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Fruits and vegetables quiz: Do you know where pumpkins, blueberries and broccoli come from?

Laura Geggel published 23 October 25

Do you know where your staple fruits and vegetables were domesticated? Take Live Science's quiz to find out.

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Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them all

Patrick Pester published 23 October 25

New dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous period, suggesting non-avian dinosaurs weren't in decline before being snuffed out by the asteroid strike.

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Scientists have just defined five sleep profiles — and some could help spot mental illness

Theresa Sullivan Barger published 23 October 25

Researchers have identified five distinct profiles that map to certain brain signatures. Each profile is tied to certain behaviors and cognitive issues.

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Charred piece of secretive Chinese rocket found still smoldering in the Australian outback

Harry Baker published 23 October 25

Experts believe that a five-foot-wide piece of space debris discovered near an Australian mining town was part of a dead Chinese rocket. The wreckage likely crashed just before it was found.

Closeup picture of a bicolor natural rough diamond from Botswana.

Rare half-pink rough diamond with 'astounding' weight of 37.4 carats discovered in Botswana

Sascha Pare published 23 October 25

Experts at a laboratory in Botswana managed by the Gemological Institute of America recently examined an extraordinary natural diamond with two distinct color zones.

Venomous snake strikes captured in extreme detail through high-speed videos for first time

Skyler Ware published 23 October 25

Over 100 videos of venomous snake strikes reveal three different types of attacks, with some biting down several times "to prolong the venom flow into their prey."

a piece of dried feces sits on a table with a scale bar — 1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children' Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases.
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A photograph of the High Energy Density (HED) instrument of the European XFEL. — World's biggest X-ray laser discovers never-before-seen type of ice that's solid at room temperature Researchers have unveiled ice XXI, a new form of ice that's solid at room temperatures when subjected to immense pressure.
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Side-by-side images of the two dwarf galaxies with and without the gas bridge highlighted — Astronomers spot giant hidden 'bridge' and record-breaking tail between 2 dwarf galaxies Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a 1.6 million light-year galactic tail — the largest of its kind ever seen.

a satellite image of Tropical Storm Melissa — Tropical Storm Melissa puts Caribbean's most flood-vulnerable places at risk It's still uncertain which way Melissa will track, and how quickly, but the storm is likely to bring colossal rains and life-threatening flooding to multiple islands in the Caribbean.

Two space photographs side by side, showing 2025 SC79's motion relative to background stars. — Astronomers discover skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun's glare The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark Energy Camera at it, highlighting the potential dangers of unseen asteroids.

Smiling young woman enjoying sunlight against mountain range and sea during vacation. — You don't need to be very happy to avoid an early death from chronic disease, study finds A new study suggests that being happier could help reduce your risk of dying prematurely from chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. But the threshold at which this happiness effect kicks in is fairly low.

a watercolor illustration of a brain with a clock inside of it — New study reveals why time seems to move faster the older we get A new study hints that age-related changes in our brains may explain why time feels like it's slipping away faster with every passing year.
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Planet Earth

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Plants self-organize in a 'hidden order,' echoing pattern found across nature

By Olivia Ferrari published 22 October 25

Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry landscapes that allows them to make the most of water resources.

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Plants

Scientists discover first direct evidence that slivers of 'proto-Earth' may survive today

By Sascha Pare published 21 October 25

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii.

Geology

Space

James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thought

By Elizabeth Howell published 21 October 25

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near the dawn of time were much more chaotic than they are today.

Astronomy

A close-up photo of Comet Lemmon's long twisted tail with several clear breaks in the structure

Superbright 'Comet Lemmon' gets its tail temporarily torn to pieces by solar wind

By Harry Baker published 21 October 25

An astrophotographer snapped a stunning shot of Comet Lemmon's flowing tail getting shredded by a strong gust of solar wind, just three days before it reaches its closest point to Earth.

Comets

archaeology

'Illegal' metal detectorist found a huge hoard of Roman treasure in Germany — and kept it hidden for 8 years

By Laura Geggel published 21 October 25

A man found a Roman-era hoard in Germany dating to around 2,000 years ago, but he took eight years to tell authorities about it.

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Romans

'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

By Kristina Killgrove published 20 October 25

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me."

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Health

A toddler accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dish

By Nicoletta Lanese published 22 October 25

In a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.

Viruses, Infections & Disease

New eye implants combined with augmented-reality glasses help blind people read again in small trial

By Skyler Ware published 21 October 25

Of the 38 patients with age-related macular degeneration, 80% were able to read again after having the eye implant and using the glasses.

Health

Bored of waiting for Black Friday fitness deals? Us too! Here are 7 discounts for those who can't wait

By Anna Gora published 20 October 25

Deals Save up to 40% on smartwatches, running headphones and cardio machines ahead of Black Friday, for those fitness and health geeks who just can't wait.

Deals

Animals

Are there any countries with no mosquitoes?

By Clarissa Brincat last updated 21 October 25

One country has long been a mosquito-free zone, but global warming may change that.

Mosquitos

Can you actually get high from licking a toad?

By Marilyn Perkins published 18 October 25

There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea.

Toads

Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here's what we've learned from them.

By Sophie Berdugo published 15 October 25

Following Jane Goodall's death, chimp experts explain how her early observations still influence our understanding of our ape cousins.

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Human Behavior

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Live Science crossword puzzle #16: Famous female Australopithecus skeleton — 5 down

By Harry Baker last updated 20 October 25

Science crossword Test your knowledge on all things science with our weekly, free crossword puzzle!

Science crossword

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Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here's what we need to do to stop it

By Kit Yates published 30 September 25

Opinion Thousands of scientific papers are retracted every year because of fraudulent activity, with both authors and journals gaming a system to gain academic acclaim through deceit, dishonesty and false representation.

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Opinion

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'When people gather in groups, bizarre behaviors often emerge': How the rise of online social networks has catapulted dysfunctional thinking

By Carlo Kopp, David Green, Fatima Seeme published 17 September 25

Opinion The pervasive spread of misinformation can be tracked to cognitive limitations, social influence and the global spread of online networks. Combatting it has become an "arms race" between truth and lies.

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Opinion

Physics & Mathematics

Mysterious glow at the Milky Way's center could reshape a major cosmic theory

By Andrey Feldman published 22 October 25

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an explanation that could also reshape what we know about dark matter.

Dark Matter

Physicists capture rare illusion of an object moving at 99.9% the speed of light

By Larissa G. Capella published 12 October 25

For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect.

Physics & Mathematics

Einstein's relativity could rewrite a major rule about what types of planets are habitable

By Paul Sutter published 11 October 25

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule.

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Physics & Mathematics

Chemistry

Science history: Scientists use 'click chemistry' to watch molecules in living organisms — Oct. 23, 2007

By Tia Ghose published 23 October 25

Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, opening up a window into living organisms.

Chemistry

Why does slicing onions make you cry?

By Donavyn Coffey last updated 17 October 25

Here's why you may start tearing up while slicing an onion.

Chemistry

'Harry Potter' materials land three scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry

By Patrick Pester last updated 8 October 25

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks."

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Chemistry

Technology

Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power source

By Stephanie Pappas published 22 October 25

Inspired by animal vision, the eye could become part of soft robots without any electronic components.

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Robotics

Google's breakthrough 'Quantum Echoes' algorithm pushes us closer to useful quantum computing — running 13,000 times faster than on a supercomputer

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 22 October 25

The new quantum computing algorithm, called "Quantum Echoes," is the first that can be independently verified by running it on another quantum computer.

Computing