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Will AI ever be more creative than humans?

A new study argues that AI can never be more creative than humans, but many experts argue that AI's output will only ever be as good as its input — with the goalposts shifting as AI improves in the years to come.

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Spotted Lake: Canada's soda lake with colorful brine pools that are smelly and slimy 'like the white of an egg'

Spotted Lake is a soda lake that evaporates every summer, leaving a white crust with circular brine pools that can appear blue, green or yellow.

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Why can't you wiggle your toes one at a time?

A biological anthropologist explains why humans can't wiggle their toes in the same way they can wiggle their fingers.

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Trees in Panama's tropical forests are growing longer roots in the face of drought

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate change.

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January 'Wolf Supermoon': How to see the full moon rise with Jupiter this weekend

The first full moon of 2026 and of winter in the Northern Hemisphere will shine brightly this week, just as Earth makes its annual closest approach to the sun.

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'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US

As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.

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Full moons of 2026: When to see all 13 moons (including a Blue Moon and a Blood Moon) rise next year

When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Wolf Moon" supermoon in January.

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From gene therapy breakthroughs to preventable disease outbreaks: The health trends that will shape 2026

Live Science's health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in 2026.

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Quadrantid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see the first 'shooting' stars of the year

The Quadrantids will be harder to see than usual due to the bright full moon. Here's how to get the best views.

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Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability.

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Massive Myanmar earthquake was super smooth and efficient — and it holds lessons for the 'Big One'

The fault that ruptured in the March quake was simple and mature, which allowed the quake's energy to shoot right to the surface.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A rare condition caused a man to get 'scales' on his hands whenever he washed them

A man's rare condition caused "excessive wrinkling" in his hands which spread to his wrists and elbows.

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'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries — from the ancient Greeks to a pope's chatbot

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Enough fresh water is lost from continents each year to meet the needs of 280 million people. Here's how we can combat that.

Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, food security and water availability.

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Trump 2.0 is dismantling American science. Here's what's at stake, according to researchers.

U.S.-based researchers detail how their work has been disrupted by funding cuts and policy changes ushered by the second Trump administration.

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10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025

Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.

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Did reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone really cause an ecological cascade?

Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

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Scientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacks

Live Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about "digital twins" and the development of an autonomous device for acute cardiac care.

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This new DNA storage system can fit 10 billion songs in a liter of liquid — but challenges remain for the unusual storage format

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say.

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See the exact point where a glacier, a lake and a river 'touch' in Argentina — Earth from space

A 2021 astronaut photo shows a triple valley system in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park where a massive climate-resilient glacier, a pristine turquoise lake and a murky green "river" come together at a single point.

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A fentanyl vaccine enters human trials in 2026 — here's how it works

A vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved.

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'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.

Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options.

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'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms

Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential uses in biotechnology and medicine.

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Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world

This 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport.

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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.

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