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Could simple blood tests identify cancer earlier?

Blood tests that detect early cancer are coming to market. Could they lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment?

LiveScience · Oct 17, 2025

'This moves the timeline forward significantly': Quantum computing breakthrough could slash pesky errors by up to 100 times

Researchers used a new technique called algorithmic fault tolerance (AFT) to cut the time and computational cost of quantum error correction by up to 100 times in simulations of neutral-atom architecture.

LiveScience · Oct 17, 2025

An Iranian volcano appears to have woken up — 700,000 years after its last eruption

Taftan volcano near the border of Pakistan has shown signs of unrest in recent years.

LiveScience · Oct 16, 2025

The viral 'Chicago Rat Hole' wasn't actually made by a rat, scientists claim

After researching the rodent indent, scientists are over 98% sure it came from a squirrel.

LiveScience · Oct 14, 2025

Haunting image of a rare hyena lurking in a ghost town wins 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image of a brown hyena outside a ruined diamond mining town.

LiveScience · Oct 14, 2025

Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your immune system.

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025

Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

Geological records hint that earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone might trigger the San Andreas Fault.

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025

What is type 5 diabetes? Newly recognized form of the disease gets name

First spotted decades ago but largely forgotten, a newly named form of diabetes stems from undernutrition and is thought to affect millions.

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025

'An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts': Scientists warn 'day zero droughts' could hit before 2030

Three-quarters of the world's drought-prone areas are at risk of extreme water shortages — known as "day zero droughts" — this century, and some could be hit before 2030.

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025

What if Christopher Columbus had never reached the Americas?

How would history have unfolded if Christopher Columbus had never reached the New World?

LiveScience · Oct 13, 2025