All content Archive | May 2026

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May 14th
- We tested the 'first self-cleaning air purifier' and it's a pet owner's dream
- 'Extreme' crystal that formed in 1945 nuclear bomb test is unlike anything scientists have seen
May 13th
- SpaceX prepares to launch next-generation Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built
- 'We're less prepared for contagious pathogens': The US has degraded its ability to track and squash outbreaks, Emory epidemiologist says
- 'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years ago
- The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bones
- Pollution may fuel depression, anxiety and other mental health problems, emerging research suggests
- Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS review
- Homo erectus genetic material sequenced for the first time, and it shows 'deep genetic links' with modern humans
- Diagnostic dilemma: An infant's brown eyes turned indigo after COVID antiviral treatment
- AI self-replication hacks 'no longer purely theoretical,' study finds —‬ ‪but experts say it's too soon to panic
May 12th
- Hantavirus outbreaks could become more likely as virus-carrying rodents expand their range, model finds
- Physicists find evidence that the universe isn't perfectly uniform — potentially unraveling a 100-year-old model of cosmology
- 'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholes
- Eruption blows hole in sun's atmosphere, unleashing solar flare and potentially triggering northern lights
- Once-in-a-century 'super' El Niño in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in April
- 'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile
- Shimmering silver 'sunglint' obscures Hawaii as hurricane approaches — Earth from space
- Microplastics absorb heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming — as if they weren't bad enough
- 'The name was inaccurate': PCOS gets a new name after years-long effort
May 11th
- 'Insect apocalypse' is already fueling malnutrition in some regions, first-of-its-kind study reveals
- New 'trick' fixes major flaw with lasers in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to more powerful systems
- A 2025 Alaskan tsunami was one of the largest on record, new research finds
- Live Science crossword puzzle #42: First American to orbit Earth — 9 across
- Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons
May 10th
- 'More than 100 million years of evolution': How snakes evolved and lost their legs
- More polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it's not just the skinny ones
- James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about 'little red dots'
- Declassified Apollo 12 images show UFOs on the moon — Space photo of the week
- Are we more closely related to cats or dogs?
May 9th
- Pregnancy quiz: Can you deliver on the science of growing babies?
- Science news this week: The latest on the cruise ship hantavirus infections, a shortcut to Mars, and a fast-charging quantum battery
- 'Feuding tech bros' go head to head in legal showdown. But what does it mean for the future of AI?
- If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?
May 8th
- Some gene therapies no longer require clinical trials, thanks to new FDA rule. Is this safe, and who will it help?
- US government declassifies nearly 200 UAP files, including strange sightings from Apollo astronauts
- Flowering plants transformed into 'hopeful monsters' in 9 dire bursts across evolutionary time, study finds
- 500-year-old gold dental bridge is earliest known oral care of its kind in Scotland — and it likely held a fake tooth
- Live 'quantum network' being tested in New York — overcoming key hurdles could bring us closer to an 'unhackable' internet
- Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study finds
May 7th
- New AI model spots pancreatic cancer up to 3 years earlier than human doctors in test
- Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week
- Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago
- More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety
- Hantavirus updates: American doctor on cruise speaks out from quarantine; unrelated potential case appears in Illinois
- 'Extremely rare' English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelry
- Andes virus — the only hantavirus that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise ship
- New water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environment
May 6th
- Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising facts about the famous naturalist
- The night sky could get three times brighter as new satellites launch — all but ruining the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's survey of the universe
- The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests
- Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication
- Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
- 'Food insecurity is no longer just about low-income countries': Environmental economist explains how climate change is pushing agricultural systems to the brink
May 5th
- Both very low and very high heart rates may be linked to higher stroke risk, study says
- Icy object beyond Pluto has an atmosphere that shouldn't exist, study suggests
- 'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half
- Live Science crossword puzzle #41: Cosmic object that consumes everything near itself, including light — 9 across
- Canadian 'emoji' lake vanishes after dramatic, landslide-like collapse — Earth from space
- Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years
May 4th
- Estrogen in both the male and female brain shapes responses to trauma, study suggests
- NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos ‪—‬ here are a dozen of our favorites
- Hantavirus infects at least 2 on cruise ship, while 5 others fall ill: Here's what we know
- Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions
- Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years ago
May 3rd
- 'Sacrifice zones' around critical mineral mines are rife with pollution, child workers and birth defects
- The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see 'shooting stars' dropped by Halley's Comet
- Scientists detect an enormous halo around the iconic Sombrero Galaxy — Space photo of the week
- Did Japan have female samurai?
May 2nd
- Scientists identify 10,000 'impossible' exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds
- Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought
- Science news this week: Risky, lifesaving surgery performed on a baby in the womb, AI agent deletes a company database in 9 seconds, and the universe may end much sooner than expected
- What's the difference between a lion and a tiger?
May 1st
- 'One of the most rapid transitions that I've seen': NOAA forecaster on how this year's El Niño could shatter records
- City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea why
- 'If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable': How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility
- Full moon alert: May's Flower 'micromoon' will look extra small tonight, with a rare Blue Moon following