By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 2/23/2025 11:00 AM

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | elise.poore@futurenet.com (Elise Poore) | 2/23/2025 9:00 AM

At Kruger National park, a wildlife photographer spotted a giraffe covered in hundreds of skin lesions that may be caused by a rare bovine papillomavirus. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 2/23/2025 8:00 AM

Greenland's ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate. A tipping point could come by the turn of the next century, a new study warns. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/23/2025 6:00 AM

Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopeia. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/23/2025 5:00 AM

The round little pads on cats' paws are more than just cute — they're a feat of evolution that serve many important functions. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 2/22/2025 4:00 PM

An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb) is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about nuclear structure and has far-reaching implications for our understanding of how the heaviest elements are formed in the universe. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/22/2025 12:00 PM

"The Phoenix cluster has the largest reservoir of hot, cooling gas of any galaxy cluster." ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/22/2025 11:00 AM

Global warming is raising the body temperature of Australian crocodiles, forcing them to spend less time diving and more time cooling down. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/22/2025 10:00 AM

"This line of attack in the War on Cancer has had few meaningful outcomes for cancer patients." ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 2/22/2025 9:10 AM

A new Nature Physics study has shed light on the long-hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point where water simultaneously exists in two distinct liquid forms, opening new possibilities for experimental validation. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | pmsutter@gmail.com (Paul Sutter) | 2/22/2025 6:00 AM

Chinese scientists have announced details on the upcoming China Space Station Telescope (CSST), a cutting-edge observatory that will rival the JWST. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/22/2025 5:00 AM

Nonavian dinosaurs have been extinct for 66 million years, but what would have happened if they'd survived? ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 2/22/2025 2:58 AM

An early-career physicist mathematically connects timelike and spacelike form factors, opening the door to further insights into the inner workings of the strong force. A new lattice QCD calculation connects two seemingly disparate reactions involving the pion, the lightest particle governed by the strong interaction. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/22/2025 1:00 AM

The excellent Garmin Forerunner 945 is now half-price at Walmart. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | pandora.dewan@futurenet.com (Pandora Dewan) | 2/22/2025 12:00 AM

Feb. 22, 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 | | 2/21/2025 1:30 PM

Low vaccination rates and undetected infections are driving the measles outbreak in West Texas ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 2/21/2025 1:19 PM

Protoclone, an eerily lifelike humanoid robot built for home use, has left social media users aghast. And it's likely to be the first of many. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/21/2025 1:14 PM

The world is watching as NASA tweaks the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth. But how threatening is YR4, and how does it compare to other potentially hazardous space rocks? ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/21/2025 12:31 PM

An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the womb. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 2/21/2025 12:05 PM

The 10-part series is narrated by Tom Hanks with a score by Hans Zimmer – here's how to watch The Americas online, on TV and from anywhere. ... Read full Story