This Gene Can Make Viruses Invisible to the Immune System — Up to a Point

One gene, which protects the body from autoimmune disorders also helps secretly usher in some viruses by changing their look.

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Here's What Photosynthesis Sounds Like Underwater

If you listen closely, you can hear little plants harnessing the sun's energy. All you have to do is dive underwater and listen for the faint but distinctive "ping!" that red algae make while carrying out photosynthesis, a new study finds.

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A 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Just Shook Alaska

The earthquake struck 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Anchorage, prompting a tsunami warning.

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Babies Create a Mental Map of Their Body Before They Ever Leave the Womb

Those kicks and jabs help your baby build an information superhighway while still in the womb.

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Ancient Hominins May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans in Arabia

Ancient human relatives lived on the Arabian Peninsula for an astonishingly long time — from about 240,000 to 190,000 years ago — and spread into the heart of the region by following its blue rivers and lakes, a new study found.

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Vaping Marijuana Gets You Way, Way Higher Than Smoking It, Study Finds

17 willing participants got very, very high for science — and they found vaping weed is way stronger than smoking it.

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Meet the Leggy Deep-Sea Worms Named for Hodor and Arya Stark From 'Game of Thrones'

Arya Stark and Hodor from "Game of Thrones" inspired the scientific names of newfound deep-sea worms.

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Archaeologists Are Looking for Dead Sea Scrolls Inside 2 Newfound Qumran Caves

The caves are in just the right spot to hold these biblical-era manuscripts.

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This Week's Strangest Science News

Ready to get weird? Here are some of the strangest stories on Live Science this week.

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Haunting, 9,000-Year-Old Stone Mask Discovered in a Field in the West Bank

The incredible mask elicited tears from one of its discoverers.

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Scary 'New' Tick Has US Officials Worried

A newfound tick in the United States is spreading.

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Here's How Dangerous, Deadly Prions Spread to the Brain

Hint: It's not through the blood.

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What Are Gamma-Rays?

Gamma-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. They can be used to treat cancer, and gamma-ray bursts are studied by astronomers.

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Deceptive and Dangerous: A Gallery of An Antarctic Volcano

Deception Island, Antarctica is an active volcano.

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Antarctic Island Exploded 4,000 Years Ago

A remote Antarctic island went boom, and now researchers know when.

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Here's How Much Starlight Has Been Created Since the Beginning of the Universe

All the light that has ever been created is still lurking among the stars.

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Spinning Grains of Cosmic Dust Could Explain Weird Signals at the North Pole

A mysterious cosmic signal that was detected above the North Pole could be coming from fast-spinning grains of dust.

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Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Just Survived a Massive Crash in Outer Space

Once again, a decades-old theory of gravity has survived a modern scientific onslaught. Einstein wins again.

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This Strange Hum Circled the Whole World. But Nobody Heard It.

There was a seismic hum that nobody could hear, and scientists still aren't sure what caused it.

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US Life Expectancy Dropped in 2017. Drug Overdose Deaths Are a Big Reason Why

Life expectancy for the average person in the U.S. dropped slightly in 2017, and drug overdose deaths likely played a role.

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While You Weren't Looking, Engineers Combined a Plane and a Blimp to Make a Plimp

What happens when you cross a blimp with a plane, and give it a few helicopter abilities? A lighter-than-air plimp-hybrid airship is born, according to a Seattle-based company looking for investors.

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Neanderthals and Humans Were Hooking Up Way More Than Anyone Thought

Way more sex happened between Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans across Europe and Asia than scientists originally thought, a new study finds.

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How Did That Big Cow Get So Huge?

The internet literally had a cow yesterday when news of a giant steer in Australia spread across the interwebs like a fire set by a cow kicking over a lantern.

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Lab-Grown Miniplacentas Resemble the Real Thing So Much, They Fooled a Pregnancy Test

Miniature placentas grown in a laboratory behave much like real placentas.

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Here's How Cannabis Got Its High

How did we end up with THC and CBD in the first place?

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We Could Spray Cheap Chemicals in the Air to Slow Climate Change. Should We?

A new paper reveals that it would cost less to slow climate change than it would to fix New York City's subway system.

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What Are Amphetamines?

Amphetamines are powerful central nervous system stimulants derived from the ephedra plant. They're used to treat disorders such as ADHD, narcolepsy and obesity. However, they can also be highly addictive and have harmful side effects.

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Why the Gene-Edited Babies Will Never Have Genetic Privacy

Being born with an edited genome all but wipes out the chance of genetic privacy.

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There's Drug-Resistant Bacteria in the Space Toilets, Guys

Always wash your hands after using the space toilet. Always.

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How Do Scientists Prove That Twin Babies Had Their Genes Edited?

Questions are swirling after the announcement that the first gene-edited babies were born earlier this month — including what exactly researchers did and whether they even did it.

