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This artist's impression shows the decay of a lutetium-149 nucleus into a ytterbium-148 nucleus and a proton.

Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds

By Stephanie Pappas published

A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.

Navstar-2F GPS satellite

8 ways you can see Einstein's theory of relativity in real life

By Jesse Emspak published

Reference Relativity is one of the most famous scientific theories of the 20th century, but how well does it explain the things we see in our daily lives?

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The circular structure seen in Google Earth images off the coast of Peru is raising cries of "UFO."

Odd circular shape beneath the ocean in Google Earth images is probably not aliens

By Stephanie Pappas published

A weird circular shape on Google Earth has ocean-floor UFO hunters crying "alien."

The researchers used small pieces of dough to test the rise with and without yeast.

Scientists make yeast-free pizza dough that rises like the real thing

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Their goal was to make tasty dough without a chemical agent.

In this illustrative concept image, a black hole is sucking in all the nearby matter in space.

Black holes may grow quantum 'hair'

By Stephanie Pappas published

The quantum state of a black hole's gravitational field may hold clues as to what is beyond the event horizon.

A close-up of the head of a dromedary camel is shown at the Wroclaw Zoological Garden in Poland.

Escaped petting zoo camel attacks and kills 2 men in Tennessee

By Jeanna Bryner published

A camel attacked and killed two men outside of Memphis, Tennessee, after escaping a petting zoo Thursday (March 10).

The head and torso of the mummy, which likely belonged to a small monkey.

Haunting 'mermaid' mummy in Japan is probably a gruesome monkey-fish mix

By Harry Baker published

Researchers in Japan have begun a new study into a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to determine the exact origins of the gruesome remains.

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery is a small cemetery in a forest on the outskirts of Chicago that has earned a reputation as the most haunted graveyard in the United States.

11 of the most haunted places in the US

By Tom Metcalfe published

You don’t need to believe in ghosts to enjoy a ghost story.

Scientists recently captured the first-ever scan of a dying human brain when an elderly patient suddenly died while he was being scanned.

First-ever scan of a dying human brain reveals life may actually 'flash before your eyes'

By Harry Baker published

A new case report of a man dying from a sudden heart attack while having an electroencephalogram has given scientists the first scan of a dying human brain.

The origin of life might be discovered by looking into our DNA

7 theories on the origin of life

By Charles Q. Choi, Scott Dutfield published

Reference From lightning to space rocks, here are ideas for how the first life on Earth came to be.

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Do we live in a computer simulation? We'll likely never know.

Do we live in a simulation? Here's why we may never know.

By Paul Sutter published

Does the simulation hypothesis offer a compelling argument, or is it just interesting food for thought? Let's find out.

Crop circles in a field outside the village of Avebury, Wiltshire, England

Crop circles: Myth, theories and history

By Benjamin Radford, Callum McKelvie published

Reference Crop circles that mysteriously appear in farmers' fields have puzzled experts and sparked UFO theories.

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Second cousins: Family photograph

What is a second cousin?

By Ailsa Harvey, Live Science Staff published

Reference There's a simple way to figure out the relationships between relations, including your second cousins and first cousin once-removed.

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"The Rock" says he purchased the skull of a T. rex named Stan.

Did The Rock buy Stan, the most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex on record?

By Laura Geggel published

Rumors are swirling after a Tyrannosaurus rex skull was spotted in the home of The Rock in a recent interview. But is it real or a cast?

A girl looking at a world map in a classroom.

Why is the world map you know wrong?

By Joe Phelan published

Here's why flat world maps always have distortions.

A concept image of a Bigfoot silhouette walking through a forest.

Bigfoot: Is the Sasquatch real?

By Benjamin Radford, Patrick Pester published

Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is a large ape-like creature some people believe inhabits North America but there's no hard evidence it actually exists.

A baby skunk about to spray.

Why does cannabis smell skunky?

By John Arnst published

Cannabis has long been called "skunky." Turns out, stinky sulfurous compounds are to blame.

A goldfish drives a water-filled, motorized "car."

Wild video shows goldfish 'driving' a water-filled car in weird experiment

By Cameron Duke published

A supremely weird new video shows a goldfish driving a water-filled, motorized "car" to help scientists understand how they navigate on land.

A horse and carriage

Why do we still measure things in horsepower?

By Joe Phelan published

Here's how the term "horsepower" got its start and why we still use it today.

The fish trapped inside the beached compass jellyfish on a beach near Padstow in Cornwall, U.K., on Aug. 4.

11 strange things that washed ashore in 2021

By Live Science Staff published

A rundown of some of the strangest things the sea carried to the shores this year.