All content Archive | October 2026

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October 27th
- Is AI making you lazier?
- Rare tiger behaviors captured on camera show 'we really know nothing about them'
- 30,000-year-old bone found in French cave reveals vast genetic connections between people of Eastern and Western Europe during the Stone Age
- Hepatitis B could surge, infecting millions more in childhood, under proposed CDC guidance
- Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders came from same 'ultravoyager' group
- James Webb telescope discovers most distant ring galaxy ever, hinting at an ultra-rare early universe collision
- Scientists invent implant that can transform sugar in the blood to treat type 2 diabetes
- Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward Hawaii — Earth from space
- This psychologist has a new theory for why orcas keep attacking boats
October 26th
- NASA's Swift observatory ends 22-year mission to study the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang
- A neglected particle from the dawn of time could explain why everything in the universe exists
- 'A potential glimpse into the future': Climate change has triggered 'permafrost landslides' with house-size blocks of ice in Canada
- Colorectal cancer cases in kids have risen sixfold over past 2 decades ‪—‬ researchers are racing to understand why
- Rare burial of elite toddler from pre-Inca culture discovered in Peru
- Live Science crossword puzzle #66: The tallest mountain in the solar system — 8 across
- Mold gold cape: A 3,900-year-old accessory that's one of the finest examples of prehistoric goldwork ever found
- 10 minutes is all it takes for AI assistance to erode your motivation, study shows
October 25th
- 'Drinking the corpse's blood mixed with vodka': How purported tales of consuming vampire blood and organs spread in the 18th century
- Cosmic 'seagull' locks eyes with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in long-awaited test image — Space photo of the week
- What happened when humans encountered Gigantopithecus?
October 24th
- AI giants are one big mistake away from catastrophe. They could learn a lot from the nuclear industry.
- You have 2 superb chances to watch the 'Hunter's Moon' rise this week
- Why were the Nazca Lines built?
October 23rd
- Christina Applegate misdiagnosis: Why can MS be difficult to diagnose?
- 'Most people can't handle driving in 2 dimensions let alone 3': Readers respond to our poll about flying cars
- Scientists can now 'watermark' AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work?
October 22nd
- 'We're never going to come home': Artemis II commander recalls the most terrifying moment of his 10-day trip around the moon
- Crows may make lightning-fast decisions, sometimes twice as fast as humans, study hints
- Brain scans reveal 'number line' that's used to mentally compare values
- Watch bizarre snake 'cartwheel' away from danger at more than 12 feet per second
- World's first round-trip mission to Mars has launched ‪—‬ why it could be a 'transformative leap' for science
- Will plants survive climate change? The 'Great Dying' reveals clues about their resilience.
- Climate change is literally altering the shape of our planet
- Surprising new pattern of groundwater loss may signal a turning point for the Colorado River Basin
October 21st
- James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
- Extremely rare Viking Age coin from the reign of 'Olaf the Holy' may have been 'held in the king's own hand'
- Uranium from World War II reveals how close the Nazis were to an atomic bomb
- 'The Russians were the problem in the end': Sailor Matt Rutherford on being intercepted by the FSB while attempting to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo
- Lightest-ever neutron star system proves Einstein right about relativity yet again
- A fighter pilot had unexplained headaches for over a year, and the cause was hiding in plain sight — Diagnostic dilemma
October 20th
- Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved
- Could 'body clocks' play a role in depression? Study proposes a new 'circadian' subtype
- Will Tesla's 'flying car' ever hit the market, or is it a load of compressed air?
- Devastating 2025 Myanmar earthquake sheds light on how the 'Big One' could play out in California
- The James Webb telescope is watching one of the earliest supernovas in the universe unfold
- Undeciphered Voynich manuscript may have been bound out of order, study finds
- Ultrasound waves that jiggle deep brain structures may relieve delusions in schizophrenia, small trial hints
- 'It makes me feel that we can do a lot about it': ESA official shares striking satellite snap of Europe's record-breaking summer heat waves — Earth from space
- 'We used to go to the climate conferences together. We are not anymore': ESA official Simonetta Cheli tells us how the political landscape for Earth observation is changing
- See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaks
October 19th
- 11th-century 'pizza peel' discovered in Russia doubled as a medieval game board
- A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease — fat buildup in brain cells may be to blame, study finds
- World's fastest AI-powered racing drone outflies the best human pilots
- 'Cute demo, but totally impractical': Experts are skeptical that Tesla's 'Rocket' Roadster could actually work in the real world
- Romans may have set fire to Celtic town during conquest to 'humiliate' the enemy, archaeologists find
- 'Birdman' copper plate: A 700-year-old depiction of a Native American warrior that may be a woman holding a weapon and a severed head
- Live Science crossword puzzle #65: Animal that kills the largest number of people — 10 down
- Rising temperatures could boost pregnancy risks worldwide — here's how
October 18th
- 'A uniquely direct route that might cause damage': Scientists uncover link between air pollution and eye diseases like glaucoma
- Black Death had dramatic effect on species diversity as humans abandoned farmland, study finds
- Famous supernova that lit up skies in 1181 is now full of mysterious knots — Space photo of the week
- Can cuttlefish hypnotize their prey?
