Science News

Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.

Extraterrestrials could already be learning about life on Earth. Problem is, it's probably from TV signals transmitted in 1973... (full text available to subscribers)

The Experimenters is an excellent new web series of animated interviews with some of the great minds and original thinkers of the last century. Its first episode highlights Buckminster Fuller,...

As our grip on Earth grows ever tighter, so does the possibility that we could destroy it. But we may have the power to do something even worse (full text available to subscribers)

Scientists have found that generic formulations of tacrolimus, a drug used post-transplant to lower the risk of organ rejection, are just as good as the name-brand version.

A new test has been developed to predict sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients in whom such forecasts were previously impossible. The test uses a combination of nuclear medicine, C-reactive protein and electrocar...