By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/30/2025 4:14 PM

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling around a mysterious star 162 light-years from Earth. The new technology could revolutionize ground-based astronomy, the researchers claim. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 10/30/2025 4:09 PM

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, biological systems are often in rhythmic movement with each other. The mechanics of how this synchronization happens are complex. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/30/2025 4:00 PM

An analysis suggests Nanotyrannus is a separate, smaller dinosaur that lived alongside T. rex, settling a 30-year debate ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/30/2025 3:30 PM

Some scientists are concerned that the Trump administration will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety record ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/30/2025 2:56 PM

New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting satellites — and it is a question of "when," not "if" this will happen, experts say. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/30/2025 2:24 PM

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain. This is linked to memory issues in mice. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 10/30/2025 1:52 PM

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And Greenland is very much still processing its glacial past, a new study shows. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 10/30/2025 12:23 PM

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this isn't just unlikely—it's impossible. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/30/2025 12:00 PM

What would the world look like if we changed the value of pi? Whether in the real world or a game environment, the answer is complex ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/30/2025 11:00 AM

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/29/2025 10:14 PM

Scientists have spotted elusive "magnetic waves" in the sun's atmosphere that may explain why the sun's corona is much hotter than its surface. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 10/29/2025 8:18 PM

Archaeologists have recovered three unusual burials of Celtic women and girls who may have been sacrificed in England. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/29/2025 8:11 PM

Teeth and bones may appear alike, but they actually have more differences than similarities. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/29/2025 8:04 PM

Authorities have killed several lab monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi. The rhesus macaques were initially thought to be diseased and dangerous, but that's not necessarily the case. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/29/2025 8:00 PM

Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new designation for monster storms? ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/29/2025 6:00 PM

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old debate about the function of these structures ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/29/2025 5:45 PM

Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed his nation conducted a successful flight of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Here’s how that missile might work ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/29/2025 3:30 PM

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are higher in women than in men, scientists suggest. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/29/2025 3:00 PM

Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they say it could be used in future humanoid robots. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 10/29/2025 2:30 PM

Separate brain processes cope with moment-to-moment versus big-picture experiences, which helps explain how parenting both increases and decreases aspects of well-being ... Read full Story