Scientists Want to Make a 3D Map of the Entire World Before Climate Change Ruins It By Brandon Specktor A nonprofit called The Earth Archive wants to make a 3D map of the entire planet, before the climate crisis changes Earth's face forever.
Bloody, Defeated Gladiator Drips Gore in Gruesome Fresco Uncovered at Pompeii By Mindy Weisberger Archaeologists recently discovered a colorful fresco of fighting gladiators on a tavern wall in Pompeii.
Why Are Healthy People Dying From Vaping? By Yasemin Saplakoglu The mysterious vaping outbreak in the U.S. has led to nearly 1,300 lung injuries and 26 deaths as of this week.
Faster-Than-Light Travel Could Explain Mysterious Signals Beaming Through the Cosmos By Erika Carlson But don't worry, no laws of physics are being violated.
2nd Interstellar Comet Looks Pretty Normal, Astronomers Say By Meghan Bartels Observations of the interstellar Comet Borisov have been flooding in for six weeks, and the more astronomers duplicate one another's work, the more confident they are in their analysis of the object.
Should You Eat Red Meat? By Scott Lear Over the past few years, studies have indicated eating red is bad for your health, but a new study seems to reverse that. So what should you do?
Who Owns the Arctic? By Emma Bryce Several countries are launching claims to vast swathes of the Arctic seabed. But what does that mean for political and environmental stability in the region?
Frozen Earth in 'Snowpiercer' Is a Grim (and Possible) Future for Our Warming Planet By Mindy Weisberger The grim future of new TNT sci-fi series "Snowpiercer" began with climate change. Could our rapidly warming world undergo a global deep freeze?
Faster-Than-Light Travel Could Explain Mysterious Signals Beaming Through the Cosmos By Erika Carlson But don't worry, no laws of physics are being violated.
2nd Interstellar Comet Looks Pretty Normal, Astronomers Say By Meghan Bartels Observations of the interstellar Comet Borisov have been flooding in for six weeks, and the more astronomers duplicate one another's work, the more confident they are in their analysis of the object.
Bloody, Defeated Gladiator Drips Gore in Gruesome Fresco Uncovered at Pompeii By Mindy Weisberger Archaeologists recently discovered a colorful fresco of fighting gladiators on a tavern wall in Pompeii.
Bones Filled with Marrow Served as Prehistoric Humans' 'Cans of Soup' By Mindy Weisberger Around 400,000 years ago, humans set aside bones filled with tasty grease and marrow, storing them like canned soup for later meals.
Why Are Healthy People Dying From Vaping? By Yasemin Saplakoglu The mysterious vaping outbreak in the U.S. has led to nearly 1,300 lung injuries and 26 deaths as of this week.
Should You Eat Red Meat? By Scott Lear Over the past few years, studies have indicated eating red is bad for your health, but a new study seems to reverse that. So what should you do?
A Man Heard 'Scratching' Noises in His Ear. It Was a Spider. By Rachael Rettner A man who felt a tickling and scratching sensation in his ear soon discovered something horrifying: A spider had crawled into his ear.
Move Over, Tardigrades — 'Mold Pigs' Are the New Micro-Beast in Town By Nicoletta Lanese A paleobiologist uncovered a never-before-seen microinvertebrate in Dominican amber.
Scientists Implant False Memories into Bird Brains By Stephanie Pappas False memories implanted in the brains of songbirds could explain how the birds learn to sing — and how people learn to talk.
Depressing Image Shows Dead Baby Sea Turtle Found with 104 Pieces of Plastic in Its Belly By Kimberly Hickok Sea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.
Chernobyl's Control Room Is Now Open to Tourists … for 5 Minutes By Yasemin Saplakoglu Chernobyl tour companies have confirmed that the control room is open to the brave souls who wish to be closer to the scene of the disaster
Oobleck's Weird Properties Demystified By Stephanie Pappas Scientists have made the first 3D model of cornstarch and water, a bizarre substance called oobleck.
Meat Grown in Space for the First Time Ever By Chelsea Gohd This cultivated meat is "slaughter-free."
Why Are Some Places Snubbing Columbus Day? By Malinda Maynor Lowery More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day as an alternative to — or in addition to — Columbus Day.
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.
3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Developing the Lithium-Ion Battery By Jeanna Bryner Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery that powers everything from smartphones to electric cars.
Useless Self-Help Guide Offers Ludicrous Solutions to Everyday Problems By Mindy Weisberger A new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.
From Brain Control to Multiverses, 'Rick and Morty' Gets Some Science Right By Mindy Weisberger A new book tackles the science behind the fantastic technology and sci-fi concepts in the outrageous cartoon series "Rick and Morty."
