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Best Lego sets for adults 2025: Science, nature & engineering sets for curious minds
From sets celebrating architecture and famous art to clever designs, these are the best Lego sets for adults.
Science at a crossroads: Dispatches from Friday's 'Stand Up for Science' rallies across the US
Our science journalists reported on the Stand Up for Science rallies held in New York City and Raleigh, North Carolina.
What counts as a phobia?
Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.
30 amazing women in science and math
From the first woman to win a Nobel Prize to the discoverer of jumping genes, here are some of the women who have made major contributions to science and mathematics.
Fake studies are slowing lifesaving medical research — all while fraudsters are getting rich, investigation reveals
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
Commenting on Live Science articles
We’re launching a commenting system on our site — here’s how to join the conversation on Live Science.
Parents really do have favorites, study suggests
Parents are more likely to favor daughters and more-agreeable children, new research suggests, although the findings may only apply to people from certain demographics.
10 mind-blowing black hole discoveries from 2024
From missing links, to primordial beginnings, to extremely powerful plasma jets that could be shaping our universe in mysterious ways, here are the top 10 black hole discoveries that blew our minds this year.
The 8 most controversial science stories of 2024
From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's our pick of controversial science stories in 2024.
Middle children are more agreeable, humble and honest than siblings, new study suggests. The baby of the family would like a word.
A new study finds that middle kids and kids from larger families are more agreeable, honest and humble than younger and older kids or kids from smaller families, but the results contradict other research on the topic.
