue reading
Don't expect an alien invasion anytime soon. | Continue reading
Mummified mice found atop volcanoes in South America have long hinted that rodents forage on peaks as tall as 22,000 feet, but it turns out mice permanently live at these extreme heights. | Continue reading