<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Science ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/science Fri, 01 May 2026 11:56:53 +0000 en <![CDATA[ 'If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable': How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility ]]> https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/if-astrological-compatibility-exists-its-effects-should-be-observable-tl-dr-its-not BjVgxYvuNmziVyXGYJRiu6 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:56:53 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 09:36:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human feces ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/remnants-of-spills-on-renaissance-era-textbook-reveal-recipes-for-curing-ailments-with-lizard-heads-and-human-feces qUZgSmyvTRS9G65KsCbvN5 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:14:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you ]]> https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/politics/there-is-such-a-thing-as-settled-science-anyone-who-says-otherwise-is-trying-to-manipulate-you-opinion hkzt2qr73xpKxsffk98XvV Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:13:10 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientific objectivity is a myth — here's why ]]> https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/scientific-objectivity-is-a-myth-heres-why 7JXJjxjf9yH9buWyFF3xKX Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Embattled 'arsenic life' paper retracted by journal Science 15 years after publication ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/microbiology/embattled-arsenic-life-paper-retracted-by-journal-science-15-years-after-publication ci37TXJwWM7fcbRC2xqDc6 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Supernovas may have triggered life-threatening changes in ancient Earth's climate. 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epic new NASA footage ]]> https://www.livescience.com/annular-solar-eclipse-nasa-october CS9y4NpnXw9ENDQ8DaLEEN Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Collapsed Arecibo telescope offers near-Earth asteroid warning from beyond the grave ]]> https://www.livescience.com/arecibo-near-earth-asteroid-report egXDMvHRNiFptToaNEJFfB Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Adorable 'smiling' sun could batter Earth with geomagnetic storms this weekend ]]> https://www.livescience.com/sun-smile-coronoal-hole rrb5dCWzyWKGXdutwJAL4N Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:11:10 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ UFOs are finally getting the big NASA study they deserve ]]> https://www.livescience.com/nasa-uap-study Dr2p3E6btcawNTosquPymZ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ New map of methane 'super-emitters' shows some of the largest methane clouds ever seen ]]> 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government report claims ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ukraine-ufo-uap-report ewigmAH8ogDvh9FDEs4aAP Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Uranus will vanish during 'lunar occultation' Wednesday night ]]> https://www.livescience.com/uranus-lunar-occultation-sept-2022 qUxXACEb5ea6rxq6WmSnxn Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:27:47 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ New James Webb telescope images reveal the chaotic beauty of Orion's sword ]]> https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope-orion-nebula-images 8zCNbnPXsLCVhwMbizY36o Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:49:04 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ September's big, beautiful 'Harvest Moon' will appear full starting tonight (Sept. 9) ]]> https://www.livescience.com/full-harvest-moon-2022 BzJGMtvZeea5ifEQkBgG46 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:28:21 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a gargantuan fireball tumble over New York in the dead of night ]]> 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Aug 2022 16:13:01 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Amazonian 'zombie' fungus bursts through fly's body in grisly, contest-winning photo ]]> https://www.livescience.com/zombie-fungus-fly-photo-bmc-contest-winners sDiPuaWB2XG4JFv64msizc Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Last supermoon of the year — the 'Sturgeon moon' rises tonight (Aug. 11) ]]> https://www.livescience.com/august-sturgeon-supermoon-2022 2bgpMiZZN7ESvoAf5LMLh4 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:43:42 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ A 'potentially hazardous' blue-whale-size asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Friday ]]> https://www.livescience.com/blue-whale-asteroid-zip-past-earth QisbtoBznJRMkiMNuJmt38 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:00:29 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'STEVE' descends on North America after surprise solar storm ]]> https://www.livescience.com/surprise-solar-storm-steve-photo 5XYBUBzdT3C5R69u8SHJP3 Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:55:24 +0000 Tue, 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