Do other planets have seasons? Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights? LiveScience · May 5, 2025
Do pandas eat anything besides bamboo? Pandas are descended from carnivores. Why do they eat an (almost) exclusively vegan diet? LiveScience · May 4, 2025
Physicists create 'black hole bomb' for first time on Earth, validating decades-old theory Physicists have created a model of a black hole bomb in the lab for the first time, verifying a theory first proposed more than 50 years ago. LiveScience · May 3, 2025
When was beer invented? Humans discovered fermentation thousands of years ago, but ancient brews would have tasted much differently from the beers of today. LiveScience · May 3, 2025
La Niña is dead — what that means for this year's hurricanes and weather Scientists thought La Niña was coming. It didn't — at least for now. What could that mean for this year's hurricane season, and how might long-term climate change affect El Niño and La Niña patterns? LiveScience · May 2, 2025
Watch cuttlefish 'waving' at each other in what scientists think might be communication Cuttlefish flash patterns and colors on their skin to communicate, and they may wave their tentacles to send visual and vibrational signals, scientists hypothesize. LiveScience · May 2, 2025
Legendary 'women of the sea' in South Korea freedive well into their 80s. A new study hints at how. A new study explores the physiology of Jeju Haenyeo, the famous female freedivers in South Korea. LiveScience · May 2, 2025
Self-driving cars can tap into 'AI-powered social network' to talk to each other while on the road A team of scientists upgrade communications between self-driving cars to improve efficiency and enable the vehicles to share current, accurate driving insights. LiveScience · May 2, 2025
'Propaganda' praising Ramesses II discovered on famous ancient Egyptian obelisk in Paris, Egyptologist claims A researcher believes he has found hidden messages on a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian obelisk that is now in Paris. LiveScience · May 1, 2025
Scientists just discovered a single molecule that may treat rare, devastating mitochondrial diseases Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm mitochondrial DNA. LiveScience · May 1, 2025
'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient China A unique Bronze Age cemetery in China has revealed a high frequency of injuries suggestive of intense, violent interactions. LiveScience · May 1, 2025
Swarm of 30 robots can 'flow like water' and harden up to support the weight of a person Researchers have discovered a way to make tiny robots act like a material, mirroring embryonic tissue cells to adjust their structure on command. LiveScience · May 1, 2025
'It's huge, and it's been hidden for this whole time': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at the presence of many previously unseen clouds throughout the galaxy. LiveScience · Apr 30, 2025
In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on land We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in the water, not on land. LiveScience · Apr 30, 2025
LiveScience · Apr 30, 2025 T. rex researchers eviscerate 'misleading' dinosaur leather announcement Companies claim that Tyrannosaurus rex leather could soon be entering the luxury fashion market, but dinosaur researchers say you can't make genuine T. rex skin.
LiveScience · Apr 29, 2025 Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.
LiveScience · Apr 29, 2025 'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.
LiveScience · Apr 29, 2025 Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors Conventional helium production comes with enormous carbon emissions, so scientists are looking for alternatives in places like Yellowstone, Tanzania's Rukwa Rift and India's Bakreswar-Tantloi province.
LiveScience · Apr 29, 2025 Do sharks make noises? An accidental discovery might just answer that question Scientists noticed the clicking sound after handling the rig sharks during routine behavioral experiments.
LiveScience · Apr 28, 2025 Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.
LiveScience · Apr 28, 2025 Artificial superintelligence (ASI): Sci-fi nonsense or genuine threat to humanity? Our current AI systems may one day evolve into a superintelligent entity, but scientists aren't yet certain what this might look like and what the implications are.
LiveScience · Apr 28, 2025 The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutations Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — alongside human-made pollutants contaminating the deep sea.
LiveScience · Apr 28, 2025 What was the fastest dinosaur? Dinosaurs left behind clues about their maximum speeds, but do we know which dinosaur was the fastest?
LiveScience · Apr 27, 2025 AI can handle tasks twice as complex every few months. What does this exponential growth mean for how we use it? AIs can outperform humans easily on short tasks, but longer ones are the true hurdle to overcome before we can deem them to be truly intelligent systems.
LiveScience · Apr 27, 2025 Can you burp in space? Gravity plays a big role in burping, so could an astronaut burp in space?