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'Maybe robots can maintain houseplants': Readers react to letting humanoid robots take over their houseworkPoll Would you let a humanoid robot do your chores? Live Science readers shared their thoughts in a recent poll.
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Fossils of iconic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus found in Europe for first time — and it may have traveled there via land bridgeFossils of the long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus have been discovered in Spain, marking the first time remains of this iconic Jurassic-period dino have been found outside the U.S.
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'Maybe that is how Transformers started': Readers react to the possibility of AI becoming self-awarePoll Could AI become conscious? Live Science readers revealed their thoughts about this technological possibility.
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Do you think Al could ever become self-aware?Poll A new study looks at "consciousness steering" in AI, but could this technology actually achieve this level of self-awareness in the first place?
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Is the NFL doing enough to protect athletes from head injuries?Poll A new study hinted that at least 25% of former NFL players who died in recent years had CTE. Do you think the league is doing enough to prevent this in its current athletes?
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'Everything is connected': Readers share their concerns about extreme heat's health impactsPoll Are you worried about extreme heat? Live Science readers reveal their thoughts about Earth's rising temperatures.
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How worried are you about the health impacts of extreme heat?Poll Are you worried about the effects of rising temperatures on your and your community's health? Take our poll to answer now.
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Does tapping on a soda can really stop it from exploding?Life's Little Mysteries Many people tap their soda cans to prevent them from fizzing over, but does this technique actually work?
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Cave sanctuary in Spain has highest number of Latin inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire — and many of them mention mysterious 'Lady'Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.
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'I'm not sure how such a law could be enforced': Readers react to a possible social media ban for childrenDo you think a social media ban for young users would be effective? Live Science readers revealed their thoughts in our latest poll.
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Do you think social media bans will protect children?Poll Australia recently passed a law banning social media for children and younger teens, and other countries may follow suit. But do you think such bans will work?
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4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one that had been used in a 'lemur yoga' classResearchers recently confirmed cases of human herpesvirus infection in four lemurs, which died of the infection after having close contact with humans.
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Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convincedA strange-sounding treatment may offer relief for people with a little-understood type of excessive belching.
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Young wild octopuses may form a 'fight club' and slap territorial fish if they get too closeA new study shows that octopuses act differently around territorial fish species, displaying a unique body pattern.
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'They'll surf into the eclipse': Readers share their plans for today’s epic solar eclipse and meteor shower mash-upPoll Are you watching the solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower tonight? Live Science readers reveal their thoughts about tonight's stargazing phenomena
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Will you be looking up on Aug. 12, the best skywatching day and night of the year?Poll Two big skywatching events are happening on Aug. 12. Will you have your eyes turned skyward? Let us know in our latest poll.
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Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaurUsing advanced neutron imaging, researchers scanning fossils from Queensland uncovered clues about the complex food chain of prehistoric Earth.
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Did fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit? New evidence revives a provocative hypothesisAnalysis A revived hypothesis argues that a fungus-filled world after the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have given mammals an evolutionary edge. The idea could reshape how scientists think about mass extinctions, but it is still controversial.
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A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of virusesResearchers found that vesper bats use two separate sets of genes to build antibodies — a rare evolutionary quirk that may give them different ways to fight infection.
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Monkeys have a basic intuition for geometry, study suggestsBaboons and macaques appear to use some of the same mental strategies as humans when matching shapes, suggesting that the foundations of geometry evolved in a common ancestor.
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'It was unlike anything I'd witnessed before': Orcas seen headbutting a sunfish so hard that it explodedIn two encounters in the Gulf of California, one orca held a dead sunfish in place while another rammed it at high speed, breaking the carcass into what appear to be bite-sized pieces for younger whales.
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'Once we were like you': Striking reconstructions reveal the faces of 16 people from Roman-era HungaryDNA analysis, 3D-printed skulls and forensic sculpture helped experts recreate people who lived near the ancient Roman frontier city of Aquincum nearly 1,700 years ago.
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'We were genuinely surprised': 'Superworms' can clean extremely delicate skeletons lickety-split, and that's a game changer for museumsInterview Biologists Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared tell Live Science how beetle larvae could be repurposed from pet food to a cleaner for museums and laboratories.
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Did ancient Egyptian princesses use weapons? Controversial study claims they hunted or trained with the military, but not all experts agree.Nearly 4,000-year-old skeletal remains show that several royal women repeatedly used their upper-body muscles. Researchers link those changes to archery and weapon training, but outside experts urge caution.
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