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Black Friday Toy Deals: The Best Science Toys for Kids

By Mindy Weisberger

If you have a little paleontologist, a star-gazer or a budding chemist, one of these science-inspired toys may be right for your child. Here's a look at some of the best STEM deals for kids.

Overcoming obstacles in life is supposed to make us stronger, right?

Does Adversity Really Make Us Stronger?

By Eranda Jayawickreme, Frank J. Infurna

In our culture, there's this idea that enduring a tragedy can be good for your personal growth. Here's what the science says.

An artist's impression of te star S5-HVS1 being ejected by the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*.

The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

By Live Science Staff

Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.

Narwhal the puppy appears to have a tail protruding out of his face. But what makes up this "tail"?

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

By Livescience.com

Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.

The human brain is composed of nearly 1 billion neurons.

Why Can't Science Explain Consciousness?

By Philip Goff

Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time.

A girl writes in a notebook with her right hand.

Why Are People Left- (or Right-) Handed?

By Megan Gannon

Up to 90% of people are right-handed. Scientists are still trying to figure out why lefties have always been in the minority.

Wormholes have been proposed as one possible means of traveling through time.

Where Does the Concept of Time Travel Come From?

By Adam Mann

When did time travel stories first appear, and what makes them so popular?

Person in an abandoned building.

Why Do Some People Like to Be Scared?

By Rachel Ross

Do you have the personality trait that leads you to thrive in the face of fear?

The Dream, engraving by James Marshal for the Violin Sonata in G minor or the Devil's Trill, by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770). Budapest, Zenetorteneti Muzeum

Root of Humanity's Belief in Evil Possibly Found

By Mindy Weisberger

Spiritual belief in evil may stem from people's attempts to explain and avoid infectious diseases.

Horror scene of scary woman's ghost.

Why Are Some Adults Really Afraid of Ghosts?

By Stephanie Pappas

Ever been in an empty house and felt like someone's watching you? For some, that sensation, that fear of ghosts, is never-ending.

Screams are a regular of horror films like Marion Crane's infamous shower scream in “"Psycho."

Why We Love Blood-Curdling Screams

By Frank T. McAndrew

The arsenal of human screams has been honed over millions of years of evolution. Here's why we love blood-curdling screams.

Indigenous San people walk through the landscape in Botswana, Africa.

Scientists Think They've Found 'Mitochondrial Eve's' First Homeland

By Brandon Specktor

Using genetic data from 1,200 modern indigenous Africans, researchers believe they’ve pinpointed the location of the first permanent human settlement, which thrived 200,000 years ago.

Photo montage for Columbus Day.

Why Are Some Places Snubbing Columbus Day?

By Malinda Maynor Lowery

More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day as an alternative to — or in addition to — Columbus Day.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks during mediating talks with a delegation of the Alliance of Freedom and Change, after ruling military council intervened the pro-democracy demonstrators that left more than 100 people dead, at the Ethiopian Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 7, 2019.

Nobel Peace Prize: 1901-Present

By Live Science Staff

Here's a look at all Nobel Peace Prize recipients, including Barack Obama, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.

Austrian writer Peter Handke poses in Chaville, in the suburbs of Paris, on Oct. 10, 2019 after he was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in literature.

Nobel Prize in Literature: 1901-Present

By Live Science Staff

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and John Steinbeck.

The monument for Marie Sklodowska Curie, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 (jointly with her husband), and the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1911.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry: 1901-Present

By Live Science Staff

A list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, including Marie Curie, Roger Kornberg and Otto Hahn.

An illustration of gravitational waves.

Nobel Prize in Physics: 1901-Present

By Live Science Staff

Here's a look at all winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, including Steven Chu, Aage Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi.

Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Some conspiracy theorists believe that NASA faked the landing.

Are Conspiracy Beliefs on the Rise?

By Liberty Vittert

Do more people believe in conspiracy theories now than in the past?

black tunnel with light at the end.

Why Some People Have Endless Thoughts of Death. They May Be 'Existentially Isolated'

By Stephanie Pappas

Feeling as though nobody gets you may be linked to persistent thoughts of death.

A hurricane update goes awry when U.S. President Donald Trump refers to a map, from Aug. 29, 2019, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 4. See anything funny on the map

Trump Holds Up Doctored Hurricane Map, Meteorologists Cringe

By Stephanie Pappas

As Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Atlantic coast on Wednesday (Sept. 4), meteorologists suddenly found themselves facing an unexpected hurricane hazard: a president with a Sharpie pen.