Latest articles by Mindy Weisberger
Tardigrades: Facts about one of the hardiest animals on Earth, and beyond
Reference Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals that are extremely resilient.
Why did Homo sapiens outlast all other human species?
What's the secret to Homo sapiens' success as a species?
Do animals have friends?
Friendship is a key component of human social relationships. Is this also true for animals?
How to make a solar eclipse viewer to safely watch the total solar eclipse on April 8
Don't have a pair of eclipse glasses to view the April 8 total solar eclipse? No sweat; you can make a safe and simple DIY eclipse viewer with a box, some tinfoil, and a few household craft supplies.
What's the difference between deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning?
Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are easy to mix up. Learn what the difference is and see examples of each type of scientific reasoning.
Why don't people have tails?
Scientists recently found that a so-called jumping gene may have jumped ship millions of years ago, and taken our tails with it.
James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, design and mission objectives
Reference NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is a federally-recognized American holiday observed on June 19. It is also known as Emancipation Day and Black Independence Day. In 2023, it falls on a Monday.
Manhattanhenge: What makes New York City's iconic sunset so special?
Manhattanhenge, a phenomenon when the setting sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan's grid-patterned streets, occurs twice a year with a full sunset, and twice a year with a half sunset.
Epic 11-foot-tall sea level rise drove Vikings out of Greenland
Climate change that led to sea level rise and severe coastal flooding could explain why the Vikings abandoned their Greenland settlements.
Strange love: 13 animals with truly weird courtship rituals
For Valentine's Day, Live Science gathers together some of the more extravagant and outlandish courtship rituals in the animal kingdom.
Noodle-necked swimming dinosaur may have been a diving predator like a penguin
Scientists recently discovered the first non-avian theropod dinosaur with a streamlined body similar to that of penguins, auks and other modern diving birds.
Tiny 'bramble snout' fossils found near Wales were 'weird wonders' that predated the dinosaurs
Scientists recently unearthed fossils of strange ocean creatures that lived about 460 million years ago and were unlike any animal alive today.
Octopuses fling shells and sand at each other, and scientists caught their battles on video
Watch debris from the sea bottom fly, as octopuses hurl sand and other projectiles at their neighbors in an Australian bay.
19th-century whaling shipwreck identified in the Gulf of Mexico
Scientists have discovered the long-lost shipwreck of a whaling vessel that sank during a storm in 1836.
Nazi bombs destroyed a priceless 'sea monster' fossil. Scientists just found its long-lost plaster copies.
More than 70 years ago, during a WWII air raid in the U.K., German bombs destroyed a rare fossil of an ichthyosaur. Scientists just found long-lost plaster casts of the priceless skeleton.
Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss
Declassified spy-satellite photos show that the glaciers near Mount Everest are shrinking more than expected.
Bizarre aye-ayes use spooky, bony finger for nose picking
A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs.
King Tut's father revealed in stunning facial reconstruction
An astonishingly lifelike facial reconstruction reveals the face of an enigmatic mummy who may have been the biological father of the renowned pharaoh Tutankhamen.
Mosquito larvae launch their heads like tiny harpoons to nab prey, video reveals
Researchers have captured the first-ever footage of mosquito larvae flinging their heads at prey in deadly hunting strikes.
8 Reasons Why We Love Tardigrades
Whether you know them as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are microscopic bundles of awesomeness.
30-Year Deep Freeze Just Puts Tardigrade in the Mood
Two tardigrades and one egg that spent the past three decades cooling their jets in a researchers' freezer were recently resuscitated.
Key to Tardigrades' 'Superpowers' Identified in Their DNA
A tardigrade's unique genetic makeup fuels the creature's remarkable resuscitation superpowers.
