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CosmoCube will use the far side of the Moon as a shield from Earths radio noise to search for a faint signal from the universe before the first stars existed. The suitcase-sized satellite could reveal how the cosmic dark...

Yellow-morph green sea turtles in the Galápagos surprised scientists by staying remarkably close to home instead of making the long journeys typically associated with sea turtles. Satellite tracking showed that none lef...

Scientists have discovered a stem cell that appears to serve as a master source for tendon and ligament cells throughout the body. In lumbar spinal stenosis, these cells become unusually active and may drive the ligament...

Scientists have discovered a new tick-borne virus in China that causes flu-like illness and may account for previously unexplained cases of fever, fatigue, digestive problems, and low platelet counts. Most patients with ...

AI and fruit fly studies identify BRSK1 gene mutations as the cause of a rare neurodevelopmental disorder marked by speech delay and microcephaly.

A tomb dating back to the time the Romans controlled Egypt contains a funerary poem in ancient Greek.

Near-daily cannabis use is linked to twice as many convulsive seizures and faster drug resistance in adults with severe epilepsy.

To build the ultrafast computers of the future, scientists are looking beyond the electrical charge of electrons to another property: their spin. While conventional hardware relies on the movement of charge to process da...

Biologists discover bullfrog brains synthesize their own emergency ketones when glucose runs out, upending rules of neural energy metabolism.

SpaceX got its Starship rocket into orbit, but after a tense few minutes of comms and the loss of an engine, the call was made to end the mission early.

A large international review links chronic insomnia to a 26% higher risk of stroke, increased hospitalizations, and elevated dementia risk.

The defunct USA 32 (or Farrah III) satellite, which launched in 1988, broke apart without warning on Sept. 13, around 480 miles above Earth's surface. Experts are still unsure what caused this sudden fragmentation, h...

When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and used AI anyway

Blocking CXCR3 on immune T cells preserved 40% more memory tissue in Alzheimers mice without needing to cross the blood-brain barrier.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to begin scanning our universe as it journeys through space. Live Science readers shared their thoughts about what they're most excited to see from the new space ...

A new study shows people react 41 milliseconds faster while exhaling than inhaling, linking respiratory cycles directly to motor speed.

Quantum batteries are an emerging area of research, with progress coming from theoretical studies and proof-of-principle experiments in small quantum systems. Unlike conventional chemical batteries used in everyday life,...

Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve that problem - and clear up other cosmic mysteries, too

There's big news from the quantum world. A quantum computer has been used in space for the first time. The device was aboard a spacecraft in low Earth orbit and demonstrated technology that could eventually help solv...

Electromagnetic waves in the gigahertz (GHz) range, such as those used in mobile communications, can readily pass through many types of glass. However, transmission decreases significantly at terahertz frequencies above ...

A tiny device that can be reprogrammed using a laser could lead to adaptable devices for computing, imaging and telecommunications. Most devices are built to perform a particular job. If you want them to do something dif...

An ancient Egyptian woman named Meretneith had a lavish tomb, and on it her name was written the same way as a pharaoh.