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.
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.
Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed By Chelsea Gohd As humankind's ancestors were learning to walk upright, a star was launched out of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy at a staggering 3.7 million mph (6 million km/h).
Wreck of Famous British Sub Sunk by Germans in WWII Discovered Off Malta By Tom Metcalfe The wreck of a Royal Navy submarine that mysteriously disappeared with 44 people on board during World War II has been discovered off the Mediterranean island of Malta.
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.
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.
Star Ejected from Milky Way's 'Heart of Darkness' Reaches Mind-Blowing Speed By Chelsea Gohd As humankind's ancestors were learning to walk upright, a star was launched out of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy at a staggering 3.7 million mph (6 million km/h).
There's a Mysterious Source of Oxygen in Mars' Atmosphere, and No One Can Explain It By Yasemin Saplakoglu There's something strange about the oxygen in the atmosphere above Mars' Gale Crater.
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.
Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917 By Tom Metcalfe Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
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.
Blood from Infected Pigs Turned a South Korean Stream Red By Rachael Rettner A stream in South Korea turned red from the blood of thousands of slaughtered pigs.
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.
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. By Yasemin Saplakoglu With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.
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.
