Ever watched a pet cow pick up a broom and scratch herself with it? You have now A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use. LiveScience · Jan 19
Eerie 'sand burials' of elite Anglo-Saxons and their 'sacrificed' horse discovered near UK nuclear power plant The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K. LiveScience · Jan 19
Last year, the oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat — equivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs exploding every second In 2025, the ocean absorbed an extra 23 zettajoules of heat energy in 2025, breaking the ocean heat content record for the ninth consecutive year. LiveScience · Jan 19
Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human feces A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos. LiveScience · Jan 19
Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the Pleiades The unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago. LiveScience · Jan 19
James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery. LiveScience · Jan 19
Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. LiveScience · Jan 18
Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat drug-resistant infections. LiveScience · Jan 18
Why is flu season so bad this year? Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame. LiveScience · Jan 18
How the ancient Romans managed their wealth (it wasn't just by hiding hoards) How did Romans invest their wealth in ancient times? LiveScience · Jan 18
NASA launches Pandora telescope, taking JWST's search for habitable worlds to a new level The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, Pandora. LiveScience · Jan 18
Strange 'missing link' star system 'fundamentally changes' our understanding of planet formation A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation. LiveScience · Jan 18
James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars. LiveScience · Jan 18
Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage? We've all dealt with bad internet connections. But could the entire internet ever collapse? LiveScience · Jan 18
LiveScience · Jan 17 This is SPARDA: A self-destruct, self-defense system in bacteria that could be a new biotech tool A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future biotechnologies.
LiveScience · Jan 17 Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study finds A study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per day.
LiveScience · Jan 17 Gender ambiguity was a tool of power 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamia Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.
LiveScience · Jan 17 'The scientific cost would be severe': A Trump Greenland takeover would put climate research at risk Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.
LiveScience · Jan 17 Is there anything 'below' Earth in space? Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the Earth?
LiveScience · Jan 17 How much of your body could you lose — and still survive? Five vital organs are essential for life, but survival is more medically complex.
LiveScience · Jan 16 Artemis 2 update: NASA to wheel historic, 11 million-pound rocket to the launch pad this weekend NASA's Artemis 2 rocket will roll out Saturday (Jan. 17) ahead of a possible Feb. 6 launch. Here's how to watch.
LiveScience · Jan 16 Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he's close to finding Nefertiti's tomb in new documentary Zahi Hawass says he hopes to discover the tomb of Nefertiti before he retires, and he believes he's getting close.
LiveScience · Jan 16 NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.
LiveScience · Jan 16 'Zombie' cells may drive common form of epilepsy Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.
LiveScience · Jan 16 Forced closure of premier US weather-modeling institute could endanger millions of Americans From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs decisions that aim to reduce risk.