Does Drinking Chamomile Tea Really Help People Fall Asleep? By Grant Currin Does drinking chamomile tea actually make people sleepy?
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week By Live Science Staff Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.
Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week By Livescience.com Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland. Here's Why. By Laura Geggel President Donald Trump has expressed an interest in buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Woman Develops Horrifying Skull Infection After Cleaning Her Ears with Cotton Swabs By Rachael Rettner A woman's daily habit of cleaning her ears with cotton swabs led to a life-threatening infection in her skull.
Toothless Druid Woman's Face Comes Alive in Wax, Wrinkles and All By Laura Geggel A toothless skull was all that researchers had of one of Scotland's oldest known Druids, but now they have something more: a wax re-creation of her face.
Something Weird Is Happening to the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way By Meghan Bartels Astronomers have been watching the black hole at the center of our galaxy for 20 years, and in May, they saw something they'd never seen before.
Hidden 'Jurassic World' of Volcanoes Uncovered in Australia By Mindy Weisberger About 100 volcanoes dating to the Jurassic era were recently discovered buried under the basins of central Australia.
Was Deadly Explosion Off the Arctic Coast the Result of a Nuclear-Powered Russian Weapon? By Edd Gent An explosion off Russia's Arctic coast has led to speculation that the incident resulted from a failed test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Do the details add up?
There Are Thousands of Tardigrades on the Moon. Now What? By Mindy Weisberger What might it mean for the moon to have thousands of tardigrades as new inhabitants?
July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth By Rafi Letzter As climate change ramps into high gear, global temperature records are being smashed left and right.
A Banana-Killing Fungus Has Reached Latin America. Does This Spell the End for Bananas? By Rachael Rettner A banana-killing fungus has finally reached Latin America, as scientists long feared it would.
Hidden Painting Under da Vinci Masterpiece Revealed with New Imaging By Rafi Letzter Researchers have uncovered new details of a hidden image buried within Leonardo da Vinci's painting "The Virgin of the Rocks."
America's Largest Asteroid Impact Left a Trail of Destruction Across the Eastern United States By Brandon Specktor America's largest impact crater wreaked havoc on the land and water. Scientists are just beginning to understand it.
Thousands of Tarantulas Are About to Set Off on Their Annual Migration in Colorado By Mindy Weisberger In southeastern Colorado, male Oklahoma brown tarantulas will soon begin their annual migration to reach the prairies where female spiders live.
Man's X-Ray Reveals His Penis Is Turning to Bone By Rachael Rettner A man was diagnosed with penile ossification, a rare condition in which bone forms inside the penis.
Alzheimer's Directly Kills Brain Cells That Keep You Awake By Yasemin Saplakoglu Napping could be considered an early symptom of Alzheimer's disease.
Vaping Is Causing Severe Breathing Problems in Some Teens By Yasemin Saplakoglu Teens are coming down with serious breathing problems after vaping. It's a mystery why.
Newly Discovered 'Monster' Penguin Was As Tall As an Adult Human By Laura Geggel Fish swam for their lives when they encountered a forbidding, ancient "monster" penguin that would have towered over today's largest penguin.
