'Supertasters' may have some innate protection against Covid-19

One of the biggest mysteries of the novel coronavirus is why it affects some people more severely than others. | Continue reading


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Delta-omicron hybrid variant identified for the first time

Scientists say they will need to conduct studies to find out the severity of the new variant | Continue reading


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Giant blobs in Earth's mantle may explain Africa's weird geology

A massive blob of material under Africa could be contributing to that continent's upheaval. | Continue reading


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Amazon nears 'tipping point' where rainforest could transform into savanna

The Amazon may be nearing a "tipping point." | Continue reading


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The 300-year History of Internet Dating

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Largest Aircraft Destroyed in Ukraine

Giant aircraft Mriya was originally built to transport Soviet space shuttles. | Continue reading


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Scan of a dying human brain reveals life may 'flash before your eyes'

The accidental finding was made when a man suddenly died during a routine brain scan. | Continue reading


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Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer

The technique should work with many organs, as well as blood. | Continue reading


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Was the Mysterious'Russian Flu' a Coronavirus?

The idea is very "speculative," some say. | Continue reading


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'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find

Scientists argue that we need to build better monitoring systems to spot earthquakes of this type. | Continue reading


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1.5M-year-old fossil rewrites 'Out of Africa' theory

But some experts want more evidence. | Continue reading


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85-Mile-Wide Comet Is Largest Ever Observed

The 85-mile-wide Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is winging its way toward the interior of the solar system. | Continue reading


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'Highly pathogenic' bird flu hits U.S. farm

To prevent viral spread, the farm culled 29,000 turkeys. | Continue reading


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Who Were the Scythians?

The Scythians were nomadic pastoralists and formidable warriors. | Continue reading


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SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon

The rocket stage has been tumbling through space for seven years. | Continue reading


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China's $1T 'artificial sun' fusion reactor is five times hotter than the sun

The experimental fusion reactor sustained the temperatures for a record-breaking 17 minutes. | Continue reading


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Frozen tardigrade becomes first 'quantum entangled' animal in history

Some experts are skeptical that the frozen moss piglet really entered a quantum state. | Continue reading


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How do scientists know when the sun will begin to call it quits?

How do scientists know when the sun will begin to call it quits? | Continue reading


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New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead

Barreleye fish live in the ocean twilight zone. | Continue reading


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Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí works

Some of the world's most creative minds, including Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison described using this sleep technique to bolster creativity. | Continue reading


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DeepMind cracks 'knot' conjecture that bedeviled mathematicians for decades

The artificial intelligence company DeepMind is delving into pure math. | Continue reading


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Are jackalopes real? [spoiler: no]

There's some truth to this myth. | Continue reading


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What Is a Faraday Cage?

How does a Faraday cage work and what do we use them for? | Continue reading


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Ants vomit into each other's mouths to form social bonds

Ants have social networks, and they exchange info through vomit. | Continue reading


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Unknown human ancestor may have walked a bit like a bear on its hind legs

An unknown human ancestor walked funny and lived in the same place and at the same time as the famous "Lucy" ancestor in Tanzania. | Continue reading


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Why did ancient Egyptian pharaohs stop building pyramids?

Why did they ditch these iconic tombs? | Continue reading


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Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

It's a black-and-white issue. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 3 years ago

Did Benjamin Franklin want the turkey to be the US national bird?

Probably not. But there's more to the story than meets the eye. | Continue reading


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Who Invented the Lightbulb?

Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, this revolutionary technology was in fact developed by several inventors. | Continue reading


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What happened to the 'vanished' colonists at Roanoke?

The colony was England's first in North America. | Continue reading


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Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated

The effect, called Pauli blocking, has been predicted for 30 years. Scientists just proved it for the first time. | Continue reading


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What Is Antimatter?

Discover antimatter, the strange stuff often found in science fiction | Continue reading


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Cosmic ray 'barrier' at the center of the Milky Way

Something is keeping the universe's fastest-moving particles from entering the center of our galaxy. | Continue reading


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Wormholes may be stable after all, new theory suggests – Live Science

The new theory contradicts earlier predictions that these 'shortcuts' would instantly collapse. | Continue reading


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Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds never-before-seen mineral

Researchers thought the mineral was impossible to find on Earth's surface. | Continue reading


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Archaeologists solve mystery of 'bowling alley' under Yorkshire abbey

Medieval structure hidden beneath Fountains Abbey revealed. | Continue reading


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Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again

An odd fast radio burst has been seen exploding over and over. | Continue reading


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'Panpsychism' Takes Hold in Science

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What if the universe had no beginning?

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Hole discovered in the Arctic's oldest, thickest ice

The polynya, or gap in the ice, is a bad sign. | Continue reading


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Images show how muscles heal themselves after a workout

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Henrietta Lacks' family sues biotech firm for use of 'stolen' cells

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Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress

A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals. | Continue reading


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NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid at 15,000 MPH

The explosive new mission launches on November 23. | Continue reading


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Byzantine warrior with gold-threaded jaw unearthed in Greece

His jaw had been shattered in two. | Continue reading


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Scientists officially list 23 species as extinct, including largest woodpecker

Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 3 years ago

Auroras expected tonight in NY, WA and WI as solar storm barrels toward Earth

The sun lobbed four enormous blobs of plasma toward Earth, and we will soon see their effects. | Continue reading


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After 3.5M-year hiatus, largest comet ever discovered is headed our way

The gargantuan Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet will strafe Saturn's orbit in 2031. Scientists are stoked. | Continue reading


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