October 17th
- California redwoods are struggling in the heat — and it's not clear how much damage is being done
- Is the brain actually 2 nervous systems smooshed together? A new study claims it is.
- New 4,300-mile-long internet cable will shuttle data along the ocean floor at 1 million gigabits per second
- Has there ever been a mountain taller than Everest?
October 16th
- Archaeologists discover the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska
- Physicists froze a 'necklace' of atoms — and witnessed a quantum phenomenon predicted 100 years ago
- Fossil of 'unconquered female warrior' dinosaur with long claws found in UK museum drawer after 100 years
- 'White' dwarf stars can be purple, pink and even green, surprising new study finds
October 15th
- 2 giant Ramesses II statues, one wearing a double crown, discovered by man in Egypt
- 'We're not a competitor to fusion. We are fusion': Inside the race to harness unlimited solar power in space
- Mysterious hole in Neanderthal shoulder blade may have been a 'kill shot' from a wooden spear, according to archaeologists
- Testosterone for menopause: The treatment is rising in popularity, but does it work?
October 14th
- Chronic back pain may activate an unexpected brain network, study finds
- DNA from centuries-old skeletons buried in Montreal reveals no genetic mixing between Indigenous people and French colonists
- Tapeworm drug could help treat endometriosis, mouse study hints
- Ancient Indigenous people in New Mexico lived through extreme climate change 23,000 years ago, study suggests
- Simple math can predict when AI is about to go rogue, physicists say
- 'They cannot compete with the prices that fish factories will pay': How demand for fish meal takes priority over feeding people
- Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles
- Best wildlife cameras 2026: The ultimate buying guide to every major camera brand
- Flightless Jurassic bird was like a carnivorous pheasant with killer claws
- One of America's biggest meteor craters is 100 million years younger than we thought — and coincided with a global extinction event
- Teenager's rare autoimmune disorder caused her to hallucinate a flying green dinosaur — Diagnostic dilemma
- Hundreds of whale calves have mysteriously died in Patagonia — and scientists are racing to find out why
October 13th
- 2,000-year-old burial found in Russia near a human sacrifice and a cup to ward off magical threats
- 'I won't trust AI': Readers share mixed reaction to AI tools that calculate people's biological ages
- Flu season is kicking off early — are you getting a vaccine?
- Multicolored 'mosaic' of mini farms surrounds Taiwan's largest river — Earth from space
- 'It gives us a glimpse of a different kind of Viking life': Archaeologist Neil Price on the sea-kings, sorcerers and Sámi who lived during the Viking Age
- 'The back of her head had been removed by a single blow from a sharp blade': Archaeological clues are revealing the horrific lives and deaths of the people enslaved by Vikings
October 12th
- 'Autonomy always begins with something a human hands it': Who's responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?
- 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds people who died of 'sharp force' injuries, possibly from a Viking raid
- 7 extraordinary Indigenous sites in the US, from Chaco Canyon to Chimney Rock
- Live Science crossword puzzle #64: The driving force of evolution — 9 across
- Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus
- 'It could have been a very different history': Researchers are finally starting to pin down how many Indigenous people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived
October 11th
- 'News reports tweaked the science to speak to contemporary anxieties': How Neanderthal extinction is a projection of our own, modern fears
- 'Swamp-like colors' on the moon: New NASA report reveals strange sights from Artemis II mission — Space photo of the week
- How did Roman aqueducts get water to go uphill?
October 10th
- Photojournalist Steve Winter on his iconic Hollywood puma image, the illegal tiger trade and having a black panther knock on his door
- Does written language speed up or slow down cultural change?
October 9th
- 'October is the ideal time to get vaccinated': Flu season is kicking off early, experts say
- Self-driving, solar-powered cars that talk to each other? What vehicles might look like in 10 years.
