These Two Drug-Resistant Microbes Are New 'Urgent Threats' to Americans' Health By Nicoletta Lanese A new report reveals that drug-resistant germs infect and kill more people than previous estimates suggested.
Blood from Infected Pigs Turned a South Korean Stream Red By Rachael Rettner A stream in South Korea turned red from the blood of thousands of slaughtered pigs.
Venice Suffers Worst Flooding in 50 Years, Mayor Blames Climate Change By Brandon Specktor Venice is in a state of emergency as the Italian city braces from one of the worst floods in its history.
There's a Mysterious Source of Oxygen in Mars' Atmosphere, and No One Can Explain It By Yasemin Saplakoglu There's something strange about the oxygen in the atmosphere above Mars' Gale Crater.
Closest Living Relative of Extinct 'Bigfoot' Found By Mindy Weisberger Gigantopithecus, an enormous extinct ape that lived in Asia millions of years ago, was a close relative of the modern orangutan.
Watch Spinal Fluid 'Wash' the Sleeping Brain in Rhythmic, Pulsing Waves By Stephanie Pappas A new video shows the rhythmic sloshing of cerebrospinal fluid in the human brain during sleep.
Venice Suffers Worst Flooding in 50 Years, Mayor Blames Climate Change By Brandon Specktor Venice is in a state of emergency as the Italian city braces from one of the worst floods in its history.
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.
There's a Mysterious Source of Oxygen in Mars' Atmosphere, and No One Can Explain It By Yasemin Saplakoglu There's something strange about the oxygen in the atmosphere above Mars' Gale Crater.
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.
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.
These Two Drug-Resistant Microbes Are New 'Urgent Threats' to Americans' Health By Nicoletta Lanese A new report reveals that drug-resistant germs infect and kill more people than previous estimates suggested.
Blood from Infected Pigs Turned a South Korean Stream Red By Rachael Rettner A stream in South Korea turned red from the blood of thousands of slaughtered pigs.
Watch Spinal Fluid 'Wash' the Sleeping Brain in Rhythmic, Pulsing Waves By Stephanie Pappas A new video shows the rhythmic sloshing of cerebrospinal fluid in the human brain during sleep.
Closest Living Relative of Extinct 'Bigfoot' Found By Mindy Weisberger Gigantopithecus, an enormous extinct ape that lived in Asia millions of years ago, was a close relative of the modern orangutan.
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.
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 Can't Science Explain Consciousness? By Philip Goff Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time.
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.
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.
