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The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week has left many unanswered questions. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

A teen girl with abdominal pain learned she was pregnant and had conceived under extremely unusual circumstances. www.livescience.com/health/ferti...

A yet-unidentified illness has killed 53 people and potentially infected hundreds more in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. www.livescience.com/health/virus...

Mars may once have been a prime holiday spot www.livescience.com/space/mars/m...

We may have been wrong about how Mars got its characteristic red hue www.livescience.com/space/mars/s...

The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s had a cascading effect that benefited the entire ecosystem, a new study finds. www.livescience.com/animals/land...

An ongoing Listeria outbreak has so far sickened 38 people across 21 U.S. states www.livescience.com/health/virus...

A "bumpy" giraffe covered in huge lumps at a national park in Africa may be infected with a virus that rarely affects these tall animals www.livescience.com/animals/land...

All photos of kitty toe beans are welcome! ⬇️ www.livescience.com/animals/cats...

A new study adds further support to the idea that dogs domesticated themselves. www.livescience.com/animals/dogs...

China's space agency is building a new space telescope that will rival current top-tier observatories. www.livescience.com/space/space-...

This case report — uncovered by @laminda.bsky.social for our "Diagnostic dilemma" series at @livescience.com —highlights a little-known risk of seeing your favorite bands in concert 👇

ICYMI: A couple highlights from the @livescience.com health desk this week 🧪🧠 1) An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without requiring hours of training. www.livescience.com/health/mind/... By @skylerdware.bsky.social /1

Here's what to know about double pneumonia and the pope's other respiratory conditions. www.livescience.com/health/virus...

It is now more likely to hit the moon than Earth www.livescience.com/space/astero...

Two "exclusively indoor" cats from two separate households in Michigan caught H5N1 bird flu and ultimately died www.livescience.com/health/virus...

Indian teenager Aaryan Shulka performs calculations in his head quicker than most people can use a calculator. www.livescience.com/physics-math...

Archaeologists in Korea have uncovered the remains of multiple flushing toilets within a 1,300-year-old palace complex. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

An asteroid big enough to destroy a city is now much less likely to collide with Earth in 2032 www.livescience.com/space/astero...

A shocking new study has claimed that the human brain is becoming contaminated with growing amounts of microplastics www.livescience.com/health/neuro...

A man whose genetics almost guaranteed that he would develop Alzheimer's disease by his 50s has somehow made it to his mid-70s with nary a symptom. www.livescience.com/health/alzhe...

"We expected to find that glaciers are melting, but the amount of ice lost in the past few years is shocking even for us scientists." www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

What should you do if you think an item is not just special but possibly an ancient artifact? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

The bottom of the Japan Trench has some of the harshest conditions for life on Earth, but despite this, it is crawling with deep-sea creatures www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

The probability that a major asteroid, big enough to wipe out an entire city, will hit Earth in 2032 has just increased to 1 in 32 www.livescience.com/space/astero...

U.S. states that recently adopted new abortion bans have had more babies die after the bans took effect www.livescience.com/health/ferti...

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The emergence of human life may not have been as improbable as scientists once thought www.livescience.com/space/extrat...

Scientists have discovered evidence that liquid water was once exposed to the air in ancient, shallow lakes on Mars. www.livescience.com/space/mars/n...

From a tongue-filled makeout to a platonic peck on the cheek, the physical expression of human kissing can run the gamut. www.livescience.com/animals/do-o...

On Valentine's Day 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped what would become one of the most iconic images ever taken 😍 www.livescience.com/space/planet...

The United States is experiencing its most severe flu season in more than a decade www.livescience.com/health/flu/t...

The potential for our understanding of the universe has taken a giant leap forward www.livescience.com/technology/c...

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Parts of California's coastline around Los Angeles and San Francisco are sinking www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

In a first, researchers have recorded countless "ice quakes" that sporadically shake the Greenland Ice Sheet. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

The second full moon of 2025, February's Snow Moon will appear on the eastern horizon in a blaze of orange tonight www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...

Wildlife officials in Florida have captured and collared the heaviest Florida panther ever recorded. www.livescience.com/animals/cats...

By breaking up clusters of cancer cells, an old heart drug called digoxin may help stop tumors from spreading to other organs www.livescience.com/health/medic...

A volcano in Alaska could be primed to erupt, which would likely send avalanches of hot ash and mud cascading down the mountain's slopes. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

A canal in Argentina turned blood red last week and started producing a foul smell www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

A Super Bowl commercial put out by the telehealth company Hims & Hers is drawing heat from critics who say the company's promotion of its weight-loss drugs misled consumers by leaving out key information. www.livescience.com/health/medic...

Humanity's most powerful space telescope is setting its sights on the most dangerous known asteroid in the solar system. www.livescience.com/space/astero...

No other human-made catastrophes can wreak more destruction than a nuclear bomb. Luckily, bomb shelters and bunkers can protect us...right? www.livescience.com/physics-math...

Researchers in China have developed a new type of humanoid robot that can walk and run over a variety of terrains! www.livescience.com/technology/r...

In an extremely rare case, a woman's contraceptive implant migrated from her upper arm to her left lung. www.livescience.com/health/ferti...

Stunning new footage captures the moment adult orcas carefully teach their calves how to hunt www.livescience.com/animals/orca...

At Live Science, we now have a regular series that spotlights a rare disease every Thursday. This week, I delve into an extremely rare genetic condition that impairs DNA damage repair 🧬👇 @livescience.com www.livescience.com/health/genet...