Does This 'Unicorn Puppy' Really Have an Extra Tail? By Rachael Rettner The puppy appears to have an extra tail on his face, but things are not what they seem.
Navy Officers Say 'Unknown Individuals' Made Them Erase Evidence of 2004 UFO Encounter By Yasemin Saplakoglu The signals were erratic and didn't seem to match those given off by known aircraft.
Doctors Removed a Melon-Size Tumor from This Man's Neck By Nicoletta Lanese The tumor had swelled from the size of a cherry tomato to that of a melon over the course of seven months.
This Is How Light May Have Escaped from the Earliest Galaxies, Turning the Universe Transparent By Yasemin Saplakoglu An intervening cluster of galaxies acts like a cosmic microscope and bends and magnifies light from a distant galaxy.
Magnificent Egyptian Catacomb Reveals Carvings of a 'Worthy' Woman and Her Pet By Owen Jarus Almost 2,000 years ago, at a time when the Romans ruled Egypt, a woman named "Demetria" was laid to rest in a magnificently decorated catacomb at Saqqara in Egypt.
Millions of Gargantuan Plasma ‘Spicules’ Might Be Spreading Heat Around the Sun’s Atmosphere By Brandon Specktor The sun's surface is covered by millions of enormous plasma jets known as spicules at any given moment. Now, researchers think they know why.
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.
This Is How Light May Have Escaped from the Earliest Galaxies, Turning the Universe Transparent By Yasemin Saplakoglu An intervening cluster of galaxies acts like a cosmic microscope and bends and magnifies light from a distant galaxy.
Millions of Gargantuan Plasma ‘Spicules’ Might Be Spreading Heat Around the Sun’s Atmosphere By Brandon Specktor The sun's surface is covered by millions of enormous plasma jets known as spicules at any given moment. Now, researchers think they know why.
Magnificent Egyptian Catacomb Reveals Carvings of a 'Worthy' Woman and Her Pet By Owen Jarus Almost 2,000 years ago, at a time when the Romans ruled Egypt, a woman named "Demetria" was laid to rest in a magnificently decorated catacomb at Saqqara in Egypt.
Ancient Egyptians May Have Corralled Millions of Wild Birds to Sacrifice and Turn into Mummies By Nicoletta Lanese New DNA evidence suggests that Egyptians captured wild birds for millions of ritualistic sacrifices, rather than farming the animals.
Doctors Removed a Melon-Size Tumor from This Man's Neck By Nicoletta Lanese The tumor had swelled from the size of a cherry tomato to that of a melon over the course of seven months.
Man's 'Glowing' Iris Was a Sign of Rare Eye Syndrome By Rachael Rettner A man whose iris appeared to glow on an eye exam turned out to have a rare disorder that caused his eye pigment to flake off.
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.
Does This 'Unicorn Puppy' Really Have an Extra Tail? By Rachael Rettner The puppy appears to have an extra tail on his face, but things are not what they seem.
Dinosaur-Era Bird Preserved in 3D Could Rewrite History of Flight By Mindy Weisberger A previously unknown species of primitive bird has a tail feature associated with flight in modern birds.
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.
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.
