Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Live Science

Why do cats make a weird face after smelling something?

"Stink face" seems silly to us, but for cats it's a serious way to gather social information through smell.

LiveScience

Scientists describe new type of fat in human bellies

Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked to poor health. The research could open up new avenues for medical treatments.

LiveScience

Fortifications older than the Great Wall of China discovered in Chinese mountain pass

A 2,800-year-old fortified wall has been found in a narrow mountain pass in China.

LiveScience

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Why can't you tickle yourself?

Why do we laugh when tickled but are unable to tickle ourselves? Neuroscience has the answer.

LiveScience

Sneaky bamboo can control the genes of the pandas eating it, scientists discover

Tiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet.

LiveScience

Mystery of how man's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption possibly solved

The new study on the "glass brain" from Herculaneum is the latest episode in a long-running academic dispute.

LiveScience

Watch polar bear cubs emerge from their winter den for 1st time on Svalbard

For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning.

LiveScience

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Thutmose II tomb discovery raises new mysteries: Where is his mummy, and why wasn't he buried in the Valley of the Kings?

Why did Hatshepsut have her husband buried to the west of the Valley of the Kings, while she was buried in the valley itself?

LiveScience

'That's Zero Folks!': Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard

The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 rose and fell last week. NASA's impact odds are now so slim that the asteroid is no longer a hazard on the Torino asteroid scale.

LiveScience

What happens to the body during an asthma attack?

Learn what happens inside the body during an asthma attack and why treatments help prevent or reverse the effects.

LiveScience

Can you forget your native language?

Linguists give the lowdown on whether it is possible to forget your native language.

LiveScience

Why do cats have 'toe beans'?

The round little pads on cats' paws are more than just cute — they're a feat of evolution that serve many important functions.

LiveScience

'Just the tip of the iceberg': Why risky asteroids like 2024 YR4 will pester Earth for decades to come

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does it compare to other potentially hazardous space rocks?

LiveScience

Invisible DNA lurks everywhere in the environment — and we're on the verge of decoding its secrets

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.

LiveScience

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

2 'exclusively indoor' cats in Michigan caught bird flu, potentially from their owners

A new report details the bird flu cases of two pet cats in Michigan whose owners work in the dairy industry. Earlier in the month, a data table from the report briefly appeared on the CDC website before being taken down.

LiveScience

Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years

The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who ruled about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings.

LiveScience

Fast radio burst traced to the outskirts of an ancient 'graveyard' galaxy — and the cause remains a mystery

Scientists have traced a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) to the edge of an ancient galaxy where star formation has drastically dropped. Researchers are struggling to explain what caused it.

LiveScience

US suffers record-breaking cold: What's going on with the polar vortex?

A winter storm is hitting the U.S. with record-breaking cold and heavy snow. Is the polar vortex to blame?

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

'Plastics are there and seem to be getting worse': Viral study of microplastics in human brains shows worrisome trend, but has flaws

A close-up shot of microplastics resting on a human finger.

LiveScience

Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice

Researchers think the Indigenous roads were more about cosmology than traffic.

LiveScience

Man nearly guaranteed to get early Alzheimer's is still disease-free in his 70s — how?

A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s. Scientists are trying to understand why.

LiveScience

World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds

A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.

LiveScience

What should I do if I find a cool artifact in the US?

Spotting artifacts in the U.S. is common, but archaeologists want you to leave them in place.

LiveScience

AI 'brain decoder' can read a person's thoughts with just a quick brain scan and almost no training

An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without hours of training.

Space

'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

1 … 31 32 33 34

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

24 stories

the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

16 stories

the University of Zurich

13 stories

Antiquity Publications Ltd

10 stories

MMWR

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.