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Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago

In an instant, the airburst devastated an area north of the Dead Sea.

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Atlantis Found (Again)! And Exasperated Scientists (Again) Raise Their Eyebrows

In a new documentary, a U.K.-based group claims to have discovered the ruins of Atlantis.

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Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Speaks at Conference, Addresses Controversial Research

Jiankui He, the Chinese scientist who edited the genes of twin babies, spoke publicly about his research for the first time today (Nov. 28) in Hong Kong, at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing.

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New Zealand's Islands Are Creeping Closer Together

New Zealand is still moving after an earthquake two years ago.

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Exquisitely Preserved Mummies Discovered in One of Egypt's Largest Tombs

The tomb is so big that archaeologists have been excavating since the 19th century.

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Photos: Mummies Discovered in Tombs in Ancient Egyptian City

Archaeologists have discovered several mummies and sarcophagi in two separate tombs near Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt.

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Dads (Not Just Moms) Can Pass on Mitochondrial DNA, According to Provocative New Study

It's long been thought that people inherit mitochondrial DNA exclusively from their mothers. But a provocative new study suggests otherwise.

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Photos: The Ancient Ruins of Shivta in Southern Israel

Ancient Shivta in southern Israel was once part of a thriving group of desert cities on a trade route between the Mediterranean coast and the east of Arabia.

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145 Pilot Whales Found Dead on Remote New Zealand Beach. Nobody Knows Why.

Up to 145 pilot whales stranded on a remote New Zealand beach and no one knows why. All of the whales eventually died.

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Earliest Depiction of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered. Here's What It Shows.

Emma Maayan-Fanar was looking for shade from the desert sun when she saw the face of Jesus.

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6 Doctors Swallowed and Pooped Lego Minifigures So You Don't Have To

Here's how to poop a Lego for science.

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Sloths: The World's Slowest Mammals

Sloths spend most of their time sleeping and eating in the tropical rainforests of South and Central America.

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Gene-Edited Babies Reportedly Born in China. What Could Go Wrong?

A scientist claims to have edited the genes of human embryos, creating the first genetically-modified babies.

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Mars InSight Stuck the Landing. Here's the First Thing It Did.

InSight stuck the landing on Mars — here’s what happens after touchdown.

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Touchdown on Mars! NASA's InSight Lands to Peer Inside the Red Planet

NASA's InSight lander touched down safely on the Martian surface today (Nov. 26), pulling off the first successful Red Planet landing since the Curiosity rover's arrival in August 2012.

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Twitter Erupts with Mars Madness As Lander Touches Down Safely on Red Planet

Bam, just like that, the Mars InSight lander plops onto the surface of its new home. Here's what Twitter had to say about the momentous landing.

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Cyber Monday Deals on DNA Kits: Here's What These Tests Might Tell You

What can you expect from DNA kits that are on sale on Cyber Monday?

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Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'?

Are marsquakes the same as earthquakes?

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Everything ThinkGeek Is 50% Off Today!

Pehaps the best site on the Internet for finding cool science-y gifts that are unique and imaginative, ThinkGeek is going all out it seems for Cyber Monday.

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The 11 Biggest Unanswered Questions About Dark Matter

Physicists remain unsure about what exactly dark matter is and if it actually exists.

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No, Mars InSight Won't Be Searching for Alien Life. Here's What It IS Looking For.

Is there life on Mars? Even if there is, InSight won't tell us.

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Scientists Wrote an Equation to Find the Funniest Word in English. The Results Will Make You Fart.

The results will make you giggle, fart, poop and cluck.

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Mars Insight Photos: A Timeline to Landing on the Red Planet

The Mars lander has been making its way to the Red Planet since its launch on May 5, 2018. And on Nov. 26, the three-legged robot will make its final plunge, called 6 minutes of terror, onto the alien surface. There it will begin operations…

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Why NASA's Mars InSight Landing Zone Is a Big Weird Oval

It has everything to do with the tricky, daunting way the probe will punch through to the surface.

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Journey to the Center of the Red Planet: NASA's InSight Lander to Reveal the Secrets Inside Mars

Mars is the second-most studied planet — only behind our own — but we know virtually nothing about its interior. That's about to change with NASA's InSight.

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Here's How to Watch the Insight Landing on Mars on Monday

In a few days, humanity will once again reach out and touch the surface of a foreign world.

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Why Do I Get Sore Days After I’ve Worked Out?

Many of us have experienced the burning, aching, jelly-leg feeling that creeps in hours, or even days, after exercise. But where does it come from and why does it always show up a couple days after intense or new workouts?

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The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.

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Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

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.

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Many Kids Are Given Probiotics for Stomach Bugs. But They May Not Help At All.

Young children with intestinal infections don't appear to benefit from several commonly used probiotics.

