By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/19/2025 5:00 AM

The Amazfit Helio is a great budget-friendly alternative to the Oura Ring — as long as you can look past its short battery life and limited range of sizes. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | pandora.dewan@futurenet.com (Pandora Dewan) | 7/19/2025 12:00 AM

July 19, 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 | | 7/18/2025 3:52 PM

A stunning video of the ground cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar is revealing new surprises. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 3:12 PM

When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns controlling these cold snaps. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 3:00 PM

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By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 7/18/2025 1:01 PM

A first-of-its-kind lottery for residents of Tuvalu who want to move to Australia due to climate change threats is closing today, with more than 5,000 applications received. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 7/18/2025 1:00 PM

Discover why some puzzles stump supersmart AIs but are easy for humans, what this reveals about the quest for true artificial general intelligence—and why video games are the next frontier ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 12:41 PM

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to how our own solar system was born. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 12:07 PM

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar approach elsewhere help us unravel the mysteries of Earth's magnetic field? ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 11:47 AM

A Neanderthal variant in an enzyme involved in energy production has been linked to ​​a 50% lower probability of achieving elite athletic performance. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 11:36 AM

Archaeologists aren't "baffled" by giant shoes but see them as a way to test different theories about how Roman soldiers coped with new environments along Hadrian's Wall. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 7/18/2025 11:35 AM

Researchers from the University of Tokyo in collaboration with Aisin Corporation have demonstrated that universal scaling laws, which describe how the properties of a system change with size and scale, apply to deep neural networks that exhibit absorbing phase transition behavior, a phenomenon typically observed in physical systems. The discovery not only provides a framework describing deep neural networks but also helps predict their trainability or generalizability. The findings were published in the journal Physical Review Research. ... Read full Story

By Scientific American | | 7/18/2025 10:30 AM

A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 7/18/2025 10:20 AM

Research from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities gives new insight into a material that could make computer memory faster and more energy-efficient. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 10:00 AM

The best cameras for marine observation, surveying and recording your underwater adventures — just in time for Prime Day. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 10:00 AM

Short-lived lesions sometimes appear in the brain following heart surgery — and now, a new trial hints that they might be linked to migraines and visual auras. More work is needed to know if they signal more serious risks, like stroke. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 9:47 AM

Researchers have unveiled a miniature robot elephant with special 3D-printed "tissues" that allow for more complex and natural movements. A video shows the elephant grasp a flower with its trunk and kick a bowling ball. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/18/2025 9:00 AM

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star, thanks to the telescope tag team of Gaia and ALMA. ... Read full Story

By phys.org | | 7/18/2025 8:51 AM

A rather unassuming particle is playing an important role in the hunt for subatomic oddities. Similar to protons and neutrons, mesons are composed of quarks bound together by the strong nuclear force. But these short-lived particles have different characteristics that can reveal new information about the atomic nucleus and how the universe works. ... Read full Story

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 7/18/2025 8:00 AM

Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a terrifying escarpment with an average overhang of 15 degrees from vertical. ... Read full Story