<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Science-spotlight ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/science-spotlight Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ 'A cure on the horizon': Are we finally close to ending type 1 diabetes? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/a-cure-on-the-horizon-are-we-finally-close-to-ending-type-1-diabetes vvsQGSpnZJjzPscmxfrJeE Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:03:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ DNA shed by every living thing is lurking in the environment — and it could tell us how Earth is changing in real time ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/dna-shed-by-every-living-thing-is-lurking-in-the-environment-and-it-could-tell-us-how-earth-is-changing-in-real-time TgBk4ARraE9jnbH7CfaqJF Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The world is being held hostage by its reliance on oil. How can we break free from the fossil fuel? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/fossil-fuels/the-world-is-being-held-hostage-by-its-reliance-on-oil-how-can-we-break-free-from-the-fossil-fuel CYLRGLvZMdB2rNhd3vnmqQ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:18:06 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:25:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient 'alien-like' skulls have been found on every continent but Antarctica. Anthropologists are starting to figure out why. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-alien-like-skulls-have-been-found-on-every-continent-but-antarctica-anthropologists-are-starting-to-figure-out-why ERwevrUcH3PmPw2dhjHaAb Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:56:29 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:22:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/mind/psychedelics-may-rewire-the-brain-to-treat-ptsd-scientists-are-finally-beginning-to-understand-how mXZ5yXqZCkzZNhtPuguJ3R Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'A real revolution': The James Webb telescope is upending our understanding of the biggest, oldest black holes in the universe ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/a-real-revolution-the-james-webb-telescope-is-upending-our-understanding-of-the-biggest-oldest-black-holes-in-the-universe 6Cm2UZrrehFi86rmBjfZ35 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:15:16 +0000 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:29:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'More Neanderthal than human': How DNA from our long-lost ancestors affects our health today ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/more-neanderthal-than-human-how-dna-from-our-long-lost-ancestors-affects-our-health-today SXkwmixoj7z75P5wzDt49Q Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/tractor-beams-inspired-by-sci-fi-are-real-and-could-solve-the-looming-space-junk-problem XhiKmue2w6bjHBqiznbRLJ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Orcas are adopting terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-are-adopting-terrifying-new-behaviors-are-they-getting-smarter 8yG5HwuhUvwv9QK4DBChX8 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and died ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/we-now-know-much-more-about-how-our-ancestor-lucy-lived-and-died gBTD4BErmjfmFXgvgN4aXK Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:53:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we 'intercept' it before it leaves us forever? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-is-rapidly-moving-away-from-us-can-we-intercept-it-before-it-leaves-us-forever PN8esogM7EioYiYARASYhA Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:39:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/ai-is-solving-impossible-math-problems-can-it-best-the-worlds-top-mathematicians airLmA4M7PHYJAXV5TvCbR Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:52:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Earth's crust hides enough 'gold' hydrogen to power the world for tens of thousands of years, emerging research suggests ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/earths-crust-hides-enough-gold-hydrogen-to-power-the-world-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years-emerging-research-suggests wcqccz5CXzAZHp6rWRMvm6 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:01:33 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:39:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ A huge helium shortage is looming — but ancient rocks in Earth's crust may be hiding massive reservoirs ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/a-huge-helium-shortage-is-looming-but-ancient-rocks-in-earths-crust-may-be-hiding-massive-reservoirs Cfb3GFNnJTKzykPbTHTFma Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:01:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/a-looming-insect-apocalypse-could-endanger-global-food-supplies-can-we-stop-it-before-its-too-late r9ssDtF9nJLF8b3vqcgsmL Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:37:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quantum computing will make cryptography obsolete. But computer scientists are working to make them unhackable. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/quantum-computing-will-make-cryptography-obsolete-but-computer-scientists-are-working-to-make-them-unhackable SMmriCfLhdZ6nmyHDDZjVV Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:30:53 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ One molecule could usher revolutionary medicines for cancer, diabetes and genetic disease — but the US is turning its back on it ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/one-molecule-could-usher-revolutionary-medicines-for-cancer-diabetes-and-genetic-disease-but-the-us-is-turning-its-back-on-it UcxdGRtEU48juVgNsVDxYV Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:44:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Could simple blood tests identify cancer earlier? