Adorable monkeys caught commiting grisly act of cannibalism By Nicoletta Lanese Cannibalism is rarely observed among primates, but it's not unheard of.
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Whodunit solved when 'sword' is found embedded in thresher shark By Laura Geggel It's a mystery why a swordfish stabbed a thresher shark to death, but it's possible they were competing for food.
Wide-eyed prehistoric shark hid its sharpest teeth in nightmare jaws By Mindy Weisberger New analysis of jaws from a shark that lived 370 million years ago revealed a horrific twist (literally) to the predator's toothy grin.
'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning By Mindy Weisberger Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.
Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19. Here's what doctors are facing, in their own words. By Lauren Hughes, Jennifer Bacani McKenney It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals.
JFK conspiracy theory is debunked in Mexico 57 years after Kennedy assassination By Gonzalo Soltero Most conspiracy theories surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s assassination have been disproven.
Solar power stations in space could be the answer to our energy needs By Amanda Jane Hughes, Stefanie Soldini It sounds like science fiction.
Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? By Donavyn Coffey Can we harness natural and human-made carbon traps to help us slow climate change?
Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video) By Samantha Mathewson A bright green meteor streaked across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it broke up over the ocean.
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.
Ultrasound captures worms squirming in a man's stomach By Rachael Rettner Doctors observed a "tubular ... structure that moved with a curling motion" inside his stomach.
Why do some animals sleep so much? By Kelly Slivka Body size and diet might impact how much sleep mammals need.
Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals By Yasemin Saplakoglu He is known as the "father of fractals" for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature.
Physicists built an 'anti-laser' to charge your phone from across a room By Rafi Letzter A device demonstrated in a groundbreaking new experiment acts like a laser, only backwards. And someday it might send power invisibly through the air.
Could COVID-19 immunity last decades? Here’s the science. By Nicoletta Lanese Of course, rare cases of reinfection show that immunity is not long-lasting for everyone.
Astronomers detect millions of signals from an intelligent civilization: Us By Michelle Starr The Universe seems like a lonely place.
College-age kids are drinking less alcohol — but smoking more marijuana By Ty Schepis Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to.
