
Stephen Hawking wanted scientists to 'make black holes' on Earth. Physics says it's possible.
When Stephen Hawking and I visited the Large Hadron Collider, he hoped for an unexpected physics breakthrough. His dreams may not be impossible.
When Stephen Hawking and I visited the Large Hadron Collider, he hoped for an unexpected physics breakthrough. His dreams may not be impossible.
They are a poster child for imminent extinction, at risk from deforestation, climate change and bushfires. Yet, where I live in South Australia, they are so abundant they are in danger of eating themselves out of house and home.
Joseph Dituri, who recently broke the record for the longest time spent living underwater, tells Live Science what he has learned during his time beneath the waves.
June 10, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
From Krakatoa to the Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
Hair grays because pigment-producing cells get stuck within the hair follicle, research suggests.
Wildfire smoke from Canada has hit Norway, which is more than 3,000 miles from the North American country.
A large, skyscraper-size asteroid will pass close to Earth Sunday night (June 11), missing our planet by a few million miles.
A resident of Riverview, Florida was bitten by a relative and later developed a "flesh-eating" infection — likely from the bite.
After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them.
At least one Medici was plagued by a deadly strain of malaria, analysis of organ tissue from the Medici family tomb reveals.
Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, but scientists caution that its eruption is far from certain.
The enormous gamma-ray burst, called the Brightest Of All Time (or BOAT), may be powered by its strange jet structure, scientists say.
A computer model created by researchers can detect ChatGPT-generated fake studies more than 99% of the time, a new study shows.
The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged into the sun's atmosphere to capture the granular details of how its solar wind is made.
The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.
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