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/cancer/could-simple-blood-tests-identify-cancer-earlier d6yHDp6bgqL2x6mEHKKB9N Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:23:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Plate tectonics may be why Earth has life — and the key to finding life elsewhere in the universe ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/did-plate-tectonics-give-rise-to-life-groundbreaking-new-research-could-crack-earths-deepest-mystery-new xnYxNDdHwAFcUjCpjcGNxK Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:36:57 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:54:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Like trying to see fog in the dark': How strange pulses of energy are helping scientists build the ultimate map of the universe ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/like-trying-to-see-fog-in-the-dark-how-strange-pulses-of-energy-are-helping-scientists-build-the-ultimate-map-of-the-universe 6JeT58vMgTKDc3jVvcfj9k Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:38:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Will the James Webb telescope lead us to alien life? Scientists say we're getting closer than ever. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/will-the-james-webb-telescope-lead-us-to-alien-life-scientists-say-were-getting-closer-than-ever 3JXcS7wAgUzjRV2gVaHViB Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:59:16 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:46:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/a-braided-stream-not-a-family-tree-how-new-evidence-upends-our-understanding-of-how-humans-evolved QRvFejEg5qaVGBJ2tDHnoK Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:24:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-is-entering-an-unprecedented-regime-should-we-stop-it-and-can-we-before-it-destroys-us P4779Gr6M3EBTDVQttAyt7 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Earth's magnetic field is weakening — magnetic crystals from lost civilizations could hold the key to understanding why ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/earths-magnetic-field-is-weakening-magnetic-crystals-from-lost-civilizations-could-hold-the-key-to-understanding-why 4HmeLXNTaZAhrWWF5QiR4Q Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:06:33 +0000 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:17:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'No radio astronomy from the ground would be possible anymore': Satellite mega-swarms are blinding us to the cosmos — and a critical 'inflection point' is approaching ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/no-radio-astronomy-from-the-ground-would-be-possible-anymore-satellite-mega-swarms-are-blinding-us-to-the-cosmos-and-a-critical-inflection-point-is-approaching CToV99vWfFeJ7qb5KcF7C6 Fri, 30 May 2025 16:08:20 +0000 Fri, 30 May 2025 16:27:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/if-it-was-a-man-we-would-say-thats-a-warriors-grave-weapon-filled-burials-are-shaking-up-what-we-know-about-womens-role-in-viking-society 9qShPMAce7LjZwKhghuMSZ Fri, 09 May 2025 16:00:10 +0000 Sat, 10 May 2025 00:28:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/atlantic-ocean-currents-are-weakening-and-it-could-make-the-climate-in-some-regions-unrecognizable oDPuUUsrCJEvi2TFPJqZWf Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:58:48 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 12:55:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ A long-lost ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are 'perpetually submerged' ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/a-long-lost-antarctic-ice-sheet-could-predict-the-future-of-new-york-city-one-in-which-lower-manhattan-and-coney-island-are-perpetually-submerged ymHq3QEfrP2TrxjGdnUAYZ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:21:20 +0000 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:20:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is there really a difference between male and female brains? Emerging science is revealing the answer. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/is-there-really-a-difference-between-male-and-female-brains-emerging-science-is-revealing-the-answer TfxRBnwyQsqvxHSNXpEXx7 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:00:20 +0000 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:40:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Invisible DNA lurks everywhere in the environment — and we're on the verge of decoding its secrets ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/invisible-dna-lurks-everywhere-in-the-environment-and-were-on-the-verge-of-decoding-its-secrets 2MZmWGrk3JrATg2bPNpJHC Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:19:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Was Alexander the Great eaten by sharks? Inside the wild theories for what happened to the iconic ruler's body. