Who set up this mysterious metal monolith in Utah desert? (It's not aliens.) By Stephanie Pappas Who embedded a 10-foot-tall metal monolith in the remote Utah desert?
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.
Tiny owl found hiding in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going home. Here's why. By Laura Geggel The owl found in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going back to his original territory. Here's why.
Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine By Brandon Specktor A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed by Russian hunters after boarding a docked nuclear submarine in Kamchatka.
Alien-like photo shows snake eel dangling out of heron's stomach in midair By Laura Geggel The snake eel probably thought "not today" as it burrowed out of the heron's stomach.
Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans By Kimberly Hickok The dead don't eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead.
Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies, and turn them into slaves By Tessa Koumoundouros Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies and turn them into slaves.
Famous fish that ate all his friends gets cheered up by 16th birthday party By Mindy Weisberger Happy 16th birthday to Mikko the grouper, a popular aquarium fish in Finland who missed his human visitors during the COVID-19 shutdown.
The very first forms of life may have been more animal-like than we ever realized By Tessa Koumoundouros Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.
Do we live in a simulation? Chances are about 50–50. By Anil Ananthaswamy Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the frontiers of cosmology
Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height? By Mindy Weisberger After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning.
Helium-huffing alligators and reluctant hitmen win big at the Ig Nobel awards By Mindy Weisberger Weird science took center stage at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.
Watch LIVE: The 2020 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, tonight @ 6:00 p.m. ET By Mindy Weisberger You can watch the premiere of the 2020 Ig Nobels here on Live Science.
Squirrel beer, ant gin and poop wine are served up in Disgusting Food Museum's new exhibit By Mindy Weisberger Visitors to Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum can now discover odious alcohol from around the world.
Can CBD soothe mourning elephants? A Polish zoo is about to find out By Rafi Letzter A zoo in Poland plans to test cannabidiol — also known as CBD, a chemical found in cannabis — on its elephants. The elephants are stressed after a death in the herd.
Sly fox steals 100 shoes in Berlin, and he's not the first By Mindy Weisberger Authorities finally identified the culprit responsible for the mysterious disappearance of dozens of shoes from a German neighborhood.
Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor By Rafi Letzter The microbes had been dormant below the ocean floor for eons, buried since the time of the dinosaurs. Then a team of scientists in Japan woke the little organisms up.
Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist By Mindy Weisberger A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.
US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can't. (The beach) By Brandon Specktor The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach.
Antique vampire-slaying kit up for auction. Bible, crucifix and pistol included. By Mindy Weisberger An antique wooden box trimmed with brass holds all the tools that you might require in order to slay a vampire.
