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- April 30th
- Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite
- Weapons of the world quiz: Can you identify these historical objects of war?
- 'The detectors never stopped beeping!' Nearly 3,000 coins discovered in field are Norway's largest Viking hoard on record
- ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope review
- 'Two lives hang in the balance': Risky surgery in the womb saved baby from deadly disorder at just 25 weeks gestation
- Google AI breakthrough means chatbots use six times less memory during conversations without compromising performance
- April 29th
- A SpaceX rocket is going to hit the moon, scientist says
- Early data links Wegovy to risk of 'eye stroke' — here's what to know
- 'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggests
- Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing — and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, too
- Humanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record — here are the secrets to this astonishing feat
- Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years?
- 'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome
- Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals
- 'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses
- 'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wrecked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says
- Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable
- Diagnostic dilemma: Rectal exam stabilized man's irregular heartbeat
- April 28th
- First-of-its-kind map of the mouse nose reveals surprises about the sense of smell
- 1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain
- New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time
- Preeclampsia could be treated with 'blood filtering' therapy, early study hints
- 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors
- Drilling has begun at our sacred site Pe' Sla, setting a dangerous precedent for Indigenous lands across the country. It must be stopped.
- 'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
- New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time
- DwarfLab Dwarf Mini smart telescope review
- Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river — Earth from space
- The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought
- April 27th
- NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the 'most diverse collection' ever seen
- Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests
- Live Science crossword puzzle #40: Closest planet to the sun — 11 across
- Amazfit Active 3 Premium review: A great budget smartwatch for running beginners
- How everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressively
- Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What is that?'
- Some fungi can influence the weather — and now we know how they do it
- Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual
- April 26th
- Antarctica's sea ice suddenly started shrinking a decade ago — and deep-diving robots are revealing why
- How likely are you to find a message in a bottle?
- Astronomers just mapped one of the largest structures in the universe, long hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance'
- Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the week
- Why do cats and dogs shake their heads?
- April 25th
- The Trump administration wants to open precious East Coast forests to logging and mining
- 'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works
- 'The push towards renewables is unstoppable because it's in a country's self-interest': Climate scientist Andy Reisinger on Trump, Iran, and the future of Earth
- Science news this week: Atlantic current edges closer to collapse, scientists make artificial-neuron breakthrough, and a copy of the 'Iliad' is found inside an Egyptian mummy
- Why are some constellations visible for only part of the year?
- Science history: Chernobyl nuclear power plant melts down, bringing the world to the brink of disaster — April 26, 1986
- April 24th
- Building a massive dam between Alaska and Russia could prevent AMOC collapse, scientists say
- 'Brain-eating' amoebas are nearly always fatal. New treatments may change that.
- Thríhnúkagígur: The only volcano on Earth where you can descend into a magma chamber
- New York City is at major risk of flooding that could leave 4.4 million people exposed to extreme damage, study finds
- 'A completely new reality': Bolder measures are needed to prevent extreme water shortages in cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas that depend on the Colorado River
- El Niño could be here by May, new forecast reveals — here's what it means for summer weather
- Claude Mythos explained: Is Anthropic's most powerful AI model really too dangerous to release to the public?
- Planning to stargaze in May 2026? Here's all the gear you'll need
- DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry
- April 23rd
- 'A landmark moment for the field': FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness
- 'A measurable, enormous global impact': Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why the true power of Artemis II could take decades to hit
- 'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean
- Artemis II heat shield aced its blistering reentry, ghostly underwater photo reveals
- Scientists invent artificial neurons that 'talk' to real brain cells, paving way to better brain implants
- 'What are the odds': Superbright comet and exploding fireball meteor form near-perfect X over European castle
- Scientists build specialist 'AGI processor' that they believe will power the next wave of AI agents
- April 22nd
- Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover
- Artemis moon landing could face long delay while NASA waits for next-generation spacesuits
- Gene therapy improves hearing in 90% of patients with inherited deafness in largest trial of its kind
- 'Iran's Maldives' could drown in oil due to spills from air strikes, satellites show
- NASA's Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant 'dragon scales' littered across Mars
- Advanced AI-powered table-tennis-playing robot can match up to the professionals — watch it in action
- Earth quiz: What do you know about our planet's most amazing features?
- Diagnostic dilemma: A teen's classic diabetes symptoms didn't improve with treatment — revealing she also had a much rarer syndrome
- April 21st
- NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument as humanity's most distant spacecraft prepares for risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save power
- Florida is facing its most intense drought in 15 years. Here's how it got so bad and how long it will last.
- Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, probably because of the harsh environment they evolved in
- 'Nations need to prepare now': Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thought
- New blood test aims to spot liver scarring before it paves the way to cancer
- 'We're the best servants anyone could dream of!': AI superintelligence has no need to enslave humans because we're already bowing to it
- Glowing ring of plankton surrounding New Zealand islands linked to deadly underwater plateau — Earth from space
- April 20th
- A giant 'shadow' has been creeping across Mars for 50 years — and scientists aren't sure why
- Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak — but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting champion
- Scientists identify main cause of extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
- Live Science crossword puzzle #39: God of war from Ancient Greek mythology — 2 down
- Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritual
- April 19th
- Loneliness may contribute to memory issues, but not dementia — they are 'not the same thing'
- Naked mole rats wage bloody wars of succession to choose a new queen — but one colony did something scientists have never seen before
- 'The chances of you living 50 years are very small': Theoretical physicist explains why humanity likely won't survive to see all the forces unified
- Can the US be trusted with the moon? A law scholar raises concerns after Artemis II's success.
