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Why do cats' claws retract but dogs' claws don't?

Why don't dogs claws retract like felines' do?

LiveScience · Apr 21, 2024

'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record

A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.?

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2024

Rare 'porcelain gallbladder' found in 100-year-old unmarked grave at Mississippi mental asylum cemetery

Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago.

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2024

Nightmare fish may explain how our 'fight or flight' response evolved

A new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

Humans were living in a lava tube 7,000 years ago on the Arabian Peninsula

An analysis of a lava tube in Saudi Arabia reveals that humans have lived there for at least 7,000 years.

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received 'cruel' punishment in ancient China

The amputated legs of skeletons belonging to two men who lived in ancient China suggests that they were punished for alleged crimes 2,500 years ago.

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

Why do we lose so much hair?

Hair shedding is normal, but when is it considered "hair loss"?

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

Explosive 'devil comet' 12P will soon be at its brightest and best. Here's how to see it before it disappears.

The explosive green 'devil comet' 12P/ Pons-Brooks is about to reach its closest point to the sun. Here's how to see the rare visitor at its best and brightest.

LiveScience · Apr 16, 2024

32 astonishing ancient burials, from 'vampire' decapitations to riches for the afterlife

Archaeologists have discovered lavish and grisly burials the world over.

LiveScience · Apr 15, 2024

Are we in a 6th mass extinction?

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

LiveScience · Apr 13, 2024