Best Educational Toys & Games for Infants and Toddlers By Rachael Rettner, Brandon Specktor These educational and science toys could help infants and toddlers grow their little minds.
The Best Gifts for Tardigrade Lovers By Yasemin Saplakoglu Here are some gift ideas for the tardigrade-entranced.
Weird and Funny Science Gifts That Are Sure to Make You Laugh By Mindy Weisberger, Jeanna Bryner Who says science isn’t funny? Live Science collects a roundup of humorous and weird science-themed holiday gifts.
Why Do Some People Feel More Pain Than Others? By Erin Young Researchers are exploring the genetic differences that dictate why some people suffer greater pain than others, and how to translate these findings into personalized pain treatments.
Why Believing in Ghosts Can Make You a Better Person By Tok Thompson, Sciences Ghost stories are often about the departed seeking justice for an earthly wrong. Their sightings are a reminder that ethics and morality transcend our lives.
What Are Americans Most Afraid Of? Corrupt Government Officials & Global Warming. By Stephanie Pappas Most Americans are most fearful of corrupt government officials and of environmental catastrophe.
Baby Names Show Enormous Gender Gap By Stephanie Pappas Baby boys get aggressive names, while girls get names associated with beauty and pampering.
Stephen Hawking's Final Book Says There's 'No Possibility' of God in Our Universe By Brandon Specktor Is there room for God in the endless, expanding universe? In his final book, Stephen Hawking says no.
Why Is it Fun to Be Frightened? By Margee Kerr Visiting an extreme haunted house can be delightfully terrifying.
Your Memory Could Store Up to 10,000 Faces, or More By Mindy Weisberger How many faces do you retain in your memory? It's likely a lot more than you'd expect.
How This Time-Traveling Illusion Tricks Your Brain By Laura Geggel Would you like to travel back in time, even if only for a moment?
Nobel Prize in Economics: 1969-Present By Live Science Staff Winners of the Nobel Prize in economics, including Paul Krugman, Daniel Kahneman and Milton Friedman.
Stephen Hawking's 1st Wife Blasts Biopic 'The Theory of Everything' By Jeanna Bryner Jane Hawking says the film got a lot of things wrong about her life with the renowned physicist.
Physicist Who Coined 'God Particle' Dies. And a Great Voice for Science Is Stilled. By Don Lincoln It is a sad "day" in science. Dr. Leon Lederman has passed away at the age of 96.
This Test Can Measure the 'Dark Core' of Your Personality By Stephanie Pappas Certain personality traits have a common origin.
A Physicist Said Women's Brains Make Them Worse at Physics — Experts Say That's 'Laughable' By Rafi Letzter Live Science fact-checked a physicist's claims about women's brains and discrimination against men with actual experts in brains and discrimination.
How Reliable Are the Memories of Sexual Assault Victims? By Jim Hopper Here's the expert testimony excluded from the Kavanaugh hearing.
The Field You Work in Could Predict Whether You're Doomed to Divorce By Brandon Specktor When there are more fish in the sea, is the fisherman more likely to get a divorce?
Profiling a Conspiracy Theorist: Why Some People Believe By Joshua Hart Some people are habitual conspiracy thinkers – there's a plan behind everything, and it's usually malevolent. One scientist set out to understand who is likely to ascribe to these theories.
