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'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast www.livescience.com/animals/whal...
'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
A camera drone captured extraordinarily rare footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the Australian coast.
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Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible www.livescience.com/physics-math...
Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible
Researchers designed a material that can independently control how it absorbs and emits heat, and it even retains those settings once the power is turned off.
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Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years www.livescience.com/chemistry/br...
Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years
Thousands of skeletal human remains have been discovered with their brain tissue unexpectedly intact. Now, a team of scientists may have finally figured out why.
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'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'Darwin’s hypothesis provided an important inspiration': Scientists bolster 150-year-old Darwinian theory with a carnivorous plant in China
Researchers have confirmed that a plant native to alpine regions in southwest China is carnivorous, supporting a Darwinian theory from 1875.
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A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when. www.livescience.com/space/the-mo...
A SpaceX rocket will hit the moon at 5,000 mph tonight. Experts explain what you could see, and when.
An upcoming collision of a Falcon 9 rocket part with the moon may be visible from Earth with telescopes, new research suggests. Here's what scientists and skywatchers are hoping to see.
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Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researcher says www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Super El Niño may push an already stressed climate ecosystem across a critical threshold, climate change researcher says
Live Science spoke with climate change researcher Jong-Seong Kug about how a super El Niño could cause lasting damage to our world.
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World's highest frozen lake shatters along disputed border between China and India — Earth from space www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
World's highest frozen lake shatters along disputed border between China and India — Earth from space
A 2024 astronaut photo shows the icy surface of Pangong Lake breaking apart in the lofty Tibetan Plateau. The point where the ice meets the water almost perfectly matches a disputed border between China and India.
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Scientists uncover big clue as to how Antarctica's mysterious Blood Falls came to be www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Scientists uncover big clue as to how Antarctica's mysterious Blood Falls came to be
Brine that feeds the gruesome-looking Blood Falls in East Antarctica may have been emplaced when sea levels were higher than they are now, a new study says.
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'Poop pills' may ease insomnia by reprogramming the gut microbiome, early study hints www.livescience.com/health/sleep...
'Poop pills' may ease insomnia by reprogramming the gut microbiome, early study hints
Reprogramming the gut microbiome with fecal microbiota transplants could reduce the amount of time people with insomnia spend awake.
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Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
Researchers found the remains of a Roman camp from 39 B.C. that was ambushed by locals in what's now Catalonia, Spain.
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Aspen trees provide a natural buffer against wildfires, even as fire season intensifies, study shows www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Rock crystal scraper: 45,000-year-old Neanderthal tool that shows they had an 'eye for beauty of form and color' www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Rock crystal scraper: 45,000-year-old Neanderthal tool that shows they had an 'eye for beauty of form and color'
A chance find of rare rock crystal tools a century ago paved the way for a better understanding of Neanderthals today.
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The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall? Unlock this exclusive feature with Live Science Pro 🔐 live-science.visitlink.me/fYlbZF
Total eclipse, shooting stars, and the Milky Way: Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years www.livescience.com/space/the-su...
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Science news this week: Secret lives of whale sharks revealed, Earth's coldest temperature registered, and Amazonian geoglyphs show clues to lost civilization www.livescience.com/animals/scie...
Secret lives of whale sharks and Amazonian geoglyphs reveal lost civilization
August 1, 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
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It's a running joke that a cure for type 1 diabetes is only five years away and has been for 50 years, but new stem cell trials and immune drugs hint that we're closer than ever. How close are we? Read the full article with Live Science Pro 🔐 live-science.visitlink.me/7m_8Pr
Crows are the smartest birds on Earth, and their surprising skills raise a question: How deep do the roots of mathematical thinking go? Find out more from this interview with animal researcher, Andreas Nieder. Read more with Live Science Pro today! 🔐 shorturl.at/KfH3v
'We are not giving up yet': Private mission to rescue NASA's Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it www.livescience.com/space/space-...
'We are not giving up yet': Private mission to rescue NASA's Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it
Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is recovering from an unexpected spin in orbit, and will need a little more time to rescue NASA's falling Swift observatory.
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IBM scientists claim they've achieved 'quantum advantage' — and they've dared others to prove them wrong www.livescience.com/technology/q...
IBM scientists claim they've achieved 'quantum advantage' — and they've dared others to prove them wrong
Using IBM's quantum computer, scientists say they have shown in three different experiments that quantum computers can outpace classical machines in useful computations.
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Insects pollinate crops, recycle nutrients and underpin ecosystems we depends on. But populations are declining, raising an increasingly urgent question: What happens to global food supplies if we can't stop the losses? Read more with Live Science pro 🔐 live-science.visitlink.me/dX5I2F
In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars www.livescience.com/space/in-a-c...
In a cosmic first, astronomers detect 2 sibling supernovas that came from a pair of bound stars
Astronomers have identified a supernova remnant beside the well-known Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), and evidence suggests both are the wreckage of two stars that once orbited each other before exploding separately.
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Scientists discover 2 new 'ghost' lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Scientists discover 2 new 'ghost' lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans
A new method of analyzing modern humans' DNA is revealing secrets about our extinct ancestors.
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Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they'd never seen before www.livescience.com/animals/shar...
Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they'd never seen before
Animal-borne cameras have revealed that the world's largest fish spends far more time feeding below the surface than scientists realized.
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500-year-old Inca mummies prove that European colonists brought devastating smallpox to the Americas www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave
Two newly discovered bird carvings reveal early humans' keen eye for artistry in the ice age world 40,000 years ago.
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A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of viruses www.livescience.com/health/virus...
A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of viruses
Researchers found that vesper bats use two separate sets of genes to build antibodies — a rare evolutionary quirk that may give them different ways to fight infection.
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Is seeing still believing? AI-generated content is blurring the lines of truth. Join Live Science Pro to read this exclusive feature 🔐 www.livescience.com/technology/a...