- Scientists have identified a 'protein signature' in blood that could predict healthy aging
- Cool chemistry trick allows new tattoos to 'turn on and off'
- Bronze ring with Lighthouse of Alexandria engraving discovered at palace on submerged island in Egypt
- South Korean 'robot dog' became first to run a marathon on a single battery charge — now we know how
October 8th
- Big dogs age faster at an epigenetic level, new study finds
- 'Freakish' discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Atacama wasn't always a desert
- James Webb telescope traces a record-breaking radio signal to the ancient universe
- The Milky Way is one galaxy — but it used to be thousands, new simulations reveal
- Would you trust AI to calculate your true 'biological age'?
- The central Pacific Ocean just broke a temperature record. Experts say it might signal a new kind of El Niño.
- Why are dengue cases surging in Florida this year? An 'unlucky' combination of factors, experts say
- OpenAI claims we've entered the AGI era — has GPT-6 Astra really demonstrated general intelligence?
October 7th
- Jonathan the tortoise has lived to 194 years old — now scientists think they know why
- 'It looks like a chimera' — 168 million years ago, a strange platypus-like mammal relative lived in China alongside dinosaurs
- 1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on Earth
- 'We stocked an RV as an emergency bugout vehicle': Readers share how prepared they are for a disaster
- 'Completely unexpected': Astronomers spy never-before-seen 'phoenix planet' rising from the ashes of a dead star
- 'Sexy Mantis,' obscene orangutan and prancing sparrowhawk feature in 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
- The Draconids, an unpredictable shower that can bring hundreds of meteors per minute, has begun
- Diagnostic dilemma: Woman 'saw dead people' and fired a gun at them after taking too many aspirin
- 'Zombie cells' may drive aging, and scientists are devising new ways to get rid of them
- Roboticists showcase tiny, frog-like robot that can hop across wet surfaces and swim
October 6th
- Earth is in the firing line of a strange new type of cosmic object: a 'microblazar'
- Archaeologists discover a child's skull built into the floor of a 2,500-year-old Scandinavian house
- 'She knew she had something really important on her hands': Rosalind Franklin figured out DNA's helical structure before Watson and Crick, study suggests
- Amazon Prime Day 2026: Best stargazing deals on telescopes and binoculars
- Sunlight trick transforms lost 'heart' of the Colorado River into a giant silver serpent — Earth from space
- Mpox is still spreading in the US — here's what to know about vaccines, symptoms and treatment
- 'Mpox has not disappeared': Why the infectious disease is still spreading in the US and may be here to stay
- The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big?
October 5th
- Set your alarm: Jupiter will disappear behind the crescent moon in a once-in-a-decade alignment tomorrow
- Ancient Egyptians sacrificed pharaohs' servants so they could continue to serve their king in the afterlife, new study finds
- 1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in Germany
- Live Science crossword #63: Spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis missions — 7 across
- Urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler's arrival to the Maya underworld
- New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances
October 4th
- Particle collider experiment recreates the Big Bang's primordial soup — and finds an unexpected twist
- Auroras appear in broad daylight in Smile spacecraft's eerie first images of Earth ‪—‬ Space photo of the week
- Do animals experience schadenfreude?
October 3rd
- 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts say
- 'Giant tusks from Siberia were thought to be the horns of the mythical unicorn': What medieval people made of fossils before vertebrate paleontology
- Could psilocybin treat brain injuries? Neuroscientist explains how psychedelics could fill a gap in head trauma care
- Could we ever create artificial gravity on a spaceship?
October 2nd
- Rare two-headed turtle hatchling discovered on Cape Cod
- Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert in wake of 'super' El Niño
- Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests
- How prepared are you for a disaster?
- The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests
- 'A kind of Rosetta Stone': AI decodes 217-year-old secret letter ordered by Napoleon
- 'It's a portrait of their actual ancestor': Facial reconstruction of Indigenous man who lived in Ecuador 3,000 years ago shared with his descendants
October 1st
- Your voice may reveal how fast you're aging, new AI 'speech clock' suggests
- Physicists unveil the most accurate atomic clock ever ‪—‬ and it could literally redefine the second
- Watch the world's smallest crocodiles snatch bats in their hidden underground lair ‪—‬ a behavior never seen before
- Adversity shaped our evolution as a species. People raised in it may have underrecognized strengths because of it.
- 'This is what happened with Claude and me': AI's failed attempt to crack the Riemann hypothesis led mathematician to a breakthrough