Snakes disembowel toads and feast on the living animal's organs one by one By Mindy Weisberger For the first time, scientists have observed snakes disemboweling toads to dine on their organs.
The 'rubber ducky' comet is glowing By Rafi Letzter The rubber ducky comet is glowing, but you can't see it. New analysis of data from the Rosetta probe shows an ultraviolet aurora all around the speeding object.
Antarctica could melt 'irreversibly' due to climate change, study warns By Brandon Specktor Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated.
4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the ice cap at Mars' south pole By Charles Q. Choi Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars may be hidden in a handful of small lakes below the Red Planet's south pole, and more could exist, according to new research.
It's not magic: Mysterious 'fairy circles' are built by grasses By Stephanie Pappas The most detailed monitoring effort ever shows that fairy circles are engineered by the grasses themselves.
Stone Age dog may have been buried with its master By Laura Geggel After the dog's burial, rising sea levels flooded the region.
1 million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide By Yasemin Saplakoglu The world reaches another grim milestone.
Trump administration plans to distribute 100 million rapid COVID-19 tests to states By Rachael Rettner The tests can provide results in 15 minutes.
SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather By Tariq Malik SpaceX postponed the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 28) due to bad weather at the mission's Florida launch site.
Black holes so big we don't know how they form could be hiding in the universe By Paul Sutter Black holes can get big … really big. But just how big? It's possible they could top out at over a trillion times more massive than the sun.
'Tired' brain cells may distort your sense of time By Yasemin Saplakoglu Sometimes time flies and sometimes it stands still. Tired brain cells may be why.
'Brain-eating' amoeba in Texas city's water supply kills 6-year-old By Rachael Rettner The state's governor has issued a disaster declaration for the county where the deadly amoeba was found.
AI 'resurrects' 54 Roman emperors, in stunningly lifelike images By Mindy Weisberger An artist used machine learning to create photorealistic portraits of 54 ancient Roman emperors, working from nearly 1,000 images of busts.
Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells By Yasemin Saplakoglu These changes exposes more surfaces to potentially target with therapeutics.
Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today By Amy Thompson SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 28) and you can watch it live here.
Could the Sahara ever be green again? By Donavyn Coffey The Sahara was once a grass and shrub-covered steppe. Could this ever happen again?
There's no speed limit in a superfluid universe. Now we know why. By Michelle Starr Physicists have figured out how objects traveling through a superfluid can exceed a critical speed limit.
Are some black holes wormholes in disguise? Gamma-ray blasts may shed clues. By Charles Q. Choi Unusual flashes of gamma rays could reveal that what appear to be giant black holes are actually huge wormholes, a new study finds.
Amazing images: The best science photos of the week By Brandon Specktor 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.
