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Surgery -- Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience23 days ago
Archaeology -- Science news this week: The world's oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species8 days ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: A 400-year trip to Alpha Centauri and the malevolent AI that may make us consider it1 month ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing1 month ago
Space -- An 'interstellar visitor' and the oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever sequenced2 months ago
Planet Earth -- 'Anti-aging' magic mushrooms and record-breaking internet speeds1 month ago
Planet Earth -- Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus1 month ago
Animals -- Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen1 month ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #2: Pigment in plants where photosynthesis occurs - 13 across1 month ago
Planet Earth -- 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles1 month ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #7: NASA mission that redirected an asteroid - 8 across1 month ago
Surgery -- Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX's Starship nails a test flight25 days ago
Arts & Entertainment -- Live Science crossword puzzle #6: Planet with a 'Great Red Spot' - 6 down12 days ago
Scientists have digitally removed the 'death masks' from four Colombian mummies, revealing their faces for the first time - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 30 September 25 - The reconstructions are based on the skulls of four mummified individuals who had masks tightly fitted on their faces.1 hour ago
Stars live longer, stranger lives after nearly being swallowed by a black hole - By - Anirban Mukhopadhyay - published - 30 September 25 - A new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.3 hours ago
James Webb telescope spies a 'farting' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system - By - Harry Baker - published - 30 September 25 - New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into space.4 hours ago
Life-size rock art points the way to oldest human inhabitants of Saudi Arabia - and the desert oases they used - By - Sophie Berdugo - published - 30 September 25 - Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered hundreds of rock art engravings that were carved by humans more than 12,000 years ago.6 hours ago
Microsoft unveils new liquid-cooled computer chips - they could prevent AI data centers from massively overheating - By - Owen Hughes - published - 30 September 25 - Microsoft engineers have developed a microfluidics chip-cooling technique that removes heat more efficiently and could ratchet down heat generated by AI workloads.9 hours ago
Rare Fujiwhara hurricane 'dance' could save East Coast from worst effects of Tropical Storm Imelda - By - Patrick Pester - published - 29 September 25 - Forecasters expect Hurricane Humberto to pull Tropical Storm Imelda away from landfall and into a Fujiwhara dance, but the East Coast is still set to experience heavy rains and life-threatening rip currents.1 day ago
Physicists find a loophole in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle without breaking it - By - Larissa G. Capella - published - 28 September 25 - By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position without violating Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.2 days ago
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30,000-year-old 'personal toolkit' found in the Czech Republic provides 'very rare' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer - By - Aristos Georgiou - published - 28 September 25 - Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual.2 days ago
James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way - Space photo of the week - By - Jamie Carter - published - 28 September 25 - The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.1 day ago
A breakthrough cure for Huntington's disease and a fast-growing black hole that breaks physics - By - Ben Turner - published - 27 September 25 - Science news this week - Sept. 27, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.9 hours ago
Is acetaminophen safe in pregnancy? Here's what the science says. By - Theresa Sullivan Barger - published - 26 September 25 - In a recent announcement, President Trump warned that the active ingredient in Tylenol may be linked to autism. Here's what the data really shows.4 days ago
'If there is a space race, China's already winning it': NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 26 September 25 - "If there is a space race, China's already winning it, and could win it dramatically in the next few decades."4 days ago
Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere - By - Sascha Pare - published - 26 September 25 - Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.4 days ago
Scientists unveil world's first quantum computer built with regular silicon chips - By - Alan Bradley - published - 26 September 25 - A London-based startup has created the world's first full-stack quantum computer using a standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process4 days ago