<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
     xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
     xmlns:dc="https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
     xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
     xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
     xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
>
    <channel>
        <atom:link href="https://www.livescience.com/feeds/articletype/interview" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Interview ]]></title>
                <link>https://www.livescience.com/interview</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ All the latest interview content from the Live Science team ]]></description>
                                    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:53:49 +0000</lastBuildDate>
                            <language>en</language>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wreaked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/it-cuts-both-ways-positive-tipping-points-can-restore-wreaked-ecosystems-we-just-need-to-trigger-them-earth-system-scientist-tim-lenton-says</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">qzemrNZxBfaaxx3DPhebFV</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HpM2Af5ZEBphXfVJonbybU-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:53:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:57:56 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HpM2Af5ZEBphXfVJonbybU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Rebecca L. Latson via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Positive tipping points are thresholds in Earth systems where a small change makes a big difference.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the Yellowstone River and steep river banks on a misty, sunny morning.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[View of the Yellowstone River and steep river banks on a misty, sunny morning.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HpM2Af5ZEBphXfVJonbybU-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/their-greatest-challenge-since-they-stared-down-the-asteroid-paleontologist-steve-brusatte-on-why-birds-are-facing-their-biggest-existential-threat-since-the-dino-killing-asteroid</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">bjUDx4pzcR8GMJ9CoLSqwb</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/on43bKdWEpnfevvzqfxjq7-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:33:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:13:02 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/on43bKdWEpnfevvzqfxjq7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Frieso Hoevelkamp/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some birds survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction thanks to a variety of features, including their ability to grow quickly and fly.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a blazing asteroid impact to the left of the image with volcanoes in the distance and large birds flying under a red, ashy sky.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An illustration of a blazing asteroid impact to the left of the image with volcanoes in the distance and large birds flying under a red, ashy sky.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/on43bKdWEpnfevvzqfxjq7-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/surgery/eventually-it-becomes-you-inventors-of-new-living-knee-replacement-describe-why-this-tech-is-desperately-needed-and-how-it-works</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">D2MRP98kSjxACx5XJEFCta</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wbb9U8Ya4mBc56XiqFRk5e-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wbb9U8Ya4mBc56XiqFRk5e-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Columbia University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nadeen Chahine and Clark Hung are working to develop a &quot;living&quot; knee implant that could be a better option for some patients in need of knee replacements. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man with long gray hair wearing a brown vest and white shirt speaks with a woman with long brown hair as they both look at various prosthetic limbs.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A man with long gray hair wearing a brown vest and white shirt speaks with a woman with long brown hair as they both look at various prosthetic limbs.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wbb9U8Ya4mBc56XiqFRk5e-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The push towards renewables is unstoppable because it's in a country's self-interest': Climate scientist Andy Reisinger on Trump, Iran, and the future of Earth ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-push-towards-renewables-is-unstoppable-because-its-in-a-countrys-self-interest-climate-scientist-andy-reisinger-on-trump-iran-and-the-future-of-earth</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Once global warming peaks, it could take centuries to cool things back down. But we can bend the curve by cutting fossil fuel emissions now. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">oFyXGrTsPJf5PMhzWhDZo3</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jwJfesZdHtafmRXq5Sb8Qf-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicola Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jwJfesZdHtafmRXq5Sb8Qf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sean Rayford / Stringer via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Can we actually mitigate the effects of climate change?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The shell of a burned out car sits in the middle of the charred remains of a forest burned by a wildfire.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[The shell of a burned out car sits in the middle of the charred remains of a forest burned by a wildfire.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jwJfesZdHtafmRXq5Sb8Qf-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A measurable, enormous global impact': Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why the true power of Artemis II could take decades to hit ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/strong-undeniable-public-examples-of-something-positive-astronaut-chris-hadfield-on-why-artemis-ii-hit-him-hard-the-importance-of-spaceflight-and-why-we-need-to-send-a-guitar-to-the-moon</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares his emotional response to the Artemis II mission, and why it could change the course of people's futures. