Giant, milky-green vortex swirls across massive 'cryptodepression' lake in Southern Europe — Earth from space
Tuesday July 21st, 2026 07:00:00 AM Harry Baker A 2020 astronaut photo shows a massive, milky-green vortex in Lake Skadar, which lies on the border between Montenegro and Albania.
The bacteria behind gum disease may also harm your heart valves, early research suggests
Monday July 20th, 2026 08:15:00 PM Isha Ishtiaq A bacterium linked to gum disease may contribute to heart valve disease by setting off inflammation that can lead to calcium buildup.
Mysterious 'little red dots' at the beginning time may finally have an explanation, thanks to newfound 'little blue companions'
Monday July 20th, 2026 05:39:41 PM Ivan Farkas Astronomers may have found an unexpected origin for the mysterious "little red dots" that appear to be so common in James Webb Space Telescope surveys of the early universe.
British vial of smallpox scabs triggered the devastating 1789 outbreak among Indigenous Australians, study finds
Monday July 20th, 2026 12:15:00 PM Tom Metcalfe It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new modeling study has the likely answer.
'We were genuinely surprised': 'Superworms' can clean extremely delicate skeletons lickety-split, and that's a game changer for museums
Monday July 20th, 2026 11:00:00 AM Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Biologists Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared tell Live Science how beetle larvae could be repurposed from pet food to a cleaner for museums and laboratories.
Mummy mask with wig: A 1,000-year-old 'false head' found in Peru that was crafted with real human hair and toxic red cinnabar
Monday July 20th, 2026 10:00:00 AM Kristina Killgrove Stylized masks like this one adorned pre-Inca mummies in Peru hundreds of years ago.
Science word of the day: Heliosphere
Monday July 20th, 2026 08:00:00 AM Stephanie Pappas What does 'heliosphere' mean?
Can Ozempic prevent or treat cancer? It's way too soon to say, an expert cautions
Sunday July 19th, 2026 07:00:00 PM Ziyad Al-Aly Excitement around the idea that GLP-1 drugs can prevent cancer is running well ahead of the evidence, an expert explains.
'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever
Sunday July 19th, 2026 01:00:00 PM Olivia Maule Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.
Decorated wild-boar tusk found in Russia may have been medieval warrior's good-luck charm
Sunday July 19th, 2026 12:30:00 PM Margherita Bassi A 12th-century wild-boar tusk found in Russia may be a warrior's amulet.
Cells from your mother likely infiltrated your brain in the womb, and they could survive for decades, study reveals
Sunday July 19th, 2026 11:00:00 AM Clarissa Brincat Maternal cells that infiltrate children's brains during pregnancy take on different jobs in the brain and may persist into old age.
James Webb telescope uses trippy Einstein prediction to probe the farthest reaches of the universe — Space photo of the week
Sunday July 19th, 2026 10:00:00 AM Brandon Specktor The James Webb telescope peers through a warped bubble of space-time to study galaxies from the first billion years after the Big Bang.
What's the oldest weapon in the world?
Sunday July 19th, 2026 09:00:00 AM Isabel Gil There are a few contenders for the world's oldest weapon, and one is over 400,000 years old.
Science word of the day: Autotroph
Sunday July 19th, 2026 08:00:00 AM Stephanie Pappas What does 'autotroph' mean?
Not a housekeeper, but a 'vilica': The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historians
Saturday July 18th, 2026 03:00:00 PM Tamara Lewit Women on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil — and profits. Historians dismissed them as ‘housekeepers’
'A dangerous proposition': How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the future
Saturday July 18th, 2026 12:50:58 PM Mona Sloane In this excerpt from "Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life," author Mona Sloane examines how artificial intelligence is reconfiguring our understanding of the world and how we imagine the future.
'Fireball' meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from an ancient proto-planet, study finds
Saturday July 18th, 2026 12:00:00 PM Elizabeth Howell Amino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.
Science news this week: Gold tongues discovered in tombs, sugar found in space, a new monkey identified in the Congolian rainforest, and ancient impact crater 'geoguessed' by an amateur astronomer
Saturday July 18th, 2026 11:00:00 AM Ben Turner July 18, 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
What is the roundest animal?
Saturday July 18th, 2026 09:00:00 AM Katherine Irving It's fairly uncommon to find a spherical creature, although they're more common in the sea than on land. So which one is the roundest?
Science word of the day: Neuroplasticity
Saturday July 18th, 2026 08:00:00 AM Stephanie Pappas What does 'neuroplasticity' mean?