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- December 31st
- 'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US
- Melting of West Antarctic ice sheet could trigger catastrophic reshaping of the land beneath
- Full moons of 2026: When is the next full moon?
- From gene therapy breakthroughs to preventable disease outbreaks: The health trends that will shape 2026
- Quadrantid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see the first 'shooting' stars of the year
- Should humans colonize other planets?
- Centuries-old 'trophy head' from Peru reveals individual survived to adulthood despite disabling birth defect
- Massive Myanmar earthquake was super smooth and efficient — and it holds lessons for the 'Big One'
- Diagnostic dilemma: A rare condition caused a man to get 'scales' on his hands whenever he washed them
- December 30th
- 'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope's chatbot
- Enough fresh water is lost from continents each year to meet the needs of 280 million people. Here's how we can combat that.
- Trump 2.0 is dismantling American science. Here's what's at stake, according to researchers.
- 10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025
- Did reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone really cause an ecological cascade?
- 'Nobody knew why this was happening': Scientists race to understand baffling behavior of 'clumping clouds'
- Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem
- Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 IS USM lens review: Enormous reach for wildlife photography
- Scientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacks
- This new DNA storage system can fit 10 billion songs in a liter of liquid — but challenges remain for the unusual storage format
- See the exact point where a glacier, a lake and a river 'touch' in Argentina — Earth from space
- December 29th
- Orcas are adopting terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?
- A fentanyl vaccine enters human trials in 2026 — here's how it works
- 'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.
- 'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms
- Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world
- Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
- December 28th
- Primates Quiz: Go ape and test your knowledge on our closest relatives
- Year in review: The standout health stories of 2025, from measles outbreaks to AI-made viruses
- 5 common mistakes beginner telescope users make — and how to avoid them
- Stunning array of 400 rings in a 'reflection' nebula solves a 30-year-old star-formation mystery — Space photo of the week
- James Webb telescope spies a monstrous molecular cloud shrouded in mystery — Space photo of the week
- How many holes does the human body have?
- December 27th
- Do you think you can tell an AI-generated face from a real one?
- AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
- 6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found
- Tooth-in-eye surgery, 'blood chimerism,' and a pregnancy from oral sex: 12 wild medical cases we covered in 2025
- Is the sun really a dwarf star?
- Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985
- December 26th
- Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years ago
- New electrochemical method splits water with electricity to produce hydrogen fuel — and cuts energy costs in the process
- Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests
- Diagnostic dilemma quiz: Can you guess the diagnosis in these strange medical cases?
- 1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution
- 10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025
- The easiest constellations for beginners to spot in winter (and what you need to see them)
- The world's 'hidden' volcanoes pose the greatest risk for global crisis
- Coconucos volcanic chain: Colombia's stunning cluster of volcanoes, lost in an otherworldly landscape
- Flat-headed cat not seen in Thailand for almost 30 years is rediscovered
- Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
- December 25th
- Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest
- Neuroscience word search — Find all the parts of the brain
- Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thrift shops. But putting them in a museum is harder than it sounds.
- Science history: James Webb Space Telescope launches — and promptly cracks our view of the universe — Dec. 25, 2021
- 'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into
- December 24th
- 'What the heck is this?' James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere
- First-ever 'superkilonova' double star explosion puzzles astronomers
- We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and died
- 'It won’t be so much a ghost town as a zombie apocalypse': How AI might forever change how we use the internet
- Guess the number quiz: Can you work out these scientific numbers and constants and top the leaderboard?
- 'Biological time capsules': How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals
- The 9 best things to see in the night sky with binoculars from November 2025 to January to 2026
- New tests could nearly halve the rate of late-stage cancers, some scientists say — is that true?
