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Why Relativity's True: The Evidence for Einstein's Theory

June 28, 2018 | Article

As good skeptics, we shouldn't immediately believe general relativity's tangle of mathematics at first blush. Instead, we need evidence. Good evidence.
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What's the Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything?

May 26, 2018 | Article

Here's why the Standard Model of particle physics is seriously amazing.
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Can You Teach Evolution Without Saying the Word? Arizona Is About to Find Out.

May 24, 2018 | Article

Mentions of evolution could be replaced with "change over time," according to the state's superintendent.
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Origami Robots Just Helped Build the World's Smallest House

May 21, 2018 | Article

This teensy little house is so small that even a malnourished amoeba couldn't fit inside.
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The 'Attoclock' Shows How Fast Electrons Move in a Millionth of a Billionth of a Second

April 30, 2018 | Article

An ultraprecise new "attoclock" helps physicists make molecular movies of ultrafast chemical reactions.
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Scientists Built a New Microscope to Watch Cells, and the Footage Is Breathtaking

April 20, 2018 | Article

Stunning new microscope images reveal human cancer cells slinking through blood cells and show molecules coursing through a zebrafish embryo's tiny ear canal.
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The Best Science Photos of 2017

December 23, 2017 | Countdown

Here are the science photos that stood out in 2017, from adorable animals to our amazing planet to stunning space.
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Time Crystals to Tetraquarks: Quantum Physics in 2017

December 23, 2017 | Countdown

The year 2017 was weird all over. And what science is better-suited for a weird year than quantum physics?
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'Holy Grail' Hadron: Scientists Are Close to Detecting the Elusive Tetraquark Particle

November 09, 2017 | Article

Like finding a needle in a haystack of haystacks
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The Best Science Books

October 18, 2017 | Countdown

Whether you're interested in space travel, the inner workings of the universe, the mind of a brilliant mathematician or human behavior and the dark life of a patient who underwent a lobotomy, Live Science probably has a book for you here.
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