Giant Volcano on Jupiter Moon Could Erupt Any Day By Mike Wall A giant volcano on the Jupiter moon Io should erupt any day now, a new study suggests.
Placentas Are Caked in Soot from Car Exhaust. Could It Reach the Fetus? By Nicoletta Lanese Tissue samples probed with laser light reveal thousands of particles of black carbon in the fetal placenta.
Did Egyptians Trigger a Mysterious Biblical Kingdom to Innovate 3,000 Years Ago? By Stephanie Pappas An invasion by an Egyptian pharaoh may have triggered an ancient technological leap.
Missing Link Between Simple Cells and Complex Life-Forms Possibly Found By Nicoletta Lanese Barring further research, the discovery may help determine how cells first formed nuclei.
Rogue Ice Moon Could Be Spilling Its Guts All Over 'Alien Megastructure' Star By Rafi Letzter Often, when we don't have an immediate explanation for something strange in space, some people blame aliens. But better explanations usually come along in time.
Universe's Most Massive Neutron Star Spotted. Should It Even Exist? By Yasemin Saplakoglu The pulsar is so massive that it's near the limit of being able to exist at all.
Explorer Says He Reached the Deepest Part of the Ocean. James Cameron Disagrees. By Yasemin Saplakoglu In April, explorer Victor Vescovo claimed to have broken the record for deepest solo dive ever. But did he?
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.
Giant Volcano on Jupiter Moon Could Erupt Any Day By Mike Wall A giant volcano on the Jupiter moon Io should erupt any day now, a new study suggests.
Rogue Ice Moon Could Be Spilling Its Guts All Over 'Alien Megastructure' Star By Rafi Letzter Often, when we don't have an immediate explanation for something strange in space, some people blame aliens. But better explanations usually come along in time.
Did Egyptians Trigger a Mysterious Biblical Kingdom to Innovate 3,000 Years Ago? By Stephanie Pappas An invasion by an Egyptian pharaoh may have triggered an ancient technological leap.
15th-Century Scottish Warrior Who Died in a Clan Feud Was Buried with 5 Extra Heads By Mindy Weisberger A digital reconstruction reveals the face of a Scottish man who died in a brutal battle during the 15th century.
Placentas Are Caked in Soot from Car Exhaust. Could It Reach the Fetus? By Nicoletta Lanese Tissue samples probed with laser light reveal thousands of particles of black carbon in the fetal placenta.
Woman Swallows Engagement Ring in Her Sleep By Rachael Rettner The woman swallowed the ring after she had a vivid dream.
Just 2 Labs in the World House Smallpox. The One in Russia Had an Explosion. By Jeanna Bryner A fire reportedly broke out yesterday (Sept. 16) after an explosion at a secret lab in Russia, one of only two places in the world where the variola virus that causes smallpox is kept.
Missing Link Between Simple Cells and Complex Life-Forms Possibly Found By Nicoletta Lanese Barring further research, the discovery may help determine how cells first formed nuclei.
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.
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.
Why Some People Have Endless Thoughts of Death. They May Be 'Existentially Isolated' By Stephanie Pappas Feeling as though nobody gets you may be linked to persistent thoughts of death.
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.
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.
