Man dies of coronavirus in Taiwan: 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.
Getting high on cannabis makes people vulnerable to 'false memories' By Nicoletta Lanese Can you trust an eyewitness while they're high, or should you wait until they sober up?
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.
Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit? By Donavyn Coffey People may falsely confess to a crime for any number of reasons, but it disproportionally happens to those who are young or disabled.
Antarctica just saw its all-time hottest day ever By Brandon Specktor A research station off Antarctica's northern tip just reported a new record-high temperature of 69.35 degrees Fahrenheit (20.75 degrees Celsius).
This is the most violent object in the solar system By Rafi Letzter New images reveal that one of the strangest asteroids in the solar system is also the most covered in craters, after billions of years plowing through the asteroid belt like a runaway train.
Bermuda Triangle theory busted: 1925 ship Cotopaxi found near Florida By Laura Geggel Artifacts found by divers at the shipwreck hinted that these are the remains of the SS Cotopaxi.
800-year-old spiral rock carvings marked the solstices for Native Americans By Tom Metcalfe The Pueblo people created rock carvings in the Mesa Verde region of the Southwest United States about 800 years ago to mark the position of the sun on the longest and shortest days of the year.
Getting high on cannabis makes people vulnerable to 'false memories' By Nicoletta Lanese Can you trust an eyewitness while they're high, or should you wait until they sober up?
Flu season is getting weirder By Rachael Rettner Officials are seeing a new spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first.
Scientists discover largest bacteria-eating virus. It blurs line between living and nonliving. By Yasemin Saplakoglu Huge bacteria-killing viruses lurk in ecosystems around the world from hot springs to freshwater lakes and rivers.
This may be the biggest turtle that ever lived By Laura Geggel Why did these male turtles have horned shells? Likely to protect their heads during fierce combat, a study finds.
Epic battle between 2 subway mice takes people's choice prize at wildlife photography competition By Brandon Specktor The epic photo 'station squabble,' which shows two mice grappling over a scrap of food, has won the people's choice award for London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The last woolly mammoths on Earth had disastrous DNA By Laura Geggel The DNA in the woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island had a number of unfavorable variants.
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.
Stolen painting reappears after 23 years, in the same gallery where it was taken By Rafi Letzter A famous painting by Gustav Klimt that went missing 23 years ago turned up in the walls of the gallery from which it appears it was stolen from. No one knows who took it.
Can you 'turn off' a nightmare? By Grant Currin With lucid dreaming, people can stop or even control their dreams.
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.
Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit? By Donavyn Coffey People may falsely confess to a crime for any number of reasons, but it disproportionally happens to those who are young or disabled.
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.
Satellite 'license plates' and re-igniting rocket fuel could head off space junk crashes By Mindy Weisberger In low Earth orbit's growing "space junkyard," new technologies could reduce the risk of collisions.
