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
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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
When added to mammalian cells, instead of activating inflammatory pathways as expected, one particular bacteriophage stimulated the cells to grow and survive. | Continue reading
Researchers have found evidence suggesting wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park go through menopause, shedding light on the evolution of this rare trait in humans. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope's detection of tellurium in the violent environment of a dead-star merger is a step toward determining where the universe's heaviest elements come from. | Continue reading
The spider in the woman's ear was making continuous, weird clicking and rustling noises that were so bad, she couldn't sleep. | Continue reading
NASA's OSIRIS REx mission cost $1.16 billion for just under 9 ounces of asteroid dust. But it's hardly the most expensive material in science. Here's where it ranks. | Continue reading
The photos, taken in the 1960s and 1970s by the first spy satellites, reveal that the eastern border of the Roman Empire was a place of vibrant trade. | Continue reading
There's still time to see a rare oasis that formed in Death Valley. | Continue reading
Researchers mapped out "cake-like" fossil layers belonging to a group of ancient marine creatures from the supercontinent Gondwana that mysteriously died off 390 million years ago. | Continue reading
Having a stuffy nose often comes with pain and tenderness around your cheeks, eyes or forehead. But what do blocked sinuses look like inside your head? | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Poland have discovered the remnants of a medieval knight's residence, along with numerous artifacts. | Continue reading
The British Antarctic Survey detected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in seabirds on Bird Island, located in the Antarctic region in the South Atlantic. | Continue reading
First place in the Nikon Small World photography competition was awarded to diabetes researcher for capturing the microscopic structure of a rodents eye. | Continue reading
A new study has revealed specific specific gene variants associated with a higher risk of both endometriosis and several digestive disorders, such as IBS and GERD. | Continue reading
Grab this stylish pair of Bose headphones for $250 at Walmart, a saving of $129. | Continue reading
Scientists made a twin version of our universe, showing the evolution of all forms of matter and energy, in the biggest cosmological computer simulation to date. | Continue reading
The weapons are among a variety of explosive devices used in China during the Ming dynasty. | Continue reading
The asteroid Kamo'oalewa may have been ejected by a massive impact on Earth's moon, a new simulation has revealed. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a hidden Neolithic tomb containing 14 skeletons. | Continue reading
Scientists have decoded a protein from sea-urchin sperm that's also found in other animals, including humans, raising a new potential avenue for treating male infertility and developing male birth control. | Continue reading
Scientists have demonstrated that an AI system called a neural network can be trained to show "systematic compositionality," a key part of human intellect. | Continue reading
NASA is struggling to open a capsule containing precious asteroid samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission. Luckily, there is plenty of material to study on the outside of the container. | Continue reading