New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue striations on its surface. The striking snaps hint that the "megaberg" will soon disappear forever, ending a surprisingly eventful four-decade-long saga. | Continue reading
NASA's Artemis 2 rollout could be as early as this weekend as the space agency makes final preparations for its first crewed Artemis moon mission. | Continue reading
A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 1980s and 90s. But the quake ended up being 11 years late. In this excerpt from "When Worlds Quake," geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalčić looks … | Continue reading
Two renowned prehistoric individuals were likely infected with a human papillomavirus that has been linked to several cancers. | Continue reading
Daily protein requirements vary a bit person to person, but some evidence suggests consuming high amounts of protein could do more harm than good. Live Science spoke to experts to learn more. | Continue reading
A 2025 satellite image shows a series of ghostly ice swirls sculpted on the surface of Lake Michigan by strong winds during an extreme cold snap that covered Chicago in a blanket of snow. | Continue reading
A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in the body. | Continue reading
Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. | Continue reading
Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to the naked eye. It may end up being the brightest comet of the year. | Continue reading
The best running shoe for everyday runs is now up to a whopping 69% off at Amazon. This deal on New Balance Fresh Foams is a January fitness deal we'd recommend you don't miss. | Continue reading
Stone Age people in Macedonia created goddess figurines whose bottom half was a house. | Continue reading
A burial mound in Turkey may have held the remains of a member of King Midas's family. But not all experts are convinced. | Continue reading
A strange, sandwich-shaped object is giving astronomers a rare view of the chaotic birthplaces of planets. | Continue reading
The oldest river predates the dinosaurs. But how do we know this? | Continue reading
Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this is a newly found type of star-forming galaxy. | Continue reading
Jan. 10, 2025: 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
Archaeologists in Sicily found a unique writing implement featuring a grumpy-faced god and his erect penis. | Continue reading
The hydrochloric acid in your stomach can burn through metal — so why doesn't it burn through your stomach? | Continue reading
China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean energy. | Continue reading
A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago. | Continue reading
The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a new paper reveals. The study sets a record for the longest continuous observation of a single active region on ou … | Continue reading
The Waorani capture an Anaconda in Bameno, Ecuador. | Continue reading
The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is "beyond convincing" evidence this ape was bipedal. | Continue reading
The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar. | Continue reading
The mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a tragic occupational accident. | Continue reading
Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, when it will shine all night at its brightest as Earth moves between the giant planet and the sun. | Continue reading
Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect her work. | Continue reading
Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. | Continue reading
NASA is considering the early return of Crew-11 from the International Space Station after an unidentified astronaut experienced a medical problem. | Continue reading
JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event. | Continue reading
Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would start colliding if they lost the ability to avoid each other, such as during a powerful solar storm. And its value is rapidly decreasing. | Continue reading
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record. | Continue reading
The federal government has released new dietary guidelines, introducing an emphasis on consuming meat and dairy and avoiding highly processed foods. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have announced their discovery of a metal hoard that contained an extremely rare example of a Celtic battle trumpet. | Continue reading
Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired prey during long hunts. | Continue reading
In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be sure that the genetic material belongs to the Italian polymath. | Continue reading
NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into one dazzling mosaic. | Continue reading
Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi. | Continue reading
Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of the century. | Continue reading
A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest. | Continue reading
A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point to a new way of treating nerve pain. | Continue reading
A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals. | Continue reading
A man visited a hospital because of bladder discomfort, and his doctors discovered a remarkably large bladder stone. | Continue reading
An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic evolution. | Continue reading
A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our search for extraterrestrial life. | Continue reading
A quick beginner's guide to shopping for workout gear, fitness tech and exercise equipment during January's fitness rush. | Continue reading
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based on NASA's Apollo lunar samples. | Continue reading
The 1,100-year-old burials of three elite warriors — two of whom were possibly father and son — have been discovered in Hungary. | Continue reading