Hawaii is turning ocean plastic into roads to fight pollution
The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads. The roads are then tested for microplastic pollution.
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Mummified reptile hints at the origins of how we breathe
A cave preserved two animals’ rib cages, cartilage and even traces of protein, revealing a flexible breathing apparatus like that of today’s land dwellers.
Experiments Ring the ‘Death Knell’ for Sterile Neutrinos
Neutrinos have about as little influence as a particle can have. They have essentially no heft, no electric charge, and no “color” charge. As a
How to see Comet PanSTARRS as it brightens in the night sky this week
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) could be visible to the naked eye in the predawn sky after April 13 as it makes a close approach to
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s ‘biologically implausible’ infection led her to sneeze ‘worms’ out of her nose
Doctors reported a highly unusual case of parasitic fly infection in a woman in Greece.
‘In every continent where humans are present, water bankruptcy is manifesting itself’: Exiled Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani on our desperate need to preserve our most precious resource
Live Science spoke with Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize
The Artemis II crew saw parts of the moon never seen before. Here’s what they said
The astronauts on Artemis II observed parts of the moon humans had never seen before. Their findings provide a scientific baseline — and sense of
What the Artemis II mission might mean for the future of lunar research
NASA’s Artemis II crew is on their way home. What will the mission mean for the future of lunar research? Astronomer and professor Jack Burns
A 500 million year old fossil could change what we understand about spiders
Pincers found on a tiny fossil that lived 500 million years ago could change how scientists understand the origin of spiders.
‘They are literally everywhere’: The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the world
Live Science spoke with Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist and author of the book “They Poisoned The World,” about one of the greatest corporate scandals
World’s fattest parrot — on the verge of extinction 30 years ago — has record-breaking breeding season
Conservationists are celebrating the 105th kākāpō chick to hatch during the 2026 breeding season — the highest number reported since such records began 30 years
Deadly, vivid-green mass sprawls across South African reservoir — Earth from space
A 2022 satellite photo shows a thick mat of blooming algae and invasive aquatic plants spreading across the surface of the reservoir at South Africa’s
The ‘oldest fossil octopus’ is probably another animal
In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be a half-rotten nautilus.
