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200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solstices

A 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds.

LiveScience · Oct 9, 2025

Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blast, 'rewriting what we thought we knew' about alien star systems

Researchers have discovered that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been shedding water, providing insights into the building blocks of life outside of our solar system and the evolution of interstellar comets.

LiveScience · Oct 9, 2025

Groundbreaking image shows two black holes orbiting each other for first time

Observations by a system of radio telescopes have offered the first visual evidence for the existence of black hole pairs. But vital follow-up observations are needed before we know for sure.

LiveScience · Oct 9, 2025

Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876

On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of what would ultimately become a global telephone network.

LiveScience · Oct 9, 2025

Some naked mole rats are designated toilet cleaners, study suggests

Naked mole rats may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest naked-mole-rat colonies are even more complex than we thought.

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025

James Webb telescope finds 'remarkable' evidence that a black hole plowed through a galaxy, leaving an enormous scar behind

Using JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black hole. The gas- and dust-rich tail is 20,000 light-years long but just 650 light-years wide.

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025

Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices

Engineers are in the early stages of harnessing Wi-Fi as a way to monitor heart rates, but don't expect to use your home router anytime soon.

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025

Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power

The Wari used beer mixed with psychedelics to help build an empire in Peru around 1,200 years ago, a new study suggests.

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025

'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks."

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025

Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fits

A woman had experienced sudden bursts of uncontrolled laughter her whole life. A brain scan revealed why.

LiveScience · Oct 8, 2025