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">VaCh58JDRmkQpbNAgNDaaA</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JDS8kyJjRC5xgAATWxa6iV-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:15:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:31:56 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JDS8kyJjRC5xgAATWxa6iV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield playing guitar on the International Space Station; in the background, Earth sets behind the moon as seen by the Artemis II crew.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield (left) playing guitar on the International Space Station; in the background, a photo of Earth setting behind the moon as seen by the Artemis II crew.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield (left) playing guitar on the International Space Station; in the background, a photo of Earth setting behind the moon as seen by the Artemis II crew.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JDS8kyJjRC5xgAATWxa6iV-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The chances of you living 50 years are very small': Theoretical physicist explains why humanity likely won't survive to see all the forces unified ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/the-chances-of-you-living-50-years-are-very-small-theoretical-physicist-explains-why-humanity-likely-wont-survive-to-see-all-the-forces-unified</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Nobel prize-winning physicist David Gross, who recently received the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, about the quest to unite all the forces and why humanity might not live to see a unified theory. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">72DNoiv8Vys4HLUtKY8iCH</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DUqHN8S9xCzpFFYoTZ5ct-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Cosmology]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DUqHN8S9xCzpFFYoTZ5ct-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[koto_feja via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The quest to unite gravity with the other three forces has long plagued physicists. Whether we eventually devise a testable &quot;unified&quot; theory remains to be seen.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of two particles as glowing geodesic shapes surrounded be halos of pink, yellow and blue light]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An illustration of two particles as glowing geodesic shapes surrounded be halos of pink, yellow and blue light]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DUqHN8S9xCzpFFYoTZ5ct-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I've seen the movies. What a horrible way to die': What it's like to be sucked into a tornado and survive ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/ive-seen-the-movies-what-a-horrible-way-to-die-what-its-like-to-be-sucked-into-a-tornado-and-survive</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Perry Samson was helping students conduct field experiments on supercell storms in Kansas in 2008 when one suddenly turned into a tornado and dragged him in. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">U7Z3AmhvyKLhusLYoSJucG</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g84fMXGW22yxEFvi3CFbfa-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g84fMXGW22yxEFvi3CFbfa-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Francis Lavigne-Theriault/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A tornado near Dodge City in Kansas in 2016. Kansas is one of the states worst affected by tornadoes. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a tornado in a field with a road running alongside]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[a tornado in a field with a road running alongside]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g84fMXGW22yxEFvi3CFbfa-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'In every continent where humans are present, water bankruptcy is manifesting itself': Exiled Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani on our desperate need to preserve our most precious resource ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/in-every-continent-where-humans-are-present-water-bankruptcy-is-manifesting-itself-exiled-iranian-scientist-kaveh-madani-on-our-desperate-need-to-preserve-our-most-precious-resource</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize, about "water bankruptcy" and what countries should do to avoid catastrophe. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">d8QvgyzXTNonY3LrPmBUF</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eZYfBsEX6bZdWYw3jcovKh-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:45:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eZYfBsEX6bZdWYw3jcovKh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CCNY]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Kaveh Madani is the recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portrait of Kaveh Madani with a UN flag in the background.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Portrait of Kaveh Madani with a UN flag in the background.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eZYfBsEX6bZdWYw3jcovKh-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'They are literally everywhere': The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the world ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/they-are-literally-everywhere-the-shocking-story-of-how-forever-chemicals-polluted-the-world</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist and author of the book "They Poisoned The World," about one of the greatest corporate scandals in history. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">iX6Z6FuiKDQLjpyadzaxuP</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5z8rTH4SVCBKhtMPkfrLw-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:58:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:34:10 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5z8rTH4SVCBKhtMPkfrLw-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maddie McGarvey via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Washington Works DuPont plant in Parkersburg, West Viriginia. The plant has an infamous entry in the history of PFAS litigation, having discharged enormous volumes of dangerous forever chemicals into the surrounding waters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A chemical works at night, with steam illuminated by orange light.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A chemical works at night, with steam illuminated by orange light.