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May 2026
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- May 9th
- Pregnancy quiz: Can you deliver on the science of growing babies?
- Science news this week: The latest on the cruise ship hantavirus infections, a shortcut to Mars, and a fast-charging quantum battery
- 'Feuding tech bros' go head to head in legal showdown. But what does it mean for the future of AI?
- If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?
- May 8th
- Some gene therapies no longer require clinical trials, thanks to new FDA rule. Is this safe, and who will it help?
- US government declassifies nearly 200 UAP files, including strange sightings from Apollo astronauts
- Flowering plants transformed into 'hopeful monsters' in 9 dire bursts across evolutionary time, study finds
- 500-year-old gold dental bridge is earliest known oral care of its kind in Scotland — and it likely held a fake tooth
- Live 'quantum network' being tested in New York — overcoming key hurdles could bring us closer to an 'unhackable' internet
- Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study finds
- May 7th
- New AI model spots pancreatic cancer up to 3 years earlier than human doctors in test
- Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week
- Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago
- More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety
- Hantavirus cruise: WHO Director-General will travel to Tenerife for disembarkment; repatriation flights planned on Sunday and Monday
- 'Extremely rare' English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelry
- Andes virus — the only hantavirus that can spread between people — identified as culprit on cruise ship
- New water battery could last until the 24th century — and it can be safely discarded in the environment
- May 6th
- Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising facts about the famous naturalist
- The night sky could get three times brighter as new satellites launch — all but ruining the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's survey of the universe
- The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests
- Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication
- Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
- 'Food insecurity is no longer just about low-income countries': Environmental economist explains how climate change is pushing agricultural systems to the brink
- May 5th
- Both very low and very high heart rates may be linked to higher stroke risk, study says
- Icy object beyond Pluto has an atmosphere that shouldn't exist, study suggests
- 'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half
- Live Science crossword puzzle #41: Cosmic object that consumes everything near itself, including light — 9 across
- Canadian 'emoji' lake vanishes after dramatic, landslide-like collapse — Earth from space
- Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years
- May 4th
- Estrogen in both the male and female brain shapes responses to trauma, study suggests
- NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos — here are a dozen of our favorites
- Hantavirus infects at least 2 on cruise ship, while 5 others fall ill: Here's what we know
- Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions
- Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years ago
- May 3rd
- 'Sacrifice zones' around critical mineral mines are rife with pollution, child workers and birth defects
- The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see 'shooting stars' dropped by Halley's Comet
- Scientists detect an enormous halo around the iconic Sombrero Galaxy — Space photo of the week
- Did Japan have female samurai?
- May 2nd
- Scientists identify 10,000 'impossible' exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds
- Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought
- Science news this week: Risky, lifesaving surgery performed on a baby in the womb, AI agent deletes a company database in 9 seconds, and the universe may end much sooner than expected
- What's the difference between a lion and a tiger?
- May 1st
- 'One of the most rapid transitions that I've seen': NOAA forecaster on how this year's El Niño could shatter records
- City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea why
- 'If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable': How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility
- Full moon alert: May's Flower 'micromoon' will look extra small tonight, with a rare Blue Moon following
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