'Cannibalistic' Cancer Cells Gobble Up Their Own Kind in Microscopic 'Horror Films' By Nicoletta Lanese The 'barbaric' behavior may help the cells promote relapse later on.
Stephen Hawking Was Wrong. Black Holes Are Bald. By Rafi Letzter Are black holes bald or hairy? It all depends on the details of a fleeting overtone.
Remote Russian Volcano Turns the Skies Purple By Stephanie Pappas The eruption of a remote Russian volcano in June has been tingeing sunrises and sunsets the world over a gorgeous purple hue.
Deep-Sea Explorers Find Rare Shapeshifting Jellyfish with a Prize Inside By Brandon Specktor Part ghost, part plastic bag, all amazing.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions
12 Children with Autism Were Conceived from One Donor's Sperm. Is There an 'Autism Gene'? By Rachael Rettner A single sperm donor is the biological father of at least 12 children who all developed autism.
Remote Russian Volcano Turns the Skies Purple By Stephanie Pappas The eruption of a remote Russian volcano in June has been tingeing sunrises and sunsets the world over a gorgeous purple hue.
There's a Lost Continent Hiding Beneath Europe By Yasemin Saplakoglu The lost continent "Greater Adria" existed hundreds of millions of years ago after it broke off from Gondwana.
Stephen Hawking Was Wrong. Black Holes Are Bald. By Rafi Letzter Are black holes bald or hairy? It all depends on the details of a fleeting overtone.
Inside the Race to Discover a Water Vapor World By Chelsea Gohd Water vapor, and likely clouds that rain liquid water, have been discovered on an exoplanet that lies in the habitable zone of its star. But there's an issue.
Secret Message Discovered in Milton's Epic 'Paradise Lost' By Stephanie Pappas An undergraduate student has discovered a secret message in John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost."
'Lovers of Modena' Buried Hand-in-Hand Turn Out to Be Men By Owen Jarus The "lovers of Modena" — two 1,600-year-old skeletons found holding hands inside their grave — are both men, new research reveals.
'Cannibalistic' Cancer Cells Gobble Up Their Own Kind in Microscopic 'Horror Films' By Nicoletta Lanese The 'barbaric' behavior may help the cells promote relapse later on.
12 Children with Autism Were Conceived from One Donor's Sperm. Is There an 'Autism Gene'? By Rachael Rettner A single sperm donor is the biological father of at least 12 children who all developed autism.
Why a Rare But Deadly Mosquito-Borne Virus Is Hitting Massachusetts So Hard By Yasemin Saplakoglu A deadly, mosquito-borne virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has infected an eighth person in Massachusetts.
Lab-Made Embryos Could Save Northern White Rhinos After Last Male Dies By Stephanie Pappas Two embryos have been created from the eggs of the last living northern white rhinoceroses.
Nightmare Creature Had Egg-Shaped Eyes, Swiss Army Knife Head and a Butt Shield By Mindy Weisberger An ancient relative of spiders and scorpions had a tank-like body with bulging eyes, a spiky shield on its butt and a head like a multitool.
Meet 'Cold Dragon of the North Winds,' the Giant Pterosaur That Once Soared Across Canadian Skies By Mindy Weisberger Cryodrakon boreas, a newly described species of giant pterosaur, was recently identified from fossils found in Canada.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions
What a Waste! Frozen Poop Knives Are Crappy Cutters, Scientists Find By Mindy Weisberger Scientists ponder a wide variety of probing questions in pursuit of knowledge. One of those questions — can a knife made of frozen feces cut flesh? — has just been answered.
On Friday the 13th, Don't Be Freaked Out by the 'Micromoon' By Stephanie Pappas The full moon of September 2019 is poised to provide some eerie atmosphere.
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.
Trump Holds Up Doctored Hurricane Map, Meteorologists Cringe By Stephanie Pappas As Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Atlantic coast on Wednesday (Sept. 4), meteorologists suddenly found themselves facing an unexpected hurricane hazard: a president with a Sharpie pen.
Sleuths Find the Top-Secret (and Classified) Satellite Behind Trump's Tweeted Photo By Stephanie Pappas It was only a matter of time: Amateur sleuths think they've tracked down the satellite that took a high-resolution image of the aftermath of an Iranian missile disaster.
X-37B Military Space Plane Breaks Record on Latest Mystery Mission By Mike Wall The robotic X-37B has been circling Earth for nearly 719 days on its latest mystery mission, which is known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5).
Hackers Could Kill More People Than a Nuclear Weapon By Jeremy Straub Digital attacks can hit many targets at once.
