What's the risk of catching COVID-19 on public transportation? By Rachael Rettner A new study analyzed information from thousands of passengers who traveled on China's high-speed trains.
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows By Brandon Specktor New NASA imagery shows that the St. Patrick bay ice caps have vanished from Arctic Canada, two years sooner than scientists predicted
Fauci: No one can predict how bad the pandemic will get this fall By Yasemin Saplakoglu But to bring the coronavirus case counts down to manageable levels, we can take steps that we know work.
Tropical storm Isaias forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the Carolinas By Yasemin Saplakoglu Isaias is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic coast
After being swallowed alive, water beetle stages 'backdoor' escape from frog’s gut By Mindy Weisberger An aquatic beetle species takes unusual action to escape digestion after being swallowed by frogs.
'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success By Meghan Bartels
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows By Brandon Specktor New NASA imagery shows that the St. Patrick bay ice caps have vanished from Arctic Canada, two years sooner than scientists predicted
Tropical storm Isaias forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the Carolinas By Yasemin Saplakoglu Isaias is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic coast
'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success By Meghan Bartels
The first SpaceX astronauts are back on Earth By Rafi Letzter SpaceX's Demo-2 test flight ended in the Gulf of Mexico today, about two months since its launch opened the era of commercial crewed spaceflight.
3,000-year-old head may be face of God By Owen Jarus A clay head that dates back almost 3,000 years may be a rare depiction of Yahweh, or God. But other archaeologists aren't convinced.
Returned chunk of Stonehenge solves long-standing monument mystery By Tom Metcalfe A restoration worker kept a chunk of Stonehenge more than 60 years ago. He returned it last year and now the stone has solved a long-standing mystery.
What's the risk of catching COVID-19 on public transportation? By Rachael Rettner A new study analyzed information from thousands of passengers who traveled on China's high-speed trains.
Fauci: No one can predict how bad the pandemic will get this fall By Yasemin Saplakoglu But to bring the coronavirus case counts down to manageable levels, we can take steps that we know work.
What happens to your body when you're an organ donor? By Tara Santora With organ donation, the death of one person can lead to the survival of many others. But when a donor dies, how do doctors save their organs for transplantation?
Dogs may sense Earth's magnetic field and use it like a compass By Diane Lincoln Some hunting dogs may be able to sense Earth's magnetic field and use it as a compass, scientists are now reporting.
55 million-year-old owl with 'murder feet' unearthed By Mindy Weisberger An exceptionally rare owl fossil dating to 55 million years ago hints that the predatory bird killed with its powerful talons rather than its beak, as modern owls do.
Mind-controlling fungus makes zombie cicadas lure other cicadas to a zombie fate By Mindy Weisberger Not only does the fungus Massospora infect cicadas, eat their bodies and turn them into mind-controlled zombies, it forces them to attract more cicada victims.
Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor By Rafi Letzter The microbes had been dormant below the ocean floor for eons, buried since the time of the dinosaurs. Then a team of scientists in Japan woke the little organisms up.
Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist By Mindy Weisberger A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.
US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can't. (The beach) By Brandon Specktor The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach.
Amazing images: The best science photos of the week By Brandon Specktor 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.
What could drive humans to extinction? By Emma Bryce Pandemics, climate change, artificial intelligence: these are just some of the wide-ranging threats to humanity's survival. But they all have one factor in common...
Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison: Who was the better inventor? By Tia Ghose Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battled it out in the "War of Currents," but each inventor left a significant scientific legacy.
Weird new 'pentadiamonds' could be ultrahard, ultralight and conduct electricity By Adam Mann Materials scientists come up with a potentially useful new form of carbon.
Scientists create a pattern so complicated it's impossible to duplicate By Diane Lincoln Scientists just created a pattern that, according to researchers, is impossible to duplicate or forge, a feat that could quash counterfeiters.