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man's bladder looked like a Christmas tree
- December 23rd
- Earth's seasons vary wildly, even at the same latitude, new research finds
- 18,000 years ago, ice age humans built dwellings out of mammoth bones in Ukraine
- Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED light
- Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests
- See the 100,000th photo of Mars taken by NASA's groundbreaking Red Planet orbiter
- 'A huge surprise': 1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq
- Graphene supercapacitor breakthrough could boost energy storage in future EVs and other household devices
- Rare dusting of snow covers one of the driest places on Earth and shuts down massive radio telescope — Earth from space
- Science history: Anthropologist sees the face of the 'Taung Child' — and proves that Africa was the cradle of humanity — Dec. 23, 1924
- December 22nd
- 2,300-year-old Celtic gold coins found in Swiss bog
- Best space photos of 2025
- 3,300-year-old cremations found in Scotland suggest the people died in a mysterious catastrophic event
- Scientists claim 'Lucy' may not be our direct ancestor after all, stoking fierce debate
- Live Science crossword puzzle #24: Elemental particle associated with light — 11 down
- New EV motor invention could cut 1,000 pounds from future vehicles, making them much lighter while boosting their range
- Reliquary of the Holy Crib: Remains of Jesus' manger from Bethlehem
- December 21st
- December 20th
- Celestron Showdown: Battle of the 10x42s
- Science news this week: Japan laser weapon trial, comet 3I/ATLAS bids farewell, and AI solves 'impossible' math problems
- Scientists build 'most accurate' quantum computing chip ever thanks to new silicon-based computing architecture
- Scientists spot 'unprecedented celestial event' around the 'Eye of Sauron' star just 25 light-years from Earth
- What's the fastest a human can grow?
- December 19th
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we 'intercept' it before it leaves us forever?
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes closest pass of Earth. Where's it heading next?
- Save 72% with our exclusive Norton VPN deal and get set for travel over the holidays and into 2026
- AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?
- 1,400 years ago, Nubians tattooed their toddlers. Archaeologists are trying to figure out why.
- Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight
- Stargazing over the Christmas holidays 2025: 10 great reasons to look up
- Ursid meteor shower 2025: When and where to see 'shooting stars' on the longest night of the year
- Diarrhea and stomachaches plagued Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, discovery of microscopic parasites finds
- December 18th
- Comet 3I/ATLAS reaches closest point to Earth: How to see it on Friday night
- New ultraviolet image of comet 3I/ATLAS could help reveal what it's made of
- Undersea lava rubble acts as a 'sponge' for carbon dioxide, study finds
- It matters what time of day you get cancer treatment, study suggests
- Oldest known evidence of father-daughter incest found in 3,700-year-old bones in Italy
- Rare 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with menorahs found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe mapped an unseen part of the sun at its most active moment
- Mysterious, irradiated 'scar' in our galaxy points to 2 stars that almost hit the sun
- December 17th
- Pumas in Patagonia started feasting on penguins — but now they're behaving strangely, a new study finds
- Spiders on Jupiter? Scientists uncover secret origins of arachnid-like 'demon' lurking on gas giant's moon.
- Detectorists find Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard that may have been part of a 'ritual killing'
- Saturn's largest moon may be riddled with 'slushy tunnels' that contain alien life, new study hints
- James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxy
- Snakes' mind-bending 'heat vision' inspires scientists to build a 4K imaging system that could one day fit into your smartphone
- Pompeii victims were wearing woolen cloaks in August when they died — but experts are split on what that means
- Diagnostic dilemma: An otherwise 'fit' man had a stroke after drinking 8 'high-potency' energy drinks a day
- Ancient burrowing bees made their nests in the tooth cavities and vertebrae of dead rodents, scientists discover
- December 16th
- Heart attacks are less harmful at night. And that might be key to treating them.
- 'We were amazed': Scientists using James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest supernova in the known universe
- Brain scans reveal 'dial' that helps keep us from getting lost
- Ancient Egyptian valley temple excavated — and it's connected to a massive upper temple dedicated to the sun god, Ra
- Polar bears in southern Greenland are 'using jumping genes to rapidly rewrite their own DNA' to survive melting sea ice
- City-size 'cosmic butterfly' carved into Mars' surface contains traces of ancient water
- Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM
- Soocas NEOS II electric 2-in-1 sonic toothbrush review
- Need some gift inspiration? Our favorite noise-cancelling headphones just hit their lowest-ever price
- Deep snow blanket transforms Yellowstone Lake into a giant white void — Earth from space
- December 15th
- 30 models of the universe proved wrong by final data from groundbreaking cosmology telescope
- 5,000-year-old dog skeleton and dagger buried together in Swedish bog hint at mysterious Stone Age ritual
- Fingerprint of ancient seaborne raider found on Scandinavia's oldest plank boat
- 5 genetic 'signatures' underpin a range of psychiatric conditions
- These incredible birdwatching binoculars are $125 off at Amazon — just in time for that last bit of Christmas shopping
- Live Science crossword puzzle #23: Distance around the edge of a circle — 6 down
- That was the week in science: Farewell comet 3I/ATLAS | Starlink tumbles from orbit | AI’s giant carbon footprint
- Xiaomi Smart Band 10 fitness tracker review: Sleek and budget-friendly
- Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah
- The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.
