Category: Science

The waxing gibbous Moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above a

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here’s how.

A new study argues that AI can never be more creative than humans, but many experts argue that AI’s output will only ever be as

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray

Spotted Lake is a soda lake that evaporates every summer, leaving a white crust with circular brine pools that can appear blue, green or yellow.

A biological anthropologist explains why humans can’t wiggle their toes in the same way they can wiggle their fingers.

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term “rescue strategy” is unlikely to save

With major light-gathering capabilities with an impressive f/1.4 aperture at 14mm, this lens defies boundaries and is a massive play for the best lens for

The first full moon of 2026 and of winter in the Northern Hemisphere will shine brightly this week, just as Earth makes its annual closest

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years

The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole figures largely into

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025. (Image credit: Alex Boersma)

Live Science’s health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in 2026.