An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Networks into View
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. One Tuesday in June 2025, a white Chevy Suburban set off down the northernmost highway in North
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‘A cure on the horizon’: Are we finally close to ending type 1 diabetes?
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
‘They could spend 4 or 5 hours per day underwater’: How humans adapted to the most challenging environments
In the book “Adaptable,” evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer explores human biology and development, and how people have evolved to survive everywhere on Earth.
The hungriest black holes in the universe are running out of food, survey of 8,000 cosmic monsters reveals
Astronomers studied 1.3 million galaxies and 8,000 X-ray-spewing supermassive black holes to find out why these gravitational monsters are growing more slowly than ever.
Snippets of hair may expose chronic stress in war refugees
Cortisol in hair shows sharper differences in chronic stress among Ukraine war refugees than standard questionnaires.
Thinking of You, Earth
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows on April 4, 2026, looking back
‘This generation’s moment’: How the Artemis missions will reframe humanity’s relationship with the moon
Live Science spoke with Rebecca Boyle, author of “Our Moon” about how the moon has been viewed both culturally and scientifically through history.
Diabetes rates are lower in high-altitude environments — and scientists may have discovered why
A new study finds that in low-oxygen environments, red blood cells absorb more glucose and convert it into a molecule that helps release oxygen into
Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.
Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.
Shroud of Turin, claimed to be Jesus’ burial cloth, contaminated with carrot and red coral DNA
An analysis of samples taken from the Shroud of Turin, the cloth thought by some to have been wrapped around Jesus, reveals a rich tapestry
NASA telescope uncovers new mystery in supernova first spotted by Chinese astronomers 2,000 years ago — Space photo of the week
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer reveals the expansion and shock patterns within RCW 86, a supernova observed by early astronomers in A.D. 185.
What happened to the Minoan civilization?
The Minoan civilization flourished between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C. on Crete and nearby islands. How did it come to an end?
These rock-climbing fish can shimmy up a 50-foot waterfall
New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats. (Image credit:
Fossil site in China reveals bevy of complex creatures lived prior to the Cambrian explosion, including a ‘Dune’-like sandworm
A site in southwestern China holds a wide array of strange life-forms that emerged prior to the Cambrian explosion, and it pushes back the origin