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Get Ready for InSight Mars Landing's '6 Minutes of Terror'

When InSight lands on Mars, no one will see it in real time.

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Black Friday Deal: R2-D2 Action Figure Can Explore 'Star Wars' Galaxy

For Black Friday, Amazon is selling this app-enabled R2-D2 droid figure for its lowest price.

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Give the Gift of AncestryDNA at 40% Off

Need a gift for a special someone who seems to have everything? Or perhaps a friend or partner who is interested in their ancestors or just in history? AncestryDNA may be the perfect holiday present.

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See Spectacular Lunar Mission Images in 3D (Photos)

New book "Mission Moon: 3D" presents the history of NASA's Apollo missions, with 3D photographs.

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See the Apollo Moon Missions Like Astronauts Did — In 3D

Stereo 3D brings new depth to archival images of the Apollo missions to the moon.

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Black Friday Deal: 23andMe DNA Test - Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Service

Go beyond your family tree to uncover ancestry markers in your DNA, with a genetic testing kit that you can use at home.

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Black Friday Deals: Best Gifts for Science Geeks

Here's a look at some of Live Science's favorite Amazon Black Friday deals for that science geek in your life, from a curious child to a spouse who can't get enough of the Discovery Channel.

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Black Friday 2018 Deal: littleBits Marvel Avengers Hero Inventor Kit

The STEM toy company littleBits has a Black Friday 2018 deal just might perfect for your little superhero: The Marvel Avengers Hero Inventor Kit, but you better act fast. Amazon is offering the STEM kit at a deep discount for today only.

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Can You Get a Sunburn in Winter?

Here's a case for wearing sunscreen 365 days a year.

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Black Friday Deals: Amazon's Best Science Toys for Kids

If you have a little paleontologist, a star-gazer or a budding chemist, one of these science-inspired toys may be right for your child. Here's a look at some of the best STEM deals for kids.

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Weighted Blankets: How They Work

Weighted blankets are touted for helping people to calm down, and sleep better. But do they really live up to these claims?

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The Real Reason the Pilgrims Survived

The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking at New Plymouth would have likely failed.

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Can Lip Balm Make Your Chapped Lips Worse?

Dry, chapped lips are itchy and painful, but repeatedly applying lip balms and products may not help your case.

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Creepy 'Smiling' Worm Pulled from Bottom of the Sea

Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov has a habit of pulling ghoulish and bizarre creatures from the deep sea.

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Your 'Fat-Toothed' Relative May Not Make It for Thanksgiving. He Vanished from Earth 300 Million Years Ago.

Although it may look like a dinosaur, a newly identified sail-backed reptile that lived 300 million years ago is actually more closely related to humans, a new study finds.

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Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops

A dead sperm whale had more than 100 plastic cups, plastic bags, flip flops and other pieces of plastic in its stomach when it was found rotting on a beach in Indonesia.

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Here's How Smoke from California Wildfires Affects the Human Body

Experts say that the biggest health danger from the smoke comes from the particulate matter that it contains.

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What Do Shrink-Wrapped Thanksgiving Turkeys and the Higgs Boson Have in Common?

Both can be made using the power of particle accelerators.

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No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.

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The Strange History of the Turkey Tail

The fate of turkey tails shows how Americans have shifted from eating whole animals to focusing on choice cuts – and the surprising places where unwanted parts end up.

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Infectious 'Prions' Found in the Eyes of Patients with Fatal Brain Disease

People with the rare and fatal brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) show signs of the disease in their eyes, according to a new study.

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950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power.

Unlike other Martian cloud structures that seem to poof in and out of existence, this one has staying power.

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Mom's Phone Call Helps Uncover Oldest Long-Necked Dinosaur on Record

Not only is the beast the oldest sauropodomorph, but it had the longest neck ever.

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Ugh, When Our Sun Blows Up It's Probably Gonna Get Sand Everywhere

A new study reveals the origin of silica, and how a bunch of old supernovas got it all over everything.

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Ochre: The World's First Red Paint

Artists have used ochre — a naturally occurring pigment that has hues ranging from yellow to red to purple-brown — to paint for hundreds of thousands of years.

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Don't Eat Romaine Lettuce... Again

It's happening again: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans to avoid romaine lettuce.

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4 Infant Botulism Cases Linked to Honey-Dipped Pacifiers

The FDA warns caregivers not to give honey to infants younger than 12-months

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Turkeys 'Peas' and 'Carrots' Get a Presidential Pardon. How Did This Thanksgiving Tradition Start?

Why do American presidents pardon Thanksgiving turkeys?

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536 Was a Garbage Year for Mankind (So Give 2018 a Break)

Worst. Year. EVER.

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What Is Brain Freeze?

What is happening when something as lovely as ice cream causes such awful pain?

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Aspirin Can Help Your Heart. Omega-3s Might. But Together? Maybe Not.

Aspirin and Omega-3 both help the heart — but maybe not together

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MDMA Makes People More Cooperative... But That Doesn't Mean More Trusting

A new study from England suggests that the drug makes people more cooperative, but only with those who are deemed trustworthy.

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These Ancient Termite Mounds Are As Old As the Egyptian Pyramids. And They're Visible from Space.

Around the same time the ancient Egyptians were building their mighty pyramids, tiny termites were digging through the earth, creating giant mounds in Brazil that still exist today and are so massive, they're visible from space, according to a new study.

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Half of the Year's Rain Falls on Earth in Just 12 Days

Extreme precipitation will be more likely in a warming world.

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Middle East Looters Turn to Spirit Possession to Find Gold Treasure

Some looters are turning to spirits called "jinn" in their hunt for gold treasure.

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Ancient Skeletons of Woman and Fetus Hint at Childbirth Death 3,700 Years Ago

Archaeologists in Egypt recently unearthed a grim discovery: skeletons of a pregnant woman and her fetus.

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What Is Chickenpox? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Chickenpox is a viral infection that's easily prevented by a highly effective vaccine.

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What Is Chickenpox? Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Chickenpox is a viral infection that's easily prevented by a highly effective vaccine.

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What Is Virotherapy?

Viruses are now being developed to attack cancer cells. Here's how they work.

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This Spinning, Snakelike Star System Might Blast Gamma Rays into the Milky Way When It Dies

Astronomers found a star system in our galaxy that could produce a gamma-ray burst — one of the brightest and most energetic events in the universe.

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Scientists Finally Know How Wombat Butts Make Cube-Shaped Poops

These marsupials have especially talented poop-cubing butts. And a team of physicists figured out how they work.

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'Ravenous, Hairy Ogre' Microbe May Represent Entirely New Branch on the Tree of Life

Who needs aliens, when there are plenty of bizarre life forms still to be discovered in Canada?

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There's Something Hot Hidden Under East Antarctica

Scientists aren't sure precisely what it is.

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First-Ever All-Female Antarctic Expedition Busts Women's Endurance Myth

Women who trekked across Antarctica in the first-ever all-female expedition broke more than gender norms — they also busted this gender myth.

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Are These Earth's Oldest Fossils of Life? Dispute Has E.T. Implications

Rocks found at Isua in Greenland may contain the oldest fossils of life on Earth, but not everyone agrees.

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Why Don't Animals Turn into Zombies in 'The Walking Dead'?

Animals do not turn into zombies — only humans do. At least, that seems to be the rule in AMC's sci-fi zombie thriller, "The Walking Dead."

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Divers Surprised by Gorgeous 'Feather Boa' of the Sea. And the Video Is Glorious.

An undulating ribbon of silver surprised divers near northern New Zealand in October — but not so much that they couldn't get it on video.

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How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?

Nut-obsessed squirrels might be smarter than you think.

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Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System

Going, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.

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The 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend! Here's What to Expect

Come early Sunday morning (Nov. 18), the famous Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak, with lesser numbers expected on the preceding and following mornings.

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California's Deadliest Fire Is Seen Engulfing Paradise in 'Astonishing' Satellite Images

Only 4 hours after it started, the Camp Fire was ravaging Paradise, California.

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Warmer, Wetter Than Usual Winter Headed for Much of US

Just over half of the United States has no need to fear a frigid, frozen winter in the coming months — instead, they'll likely experience a warmer and wetter winter than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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Shocked Squirrel and Shy Owl Shine in Wildlife Comedy Photos

Who says wildlife isn't funny?

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See Wildlife's Sillier Side, Captured by Photo Contest Finalists

Whimsical images showcase wild animals in unintentionally hilarious poses.

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European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws

Why did the European Space Agency create a whole bunch of fake moon dust and use it to 3D print small screws, gears and even a fake coin?

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Bubbles: Sure, They Look Innocent, But They Can Be Bacteria-Spreading Menaces

Innocent-looking bubbles can serve as a launching pad to spread bacteria from water into the air, according to a new study.

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Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys 'Go Rouge,' Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells

Miniature kidneys produced in the lab were hiding something from the researchers that grew them.

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Coffee Tastes Bitter, So Why Do People Drink It?

It may sound counterintuitive, but people who are supersensitive to coffee's bitter taste actually drink more of it, a new study finds.

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Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti

Newfound cave paintings from the ice age were obscured for centuries by graffiti.

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Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) in Your Brain

In the latest example of bacteria being "literally everywhere," scientists appear to have found evidence of microbes living harmlessly in our brains.

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In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in California

Wildfires raging in Northern California are now considered the deadliest the state has ever endured. Here's a look at the fires and the destruction left behind.

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Einstein Letter Warns of German Anti-Semitism 10 Years Before Nazis' Rise to Power

Einstein warned of fascism and anti-Semitism 10 years before the Nazis rose to power.

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Paris-Size Crater Found Hidden Under Greenland Ice

Earth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the evidence of all that geologic drama.

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Oldest Known Footprints in Grand Canyon Were Left by Mysterious, Sideways-Walking Reptile

About 315 million years ago — long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth — an early reptile scuttled along in a strangely sideways jaunt, leaving its tiny footprints embedded in the landscape, new research finds.

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Do Not Fear the Dark Matter Hurricane (The Dark Matter Hurricane Is Good)

Scientists think there's a 'dark matter hurricane' coming, but it's definitely not going to kill you. It's actually kind of exciting.

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What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work?

A computed tomography (CT) scan is a quick and painless way to diagnose an injury, abnormality or disease.

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The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans

A new study raises questions about the water cycle of the deep Earth.

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Newly Uncovered Greek City May Be Legendary Home of 'Trojan War' Prisoners

The ancient city dates back to between 300 B.C. and A.D. 400.

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Climate Change Made Recent Hurricanes Wetter. And They May Get Worse.

Rainfall in some of the biggest storms in recent years was fueled by climate change.

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Scientists Are '99 Percent' Sure There's a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Our Solar System

Scientists think there's a giant new planet full of frozen water, and it's right down the cosmic street from Earth.

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Where Are All the Aliens? 'Out There' Book Excerpt

In 'Out There' (Grand Central Publishing, 2018), Space.com senior writer Mike Wall tackles the search for alien life from many different angles and discusses humanity's drive to get off its natal rock. Read an excerpt from the new book here.

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Low-Carb Diets May Burn More Calories

Keeping weight off may be about more than just "calories in and calories out."

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Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms

A paper published in 2017 appeared to show a limited quantum effect in bacteria. Now scientists argue that something much weirder happened.

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Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.

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Show-Off Bobcat Walks in Front of Tourists with a Dead Iguana Dangling from Its Mouth

This iguana never stood a chance.

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This Octogenarian Is the Oldest Fish in Captivity. And She Likes Belly Rubs.

The world's oldest fish lives a comfortable life at the Steinhart Aquarium in California.

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Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal Poop

First humans, now seals: Microplastics are in everyone's digestive tract.

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Giant 'Pink Legacy' Diamond Fetches Over $44 Million at Auction

Do you have $45 million lying around? This "fancy vivid" diamond could be yours.

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How the Midnight Sun Gave This Man 'Rotten Zombie Skin'

A midnight sun can evoke many images, including those of an endless night and a beautiful, soft light — but a really awful sunburn probably isn't one of them.

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Biblical-Era Etchings of Ships Discovered in Israeli Desert

The carvings are realistically proportioned and show details consistent with the ship-building of the day.

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Photos: Biblical-Era Cistern and Carvings Discovered in Israel

A 2,000-year-old cistern in Israel has yielded carvings of ships and zoomorphs.

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Why You Can Blame Your Mom If You're Still Single

Traits passed down by Mom could explain your relationship patterns.

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Satellite Images Reveal North Korea's Missile Program Is Very Much Alive

North Korea's missile program has not actually been dismantled, according to a report published this weekend.

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Beneath Antarctica's Ice, Intriguing Evidence of Lost Continents

A new map reveals the ancient precursors to Antarctica.

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North America's Oldest Mummy Sheds Light on Ancient Migrations

A 10,600-year-old mummy found in Nevada is helping scientists fill in their fuzzy picture of how humans first migrated into the Americas.

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Ancient Monkey Transformed into a 'Sloth' When It Arrived in Jamaica

The extinct Jamaican monkey X. mcgregori mcgregori acted like a sloth and had hardly any teeth. It may have been a seafaring hero.

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Hundreds of Tiny Terracotta Warriors Found Guarding 2,100-Year-Old Chinese Site

They look like a miniaturized version of the Terracotta Army guarding the first emperor of China.

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Photos: Mini Terracotta Army Hidden in China Pit

A 2,100-year-old pit containing chariots and small ceramic sculptures of infantry, cavalry, watchtowers, musicians and servants has been discovered in China.

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'Move More and Sit Less': These Are the New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

After a decade, Americans have new physical activity guidelines to aim for — and officials hope the changes will get more people encouraged to get moving.

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Purrfect Photos: Cat Mummies and Wooden Cat Statues Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Burial Complex

Tens of cat mummies and around 100 wooden statues of cats were discovered near a pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt. The area seems to have been used for cat burials thousands of years ago.

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Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid

Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people.

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Scale of California's Deadly Camp Fire Shown in Satellite Photos

As wildfires continue to burn in California, new satellite photos show the sheer scale of the deadly Camp Fire that has devastated the state's northern town of Paradise.

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Keto, Mediterranean or Vegan: Which Diet Is Best for the Heart?

