Archaeologists have discovered an ancient base camp in Alaska that has evidence of the oldest dwelling and possibly the earliest domesticated dogs in the Americas. | Continue reading
Atoms confined to a single line can bind into clusters called Bethe strings. A new experiment points to a mix of many such clusters, though the evidence is still indirect. | Continue reading
The newly identified Invictibellatrix amberina lived about 120 million years ago and represents the first megaraptoran dinosaur found in Europe, according to a new study. | Continue reading
Stellar remnants called white dwarfs appear to come in a rainbow of colors, according to a new study. | Continue reading
The remains of two Ramesses II statues — one of which would have originally stood around 28 feet tall — were found by a villager in Egypt. | Continue reading
Space-based solar power has the potential to meet Earth's energy needs many times over. Will it see the light of day? | Continue reading
A rare discovery reveals that 75,000 years ago, a Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave in Iraq died a grisly death, likely from a wooden spear. | Continue reading
Women are using testosterone in the hope that it will treat their menopause symptoms, but little evidence supports the approach, experts say. | Continue reading
Movement-induced flares in chronic back pain activate brain regions involved in self-reflection, suggesting chronic pain may be processed differently than acute pain. | Continue reading
A study of DNA from early colonial-era skeletons in a Montreal cemetery has revealed that none of them had any Indigenous ancestry. | Continue reading
A recent study in mice hints that a modified tapeworm medicine might help relieve painful lesions seen in endometriosis. | Continue reading
Researchers have revealed the climate that some of the first people in North America experienced around 23,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum. | Continue reading
A new mathematical formula tracks an AI's internal "compass needle" to flag undesirable outputs before they happen. | Continue reading
In this excerpt from "Every Last Fish," author Rose George examines the deep-rooted problems of the regulations surrounding fish meal. | Continue reading
Archaeologists excavating a medieval African kingdom have discovered pottery from eastern China, revealing connections across continents. | Continue reading
A brand-by-brand guide to wildlife cameras, chosen for their autofocus capabilities, burst speed and animal tracking in real conditions, curated by our experts. | Continue reading
An early bird with many dinosaur-like features discovered in China seems to have been a fast-running, land-based carnivore with killer claws. | Continue reading
Analysis of tiny zircon crystals buried within the 10-mile-wide Ames crater in northwest Oklahoma suggests that the submerged structure dates back to 370 million years ago, during the Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction event. | Continue reading
Doctors ran many tests to uncover the cause of a teen girl's auditory and visual hallucinations. | Continue reading
Scientists are racing to explain why hundreds of southern right whale calves have died this year in Argentine Patagonia, and the first clues are starting to emerge. | Continue reading
A human sacrifice was found next to an elite warrior's 2,000-year-old burial in Russia. | Continue reading
Scientists have developed AI tools to measure a person's true "biological age." Live Science asked readers whether they would be comfortable using these tools. | Continue reading
New data reveals that flu season is off to an early start in several Western states. Live Science wants to know if you have already gotten the flu vaccine or plan to do so this year. | Continue reading
A recent satellite photo shows a patchwork of tens of thousands of size-restricted farms tightly crammed into Taiwan's Yunlin County, which grows a majority of the island's food. | Continue reading
In this excerpt from "The Sea-King and the Sorceress," author Neil Price looks at the lesser known lives of the people enslaved by Vikings: the thralls. | Continue reading
Archaeologist Neil Price delves into the lives and deaths of Viking Age people, including warriors, traders, thralls, sorcerers and children. | Continue reading
Hacking incidents by AI agents are creating a legal minefield. The developers and deployers of rogue bots could be held liable. | Continue reading
A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others, a group that may have been victims of Viking raid. | Continue reading
The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia. | Continue reading
This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman. | Continue reading
Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult. | Continue reading
In this excerpt from "Neanderthals Among Us," author Peter Sahlins looks at the way Neanderthal extinction theories are often engrained with our own societal fears. | Continue reading
Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission saw surprising "jaundiced yellow" and "swampy green" colors on the moon during their close lunar flyby, a new report reveals. | Continue reading
Roman aqueducts used gravity to transport water. So how did they get it to go uphill? | Continue reading
Live Science spoke with Steve Winter ahead of the release of "Big Cats." | Continue reading
The written word has been revolutionary in preserving ideas from the past, and transmitting new ones in the present. But does it favor tradition or change? | Continue reading
Flu tests are coming back positive at higher rates than is typical for early fall in several Western states, data suggests. | Continue reading
Car technology is making rapid advances, and the car you will drive in 10 years may be very different from the one you're driving today. | Continue reading
Researchers created multicolored tattoo inks that are activated by different wavelengths of light, allowing people to hide their tattoos in different scenarios. | Continue reading
Having a certain ratio of proteins produced by immune cells in your blood is linked to a higher risk of age-related diseases, scientists report. | Continue reading
A bronze ring that depicts the Lighthouse of Alexandria has been discovered underwater in the remains of an ancient palace. | Continue reading
A quadruped robot scampered more than 26.2 miles of uneven, hilly terrain alongside human runners without needing to be recharged. | Continue reading
A new study that tracked dogs' aging by reading tiny chemical tags on their DNA found that larger dogs aged more quickly. | Continue reading
A 9 million-year-old capybara tooth was found in the Atacama Desert, a surprising find given that these rodents love water. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest "fast radio burst" ever seen, providing more clues about these mysterious explosions. | Continue reading
A new supercomputer simulation traces how thousands of small galaxies eventually became the Milky Way. | Continue reading
Scientists have developed various AI tools to measure people's biological ages. Would you use one? | Continue reading
The sea surface temperature in a key El Niño region has exceeded 86 degrees F for the first time on record, hinting that the strength and location of some El Niño events are transforming. | Continue reading