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5z8rTH4SVCBKhtMPkfrLw-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This generation's moment': How the Artemis missions will reframe humanity's relationship with the moon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/this-generations-moment-how-the-artemis-missions-will-reframe-humanitys-relationship-with-the-moon</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Rebecca Boyle, author of "Our Moon" about how the moon has been viewed both culturally and scientifically through history. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">gUcFrgkw5wVVM2ao9FZ9xL</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7fNtHW7B77Sx6KXC5jjdkn-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Moon]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7fNtHW7B77Sx6KXC5jjdkn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Roberto Moiola / Sysaworld via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A closeup of the moon&#039;s northern hemisphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of the moon in the darkness of space, its craters and dark maria visible against the gray surface, while its bottom half is covered in shadow. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A close up of the moon in the darkness of space, its craters and dark maria visible against the gray surface, while its bottom half is covered in shadow. ]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7fNtHW7B77Sx6KXC5jjdkn-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'That's why there's 9 billion of us and not 9 billion of some other primate': Why our ability to adapt is humanity's 'superpower' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/thats-why-theres-9-billion-of-us-and-not-9-billion-of-some-other-primate-why-our-ability-to-adapt-is-humanitys-superpower</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science of human diversity. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">USKz3TqP8RU3aR7neBm59G</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6QBUgyDCuRSdXwktBzqxH-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:49:10 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6QBUgyDCuRSdXwktBzqxH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[chuvipro via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pontzer drew insights from his work with the Hadza community in Tanzania throughout &quot;Adaptable&quot;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hadza man making an arrow]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Hadza man making an arrow]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6QBUgyDCuRSdXwktBzqxH-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's nature calling to humans, and humans deciding whether or not to reply': Why we need to start paying attention to our mutually beneficial relationships with other species ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/its-nature-calling-to-humans-and-humans-deciding-whether-or-not-to-reply-why-we-need-to-start-paying-attention-to-our-mutually-beneficial-relationships-with-other-species</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Rob Dunn, an applied ecologist and author of the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," about "mutualism" — how different species team up for their mutual benefit — and how humans can feel more connected to nature. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">7SCLVbDHHHutSR8WGYJpFM</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GFQxq2ohxVCH3s3cBYJXyf-1280-80.png" type="image/png" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:50:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:23:39 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GFQxq2ohxVCH3s3cBYJXyf-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CLAIRE SPOTTISWOODE via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Populations in Mozambique work with honeyguide birds to find beehives full of sweet and nutritious honey.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Man holding a honeyguide bird in nature reserve]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Man holding a honeyguide bird in nature reserve]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GFQxq2ohxVCH3s3cBYJXyf-1280-80.png" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Making a 'digital twin' of yourself could revolutionize future surgeries, making medical procedures much more personal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/making-a-digital-twin-of-yourself-could-revolutionize-future-surgeries-making-medical-procedures-much-more-personal</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Dr. John Pandolfino, a researcher who designed a "digital twin" to help guide surgery. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">r6evJsFFe4v37tKymvXEhm</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzYtdcT35TcNknxiRFtbqm-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:56:55 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzYtdcT35TcNknxiRFtbqm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Digital twins could help with the future of esophagus surgery. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a human body, with the outer layers transparent and the esophagus a bright red. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An illustration of a human body, with the outer layers transparent and the esophagus a bright red. ]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzYtdcT35TcNknxiRFtbqm-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It could revolutionize, completely, the way we treat depression': Researchers are exploring promising immune therapy for treating psychiatric symptoms ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/it-could-revolutionize-completely-the-way-we-treat-depression-researchers-are-exploring-promising-immune-therapy-for-treating-psychiatric-symptoms</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with the scientists behind an upcoming clinical trial testing an immune therapy for depression. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">BsZCMJJ2DUWc6DvFmF8t8j</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n8mLvNX88adLyuvVn3KjV8-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:57:26 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Medicine &amp; Drugs]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n8mLvNX88adLyuvVn3KjV8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maskot via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In at least some people with depression, the immune system may contribute to the symptoms and severity of the condition, studies find.