Study will test if hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 By Rachael Rettner Researchers in New York and Washington state plan to enroll 2,000 participants
Scoreboard ranks states by social distancing. How is yours doing? By Stephanie Pappas Mountain West states score poorly on the new metric.
How deadly is the new coronavirus? By Stephanie Pappas All estimates of coronavirus mortality should be taken with a grain of salt, but scientists are beginning to see differences based on age and access to medical care.
Stuck at home? Take a tour through Disney's (empty) Star Wars, Pandora and space-age parks By Chelsea Gohd From the comfort and safety of your own home, you can now explore Walt Disney World all by yourself.
Colorado ski town will test everyone for coronavirus By Rachael Rettner The town appears to be the first in the country to perform coronavirus testing on such a wide scale.
'Warrior' dinosaur with nasty gouge mark on claw uncovered in New Mexico By Laura Geggel It's possible this feathered hypercarnivore hunted like a cheetah.
Stuck at home? Take a tour through Disney's (empty) Star Wars, Pandora and space-age parks By Chelsea Gohd From the comfort and safety of your own home, you can now explore Walt Disney World all by yourself.
Piece of lost continent discovered beneath Canada By Mindy Weisberger A type of rock from Earth's interior that's known for its embedded diamonds also holds clues to a missing puzzle piece from a continent that fragmented more than 150 million years ago.
Coronavirus pandemic's global impact seen from space in chilling satellite images By Hanneke Weitering The global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is so intense that it's visible from space.
Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data By Meghan Bartels Buried inside data Voyager 2 gathered at Uranus more than 30 years ago is the signature of a massive bubble that may have stolen a blob of the planet's gassy atmosphere.
Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in Iraq By Owen Jarus A 5,000-year-old cultic area dedicated to a Mesopotamian warrior god has been discovered in an ancient city in Iraq.
UFO 'invasion' of NATO war games revealed in 'Project Blue Book' season finale By Mindy Weisberger UFO sightings during NATO war games in 1952 set the stage for the season finale of "Project Blue Book," the History channel's series about the U.S.' real-life UFO-hunting program.
Study will test if hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 By Rachael Rettner Researchers in New York and Washington state plan to enroll 2,000 participants
Scoreboard ranks states by social distancing. How is yours doing? By Stephanie Pappas Mountain West states score poorly on the new metric.
How deadly is the new coronavirus? By Stephanie Pappas All estimates of coronavirus mortality should be taken with a grain of salt, but scientists are beginning to see differences based on age and access to medical care.
'Warrior' dinosaur with nasty gouge mark on claw uncovered in New Mexico By Laura Geggel It's possible this feathered hypercarnivore hunted like a cheetah.
Coronavirus could be catastrophic for great apes, experts warn By Yasemin Saplakoglu Even mild human pathogens can be dangerous for great apes.
This primeval worm may be the ancestor of all animals By Brandon Specktor This ancient fossil worm may be the progenitor of all animals, a new study suggests.
Elephants in China got drunk and passed out in a garden By Mindy Weisberger A herd of elephants recently overindulged on corn wine in a village in China's Yunnan Province, and a photo of two tipsy pachyderms went viral.
Why do some men have red beards, but not red hair? By Benjamin Plackett It all boils down to genetics.
Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter and more feminine over time By Mindy Weisberger Years after surgery, a woman's transplanted hands from a darker-skinned male donor now appear lighter and more feminine.
Why is it so hard not to touch your face? By Tara Santora People often touch their faces when they're anxious, embarrassed, stressed or even when they're feeling just fine.
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.
Can you recover repressed memories? By Isobel Whitcomb There's no doubt we forget things — but what about repression?
Elon Musk says he'll have 1,200 ventilators ready to deliver this week By Mike Wall SpaceX and Tesla engineers are set to make a big contribution to the coronavirus fight, just a week after Elon Musk offered to help.
Physicists link quantum memories across the longest distance ever By Tim Childers We're one step closer to having quantum internet, but wait, what is quantum internet?
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.