- December 14th
- 'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made
- Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'
- Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
- Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?
- Science history: Norwegian explorer wins the treacherous race to the South Pole, while British rival perishes along with his crew — Dec. 14, 1911
- December 13th
- 2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohs
- Brutal lion attack 6,200 years ago severely injured teenager — but somehow he survived, skeleton found in Bulgaria reveals
- How are 'traumatic tattoos' made, and do you have one?
- Science news this week: Neanderthals made fire, orcas and dolphins team up, and the 'Star of Bethlehem' explored
- December 12th
- Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal
- 'Unprecedented': Woman delivers full-term abdominal pregnancy while also having 22-pound cyst removed
- James Webb telescope uncovers a new mystery: A broiling 'hell planet' with an atmosphere that shouldn't exist
- 16th-century gallows and dozens of skeletons discovered in France
- 'Necessary for the future of humankind': Who was honored at the first-ever Global Space Awards?
- Cassius the giant crocodile died from sepsis after 40-year-old dormant infection burst from 'abscess,' necropsy reveals
- Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda is unlike anything else on Earth
- 'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant
- New 'DNA cassette tape' can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone — and the data can last 20,000 years if frozen
- China's Great Green Wall: The giant artificial forest designed to slow the expansion of 2 deserts
- 'A scale almost too big to imagine': Scientists spot monster black hole roaring with winds at more than 130 million mph
- December 11th
- 'They had not been seen ever before': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds
- Killer whales are teaming up with dolphins on salmon hunts, study finds — but not everyone agrees
- James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe — and they could help solve a major mystery
- Einstein was right: Time ticks faster on Mars, posing new challenges for future missions
- The 22 best gifts for nature lovers and outdoor explorers, according to our experts
- Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system — a new study starts to unravel why
- Breakthrough 3D wiring architecture enables 10,000-qubit quantum processors
- When does winter start? Your guide to the 2025 winter solstice.
- December 10th
- Stunningly preserved Roman-era mosaic in UK depicts Trojan War stories — but not the ones told by Homer
- Mysterious X-ray signal from deep space may be the scream of a star ripped apart by two black holes
- Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for long
- Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery — they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer
- 'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England
- Russia's Bezymianny volcano blew itself apart 69 years ago. It's now almost completely regrown.
- The 23 best fitness gifts to buy for gym lovers, hand-picked by a personal trainer
- New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire
- Diagnostic dilemma: Man caught rabies from organ transplant after donor was scratched by skunk
- December 9th
- This bright star will soon die in a nuclear explosion — and could be visible in Earth's daytime skies
- 'It is simply too hot to handle': 2024 was Arab region's hottest year on record, first-of-its-kind climate report reveals
- Earth's crust hides enough 'gold' hydrogen to power the world for tens of thousands of years, emerging research suggests
- Widespread cold virus you've never heard of may play key role in bladder cancer
- Gray hair may have evolved as a protection against cancer, study hints
- Is the 'Star of Bethlehem' really a planet? A bright visitor this month may hold a clue.
- Rare 'sunglint' transforms Alabama River into a giant 'golden dragon' — Earth from space
- December 8th
- Glue strong enough to tow a car made from used cooking oil
- Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physics
- Live Science crossword puzzle #22: Subatomic particle with a positive charge — 13 across
- That was the week in science: Second earthquake hits Japan | Geminids to peak | NASA loses contact with Mars probe
- Ash Pendant: The only known depiction of a pregnant Viking woman
- The 'hobbits' may have died out when drought forced them to compete with modern humans, new research suggests
- December 7th
- Lost Indigenous settlements described by Jamestown colonist John Smith finally found
- Strangely bleached rocks on Mars hint that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis
- 2,400-year-old 'sacrificial complex' uncovered in Russia is the richest site of its kind ever discovered
- Ethereal structure in the sky rivals 'Pillars of Creation' — Space photo of the week
- What was the loudest sound ever recorded?
