By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 3:00 PM

A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 11/1/2025 2:35 PM

A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 2:00 PM

Molds and bacteria can produce dangerous toxins — and they don’t taste very good, either. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 1:00 PM

Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 11/1/2025 12:00 PM

Nov. 1, 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 Scientific American | | 11/1/2025 12:00 PM

Humans have been in space onboard the ISS continuously for 25 years. As the station nears its end, new commercial habitats are lining up to take its place ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 11/1/2025 11:00 AM

A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 11:00 AM

Scientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 9:00 AM

Whether we report having dreams in color or in black and white may be influenced by the media we watch, or perhaps that simply influences the way we remember them. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 11/1/2025 6:00 AM

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 8:54 PM

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 7:51 PM

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in the area but still likely harbored pagan beliefs. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 10/31/2025 5:54 PM

Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they prioritize tasks? ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 10/31/2025 5:42 PM

This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of our solar system will in the distant future. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 4:06 PM

Find out everything there is to know about the interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 4:00 PM

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that revolutionary treatments for cancer, immune dysfunction and genetic disease may be left on the lab bench. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 2:53 PM

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 10/31/2025 12:40 PM

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, an isotope of the chemical element technetium (Tc). Electron capture decay is a process in which an atomic nucleus "captures" an electron from its inner shell. The electron merges with a proton in the nucleus to form a neutron, turning the element into a different one. The working group from the Nuclear Chemistry department has thus confirmed a decades-old theoretical assumption. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/31/2025 12:00 PM

Researchers from Peking University say their resistive random-access memory chip may be capable of speeds 1,000 faster than the Nvidia H100 and AMD Vega 20 GPUs. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/31/2025 12:00 PM

Horror movie composers use musical tricks to hijack your nervous system and put you on edge ... Read full Story