- Lyrid meteor shower 2026: See spring's first rain of 'shooting stars' peak in moonless skies
- Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon' — Space photo of the week
- Can chickens really run around with their heads cut off?
- $3 million prize goes to duo whose research led to first sickle cell CRISPR therapy
- April 18th
- 700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the Americas
- New pain-relief opioid could be much less addictive than morphine, rodent study finds
- Experimental drug doubles one-year survival in pancreatic cancer
- Science news this week: Physicists witness faster-than-light darkness pinpricks, humans are still evolving, and some polar bears are getting fatter than ever
- Did King Arthur really exist?
- Science history: Doctor autopsies the brain of a man who couldn't speak — and reveals the seat of spoken language — April 18, 1861
- April 17th
- April 16th
- 2 supermassive black holes may collide 100 years from now — and Earth would feel it
- Anglo-Saxon burial holds an older sister cradling her little brother after they both died 1,400 years ago, possibly of an infectious disease
- Colorado River may have pooled and spilled over to form the Grand Canyon, solving a long-standing mystery — but not everyone agrees
- 'We all screamed when it happened': Bright-green fireball meteor caught exploding over famous Viking raid site in UK
- Northern lights may be visible from several US states Friday and Saturday as giant hole opens up in sun's atmosphere
- Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever
- The first black hole ever discovered is spewing 'dancing jets' at half the speed of light
- Stephen Hawking's black hole information paradox could be solved — if the universe has 7 dimensions
- April 15th
- 'Something's missing': Most thorough-ever study of the cosmos proves we still can't explain how the universe is expanding
- 'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldness
- Artemis II quiz: Is your knowledge of NASA's historic moon mission out of this world?
- New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive
- This humanoid robot does all your housework for you — and its makers say it's ready for your home
- Ancient process that created rare earth elements discovered — and it could help us locate desperately needed deposits
- Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs — and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction
- 73 moon landings? NASA's 'Moon Base User's Guide' reveals the agency's 'most ambitious space project' will be fraught with challenges
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman heard voices telling her she had a brain tumor — and scans confirmed she did
- April 14th
- Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basement
- There were 'audible screams of delight': Why Artemis II sightings of meteor flashes on the moon have scientists giddy
- Live Science crossword puzzle #38: Largest non-polar desert in the world — 10 across
- Physicists just witnessed pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of light — without breaking the laws of relativity
- Mini lake meets snowy rim of Canada's oldest ice mass — Earth from space
- April 13th
- Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descent' among male relatives
- 'Oslo patient' likely cured of HIV after getting stem cell transplant from his brother, who is genetically resistant to the virus
- Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints
- Homo erectus' tools include stunning geodes and fossils, possibly as a way to connect with the cosmos, study finds
- 'Really, really weird': Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory
- 'I have not processed what we just did': Artemis II astronauts share all in first news conference since splashdown
- Sperm quality is at its peak in the summer, study finds
- Scientists are trying to build a vaccine that works against almost any respiratory pathogen — here's how close they are.
- Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-old fertility figurine from Cyprus that wears a miniature version of herself on a necklace
- April 12th
- Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains
- Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in Luxor
- 'Human minds shouldn't have to go through' this: Artemis II crew recalls unreal moment when Earth disappeared — Space photo of the week
- Does the moon look the same from everywhere on Earth?
- April 11th
- I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sun
- AI for breakup texts? How 'sycophantic' chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations.
- Science news this week: Artemis II splashes down, the world's fattest parrot bounces back, and the Shroud of Turin is contaminated
- 10 Artemis II photos that define humanity's return to the moon
- Do the microbes in your gut influence what foods you like?
- 'I'm at a loss for words': Artemis II mission comes home to joy and cheers after historic 10-day mission
- April 10th
- There are 'reasons to be confident' about faulty Artemis II heat shield ahead of 25,000 mph reentry, space expert Ed Macaulay says
- The moon is green and brown? Why scientists are already excited about Artemis II's historic lunar photos
- 'I've seen the movies. What a horrible way to die': What it's like to be sucked into a tornado and survive
- 'More questions than answers': Experts baffled by Alaskan mammal-eating orcas spotted near Seattle
- Changing 'just one DNA letter' in female mice triggers growth of male genitalia
- Aoshima: Japan's tiny 'Cat Island' where felines hugely outnumber humans
- 'Welcome home, Integrity': Artemis II crew return to Earth after 'bullseye landing' caps historic moon mission
- AI war games almost always escalate to nuclear strikes, simulation shows
- April 9th
- Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find
- Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civil war' after their group split apart — and scientists don't know why
- James Webb telescope spots 'stingray' galaxy system that could solve the mystery of 'little red dots'
- 'RIP, Comet MAPS': Watch the superbright sungrazer become a 'headless wonder' after being ripped apart by the sun
- Scientists create new type of encryption that protects video files against quantum computing attacks
- There's an issue with the Artemis II heat shield, but NASA isn't worried. Here's why.
