NASA spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid — Space photo of the week
On its way to a metal asteroid, NASA’s Psyche probe tested its cameras as it got a gravity assist from the Red Planet.
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Catapult the cow! 6 medieval castles that were never conquered
Many medieval castles were formidable stone fortifications. Live Science takes a look at six that were never conquered.
‘We can identify these really early, before the clinical diagnosis’: Epigenetic markers may help explain why Native Hawaiians are aging faster
Live Science spoke with Alika Maunakea, an Native Hawaiian epigeneticist, about how epigenetics underpins health disparities between Native Hawaiians and others in Hawaii.
China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world
China’s Tianzhou-10 mission just delivered embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to the Tiangong space station. Experiments could shed light on how radiation and
How did animals survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
It helped to have a number of features to aid survival following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the lenticular galaxy, NGC 1266. This enigmatic post-starburst galaxy has a bright center and a face that hints
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality.
Generative AI is destroying the baseline assumption that photographs bear some causal connection to reality. That’s bad news for democracy.
DNA sequencing is rewriting our understanding of historic outbreaks, but it can’t tell the whole story
Techniques for analyzing DNA have advanced, enabling scientists to better understand disease outbreaks throughout history.
The planet may become too hot for rice to be cultivated in many areas it currently exists
A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before.
The science of us
Editor in chief Nancy Shute introduces a new social sciences column that explores what it means to be human.
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Starship
Levoit Sprout Evaporative Humidifier review: A great addition to nurseries and toddlers’ rooms
The Levoit Sprout Evaporative Humidifier is quiet, easy to clean and effective at combating dry air — and it has a built-in night light, too.
Science news this week: Laotian ‘death jar’, climate change threatens rice crops, and an asthma drug treats tough cancer
May 23, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
How hot is Earth’s core?
What’s the temperature in Earth’s core, and how did we figure that out?