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Do sloths fart? Cute new video finally settles age old question

For years, it's been assumed that sloths don't fart. But new footage has thrown this theory into question.

LiveScience · Jul 16, 2025

Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

LiveScience · Jul 16, 2025

Lava erupts from gigantic fissure in Iceland following earthquake swarm — and the photos are epic

A lava-spewing fissure has opened up along Iceland's Sundhnúkur crater row as the Reykjanes peninsula experiences another volcanic eruption.

LiveScience · Jul 16, 2025

'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest comet ever seen — and could grow a spectacular tail later this year

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

The choice of sperm is 'entirely up to the egg' — so why does the myth of 'racing sperm' persist?

In her new book "The Stronger Sex," science journalist Starre Vartan dispels myths and misconceptions about the female body.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

'I was floored by the data': Psilocybin shows anti-aging properties in early study

The psychedelic psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, slows certain hallmarks of aging in human cells and older mice, a lab study suggests.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

Penny-sized laser could help driverless cars see the world so much clearer

Researchers have created an ultrasensitive laser the size of a penny that could improve lidar technology, boosting autonomous vehicles in the process.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

4,000-year-old human rib discovered high in the Pyrenees still has an arrowhead from a brutal attack

A human rib discovered high in the Pyrenees suggests that someone survived a shot in the back several millennia ago.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

Russian volcano grows 'devil horns' and spits out 1,000-mile-long river of smoke — Earth from space

A false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia.

LiveScience · Jul 15, 2025

Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun

New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ever. It could lead to evidence of an extremely rare type of black hole.

LiveScience · Jul 14, 2025