Crystal Skulls: Legend, Vodka & Indiana Jones By Benjamin Radford last updated 12 January 22 Crystal skulls are wonders to behold, but their only power may be to fascinate.
Wild video shows goldfish 'driving' a water-filled car in weird experiment By Cameron Duke published 6 January 22 A supremely weird new video shows a goldfish driving a water-filled, motorized "car" to help scientists understand how they navigate on land.
4 New Superheavy Elements Land on Periodic Table By Tia Ghose last updated 5 January 22 After a long hiatus, the periodic table of the elements has finally gotten a new update, adding four new elements to its roster and completing its seventh row.
Why do we still measure things in horsepower? By Joe Phelan published 1 January 22 Here's how the term "horsepower" got its start and why we still use it today.
11 strange things that washed ashore in 2021 By Live Science Staff published 27 December 21 A rundown of some of the strangest things the sea carried to the shores this year.
Two Large Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice By Live Science Staff last updated 20 December 21 Scientists have found the second and third largest bodies of subsurface water there.
Did 'Deadly' Spider Eggs Really Hitch a Ride on Imported Bananas? By Elizabeth Palermo last updated 19 December 21 Claims that a woman in England found deadly spider eggs on her bananas might be bogus.
When humans are gone, what animals might evolve to have our smarts and skills? By Joanna Thompson published 18 December 21 If humans suddenly went extinct, what animals are most likely to develop human-like societies?
How to Tell If Conspiracy Theories Are Real: Here's the Math By Taylor Kubota last updated 17 December 21
Swarms of mutant bacteria look just like Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' By Harry Baker published 17 December 21 A new study of swarming bacteria has created microscope images that resemble Vincent van Gogh's paintings.
Flat Earth: What Fuels the Internet's Strangest Conspiracy Theory? By Stephanie Pappas last updated 16 December 21 Why do people reject more than 2,000 years of scientific understanding?
Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 9: Mysterious Flat-Earthers By Live Science Staff last updated 16 December 21 Earth is commonly known to be a sphere — but some people disagree.
8 Times Flat-Earthers Tried to Challenge Science (and Failed) in 2017 By Stephanie Pappas last updated 16 December 21 It was a good year for a very bad conspiracy theory.
How Do You Weigh an Atom? By Natalie Wolchover last updated 15 December 21 You can't use a scale, but there's another method for weighing an atom.
Dracula's Castle For Sale By Alison Mutler last updated 15 December 21 If you're in the market for a castle, the Romanian castle that inspired the creation of Dracula is up for sale.
Huntsman Spider Devours Possum in Viral (and Terrifying) Photos By Mindy Weisberger last updated 13 December 21 For this arachnid, mammals are on the menu.
'Peekaboo' Reveals Babies Can Understand Quantum Mechanics By Natalie Wolchover last updated 8 December 21 Quantum mechanics is notoriously perplexing. But there's one set of humans who innately understand how it works.
Physicists Unleash AI to Devise Unthinkable Experiments By Charles Q. Choi last updated 8 December 21 Researchers trying to divine the bizarre nature of quantum particle behavior are getting some help from software that designs counterintuitive experiments.
