Category: Science

Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.

A versatile wildlife lens with lots of reach for your money, but is the maximum aperture a dealbreaker for low-light wildlife photography?

Live Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about “digital twins” and the development of an autonomous device for acute cardiac care.

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries — from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

Earth’s continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, food security and water availability.

U.S.-based researchers detail how their work has been disrupted by funding cuts and policy changes ushered by the second Trump administration.

The year’s top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to stars can have atmospheres.

Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.

Data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory come together in this eye-catching photo of colliding spiral galaxies released on Dec. 1

A 2021 astronaut photo shows a triple valley system in Argentina’s Los Glaciares National Park where a massive climate-resilient glacier, a pristine turquoise lake and

James Riordan’s new book will help readers wrap their heads around this mysterious, fundamental force of nature.