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Harvest Moon 2025: How to watch a rare October supermoon rise tonight

The famous Harvest Moon — the first of three supermoons of 2025 — will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises tonight (Oct. 6-7).

LiveScience · Oct 3, 2025

Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant

Researchers have revealed how adding a handful of live ants to warm milk can create yogurt.

LiveScience · Oct 3, 2025

Don't use cannabis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, leading OBGYN group says

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that mothers abstain from cannabis use during prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation, as research shows the drug is linked to serious health outcomes in newborns.

LiveScience · Oct 3, 2025

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people

Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highlighting the need for a global HPV vaccine rollout.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

Wildfire-smoke-related deaths in the US could climb to 70,000 per year by 2050 due to climate change, study finds

The number of deaths from exposure to wildfire smoke in the U.S. could rise by more than 70% in the next 25 years. The human and economic costs involved would be astronomical, researchers say.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

Scientists find best evidence yet that icy moon Enceladus is habitable

An ocean flowing beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus is spewing ice that holds the building blocks of life.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

Chimps eat fruit full of alcohol, but no, they don't get drunk

Chimps' ability to metabolize fermented fruit could explain our own predilection for alcohol.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

Newly discovered comet 'Lemmon' may be visible to the naked eye this month — but it will look more like a lime

Comet Lemmon, discovered earlier this year, will make a close approach to Earth later this month, giving skywatchers the chance to see its surprising lime-green glow.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

Chinese tech company develops creepy ultra-lifelike robot face — watch it blink, twitch and nod

A Chinese robotics company has unveiled what it describes as a realistic robot face, with plans to make humanoid robots more approachable and relatable.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025

The Panama Canal needs a staggering amount of water to operate. Climate change could threaten that, study warns

The vital commercial artery depends on a supply of fresh water to move ships between the two oceans. Drought conditions that were once rare could become common by the end of the century, greatly impacting the canal’s operation.

LiveScience · Oct 2, 2025