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of two women sitting together, one with their arm around the other as if to comfort her]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[photo of two women sitting together, one with their arm around the other as if to comfort her]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n8mLvNX88adLyuvVn3KjV8-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Humans can't be considered to be separate from the environment': Award-winning scientist Meha Jain on using satellites and real world experiences to help farmers in India facing a precarious future ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/seeing-how-important-agriculture-was-for-daily-livelihoods-and-how-uncertain-and-precarious-agriculture-had-become-in-these-times-it-just-made-me-feel-very-passionate-about-working-on-this-issue</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Agriculture in India is under threat from extreme weather events linked to climate change. We speak to Meha Jain, an associate professor of geospatial data sciences, food systems at the University of Michigan, who has spent nearly 20 years working with farmers in India to understand the threats they are facing and how they are adapting. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">LTC8sC8ihmMXrUf7d8tWhH</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J2nDozSKefdiSzALUvk3ZP-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:08:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:57:47 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pragathi Ravi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J2nDozSKefdiSzALUvk3ZP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[AFP/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Farming is an essential industry in India, employing up to 50% of the workforce. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A farm in India with trees and buildings in the background]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A farm in India with trees and buildings in the background]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J2nDozSKefdiSzALUvk3ZP-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'sweet spot' of overconfidence — project a bit to be perceived as competent, but don't be 'too seduced,' a cognitive neuroscientist explains in a Q&A ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/the-sweet-spot-of-overconfidence-project-a-bit-to-be-perceived-as-competent-but-dont-be-too-seduced-a-cognitive-neuroscientist-explains-in-a-q-and-a</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Q&A with cognitive neuroscientist Steve Fleming: What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">bEFUKFhR2xCCbytbf5p5D4</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HFLBkGodLy82G83sqLhBpd-1280-80.png" type="image/png" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:58:11 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Vernimmen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HFLBkGodLy82G83sqLhBpd-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The science of self-awareness can help us make confident decisions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a person outline and a brain]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[a person outline and a brain]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HFLBkGodLy82G83sqLhBpd-1280-80.png" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Some of them have accuracy that's close to zero': Experts unpack the promise and pitfalls of genetic tests aimed at consumers ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/some-of-them-have-accuracy-thats-close-to-zero-experts-unpack-the-promise-and-pitfalls-of-genetic-tests-aimed-at-consumers</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable parents to "score" and "select" IVF embryos. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">xE6m9V8Dp4pK4Kpm6kvYvA</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o4HHzvcNZSRbjXpWMHzmJ6-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:00:57 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Genetics]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o4HHzvcNZSRbjXpWMHzmJ6-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ekaterina Goncharova via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some genomic technologies historically used for research are now making their way to consumers. Should they? ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of starkly lit DNA strands against a dark background]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[an illustration of starkly lit DNA strands against a dark background]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o4HHzvcNZSRbjXpWMHzmJ6-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacks ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/heart-circulation/scientists-are-developing-a-self-driving-device-that-helps-patients-recover-from-heart-attacks</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about "digital twins" and the development of an autonomous device for acute cardiac care. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">XUjA9QmdztEYnxMqxQ2p5T</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wshes9eS2yskgnh9Srtj63-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:59:15 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Heart &amp; Circulation]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wshes9eS2yskgnh9Srtj63-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of NTT Research, Inc.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A conceptual image of ACIS, the Autonomous Closed-Loop Intervention System being developed to help patients recover from heart attack and acute heart failure. It&#039;s not yet known what the finalized device will look like.