Ancient Australian Crystals Unlock History of Earth's First Magnetic Field By Rafi Letzter It was a lot more powerful than anyone believed.
Here's What Scientists Know About 'Screen Time' and Your Health By Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram, Thomas N. Robinson Conclusions about the effects of digital media, or "screen time," are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong, scientists say.
Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz? By Mindy Weisberger A new PBS documentary probes the deliberation behind the historic decision.
Could Scientists 'Hack' the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer? By Nicoletta Lanese Could Zika be used as a cancer treatment?
Are Birds Dinosaurs? By Mindy Weisberger Modern birds can trace their origins to theropods, a branch of mostly meat-eaters on the dinosaur family tree.
Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising So Fast for Girls By Jean Twenge We're in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.
Ancient Australian Crystals Unlock History of Earth's First Magnetic Field By Rafi Letzter It was a lot more powerful than anyone believed.
Huge Philippines Volcano Blasts Ash 9 Miles Up As Satellites Watch (Video) By Samantha Mathewson The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows.
Violent Solar Storms Are Happening Closer to Earth Than Anyone Thought Was Possible By Yasemin Saplakoglu The spectacular solar storms that paint the polar skies in beautiful greens and pinks have a darker side
The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Is Forging a Strange New Kind of Star By Brandon Specktor The black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be warping and combining binary stars into a strange new kind of object, according to a new study.
50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England By Laura Geggel The graves of these enslaved people may help experts understand the transition from the Iron Age to the Roman era.
Ancient Yahweh Worshipper's Jar Bears Hebrew Script in Biblical City By Owen Jarus A 2,800-year-old jar inscribed in Hebrew with the Yahwistic name "Benayo" has been discovered at Abel Beth Maacah, an Israel site mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Here's What Scientists Know About 'Screen Time' and Your Health By Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram, Thomas N. Robinson Conclusions about the effects of digital media, or "screen time," are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong, scientists say.
Could Scientists 'Hack' the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer? By Nicoletta Lanese Could Zika be used as a cancer treatment?
Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising So Fast for Girls By Jean Twenge We're in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.
Are Birds Dinosaurs? By Mindy Weisberger Modern birds can trace their origins to theropods, a branch of mostly meat-eaters on the dinosaur family tree.
Spider Architect's Intricate 'Silkhenge' Revealed in Stunning Video By Mindy Weisberger High-resolution video of tiny, bizarre silk structures found across the Amazon known as a silkhenge show the mysterious spider construction as never before.
New Bone-Eating Life Form Discovered in Bizarre Alligator-Corpse Study By Brandon Specktor Scientists sank three alligator corpses into the Gulf of Mexico to see whether bottom-dwelling sea creatures could eat them. They did — handily.
Massive Trove of Artifacts Shipped to Ripley's Believe It or Not! By Owen Jarus A massive trove of "artifacts" has been shipped from Sri Lanka, a country recovering from a civil war, to Ripley's Believe It or Not! — a company known for its unusual objects.
Could Invisible Aliens Really Exist Among Us? By Samantha Rolfe An astrobiologist explains how alien life could exist and we wouldn't notice it.
Top-Secret UFO Files Could 'Gravely Damage' US National Security if Released, Navy Says By Brandon Specktor The US Navy confirmed they have secret, classified documents regarding a 2004 UFO encounter, but releasing them could 'gravely damage' national security.
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.
Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe? By Gareth Cook What if consciousness is not something special that the brain does but is instead a quality inherent to all matter?
World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence By Mindy Weisberger Scientists used computer algorithms to "evolve" an organism that's made of 100% frog DNA — but it isn't a frog.
Love It or Hate It, Tesla Cybertruck Is Revolutionary By Michael D. Mehta The so-called Cybertruck is an angular, stainless steel, all-electric pickup truck that quickly became polarizing. Here's why it's revolutionary.
Quantum Supremacy Is Unlikely, Scientist Says By Subhash Kak Google claims quantum supremacy – IBM says not so fast. One researcher explains why he doesn't see quantum computers outpacing classical computers any time soon ... and maybe not ever.