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/was-alexander-the-great-eaten-by-sharks-inside-the-wild-theories-for-what-happened-to-the-iconic-rulers-body dbVUHZJNBNeLy2jDu9apJK Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 17:04:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/bear-hair-and-fish-weirs-meet-the-indigenous-people-combining-modern-science-with-ancestral-principles-to-protect-the-land VrTkXzPLGR4cYriCPZhpKk Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:00:10 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 17:07:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-we-kill-the-neanderthals-new-research-may-finally-answer-an-age-old-question 52npgnT5oFSUiVnd7u6uLS Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:43:04 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Drinking wastewater, building an island from scratch and creating an urban forest: 3 bold ways cities are already adapting to climate change ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/drinking-wastewater-building-an-island-from-scratch-and-creating-an-urban-forest-3-bold-ways-cities-are-already-adapting-to-climate-change 9CCzRgheKCrukZdXYkVxKN Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:16:09 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/closer-than-people-think-woolly-mammoth-de-extinction-is-nearing-reality-and-we-have-no-idea-what-happens-next qUE8fwuhVKo2834MbZoCf4 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:20:27 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists have found a secret 'switch' that lets bacteria resist antibiotics — and it's been evading lab tests for decades ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/scientists-have-found-a-secret-switch-that-lets-bacteria-resist-antibiotics-and-it-s-been-evading-lab-tests-for-decades LNw5MxMFHcYXE3soLPspw8 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:30:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Brain-eating' amoebas kill nearly 100% of victims. Could new treatments change that? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/brain-eating-amoebas-kill-nearly-100-of-victims-could-new-treatments-change-that EZs8PZUiPuUP3Ywzzeon74 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:30:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ What defines a species? Inside the fierce debate that's rocking biology to its core ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/what-defines-a-species-inside-the-fierce-debate-thats-rocking-biology-to-its-core RFRMMXRXMBfrbHV4hvBtjX Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:00:06 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/planet-nine-is-the-search-for-this-elusive-world-nearly-over Zy9MP68US2WL9YKMyMWAFH Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/more-neanderthal-than-human-how-your-health-may-depend-on-dna-from-our-long-lost-ancestors U8o3XtbkYShYVqGoTxcRa9 Fri, 17 May 2024 17:35:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:39:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/we-were-in-disbelief-antarctica-is-behaving-in-a-way-weve-never-seen-before-can-it-recover go97bzxcJsoQQBzF4mCM9j Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:30:56 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Inside the 20-year quest to unravel the bizarre realm of 'quantum superchemistry' ]]> https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/inside-the-20-year-quest-to-unravel-the-bizarre-realm-of-quantum-superchemistry Y5Bx8LadcQLtVyjugitrce Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:00:28 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:12:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Undiscovered extra moons may orbit Earth. Could they help us become an interplanetary species? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/undiscovered-minimoons-may-orbit-earth-could-they-help-us-become-an-interplanetary-species UsSVP443xzzbCJcNFdT98V Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:15:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Did art exist before modern humans? New discoveries raise big questions. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-art-exist-before-modern-humans-new-discoveries-raise-big-questions 9jhLaTCvJ8QFqwWeb7nLJQ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:00:02 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:01:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fountains of diamonds that erupt from Earth's center are revealing the lost history of supercontinents ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/fountains-of-diamonds-that-erupt-from-earths-center-are-revealing-the-lost-history-of-supercontinents zNBM3FahN3bJxGYZ69RGwQ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 12:00:11 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/after-2-years-in-space-the-james-webb-telescope-has-broken-cosmology-can-it-be-fixed 5J2YSuYTPYccNzP75mNFX7 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:39:23 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'If you don't have inflammation, then you'll die': How scientists are reprogramming the body's natural superpower ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/immune-system/if-you-dont-have-inflammation-then-youll-die-how-scientists-are-reprogramming-the-bodys-natural-superpower dd2FfpZLxswtUoLfGCjnS4 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:00:09 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ We could end the AIDS epidemic in less than a decade. Here's how. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/health/hiv/we-could-end-the-aids-epidemic-in-less-than-a-decade-heres-how RkTJCvgSe42bsXc5PKaGLQ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:00:17 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Planet killer' asteroids are hiding in the sun's glare. Can we stop them in time? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/the-sun-is-blinding-us-to-thousands-of-potentially-lethal-asteroids-can-scientists-spot-them-before-its-too-late biVo3EM8EVKUJyhyyYywsN Sun, 12 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/facial-reconstructions-help-the-past-come-alive-but-are-they-accurate pMAMGi7xU2dgJeT6fwTnPD Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:00:55 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:15:29 +0000