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a device with a screen and dials sitting next to a patient&#039;s bed in a hospital]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An image of a device with a screen and dials sitting next to a patient&#039;s bed in a hospital]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wshes9eS2yskgnh9Srtj63-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/the-evolution-of-life-on-earth-almost-predictably-led-to-human-intelligence-neuroscientist-says</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">AeyN8C3gzeSKBriMHpf4mD</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MxyAzEV6AiKt2WABVjnhVe-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:02:26 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MxyAzEV6AiKt2WABVjnhVe-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In &quot;One Hand Clapping,&quot; Nikolay Kukushkin traces the origin of human consciousness from the formation of the first genetic material on Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of a human brain made of gold wiring with a light bulb illuminating its center]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[illustration of a human brain made of gold wiring with a light bulb illuminating its center]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MxyAzEV6AiKt2WABVjnhVe-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This is a completely different level of anti-vaccine engagement than we've ever seen before,' says epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/this-is-a-completely-different-level-of-anti-vaccine-engagement-than-weve-ever-seen-before-says-epidemiologist-dr-seth-berkley</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley spoke to Live Science about the importance of vaccine equity and the obstacles undermining it, as well as the political challenges to vaccines being raised in the U.S. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">ieA2dgHUMBwBrXk5aXueBm</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uumSQbKWHawXFLrZepzWSd-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Medicine &amp; Drugs]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uumSQbKWHawXFLrZepzWSd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Peter Dazeley via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Public health leaders worked to deliver vaccines equitably across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. They made great strides, but in the future, they could do even better, Dr. Seth Berkley argues.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of a syringe for administering vaccines being smashed against a black backdrop]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[photo of a syringe for administering vaccines being smashed against a black backdrop]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uumSQbKWHawXFLrZepzWSd-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/its-really-an-extraordinary-story-historian-steven-tuck-says-of-the-romans-he-tracked-who-survived-the-ad-79-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ "I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me." ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">VdVThvYhDCdKZsexJNvojg</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCZ5BAEwAg7nkEx3mBoRJB-1280-80.png" type="image/png" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:59:33 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCZ5BAEwAg7nkEx3mBoRJB-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The storerooms at Pompeii preserve artifacts and bodies of the thousands of people who didn&#039;t outrun the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a plaster cast lies on its back in front of a wall of sculpture at Pompeii]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[a plaster cast lies on its back in front of a wall of sculpture at Pompeii]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCZ5BAEwAg7nkEx3mBoRJB-1280-80.png" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In 'Secrets of the Brain,' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/in-secrets-of-the-brain-jim-al-khalili-explores-600-million-years-of-brain-evolution-to-understand-what-makes-us-human</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to him about what he learned along the way and how this knowledge sheds new light on human cognition. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">xzAAsXcgNAo85tWWgwEdVb</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sfeVJYXVamMRNHFT7RigR9-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:36 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sfeVJYXVamMRNHFT7RigR9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[BBC/Furnace/Andy Jackson]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jim Al-Khalili hosts a new show called &quot;Secrets of the Brain,&quot; which traces the evolution of the brain from its earliest beginnings to the heads of modern humans.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Professor Jim Al-Khalili holding a 3D printed brain in his left hand.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Professor Jim Al-Khalili holding a 3D printed brain in his left hand.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sfeVJYXVamMRNHFT7RigR9-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We certainly weren't exceptional, but now we're the only ones left': In new PBS series 'Human,' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate Earth ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/we-certainly-werent-exceptional-but-now-were-the-only-ones-left-in-new-pbs-series-human-anthropologist-ella-al-shamahi-explores-how-humans-came-to-dominate-earth</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ In her new show, Ella Al-Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to global hegemony. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">i4MVfKNs32znbr8UwuA3yH</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CKAWtGHCGvFFLXSqLm9J4a-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:05:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:05:23 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CKAWtGHCGvFFLXSqLm9J4a-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[BBC/BBC Studios]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new series &quot;Human&quot; traces the story of humanity&#039;s emergence out of Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Human traces the story of early humans living in Africa.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Human traces the story of early humans living in Africa.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CKAWtGHCGvFFLXSqLm9J4a-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/we-have-basically-destroyed-what-capacity-we-had-to-respond-to-a-pandemic-says-leading-epidemiologist-michael-osterholm</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about his new book, "The Big One," which discusses the next pandemic and how to mitigate its harm. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">WNbzdbamYCxKMAHNou4oxK</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mNerMsX2jVgh99ivmW32Z-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:58 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mNerMsX2jVgh99ivmW32Z-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Francine Orr via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Two nurses at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California work with a COVID-19-positive patient during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. A new book warns that the next pandemic could be even worse.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two nurses wearing protective equipment work in the ICU]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[two nurses wearing protective equipment work in the ICU]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mNerMsX2jVgh99ivmW32Z-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ AI can't solve these puzzles that take humans only seconds ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-cant-solve-these-puzzles-that-take-humans-only-seconds</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Discover why some puzzles stump supersmart AIs but are easy for humans, what this reveals about the quest for true artificial general intelligence — and why video games are the next frontier. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">fSAmQ3XQWccdafL33AfvwD</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EAYpDRkEwMJxqhKFJAqzAA-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Deni Ellis Béchard ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EAYpDRkEwMJxqhKFJAqzAA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Flavio Coelho via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[an illustration of a brain in a pixelated mosaic style]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of a brain in a pixelated mosaic style]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[an illustration of a brain in a pixelated mosaic style]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EAYpDRkEwMJxqhKFJAqzAA-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We know humans arose in Africa, but archaeology is only just uncovering secrets of the continent's early civilizations ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/we-know-humans-arose-in-africa-but-archaeology-is-only-just-uncovering-secrets-of-the-continents-early-civilizations</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s more recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">am3FPkFxEbFTQjc6G6NCpS</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36jzdAi7EpQNe6RsLJLcvK-1280-80.png" type="image/png" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:49:04 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amber Dance ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36jzdAi7EpQNe6RsLJLcvK-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Images of Africa Photobank via Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Great Zimbabwe Ruins still stand today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the structures at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A photo of the structures at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/36jzdAi7EpQNe6RsLJLcvK-1280-80.png" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/these-decisions-were-completely-reckless-funding-cuts-to-mrna-vaccines-will-make-america-more-vulnerable-to-pandemics</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ mRNA expert Jeff Coller spoke with Live Science about the future of mRNA vaccines in the United States in the aftermath of huge federal funding cuts. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">oHbeZRmLySX8imVJoU3izS</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LfWY4nPtbKy7ysyHVC4Vc-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:53:09 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Medicine &amp; Drugs]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LfWY4nPtbKy7ysyHVC4Vc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[SOPA Images via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The U.S. federal government has moved to cut millions of dollars in funding for mRNA vaccine development.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a gloved hand uses a syringe to withdraw a dose of mRNA COVID vaccine from a vial]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[a gloved hand uses a syringe to withdraw a dose of mRNA COVID vaccine from a vial]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LfWY4nPtbKy7ysyHVC4Vc-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/its-how-i-would-imagine-i-would-react-if-i-saw-a-real-life-giant-dinosaur-what-jurassic-world-rebirths-scientific-advisor-thinks-of-the-movie</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">JpUrMv6UVko4wd4PcnHU8f</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLgphwCGucUerpqhJHkwUU-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:02:29 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Dinosaurs]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Extinct species]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLgphwCGucUerpqhJHkwUU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Actor Luna Blaise faces a ferocious &lt;em&gt;Tyrannosaurus rex &lt;/em&gt;in &quot;Jurassic World Rebirth,&quot; directed by Gareth Edwards.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a still from a movie of a T. rex roaring at a woman in a forest]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[a still from a movie of a T. rex roaring at a woman in a forest]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLgphwCGucUerpqhJHkwUU-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/vaccine-rejection-is-as-old-as-vaccines-themselves-science-historian-thomas-levenson-on-the-history-of-germ-theory-and-its-deniers</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">sZQMhYmVtYEvUFfGvU4PhS</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FCQC6jMEcRS382HdMijZt8-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:35:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:24:49 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FCQC6jMEcRS382HdMijZt8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Germ theory wasn&#039;t accepted throughout history, but once it was, it paved the way to vaccines that could prevent disease by stopping germs in their tracks.