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80,000-year-old stones in Uzbekistan may be the world's oldest arrowheads — and they might have been made by Neanderthals

Small stone points discovered in Uzbekistan may be the earliest evidence of arrowhead technology.

LiveScience · Aug 27, 2025

An exotic quartz arrow may have killed a man 12,000 years ago in Vietnam

A man who died 12,000 years ago in Vietnam had a "bonus" rib — and it was broken when he was shot by an exotic arrow.

LiveScience · Aug 26, 2025

Scientists uncover 'coils' in DNA that form under pressure

A new study shows that DNA forms coils under stress, not the tangled knots that scientists expected.

LiveScience · Aug 26, 2025

'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?

A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary "pregnancy robot." Virality ensued.

LiveScience · Aug 23, 2025

'We know what to do; we just have to implement it.': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.

Cuts to Medicaid and legal confusion around patient care post-Roe v. Wade may prevent improvements in the maternal mortality rate.

LiveScience · Aug 22, 2025

The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive.

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans.

LiveScience · Aug 21, 2025

'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel

One physicist says his design to use nuclear waste as fuel for nuclear fusion could help the U.S. be a leader in the fusion economy.

LiveScience · Aug 21, 2025

Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma eruption raging on the sun at the same time

There's a giant solar tornado raging on the sun's surface, and a researcher captured it — plus a massive plasma eruption — in one spectacular image.

LiveScience · Aug 20, 2025

6,300 years ago, dozens of people were murdered in grisly victory celebrations in France

More than 6,000 years ago, invaders were captured in northeastern France before being tortured and mutilated.

LiveScience · Aug 20, 2025

'Why would you even want to go?': Readers react to the hypothetical 400-year voyage to Alpha Centauri

Would you leave Earth behind to travel to our nearest star system? Live Science readers reveal their thoughts about life among the stars.

LiveScience · Aug 20, 2025