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An undersea eruption rocked the Aegean 520,000 years ago
Scientists discovered an unknown volcanic eruption that rocked the seafloor in the Aegean more than 500,000 years ago.
Scientists discovered an unknown volcanic eruption that rocked the seafloor in the Aegean more than 500,000 years ago.
Scientists have found a mysterious signal in the brightest gamma ray burst ever detected, and now they know what caused it.
Thousands of ochre rock drawings, including images of humans and animals morphing into one another, offer a striking glimpse at early life in the Amazon.
Scientists have uncovered how bacteria borrowed a gene from an insect to create female-only parasitic wasp populations, eliminating the need for males.
The largest T. rex to ever live may have weighed up to 33,000 pounds.
Physically, athletes might reach a point where they can no longer beat sports records — however, innovative techniques and sportswear breakthroughs could potentially help athletes perform better in the future.
Firefighters are battling a 'monster' wildfire in the evacuated town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Researchers think climate change will soon cause an increase in the incidence of Naegleria fowleri infections, a "brain-eating" disease.
In the U.S., tap water is generally safe and not a likely source of brain-eating-amoeba infections, experts told Live Science.
A now-retired doctor in Texas describes his experience treating a child with a brain-eating amoeba infection.
Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.
Three fossilized snakes that died huddled together 38 million years ago are now called the "winter serpents."
Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from sacred trees.
Humans used the now-destroyed rockshelter throughout the last ice age until just a few decades ago.
Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water.
A new standard for codecs used for haptics could revolutionize tele-health and online gaming.
Olympic-level sporting takes a lot of energy. But which event is the most energetically costly?
Researchers found the 2023 Morocco earthquake was triggered by movement miles below Earth's surface.
Recent research has drawn a link between anxiety, depression and an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis.