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Dr. Swee Lay Thein and Dr. Stuart Orkin won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work toward a functional cure for the deadly blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

A new study identifies SP genes as the universal drivers of limb regeneration across axolotls, zebrafish, and mice, leading to a gene therapy that regrows bone in mammals.

A 12-week study from the University of Toronto finds that daily fluctuations in mental sharpness account for an 80-minute difference in productivity between your best and worst days.

A researcher explains what we know - and what we don't - about the link between loneliness and memory problems.

When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests

Picture two materials sandwiched together. The boundary between them may appear flat, but, in reality, it is full of tiny bumps and dents. Suddenly, the materials are hit with a shockwave. If that wave hits a bump in the...

Live Science spoke with Nobel prize-winning physicist David Gross, who recently received the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, about the quest to unite all the forces and why humanity might no...

The Artemis II moon mission was a great success. But America's longterm ambitions in space may deserve some scrutiny, a law scholar argues, given the nation's recent conduct on Earth.

Expect bright fireballs during the Lyrid meteor shower, which will peak in moonless skies on April 22, 2026.

The largest 3D map of the universe, created with data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail.

Human societies didnt just adapt to the planet-they learned to reshape it. From early fire use to todays global supply chains, our cultural and social innovations have unlocked extraordinary power to transform Earth and ...

Researchers in the UC Santa Barbara Materials Department have uncovered the elusive quantum mechanism by which energetic electrons break chemical bonds inside microelectronic devices-a detrimental process that slowly deg...

There's lore about chickens surviving from seconds to months after their heads are chopped off, but what does the science say?

A surprising breakthrough in physics could reshape the future of computing by tapping into a strange, previously untapped property of matter. Scientists have shown that tiny atomic vibrations-called chiral phonons-can di...

Last year, tungsten diselenide (WSe2) had its magic moment. Two independent research groups discovered "magic angles" at which two atom-thin layers of the unique semiconductor, when twisted relative to one anothe...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars-like Star Wars Tatooine-are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit is none other than Ei...

Calling AI things like smart or saying it knows something might sound harmless, but it can quietly mislead people about what AI actually does. A new study shows that news writers are more careful than expected, rarely us...