By LIVE SCIENCE | lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) | 6/14/2025 12:05 PM

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross or an unfinished Thor's hammer. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 6/14/2025 11:00 AM

How much gold have humans mined to date, and how much is left? ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2025 11:00 AM

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2025 10:58 AM

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2025 9:02 AM

Evidence from Earth's deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) | 6/14/2025 8:00 AM

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a powerful blow. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 6/14/2025 6:00 AM

A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2025 5:00 AM

The color purple is, in a way, invented by our brains. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/14/2025 12:01 AM

June 14, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 7:37 PM

A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 6/13/2025 2:20 PM

When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment complex in the nation, Iran could have been days away from achieving “breakout,” the ability to quickly turn “yellowcake” uranium into bomb-grade fuel, with its new high-speed centrifuges ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 6/13/2025 2:00 PM

Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels have increased more or less in parallel over the past 540 million years, suggesting the two factors are linked in some way, researchers say. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 6/13/2025 1:50 PM

In the world of particle physics, where scientists unravel the mysteries of the universe, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are making waves with how they're increasing understanding of the most fundamental particles. Central to this exploration are parton distribution functions (PDFs). These complex mathematical models are crucial for predicting outcomes of high energy physics experiments that test the Standard Model of particle physics. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 1:30 PM

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features. But it's not clear whether the effect applies to humans. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 6/13/2025 1:28 PM

A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State. The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica that are designed to detect radio waves from cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 1:15 PM

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter than the other — but not the side they were expecting. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 12:44 PM

Space weather experts warn that a "moderate" geomagnetic storm could rock Earth over the weekend, potentially lighting the skies with vibrant auroras across large parts of the U.S. and Europe. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 12:10 PM

Breathing patterns among humans are so unique that they can work as an identification tool, scientists report. They propose someday using breath as a way to diagnose disease. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 6/13/2025 11:34 AM

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 6/13/2025 11:00 AM

President Trump will attend the G7 summit on Sunday in a nation he threatened to annex. He will also be an outlier on climate issues ... Read full Story