- December 6th
- New NASA, ESA images show 3I/ATLAS getting active ahead of its close encounter with Earth
- Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico
- 1,800-year-old 'piggy banks' full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village
- What if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian?
- Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954
- Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls
- December 5th
- CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination
- Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth
- A huge helium shortage is looming — but ancient rocks in Earth's crust may be hiding massive reservoirs
- New 'physics shortcut' lets laptops tackle quantum problems once reserved for supercomputers and AI
- 'Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren't worth it': A neuroscientist's take on how human intellect evolved
- Could aging eggs be 'rejuvenated'? New tool may help pave the way to fertility-extending treatments
- December 4th
- Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals
- See up to 150 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend as the Geminid meteor shower reaches its stunning peak
- Injecting anesthetic into a 'lazy eye' may correct it, early study suggests
- Volcanic eruption triggered 'butterfly effect' that led to the Black Death, researchers find
- 18,000 dinosaur tracks discovered along ancient Bolivian coastline — and they set a new record
- Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for hundreds of years, study finds
- MIT invention uses ultrasound to shake drinking water out of the air, even in dry regions
- Giant rotating string of galaxies is 'probably the largest spinning object' in the known universe
- December 3rd
- Ancient 'hanging coffin' people in China finally identified — and their descendants still live there today
- 'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different
- China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution
- Death Valley's 'world's hottest temperature' record may be due to a human error
- When an AI algorithm is labeled 'female,' people are more likely to exploit it
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got a rare parasitic lung infection after eating raw frogs
- James Webb telescope spots strange 'super-puff' planet frantically chasing its own atmosphere through space
- December 2nd
- Anacondas became massive 12 million years ago — and it worked so well, they haven't changed size since
- Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible
- Elaborate 2,700-year-old tomb in Greece contains burial of a woman with an upside-down crown
- 'We do not know of a similar case': 4,000-year-old burial in little-known African kingdom mystifies archaeologists
- 'Cold Supermoon' 2025: It's not too late to see the last, highest full moon of the year
- Trio of 'black mesas' leftover from Paleozoic era spawn rare sand dunes in the Sahara — Earth from space
- Science history: Computer scientist lays out 'Moore's law,' guiding chip design for a half century — Dec. 2, 1964
- December 1st
- An extra solar system planet once orbited next to Earth — and it may be the reason we have a moon
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is erupting in 'ice volcanoes', new images suggest
- The 7 best running headphone deals that remain for Cyber Monday
- Russia accidentally destroys its only working launch pad as astronauts lift off to ISS
- For traveling photographers — whether you're chasing dark skies or tracking wildlife, NordVPN is now 74% cheaper
- Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?
- Once-in-a-century floods set to become annual events in northeastern US in the next 75 years, study finds
- A 'functional cure' for HIV may be in reach, early trials suggest
- Hurry, this germ-busting air purifier is still $210 off this Cyber Monday
- The "most capable" and "best-looking" Apple Watch Series 11 is cheapest at Best Buy and Amazon for Cyber Monday
- See the last Supermoon of the year with these Cyber Monday skywatching deals
- Live Science crossword puzzle #21: NASA rover that landed on Mars in 2012 — 16 across
- That was the week in science: Vaccine skeptics get hep B win | Comet 3I/ATLAS surprises | 'Cold Supermoon' pictures
- 15,000 Amazon reviews can't be wrong (including ours). This astronaut star projector makes the perfect gift for young space fans at under $30 for Cyber Monday
- Last chance to snap up the Oura Ring Gen 4 at its lowest-ever price
- 7 Cyber Monday binocular deals to avoid (and 7 we think you should buy)
- Deep sky imaging, simplified. If you've got cash to drop on your own home observatory, you could save this Cyber Monday.
- 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid 2024 YR4 was Earth's first real-life planetary defense test
- Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms
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