Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals By Yasemin Saplakoglu He is known as the "father of fractals" for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature.
Physicists built an 'anti-laser' to charge your phone from across a room By Rafi Letzter A device demonstrated in a groundbreaking new experiment acts like a laser, only backwards. And someday it might send power invisibly through the air.
Could COVID-19 immunity last decades? Here’s the science. By Nicoletta Lanese Of course, rare cases of reinfection show that immunity is not long-lasting for everyone.
Astronomers detect millions of signals from an intelligent civilization: Us By Michelle Starr The Universe seems like a lonely place.
College-age kids are drinking less alcohol — but smoking more marijuana By Ty Schepis Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to.
Huge eruption of Italian volcano sends ash hundreds of feet into the air By Stephanie Pappas An explosion on the slopes of Stromboli sent pyroclastic flow down the Italian volcano on Monday (Nov. 16).
Physicists built an 'anti-laser' to charge your phone from across a room By Rafi Letzter A device demonstrated in a groundbreaking new experiment acts like a laser, only backwards. And someday it might send power invisibly through the air.
Astronomers detect millions of signals from an intelligent civilization: Us By Michelle Starr The Universe seems like a lonely place.
Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals By Yasemin Saplakoglu He is known as the "father of fractals" for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature.
Hidden world of bacteria and fungi discovered on Leonardo da Vinci's drawings By Rafi Letzter Researchers examining Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings found a microbiome — a hidden biological signature of their travels across centuries.
Could COVID-19 immunity last decades? Here’s the science. By Nicoletta Lanese Of course, rare cases of reinfection show that immunity is not long-lasting for everyone.
Speed of COVID vaccine testing did not compromise safety, Fauci says By Yasemin Saplakoglu This incredible speed in vaccine development is unprecedented, but the process is solid.
CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving By Rachael Rettner The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is at home with people in your household, the agency said.
Antarctica's blue whales return to South Georgia a century after they were nearly wiped out By Tom Metcalfe The critically-endangered blue whale has returned to the waters near the remote island of South Georgia near Antarctica, almost 100 years after they were nearly made extinct.
Cretaceous cold case of 'dueling' T. rex and Triceratops may finally be solved By Laura Geggel The T. rex and Triceratops were discovered in 2006, but this sale marks the first time scientists will be able to study them in detail.
World's ugliest bats sing through 'face masks' made of skin to woo the ladies By Mindy Weisberger Scientists recently documented never-before-seen mating behavior in wrinkle-faced bats, in which males pull a furry flap of skin over their faces.
Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine By Brandon Specktor A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed by Russian hunters after boarding a docked nuclear submarine in Kamchatka.
Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron's stomach in midair By Laura Geggel The snake eel probably thought "not today" as it burrowed out of the heron's stomach.
Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans By Kimberly Hickok The dead don't eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead.
College-age kids are drinking less alcohol — but smoking more marijuana By Ty Schepis Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to.
Why women make way less than men do in more religious places By Stephanie Pappas The more religious a country or state, the bigger the gap in earnings between men and women.
This week on Live Science forums: AMA on friendliness and evolution By Mohamed Mohammed It turns out that survival of the fittest may be an overrated concept.
Mysterious 'gene within a gene' found in the coronavirus By Peter Dockrill Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – a segment virtually hidden from view in the virus's genome, and largely overlooked until now.
Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured By Stephanie Pappas Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever, the time it takes for a particle of light to cross a hydrogen molecule.
