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5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.
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February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China www.livescience.com/technology/r...
Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China
Improvements to the AI that powers Unitree's H2 and G1 humanoid robots, alongside mechanical upgrades, have resulted in a dazzling kung-fu demonstration.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China www.livescience.com/technology/r...
Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals www.livescience.com/health/sleep...
Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals
New research reveals that sleep deprivation sends aberrant signals through the vagus nerve, triggering a serotonin surge that can kill gut stem cells.
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February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals www.livescience.com/health/sleep...
Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal
The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan
A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Mineral sunscreen leaves an annoying white cast on skin — this new formula could change that www.livescience.com/health/miner...
Mineral sunscreen leaves an annoying white cast on skin — this new formula could change that
Scientists have developed a new approach to formulating mineral sunscreen that could prevent it from leaving a white cast on the skin.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Mineral sunscreen leaves an annoying white cast on skin — this new formula could change that www.livescience.com/health/miner...
Vanishing lakes in Tibet may have triggered earthquakes by awakening faults in Earth's crust www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Vanishing lakes in Tibet may have triggered earthquakes by awakening faults in Earth's crust
Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link between climate change and earthquakes
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February 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Vanishing lakes in Tibet may have triggered earthquakes by awakening faults in Earth's crust www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old 'geological marvel' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old 'geological marvel' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space
A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 kilometers). The lengthy structure, which is not actually a dike, is full of extremely valuable minerals that fuel a massive mining industry.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old 'geological marvel' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old depiction of an aged man with wrinkles struck fear in people because it held 'the power' www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old depiction of an aged man with wrinkles struck fear in people because it held 'the power'
Tumaco-Tolita artists were known for their intense realism in sculpting clay representations of humans.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Tumaco-Tolita Seated Elder: This 2,000-year-old depiction of an aged man with wrinkles struck fear in people because it held 'the power' www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Vaccine denial sets Americans up for more chronic illness www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Vaccine denial sets Americans up for more chronic illness
Despite well-established links between pathogens and chronic illness, the U.S. government continues to weaken public health measures to treat and prevent infectious diseases — a strategy that will ultimately make Americans even sicker.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Vaccine denial sets Americans up for more chronic illness www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Snakes keep evolving into cannibals — here's what scientists think is going on www.livescience.com/animals/snak...
Snakes keep evolving into cannibals — here's what scientists think is going on
A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary lineages, leading researchers to hypothesize it's beneficial for snakes under certain circumstances.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Snakes keep evolving into cannibals — here's what scientists think is going on www.livescience.com/animals/snak...
Lucky few to see 'ring of fire' solar eclipse over Antarctica on Feb. 17 www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
Lucky few to see 'ring of fire' solar eclipse over Antarctica on Feb. 17
This month's new moon brings an annular (or "ring of fire") solar eclipse, but it will only be visible from parts of Antarctica.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Lucky few to see 'ring of fire' solar eclipse over Antarctica on Feb. 17 www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week www.livescience.com/space/deepes...
Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week www.livescience.com/space/deepes...
How long do most planets last? www.livescience.com/space/planet...
How long do most planets last?
Planets are born, and they can also "die." So what's the lifespan of a typical planet?
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February 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
How long do most planets last? www.livescience.com/space/planet...
Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years
A rock shelter with rock art and inscriptions spanning millennia has been discovered in Egypt.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 years www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss
For the first time, scientists have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of aneuploidy, in which cells have an abnormal number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy in egg cells can lead to miscarriage.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds
Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
What are ghost lineages, remnants of the past that still exist in our DNA today? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
What are ghost lineages, remnants of the past that still exist in our DNA today?
Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
What are ghost lineages, remnants of the past that still exist in our DNA today? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat 'as a form of information' www.livescience.com/technology/c...
MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat 'as a form of information'
Proof of concept uses passive components to redirect heat across a chip, allowing temperature patterns to be used for data processing.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat 'as a form of information' www.livescience.com/technology/c...
Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS www.livescience.com/space/comets...
Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS
Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever, just like the "alien" comet 3I/ATLAS.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS www.livescience.com/space/comets...
Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers.
A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in the greenhouse gas.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in the greenhouse gas.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
'It's telling us there's something big going on': Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again
A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals
Iconic transition species between dinosaurs and birds may have had weird 'teeth' on roof of its mouth and a highly mobile tongue, study reveals
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February 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals www.livescience.com/animals/dino...