How do these three diets stack up against each other when it comes to heart health?

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Massive Solar Storm Detonated Hidden American Bombs During the Vietnam War, Navy Records Show

Researchers digging through naval records uncovered a strange and alarming consequence of a massive 1972 solar storm.

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How to Farm During a Zombie Apocalypse

Groceries stores are gone, and zombies want to eat you. How do you feed yourself and those around you?

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Both Bacteria and Viruses Can Cause Pneumonia, But One Is Much Worse for the Heart

Pneumonia caused by bacterial infections poses a much greater threat to the heart than pneumonia caused by viral infections, a new study suggests.

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Ship Traffic in the Now-Open Northwest Passage Endangers Narwhals, Other Unique Animals

Climate change is shrinking Arctic sea ice and opening the region to ship traffic. Whales, seals and other marine mammals could be at risk unless nations adopt rules to protect them.

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These Plant Chemicals Could Help Your Heart's Health

Drinking a cup of tea or eating a handful of berries a day may help protect against heart disease, a new study suggests.

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The 12 Biggest 'Little' Mysteries of Fall — Solved!

Here are the most intriguing "little" mysteries we've gathered about fall.

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Why Late-Night Eating May Hurt Your Heart

Sometimes the heart wants what it wants. But it's not late-night eating.

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Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?

A resonance theory of consciousness suggests that the way all matter vibrates, and the tendency for those vibrations to sync up, might be a way to answer the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness.

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10 of the Strangest Medical Studies (in Recent History, That Is)

Check out some of the strangest medical studies carried out in recent years.

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How to Watch a Near-Earth Asteroid Zoom Closer to Earth than the Moon

Three chunky asteroids are zooming by Earth this weekend, and one of them is getting closer to our planet than the moon itself.

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An American Might Win the World Chess Championship for the 1st Time Since Bobby Fischer

Will Fabiano Caruana of Brooklyn, New York, unseat the chess grandmaster?

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Huge Lakes Thought to Be Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice Seem to Have Vanished

Researchers thought there were large lakes under East Antarctica's Recovery Glacier. Now they can't find them.

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Can Injecting Millions of Stem Cells into the Brain Treat Parkinson's Disease?

A new experimental therapy for Parkinson's disease that involves injecting millions of special stem cells into the brain of patients with the condition is currently being tested in a clinical trial.

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Here's How Peru's Ancient People Survived in the Treacherous Andes

By about 7,000 years ago, ancient people who lived high in the Andes Mountains had developed bigger hearts and slightly higher blood pressure, among other adaptations, to better survive life at those treacherous heights, a new genetic analysis shows.

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Water Deep in Earth's Core May Come from Dust Swirling Around the Sun

The source of some of Earth's first water may be gas left over from the sun's birth.

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Here's Your Brain on Cirque du Soleil: Performers Spark Awe, Scans Show

What's happening in our brains when we feel a sense of awe?

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How Does the Experimental 'Vaccine' for Celiac Disease Work?

An experimental "vaccine" for celiac disease is set to be tested in a new clinical trial.

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Antarctica: The Ice-Covered Bottom of the World (Photos)

Here's a look at the southernmost continent, a place of extremes.

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Stephen Hawking's PhD Thesis, Wheelchair Sell in Multimillion-Dollar Auction

And Stephen Hawking's wheelchair just sold for nearly $400,000.

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Who Were the 1st Americans? 11,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals Clues

People genetically linked to the Clovis culture, one of the earliest continentwide cultures in North America, made it down to South America as far back as 11,000 years ago. Then they mysteriously vanished around 9,000 years ago, new research reveals.

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Emu and Donkey Fall in Love

A rescued emu and donkey in North Carolina seem to see each other as family.

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Bounty Hunter Kills Gargatuan Burmese Python, Gets $375, Earns Our Undying Gratitude

Nope. Nope. Nope.

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RBG's Broken Ribs: Why Is Breaking Bones Dangerous for Older Adults?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital after falling and breaking three ribs. But why are broken bones and other fall-related injuries so worrisome for older adults?

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What Does Sadness Look Like in the Brain?

Feelings of sadness or anxiety might be linked to increased "chitchat" between two areas of the brain

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Not Just the Flu: Gonorrhea, Chicken Pox Also Go Through Seasons

You probably know when flu season happens, but what about chicken-pox season or gonorrhea season?

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Here's How Much the Earth Weighs in 'Ghostly' Neutrinos

As neutrinos pass through the planet, they offer new information on what it looks like inside.

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Here's the Time of Day When You Burn the Most Calories

Your body's internal clock plays a role not only when you're most alert and sleepy, but also when you burn the most calories, a new study finds.

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How the 'Ghostly' Image of a Sunken Plane Wound Up on Google Earth

Don't worry, the plane is not really underwater.

