
Kiley Price
Kiley Price is a former Live Science staff writer based in New York City. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Slate, Mongabay and more. She holds a bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, where she studied biology and journalism, and has a master's degree from New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program.
Latest articles by Kiley Price

Can you die from laughter?
By Kiley Price published
Is there any truth to the phrase "I'm dying of laughter"?

Why do people sport 4-, 6- or even 8-pack abs?
By Kiley Price published
The number of washboard abs you can show is determined by your DNA, according to research.

Are dogs smarter than wolves?
By Kiley Price published
Dogs evolved from wolves, but is one smarter than the other?

Russia's Luna 25 lunar lander left a 33-foot-wide crater when it crashed into the moon, NASA images reveal
By Kiley Price published
Russia's failed lunar probe mission likely created a crater on the southeastern region of the moon.

'Doubly magic' form of oxygen may challenge a fundamental law of physics
By Kiley Price published
After scientists created oxygen-28 in the lab, it almost immediately degraded, baffling physicists around the world.

What is the hottest place in the universe?
By Kiley Price published
The hottest spot in the universe may well be near the edges of a supermassive black hole.

Drones equipped with lasers uncover secrets of bloody WWII battle
By Kiley Price published
Artifacts from the Battle of the Bulge are helping researchers reconstruct this bloody conflict.

'Wrinkle in space-time' enables James Webb to capture stunning image of most distant star ever detected
By Kiley Price published
The ancient star Earendel is more than twice as hot as the sun and around a million times brighter, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest.

Odd new shark species with humanlike molars discovered in Australia
By Kiley Price published
The painted hornshark is only found in the deep waters of northeastern Australia.

Why do we always have room for dessert?
By Kiley Price published
Adding variety to your diet may cause you to eat more than you need to, studies show.

Highest-energy sunlight ever recorded is far beyond what scientists thought possible
By Kiley Price published
Light from the sun can reach energies of nearly 10 trillion electron volts.

500 million-year-old worm with 'shuriken' spikes named after gigantic 'Dune' sandworms
By Kiley Price published
The newly discovered species was part of the phylum annelid, which is made up of segmented worms.

In rare case, man develops 'flesh-eating' bacterial infection on both legs, but 4 days apart
By Kiley Price published
"Flesh-eating" bacteria normally spread rapidly throughout the body. In this case, it took four days for the infection to reach both of a man's legs.

Cape Cod is one of the world's largest hotspots of great white sharks, study finds
By Kiley Price published
For the first time, scientists have estimated the abundance of great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod.

Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest
By Kiley Price published
Giant viruses are much more diverse in shape and size than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.

Are legs more important than arms?
By Kiley Price published
Whether arms or legs are more important depends on the species and the environment.

Body of climber missing for nearly 40 years discovered in melting Swiss glacier
By Kiley Price published
The remains of a climber who went missing in 1986 were found peeking out of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps.

Predicting earthquakes is currently impossible. GPS data could help change that
By Kiley Price published
GPS data can track slight tremors underground that could help predict earthquakes two hours in advance.

Plastic-eating fungi could help take a bite out of Earth's rampant pollution crisis, study suggests
By Kiley Price published
Certain wood-decay fungi can also break down plastic.

'Excess deaths' tied to COVID have plummeted in America — what does that mean?
By Kiley Price published
Data shows that America's excess death rates have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the end of the public health crisis, experts say.

World's oldest glacier dates to 2.9 billion years ago, research finds
By Kiley Price published
Ancient glacier sediment may be 2.9 billion years old.

Watch as crater collapses in Iceland's new volcano, spewing rivers of lava
By Kiley Price published
Iceland's newest volcano, located in the Reykjanes peninsula, began erupting in early July, 2023. Now it's throwing "spatter bombs'" of molten lava.

400,000-year-old mammoth tusk found sticking out of the ground in English quarry
By Kiley Price published
Fossil hunters stumbled upon a large mammoth tusk during a "fossil walk."
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