New, 'Hidden' State of Matter Coaxed into Being by Ultrafast Laser Flashes By Rafi Letzter Physicists think this might be the first of many hidden states of matter that could be uncovered using laser flashes.
Scientists Find a Spot Where No Life Can Survive. That's Bad News for Alien Hunters. By Yasemin Saplakoglu This alien-like world is filled with hydrothermal pools that are some of the most extreme environments on the planet
Meet Arrokoth, the Most Distant Object Ever Explored By Mike Wall The most distant object ever explored, Ultima Thule, has a new name, Arrokoth.
The Arctic's Most Stable Sea Ice Is Vanishing Alarmingly Fast By Mindy Weisberger Experts once thought that older, more robust sea ice in the Arctic was mostly safe from melting — but that may not be the case.
A Teen's Lungs Were So Badly Damaged from Vaping, He Needed A Double Lung Transplant By Nicoletta Lanese The 17-year-old patient's lungs were so severely inflamed and scarred that they had to be replaced.
Thermonuclear Explosion in Sagittarius Constellation Is One of the Brightest Ever Recorded By Brandon Specktor NASA astronomers have detected one of the brightest explosions of X-ray energy ever seen, and they think it came from a greedy neutron star in the Sagittarius constellation.
The Arctic's Most Stable Sea Ice Is Vanishing Alarmingly Fast By Mindy Weisberger Experts once thought that older, more robust sea ice in the Arctic was mostly safe from melting — but that may not be the case.
Nile River Formed Millions of Years Earlier Than Thought, Study Suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu The Nile River may have emerged around 30 million years ago, driven by the motion of Earth’s mantle.
New, 'Hidden' State of Matter Coaxed into Being by Ultrafast Laser Flashes By Rafi Letzter Physicists think this might be the first of many hidden states of matter that could be uncovered using laser flashes.
Meet Arrokoth, the Most Distant Object Ever Explored By Mike Wall The most distant object ever explored, Ultima Thule, has a new name, Arrokoth.
Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917 By Tom Metcalfe Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
Battle-Scarred Viking Shield-Maiden Gets Facial Reconstruction for First Time By Brandon Specktor Scientists reconstructed the face of a battle-scarred Viking shield-maiden for the first time ever.
A Teen's Lungs Were So Badly Damaged from Vaping, He Needed A Double Lung Transplant By Nicoletta Lanese The 17-year-old patient's lungs were so severely inflamed and scarred that they had to be replaced.
4 Bacteria Strains Gang Up to Cause Deadly Flesh-Eating Infection By Nicoletta Lanese Multiple strains of the same bacterial species work together to cause deadly infection.
Heavy Marijuana Use Could Double Stroke Risk for Young People, Study Suggests By Yasemin Saplakoglu The findings add to a growing body of research linking marijuana use to an increased risk of cardiovascular problems.
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. By Yasemin Saplakoglu With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.
Remains of a Massive Jurassic 'Sea Monster' Found in a Polish Cornfield By Mindy Weisberger Paleontologists in Poland unearthed the jaws and teeth of a pliosaur, an ancient marine reptile with a bite more powerful than that of T. rex.
This Fungus Makes Snakes Look Like Mummies. It Just Turned Up in California. By Nicoletta Lanese A fungal disease is infecting snakes across the nation, and now, it's reached California.
Thousands of Glorious 'Ice Eggs' Wash Up on Finnish Beach By Nicoletta Lanese The "ice eggs" form due to a rare weather phenomenon.
How Rabies Inspired Folktales of Werewolves and Vampires By Jessica Wang A look back at the folklore of rabies in humans reveals ties to beliefs in werewolves, vampires and other monsters.
Rock Star's Company Seeks UFOs, Finds Military Contract By Mindy Weisberger A private company that researches UFOs has a new contract with the U.S. government.
Why Are People Left- (or Right-) Handed? By Megan Gannon Up to 90% of people are right-handed. Scientists are still trying to figure out why lefties have always been in the minority.
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.
Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week By Livescience.com 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.
Jet-Powered Car Roars Past 500 Mph. But Can This Beast Hit 1,000 Mph Without Destroying Itself? By Tom Metcalfe
The 'Three-Body Problem' Has Perplexed Astronomers Since Newton Formulated It. A.I. Just Cracked It in Under a Second. By Edd Gent It took just fractions of a second.
Google's Quantum Computer Just Aced an 'Impossible' Test By Tim Childers For the first time, a quantum computer has solved a task that Google says would be impossible for the most advanced supercomputers in the world.