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NASA Figures Out Where Weirdly Square Iceberg Was Born

NASA went back and looked at how that weirdly square iceberg formed. What they found surprised them.

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The House Science Committee Is Back in Democrat's Control: What That Means for Science

House Committee on Science, Space and Technology may now actually advance...science?

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What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition that involves chronic inflammation in all or part of the digestive tract.

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World's Oldest Animal Drawing, Discovered in Borneo Cave, Is a Weird Cow Beast

A 40,000-year-old painting of a mysterious, wild cow-like beast discovered in a Borneo cave is the oldest human-made drawing of an animal on record, a new study finds.

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Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal the Shape of Wormholes

Wormholes are usually illustrated as gaping gravity wells linked by a narrow tunnel, but their precise shape has been unknown — until now.

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Watching People Beatbox in an MRI Machine Will Blow Your Mind

Beatboxers create sounds that "don't exist in any known language," new research reveals. And it looks awesome.

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Delicious or Disgusting? Odd Museum Serves Up Sheep Eyeballs and Frog Smoothies

Could you stomach soup made from a stomach?

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15 'Disgusting' Foods Will Have Your Taste Buds Begging for Mercy

What are the most revolting foods on the planet? You'll find 80 of them at the Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden.

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Embalmed Heads Hanging Around a Horse's Neck: That's How Ancient Celts Showed Off

The ancient Celts took boasting of their conquests to an extreme.

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What Is Salmonella?

Salmonella causes an unpleasant bacterial infection that usually occurs after the person consumes a contaminated food or beverage. Although the symptoms are miserable, most people recover quickly with hydration and rest.

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Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow

An eerie, marmalade-colored light show made Earth look like a gigantic orange lollipop early this morning (Nov. 7), prompting an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to snap a photo of it to share with Earthlings down below.

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15 Incredible Places on Earth That Are Frozen in Time

These are places where time stands still.

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Ancient Ceremonial Complexes Revealed in World's Driest Desert

Infant burials and stone monuments were found at these ceremonial complexes in the Atacama Desert.

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Earth's Smallest Ape Weighed 8 lbs., Lived 12.5 Million Years Ago

The remains of the smallest ape ever known to walk the Earth may have been discovered in the hills of Kenya, scientists say.

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Did a Conspiracy Rob These Treasure Hunters of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Florida Shipwreck Artifacts?

A legal battle between a maritime salvage company and the state of Florida could have implications for some of the oldest European artifacts in the U.S.

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Check Your Cake Mix: Duncan Hines Recalls Several Products Because They May Contain Salmonella

Some varieties of Duncan Hines instant cake mix are being recalled because they may contain a not-so-tasty ingredient: Salmonella.

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Harvard Scientists Say Aliens May Explain Bizarre Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua (But Probably Not)

Does oddball space object 'Oumuamua's weird acceleration hint at alien origins?

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T. Rex Turned Like a Ballerina from a Slow-Motion Nightmare

Most people don't think of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex as having the grace of a pirouetting ballerina or the poise of a spinning figure skater, but new research indicates that the dinosaur king was quite good at turning to pounce on prey.

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

People who experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) exhibit excessive anxiety and worry about multiple events or activities most days of the week.

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A Longer Life May Not Be in Your Genes

Long life spans tend to run in families, a phenomenon that's often attributed to people's genes. But a new, large study questions that.

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Italian Physicists Wrote a 'Perfect Pizza' Equation, Because Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Italian physicists wrote a "perfect pizza" equation, because we all need this right now.

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Scientists Want to Use Lasers to Guide Aliens to Earth. What Could Go Wrong??

Researchers at MIT just found that humanity could build a laser that could signal an extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Remains of Nazi 'Flying Bombs' Uncovered in British Woods

Archaeologists have excavated the exploded remains of a German V1 "flying bomb" that crashed in a forest near London in 1944.

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Photos: The Flying Bombs of Nazi Germany

Near the end of World War II, Germany launched thousands of what it called "retaliation weapons" or flying bombs at London. Here's a look at the buzz bombs and the destruction they wrought.

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The Inca Empire

Many ancient Inca traditions continue to be appreciated and are carried out today by their decedents.

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'Male' Octopus Hatches 10,000 Teensy Babies in Surprise Birth

Sit back, clear your mind, and let this imagery sink in: "buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny octopi."

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Man Dies 8 Years After Swallowing a Live Slug That Left Him Paralyzed

Swallowing a live garden slug led to a serious parasitic infection for an Australian teen.

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I Took 9 Different Commercial DNA Tests and Got 6 Different Results

Experts explained that the companies aren't really doing science, so it's not surprising that they produce different results.

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No Evidence Russian Engineer Stabbed Antarctica Colleague for Spoiling Book Endings

However, tension at the isolated research station did erupt in violence, landing one man in the hospital and the other in police custody.

