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Can a commercial airplane do a barrel roll?

Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner?

LiveScience · May 20, 2024

Newfound autoimmune syndrome tied to COVID-19 can trigger deadly lung scarring

A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome.

LiveScience · May 18, 2024

Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

LiveScience · May 18, 2024

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New 3D map charted with Google AI reveals 'mysterious but beautiful' slice of human brain

Harvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

1,000 years ago, Baltic pagans imported horses from Scandinavia to behead them or bury them alive

Baltic pagans imported horses to be sacrificed from their Christian neighbors around 1,000 years ago.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

What's the difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?

Neanderthals are our closest relatives who went extinct around 40,000 years ago. Here's how they differed to us.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

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Could Neanderthals talk?

While still the topic of ongoing debate, some scientists think Neanderthals could talk and may have had language.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health

Around 2% of the genomes of modern Eurasians contains Neanderthal DNA. Here's how it affects our health.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome

Non-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA from our ancient cousins is nowhere to be found.

LiveScience · May 17, 2024

Long-lost branch of the Nile was 'indispensable for building the pyramids,' research shows

The Nile's now-extinct branch likely helped the ancient Egyptians move materials to pyramid building sites.

LiveScience · May 16, 2024

130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues

The carved bear bone is one of the earliest human-made artifacts with "symbolic culture" unearthed in Europe.

LiveScience · May 15, 2024

Newfound 'glitch' in Einstein's relativity could rewrite the rules of the universe, study suggests

Einstein's theory of general relativity is our best description of the universe at large scales, but a new observation that reports a "glitch" in gravity around ancient structures could force it to be modified.

LiveScience · May 15, 2024

Mysterious L-shaped structure found near Egyptian pyramids of Giza baffles scientists

An enigmatic L-shaped structure found underground near the pyramids at Giza may be an entrance to a mysterious deeper feature below it.

LiveScience · May 14, 2024

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LiveScience · May 12, 2024

Why can't we see the far side of the moon?

Spacecraft have visited and photographed the far side of the moon, but why can't we see it from Earth?

LiveScience · May 11, 2024

Can mirrors facing each other create infinite reflections?

Infinite mirrors are a fun party trick, but the physics behind this phenomenon explains why it may not be true.

LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Roman-era skeletons buried in embrace, on top of a horse, weren't lovers, DNA analysis shows

A new analysis of a double burial in Austria has revealed that a skeletal couple weren't lovers but likely an embracing mother and daughter.

LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Lab-made universal blood could revolutionize transfusions. Scientists just got one step closer to making it.

Enzymes produced by gut bacteria can remove long sugar chains in type A and B blood, leading to improved compatibility with type O.

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LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Feral cats ate critically endangered baby crocodiles in Cuba, study suggests

Two biologists say 145 young Cuban crocodiles that were taken by predators in fall 2022 were killed by feral cats.

LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Master regulator of inflammation found — and it's in the brain stem

Research in mice suggests that specific neurons within the brain stem act like the dial on a thermostat — fine-tuning inflammation as and when required.

LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Elephants say 'hello' to friends by flapping their ears and making little rumbly noises

Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests.

LiveScience · May 10, 2024

Is hippo milk really pink?

Hippos don't produce pink milk, but they do produce a pink, sweat-like secretion.

LiveScience · May 9, 2024

New mRNA vaccine for deadly brain cancer triggers a strong immune response

COVID-19 vaccine development paves way to a new class of cancer immunotherapy.

LiveScience · May 9, 2024

30,000 years of history reveals that hard times boost human societies' resilience

Human societies that experience downturns do a better job of recovering from later disasters, new research finds.

LiveScience · May 8, 2024

Remains of vast 7,000-year-old farming settlement found in a 'huge void' in Serbia

Archaeologists discovered a previously unknown Neolithic settlement in Serbia and then fully mapped the "exceptional" site.

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