Coronavirus cases top 80,000 worldwide: Live updates on COVID-19 By Live Science Staff Here's everything you need to know about the new coronavirus from China, including how lethal it is, how you can catch it and what is being done to prevent widespread infections.
'Mad Mike' wasn't trying to prove 'flat Earth' theory on ill-fated rocket launch By Chelsea Gohd Following the tragic death of 'Mad' Mike Hughes, we revisit the real reasons why he launched himself into the air aboard his homemade steam rocket, knowing how risky the stunt was.
Will coronavirus spread in the US? It's not 'if' but 'when,' CDC says. By Yasemin Saplakoglu This week, other countries have reported community spread of COVID-19 with no known sources.
Ancient inscription reveals lost civilization in Turkey that may have defeated King Midas By Yasemin Saplakoglu The lost kingdom was one of the largest settlements to exist in ancient Turkey at the time.
Mysterious 'antihydrogen' particles reveal uncanny quantum effect By Rafi Letzter The bubbling, raucous quantum vacuum distorts the shape of every hydrogen atom in the universe, and it distorts antimatter "antihydrogen" too.
Seabird-eating 'monster' crabs are chatty during sex By Mindy Weisberger Enormous and powerful coconut crabs are known for their extreme size. They also have an unexpectedly diverse "vocabulary."
Billion-year-old green algae is an ancestor of all plants on Earth By Laura Geggel A billion years ago, this green seaweed likely produced oxygen and provided shelter for other organisms.
See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice By Brandon Specktor Antarctica saw two record-high temperatures set between Feb. 6 and Feb.9, and that took a huge toll on the continent's ice, as seen in NASA images.
'Mad Mike' wasn't trying to prove 'flat Earth' theory on ill-fated rocket launch By Chelsea Gohd Following the tragic death of 'Mad' Mike Hughes, we revisit the real reasons why he launched himself into the air aboard his homemade steam rocket, knowing how risky the stunt was.
Mysterious 'antihydrogen' particles reveal uncanny quantum effect By Rafi Letzter The bubbling, raucous quantum vacuum distorts the shape of every hydrogen atom in the universe, and it distorts antimatter "antihydrogen" too.
Ancient inscription reveals lost civilization in Turkey that may have defeated King Midas By Yasemin Saplakoglu The lost kingdom was one of the largest settlements to exist in ancient Turkey at the time.
3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in buried city in Israel By Tom Metcalfe A 3,000-year-old temple, built by the Canaanites around the time of the ancient Israelite invasion, has been unearthed in southern Israel.
Will coronavirus spread in the US? It's not 'if' but 'when,' CDC says. By Yasemin Saplakoglu This week, other countries have reported community spread of COVID-19 with no known sources.
A woman's bladder 'brewed' its own alcohol, tripping drug test By Rachael Rettner Microbes in the woman's bladder were fermenting sugar into alcohol, causing her to test positive on a urine drug test.
It's still too soon to call coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, WHO says By Rachael Rettner As the number of coronavirus cases reported outside of China continues to climb, the WHO said it's still too soon to declare the outbreak a pandemic.
Seabird-eating 'monster' crabs are chatty during sex By Mindy Weisberger Enormous and powerful coconut crabs are known for their extreme size. They also have an unexpectedly diverse "vocabulary."
'Shocked' scientists find brain parasites in baby lizards still in shells By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists found parasitic worms in the brains of lizard embryos. How did they get there?
46,000-year-old bird, frozen in Siberian permafrost, looks like it 'died a few days ago' By Laura Geggel A bird that lived during the last ice age is in "pristine condition."
Bizarre 'ice volcanoes' erupt on Lake Michigan beach By Nicoletta Lanese What are 'ice volcanoes,' and why are they erupting in Michigan?
Read an excerpt from 'The Falcon Thief' By Mindy Weisberger Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.
'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler By Mindy Weisberger Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.
Can you 'turn off' a nightmare? By Grant Currin With lucid dreaming, people can stop or even control their dreams.
Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week By LiveScience Staff Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week By Live Science Staff Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.
DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky By Elizabeth Howell Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet could be built by the end of 2020 By Chelsea Gohd NASA's experimental, supersonic X-plane is on a fast track to flying.
US military's 'Jetson' laser can ID your unique heartbeat hundreds of feet away By Mindy Weisberger Heartbeat-scanning lasers created by the U.S. military can ID your cardiac 'fingerprints' from hundreds of feet away.