- Western states face above-normal wildfire threats this summer. New maps reveal which areas are most at risk.
- Science history: Doctor hypothesizes that 'transmissible proteins' can cause disease, contradicting a 'central dogma' of molecular biology — April 9, 1982
- April 8th
- 'No one knows what they are': Researchers discover new type of cell that's seen only during pregnancy
- 16th-century silver coin discovered near Strait of Magellan marks the spot of a doomed Spanish colony
- Keratin may act as a 'brake' for skin inflammation, pointing to potential treatments
- How to see Comet PanSTARRS as it brightens in the night sky this week
- Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's 'biologically implausible' infection led her to sneeze 'worms' out of her nose
- 'In every continent where humans are present, water bankruptcy is manifesting itself': Exiled Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani on our desperate need to preserve our most precious resource
- April 7th
- 'They are literally everywhere': The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the world
- DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mystery
- 'So much magic': Artemis II shares first images from the far side of the moon, including new 'Earthset' and total eclipse in space
- AI 'mirages' mean tools used to analyze medical scans could fabricate their findings
- World's fattest parrot — on the verge of extinction 30 years ago — has record-breaking breeding season
- Live Science crossword puzzle #37: The seventh planet from the sun — 2 down
- California declared war on smog in the 1970s. The knock-on effects were huge.
- Laifen Wave Pro electric toothbrush review: A perfect all-rounder
- Physicists moved volatile antimatter by truck for the first time ever — paving the way for groundbreaking new research
- Deadly, vivid-green mass sprawls across South African reservoir — Earth from space
- April 6th
- The Artemis II astronauts have just flown farther from Earth than any humans in history
- AI-written code can beat humans at biomedical analysis, some studies find. What does that mean for the field?
- Artemis II moon flyby begins: How to watch and what to know
- 'A cure on the horizon': Are we finally close to ending type 1 diabetes?
- 'They could spend 4 or 5 hours per day underwater': How humans adapted to the most challenging environments
- The hungriest black holes in the universe are running out of food, survey of 8,000 cosmic monsters reveals
- We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid
- Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom
- April 5th
- 'This generation's moment': How the Artemis missions will reframe humanity's relationship with the moon
- Diabetes rates are lower in high-altitude environments — and scientists may have discovered why
- Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
- Shroud of Turin, claimed to be Jesus' burial cloth, contaminated with carrot and red coral DNA
- NASA telescope uncovers new mystery in supernova first spotted by Chinese astronomers 2,000 years ago — Space photo of the week
- What happened to the Minoan civilization?
- April 4th
- Fossil site in China reveals bevy of complex creatures lived prior to the Cambrian explosion, including a 'Dune'-like sandworm
- Cheap, decades-old transplant drug delays full onset of type 1 diabetes
- Octopus quiz: Are you a sucker for cephalopod science?
- Science news this week: Artemis II lifts off, diabetes cured in mice, and smog in China shapes Arctic storms
- I've witnessed nearly 100 rocket launches. Artemis II was like nothing I've ever experienced.
- Are allergies genetic?
- April 3rd
- 'Trust us; you look amazing': Artemis II crewmembers share first message from space
- Homo habilis is the earliest named human. But is it even human?
- Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time
- Rare 'sungrazer' comet MAPS will shine superbright on Saturday — if it survives a dangerous encounter with our star
- IBM quantum processor achieves highest fidelity calculations for the longest period of time on record
- The 10 best running shoe deals, as chosen by an experienced runner
- A new tweak to Einstein's relativity could transform our understanding of the Big Bang
- Artemis II officially leaves Earth's orbit on the way to the moon
- April 2nd
- In photos: Artemis II's historic launch for the moon
- Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years ago
- Chemists make hydrogen from breadcrumbs in groundbreaking reaction that could replace some fossil fuels
- Earth's energy imbalance is much more extreme than climate models show — but scientists aren't sure why
- Chinese satellite with robotic 'octopus arm' passes key refueling test in orbit — making longer-lived space assets more likely
- 'Not how you build a digital mind': How reasoning failures are preventing AI models from achieving human-level intelligence
- Scientists cured type 1 diabetes in mice by creating a blended immune system
- Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals
- April 1st
- Artemis II blasts off: Humans are on their way back to the moon
- Astronauts can face 'nearly lethal doses' of solar radiation — so why launch Artemis II during the sun's peak of activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.
- Farting comet seen reversing its spin for the first time ever — and it may soon 'self-destruct'
- Extreme wildfires, droughts and storms could happen even under moderate global warming, study finds
- Diagnostic dilemma: Teenager's hives turned out to be caused by rare water allergy
- How to watch NASA's historic Artemis II launch for the moon
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