China's huge push to reduce air pollution had an unexpected consequence in the Arctic China's cuts to aerosol emissions reduced sea ice loss, but it may have revealed a bigger story about climate change. LiveScience · Mar 31
Scientists have discovered an 'Achilles' heel' in deadly superbugs In a mouse study, scientists found that a bacterial sugar can be exploited to disable dangerous antibiotic-resistant pathogens. LiveScience · Mar 31
Quantum computers need just 10,000 qubits — not the millions we assumed — to break the world's most secure encryption algorithms Future quantum computers will need to be far less powerful than we thought to threaten the security of encrypted messages, banking information and other sensitive data. LiveScience · Mar 31
Artemis II timeline: 12 key steps that will take NASA astronauts to the moon and back NASA is gearing up to send astronauts back to the lunar environment for the first time in nearly 55 years. We've broken the 10-day mission into 12 key steps, from the historic liftoff to a record-breaking splashdown. LiveScience · Mar 31
Scientists discover potentially huge freshwater reservoir hidden beneath Great Salt Lake Researchers have found a layer of fresh water beneath Utah's Great Salt Lake that reaches up to 2.5 miles deep and could turn out to be as big, or bigger, than the lake. LiveScience · Mar 31
Concentric rocky rings adorned with ancient artwork wear a magma 'hat' in the Sahara — Earth from space A 2025 astronaut photo shows a massif made of concentric mountain ridges in the Libyan desert. The rocky walls contain ancient artworks and are occasionally used to contain herds of grazing cattle. LiveScience · Mar 31
Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thought Around 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia. LiveScience · Mar 30
'Something really big is going to happen': NASA's historic Artemis II mission approved for April 1 launch NASA has given the 10-day Artemis II mission the green light after its flight readiness review, and the weather outlook remains favorable. LiveScience · Mar 30
Pig semen component could deliver chemotherapy to hard-to-reach eye cancer, mouse study suggests Researchers showed that "exosomes" from pig semen may be used in a potential new treatment for retinoblastoma. LiveScience · Mar 30
'We are getting very, very close': NASA makes final Artemis II preparations as expectation grows for Wednesday launch NASA's Artemis II crew is ready to fly around the moon, with promising weather forecasts for a Wednesday launch. LiveScience · Mar 30
Farthest, fastest and most diverse: 6 major records the Artemis II astronauts will smash as NASA returns to the moon The Artemis II astronauts will soon launch on the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. During this trip, they will travel farther and faster than any humans in history — and will each claim a different individual record. LiveScience · Mar 30
Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles. LiveScience · Mar 30
Saturn's chaotic atmosphere revealed in most comprehensive view yet by James Webb and Hubble telescopes Viewing Saturn in complementary wavelengths, the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal more about what makes up the layers of ringed planet's atmosphere. LiveScience · Mar 29
Hubble images taken 25 years apart show big changes in the iconic Crab Nebula — Space photo of the week Astronomers reveal new insight into an iconic supernova remnant's evolution, structure and pulsar-driven growth over 25 years. LiveScience · Mar 29
LiveScience · Mar 28 A gut microbe linked to the Mediterranean diet boosts muscle strength in mice Researchers are exploring the prospect of using gut bacteria to boost muscle strength, after zeroing in on a microbe that does this in mice
LiveScience · Mar 28 Science news this week: NASA announces nuclear rocket, space reproduction proves difficult, and why weed gives people the munchies March 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
LiveScience · Mar 28 How to catch the full 'Pink Moon' in April followed by a 'Blue Moon' in May April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon, determines the dates of Passover and Easter. This year, it rises on April 1.
LiveScience · Mar 28 Why does cannabis give people 'the munchies'? A researcher explains how your body processes the THC from cannabis, resulting in "the munchies."
LiveScience · Mar 27 Mystery medical episode that left astronaut unable to speak shows one of NASA's biggest risks as moon missions ramp up Veteran astronaut Michael Fincke's sudden medical emergency aboard the ISS is a stark reminder that, as NASA pushes toward long-term lunar missions, astronaut health remains one of spaceflight's biggest unknowns.
LiveScience · Mar 27 Our fossil fuel economy is a house of cards and Trump's war in Iran is about to topple it. The need for a clean energy transition has never been clearer. Trump's war in Iran is the embodiment of everything that's wrong with our dependence on fossil fuels — and it's highlighting just how vital the transition to renewables is.
LiveScience · Mar 27 Lençóis Maranhenses: Brazil's dune-filled expanse that sits at the intersection of 3 biomes Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has mangrove swamps where species such as the scarlet ibis thrive.
LiveScience · Mar 27 Synesthesia isn't just in your mind. The body reacts as if the colors were real. Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.
LiveScience · Mar 27 'Major disruption in Neanderthal history': 65,000 years ago, all Neanderthals in Europe died out except for one lineage The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals.
LiveScience · Mar 26 2 Neanderthals present at same Siberian cave 10,000 years apart were distant relatives, 110,000-year-old bone reveals Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their groups were.
LiveScience · Mar 26 18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink.