Amazing images: The best science photos of the week By Brandon Specktor Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
Moon may outshine Perseid meteor shower this month By Joe Rao Skywatchers beware: The moon will hinder attempts to observe the Perseids, typically one of the year's most spectacular meteor showers.
Could COVID-19 increase the risk of memory loss? By Natalie C. Tronson Will there be a COVID-19-related wave of memory deficits, cognitive decline and dementia cases in the future?
Wear a mask: You could help save 66,000 lives in the US By Yasemin Saplakoglu If 95% of people in the U.S. started wearing masks every time they left their homes, the total number of projected deaths would drop 49%.
Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found. By Diane Lincoln A team of physicists has devised a simple way to measure the duration of a bizarre phenomenon called quantum tunneling.
'Busy' hurricane season is about to get a whole lot busier, NOAA says By Mindy Weisberger NOAA experts predict an "extremely active" hurricane season, with as many as 25 named storms.
Heavy atom spills its guts in decade-long experiment By Rafi Letzter A new experiment on ultra-rare astatine could open the door to cancer treatments and new research into super-heavy atoms.
Moon may outshine Perseid meteor shower this month By Joe Rao Skywatchers beware: The moon will hinder attempts to observe the Perseids, typically one of the year's most spectacular meteor showers.
Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found. By Diane Lincoln A team of physicists has devised a simple way to measure the duration of a bizarre phenomenon called quantum tunneling.
Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its 'nested' DNA was just found. By Stephanie Pappas Today's humans carry the genes of an ancient, unknown ancestor, left there by hominin species intermingling perhaps a million years ago.
Could COVID-19 increase the risk of memory loss? By Natalie C. Tronson Will there be a COVID-19-related wave of memory deficits, cognitive decline and dementia cases in the future?
Wear a mask: You could help save 66,000 lives in the US By Yasemin Saplakoglu If 95% of people in the U.S. started wearing masks every time they left their homes, the total number of projected deaths would drop 49%.
4 die from drinking tainted hand sanitizer, CDC reports By Rachael Rettner The hand sanitizer products contained methanol, a toxic substance.
Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous 'hell ant' clutch a baby cockroach in an amber tomb By Mindy Weisberger The death strike of a Cretaceous "hell ant" from 99 million years ago is preserved in amber, revealing how these demonic-looking ants hunted.
Weird 'broomstick' necked Triassic reptile named after mythical Greek sea monster By Laura Geggel These strange, long-necked Triassic beasts were able to coexist because they chowed down on different prey.
Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins By Yasemin Saplakoglu There might be nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought.
Sleeping microbes wake up after 100 million years buried under the seafloor By Rafi Letzter The microbes had been dormant below the ocean floor for eons, buried since the time of the dinosaurs. Then a team of scientists in Japan woke the little organisms up.
Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist By Mindy Weisberger A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.
US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can't. (The beach) By Brandon Specktor The United States Space Force has a new recruit in their mission to keep planet Earth safe. His name is Ghost, and he likes to go clip-clop on the beach.
The Live Science merch store is back with more science-y gear By Jeanna Bryner If you're a science geek like us, you'll love the new and improved Live Science merch store, where you can get all of your science-y gear, from t-shirts and mugs to tote bags and stickers.
What could drive humans to extinction? By Emma Bryce Pandemics, climate change, artificial intelligence: these are just some of the wide-ranging threats to humanity's survival. But they all have one factor in common...
Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison: Who was the better inventor? By Tia Ghose Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison battled it out in the "War of Currents," but each inventor left a significant scientific legacy.
Weird new 'pentadiamonds' could be ultrahard, ultralight and conduct electricity By Adam Mann Materials scientists come up with a potentially useful new form of carbon.
Scientists create a pattern so complicated it's impossible to duplicate By Diane Lincoln Scientists just created a pattern that, according to researchers, is impossible to duplicate or forge, a feat that could quash counterfeiters.