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a doctor loading a syringe with a dose of a vaccine]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A close-up of a doctor loading a syringe with a dose of a vaccine]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FCQC6jMEcRS382HdMijZt8-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/a-relationship-that-could-horrify-darwin-mindy-weisberger-on-the-skin-crawling-reality-of-insect-zombification</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">oGmuA2q3hrQbLeRY4zMBAi</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HzZF6nMYChLwGEUqhW79Ec-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HzZF6nMYChLwGEUqhW79Ec-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Samuel Ray/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A particularly gruesome example of insect zombification occurs when parasitic wasps lay their eggs inside caterpillars. The larvae chew their way through the caterpillar to spin their cocoons on its back.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A caterpillar covered in parasitic wasp cocoons.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A caterpillar covered in parasitic wasp cocoons.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HzZF6nMYChLwGEUqhW79Ec-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We have to fight for a better end': Author John Green on how threats to USAID derail the worldwide effort to end tuberculosis ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/we-have-to-fight-for-a-better-end-author-john-green-on-how-threats-to-usaid-derail-the-worldwide-effort-to-end-tuberculosis</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with author John Green about his latest book, which explores both the history and current realities of tuberculosis. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">9qFqBZfyN8HZUBRVSBhxUR</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oFHLQwNQwM3GQmX9Ga6eV7-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:31 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Bacterial &amp; Fungal Infections]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oFHLQwNQwM3GQmX9Ga6eV7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Medical Illustrators: Alissa Eckert; James Archer via CDC / Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&lt;/em&gt;, the bacterium behind tuberculosis, can become extremely drug resistant, complicating the treatment of the disease.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of the bacteria behind tuberculosis]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[an illustration of the bacteria behind tuberculosis]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oFHLQwNQwM3GQmX9Ga6eV7-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate change ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/we-dont-have-a-climate-crisis-were-the-crisis-environmentalist-paul-hawken-on-why-honoring-life-is-the-best-thing-we-can-do-against-climate-change</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Environmentalist and author Paul Hawken speaks to Live Science about the worldview that has led to the mindless exploitation of the planet — and how we can shift perspectives for a better future. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">AYa7HzzebYaPbJ5WrbwUjS</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ipDERz2iKMTnSQyFbFArMC-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:45:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:04:28 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ipDERz2iKMTnSQyFbFArMC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Beata Whitehead/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Current discussions of climate change often vilify carbon, but the element is the very basis of life on Earth, says Paul Hawken.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A poignant scene of a recently burned forest, captured at sunset. ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A poignant scene of a recently burned forest, captured at sunset. ]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ipDERz2iKMTnSQyFbFArMC-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/when-will-mdma-be-approved-for-therapy-major-trial-issues-may-stand-in-the-way-psychiatrist-dr-albino-oliveira-maia-says</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">frd89doWNtjzeojeRr5gm3</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xpmzFF2nDMnJHb9aKvtfeR-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:32 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Medicine &amp; Drugs]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xpmzFF2nDMnJHb9aKvtfeR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[D-Keine via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Psychedelics, like MDMA, show promise for treating a variety of psychiatric conditions. But how and where such therapies can be given, and by whom, are pressing questions that need answering.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up on a small, flat tablet held between a person&#039;s thumb and pointer finger]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[close up on a small, flat tablet held between a person&#039;s thumb and pointer finger]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xpmzFF2nDMnJHb9aKvtfeR-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A direct relationship between your sense of sight and recovery rate': Biologist Kathy Willis on why looking at nature can speed up healing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/a-direct-relationship-between-your-sense-of-sight-and-recovery-rate-biologist-kathy-willis-on-why-looking-at-nature-can-speed-up-healing</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Biologist Kathy Willis spoke to Live Science about how touching wood makes us calmer, why looking at a picture of a savanna is calming and how walking through a forest changes our gut microbes. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">DHW2rCjRpWDkRqbfqTd9nf</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qcFt92NcbqNqQVLcNXJaNj-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:32 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ alexander.mcnamara@futurenet.com (Alexander McNamara) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alexander McNamara ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qcFt92NcbqNqQVLcNXJaNj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[d3sign/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Portrait of young Asian woman having a walk in the park, enjoying the warmth of sunlight on a beautiful Autumn day outdoors and breathing fresh air with eyes closed. Relaxing in the nature under maple trees - stock photo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portrait of young Asian woman having a walk in the park, enjoying the warmth of sunlight on a beautiful Autumn day outdoors and breathing fresh air with eyes closed. Relaxing in the nature under maple trees - stock photo.