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New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine

A supercomputer that "thinks" like a brain can simulate neural activity in real time.

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'Broken-Heart' Syndrome Is Real. This Complication Makes It Deadly.

People who experience a rare condition known as "broken-heart syndrome" need immediate medical attention, but often make a quick recovery.

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The Seafloor Is Dissolving Away. And Humans Are to Blame.

Climate change reaches all the way to the bottom of the sea.

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After a Zombie Apocalypse, Here Are 9 Keys to Rebuilding a Civilization

Do you know what it takes to rebuild a civilization, after the undead have wreaked havoc?

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What Was the World's 1st Cyberattack?

In November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris wrote a program that would travel from computer to computer and ask each machine to send a signal back to a control server, which would keep count.

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SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.

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College Athlete Dies of Rare Bacterial Illness Called 'Forgotten Disease'

A college student-athlete in Kanas died suddenly from a rare bacterial infection after thinking her symptoms were due to tonsillitis.

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How Did People Wake Up Before Alarm Clocks?

How did people wake up before the invention of modern alarm clocks?

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Help Put a Scientist's Face on the UK's New £50 Bill!

Pardon me, do you have change for a Hawking?

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Glaciers Created a Huge 'Flour' Dust Storm in Greenland

If you're in Greenland and a strange cloud darkens the sky, that cloud might be made up of something scientists call "glacier flour."

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Dirty Jokes in Latrine Mosaics Entertained Ancient Romans

Floor mosaics with explicit content were found inside a Roman latrine in Turkey.

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Best Science Gifts for Kids

Elementary-age kids love to ask questions, so why not stoke their curiosity with some stellar gifts?

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Scientists Create Rare Fifth Form of Matter in Space for the First Time Ever

It's the weirdest, least-understood state of matter in the universe.

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A Gurgling Mud Pool Is Creeping Across Southern California Like a Geologic Poltergeist

A mysterious, bubbling mud geyser is on the move in southern California, flitting dangerously close to railroad tracks, Highway 111 and some very expensive optic cables like a geologic poltergeist, according to news sources.

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Can 'Microdosing' 'Shrooms Expand Your Creativity? Scientists Are Trying to Find Out.

Small doses of psychedelics could unlock creative thinking.

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Photos: Ghostly Dumbo Octopus Dances In the Deep Sea

Images of a graceful deep-sea dumbo octopus captured by the ROV Hercules.

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Why You Shouldn't Worry About the New Study Linking Cellphones to Cancer

Unless you're a male rat.

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The US Shot Down a Fake Nuclear Missile in Space with Another Missile (Video)

It was the second-ever success for the joint missile defense program, and a stunning technological accomplishment.

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Massive, 5,655-Carat 'Lion Emerald' Unearthed in Africa

The massive emerald weighs about as much as an adult human brain.

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Facts About Hippos

Hippos are giant creatures that spend most of their lives in the water, but they don't actually swim. They can still kill you, though.

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Meet the Rare and Fabulous Felines of 'Super Cats' (Photos)

Wild cats are among the most diverse and successful predators on Earth.

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Adorable, Remorseless Killing Machine Is World's Deadliest Cat

The deadliest cat in the world isn't a lion, leopard or tiger.

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What Is Cellulitis?

Cellulitis is a common infection caused by bacteria that normally live harmlessly on the surface of our skin and enter the body through a cut or wound. If the skin infection is not treated quickly, it can lead to serious complications.

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Cancer Risk May Increase with Height for a Simple Reason

The taller you are, the greater your risk of cancer may be, a new study finds.

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The Best Gifts for Teens Who Love Science

If a teen in your life is a big old science nerd, or just loves thinking and learning, we've got some great gift ideas to suggest.

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The Appendix May Be Linked to Parkinson's Disease. But Don't Run Out and Have Surgery.

Those clumps of proteins that are a telltale sign of Parkinson's? Yeah, you have a lot of those in your appendix.

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Schadenfreude May Come in 3 Flavors, Some Meaner Than Others

People enjoy the misery of others for a few different reasons.

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This Coffin-Shaped Iceberg Is Drifting Toward Death

An astronaut snapped a photo of this big, old chunk of ice, which is finally on its way to die.

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Smoketree Photos: The Ghosts of the North American Desert

The Desert Smoketree is a ghostly looking resident of the southwest deserts of North America that often looks more dead than alive.

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Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday (So You Get 1 More Hour of Sleep)

This Sunday, people across the United States can luxuriate in an extra hour of sleep as daylight saving time comes to an end.

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A Deadly, Fast-Spreading Form of Super-Ice Could Be Killing Off Alien Life-Forms

Ice that forms at a speed faster than sound could be ripping life on alien planets to shreds before it even has a chance to get going.

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Black Holes Can Raise the Cosmic Dead

The Goldilocks of black holes can resurrect dead stars before killing them again.

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