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Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your immune system.
By Chris Simms published
Three-quarters of the world's drought-prone areas are at risk of extreme water shortages — known as "day zero droughts" — this century, and some could be hit before 2030.
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery.
By Deepa Jain published
The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more likely if the space rock is made of the same chemicals as metal-rich meteorites, a new study suggests.
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Several muscles can claim the crown, depending on how you measure strength.
By Tom Anchordoquy published
As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But exploiting this process could reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
By Skyler Ware published
The newly discovered ichthyosaur dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapsis was about 10 feet long and had a sword-shaped snout.
By Chris Simms published
Naked mole rats may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest naked-mole-rat colonies are even more complex than we thought.
By Sascha Pare published
The Asian golden cat is an elusive creature endemic to South and Southeast Asia. It is known to take down prey much larger than itself, including buffalo calves, baby deer and small muntjacs.
By Kit Yates published
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.
By Carlo Kopp, David Green, Fatima Seeme published
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.
By Patrick Pester published
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."
By Live Science Staff last updated
An artist's illustration of an artificial neural network.
By Larissa G. Capella published
By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position without violating Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
By Patrick Pester last updated
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks."
By Alan Bradley published
Two new AI models allow robots to perform complex, multistep tasks in a way that they couldn't previously.
By Kimberley Lane published
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