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Portrait of young Asian woman having a walk in the park, enjoying the warmth of sunlight on a beautiful Autumn day outdoors and breathing fresh air with eyes closed. Relaxing in the nature under maple trees - stock photo.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qcFt92NcbqNqQVLcNXJaNj-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why scientists are blown away by 'Twister' and 'Twisters' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/why-scientists-are-blown-away-by-twister-and-twisters</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Weather experts talk about why the film "Twister" is often such a favorite among tornado researchers and what they think of its new stand-alone sequel, "Twisters" ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">BSBb3S3R7b9j3PeMt4CUef</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CenBmyajdmFsCQUSQvMwyL-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:32:31 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrea Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CenBmyajdmFsCQUSQvMwyL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment/Collection Christophel/Alamy Stock Photo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in Twisters. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell stand in a desolated main street in a still from the movie &quot;Twisters&quot;]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell stand in a desolated main street in a still from the movie &quot;Twisters&quot;]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CenBmyajdmFsCQUSQvMwyL-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ HIV prevention drug found 100% effective in clinical trial ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/hiv/hiv-prevention-drug-found-100-effective-in-clinical-trial</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ The drug, lenacapavir, provided better protection than other preventive medications. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">GJWDMzPFiVsFuPzBGpURED</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UMYvSFLdnJRdksKquWFHA-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:22:30 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Linda-Gail Bekker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UMYvSFLdnJRdksKquWFHA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CIPhotos via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A clinical trial suggests that an injectable, HIV-preventing drug]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendering of the HIV virus, depicted in pinks and purples]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendering of the HIV virus, depicted in pinks and purples]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UMYvSFLdnJRdksKquWFHA-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A strong El Niño is coming this winter. What does that mean? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/a-strong-el-nino-is-coming-this-winter-what-does-that-mean</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Thanks to El Niño, meteorologists are predict a snowy winter in the Rockies, storms and wet weather in the South and drier conditions in the Northwest and Uppder Midwest. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">T5Ev8NxoKNRe7Paif9pQDh</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XU6vkj5jds49gD5MiActhf-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:39:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:09:56 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aaron Levine ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XU6vkj5jds49gD5MiActhf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NOAA Climate.gov]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XU6vkj5jds49gD5MiActhf-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/we-know-far-more-about-the-deep-ocean-than-the-moon-or-mars-says-explorer-jon-copley</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ The deep sea, which encompasses waters deeper than 660 feet (200 meters), is home to alien-like creatures, but we know far more about these inky depths than people think, ocean explorer Jon Copley tells Live Science. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">GfViBimA4qmuCaNMRuzJ8j</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cLTe9ZuWq2ynCwKrbsUCq8-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:01:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:32 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Rivers &amp; Oceans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cLTe9ZuWq2ynCwKrbsUCq8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[inusuke via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The deep sea has become a &quot;realm of myth and darkness,&quot; says ocean explorer Jon Copley.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Light shines through the water of a rocky cave in the deep sea.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Light shines through the water of a rocky cave in the deep sea.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cLTe9ZuWq2ynCwKrbsUCq8-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ecologist Tim Blackburn: 'Moths pollinate a wider range of species than bees' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/animals/moths/ecologist-tim-blackburn-moths-pollinate-a-wider-range-of-species-than-bees</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ With colors ranging from candy pinks to golds and sometimes possessing wingspans as big as a bird's, moths are a fascinating group. Ecologist Tim Blackburn tells Live Science about the incredible, hidden world of moths. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">eBva8ujady7pnA4HtuzWXm</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e6us8LwKiDsnLRvHMns7zQ-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:13:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:34 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e6us8LwKiDsnLRvHMns7zQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[DeAgostini/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) pollinates flowers, such as honeysuckle, and is common across England and Scotland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A pink- and caramel-colored elephant hawk-moth sitting on a leaf.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A pink- and caramel-colored elephant hawk-moth sitting on a leaf.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e6us8LwKiDsnLRvHMns7zQ-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
            </channel>
</rss>