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These Two Drug-Resistant Microbes Are New 'Urgent Threats' to Americans' Health -- Nicoletta Lanese -- A new report reveals that drug-resistant germs infect and kill more people than previous estimates suggested.
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Blood from Infected Pigs Turned a South Korean Stream Red -- Rachael Rettner -- A stream in South Korea turned red from the blood of thousands of slaughtered pigs.9 hours ago
Venice Suffers Worst Flooding in 50 Years, Mayor Blames Climate Change -- Brandon Specktor -- Venice is in a state of emergency as the Italian city braces from one of the worst floods in its history.9 hours ago
There's a Mysterious Source of Oxygen in Mars' Atmosphere, and No One Can Explain It -- Yasemin Saplakoglu -- There's something strange about the oxygen in the atmosphere above Mars' Gale Crater.10 hours ago
Closest Living Relative of Extinct 'Bigfoot' Found -- Mindy Weisberger -- Gigantopithecus, an enormous extinct ape that lived in Asia millions of years ago, was a close relative of the modern orangutan.10 hours ago
Watch Spinal Fluid 'Wash' the Sleeping Brain in Rhythmic, Pulsing Waves -- Stephanie Pappas -- A new video shows the rhythmic sloshing of cerebrospinal fluid in the human brain during sleep.11 hours ago
Scientists Find a Spot Where No Life Can Survive. That's Bad News for Alien Hunters.18 hours ago
The Mysterious 'Tully Monster' Just Got More Mysterious -- Scientists can't even decide if this ancient beast was a vertebrate or an invertebrate.1 day ago
We May Finally Understand the Moments Before the Big Bang -- Physicists may have solved a decades-long mystery about how our universe came to be.2 days ago
Rare Mercury Transit, the Last Until 2032, Thrills Skywatchers Around the World2 days ago
DNA Just One of More Than 1 Million Possible 'Genetic Molecules,' Scientists Find -- Scientists used a computer program to uncover more than 1 million molecules that could potentially store genetic information, just like DNA.2 days ago
Ants: From the Cool to the Creepy -- Reference Article: Facts about ants.9 hours ago
The Arctic's Most Stable Sea Ice Is Vanishing Alarmingly Fast -- Mindy Weisberger -- Experts once thought that older, more robust sea ice in the Arctic was mostly safe from melting - but that may not be the case.18 hours ago
New, 'Hidden' State of Matter Coaxed into Being by Ultrafast Laser Flashes -- Rafi Letzter -- Physicists think this might be the first of many hidden states of matter that could be uncovered using laser flashes.14 hours ago
Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917 -- Tom Metcalfe -- Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.1 day ago
Battle-Scarred Viking Shield-Maiden Gets Facial Reconstruction for First Time -- Brandon Specktor -- Scientists reconstructed the face of a battle-scarred Viking shield-maiden for the first time ever.5 days ago
A Tiny Species That Looks Part-Deer, Part-Mouse Was Missing for Nearly 30 Years. Scientists Just Found It. -- Yasemin Saplakoglu -- With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain meandering about its tree-filled home.2 days ago
Remains of a Massive Jurassic 'Sea Monster' Found in a Polish Cornfield -- Mindy Weisberger -- Paleontologists in Poland unearthed the jaws and teeth of a pliosaur, an ancient marine reptile with a bite more powerful than that of T. rex.3 days ago
Thousands of Glorious 'Ice Eggs' Wash Up on Finnish Beach -- Nicoletta Lanese -- The "ice eggs" form due to a rare weather phenomenon.5 days ago
How Rabies Inspired Folktales of Werewolves and Vampires -- Jessica Wang -- A look back at the folklore of rabies in humans reveals ties to beliefs in werewolves, vampires and other monsters.15 days ago
Rock Star's Company Seeks UFOs, Finds Military Contract -- Mindy Weisberger -- A private company that researches UFOs has a new contract with the U.S. government.16 days ago
Why Can't Science Explain Consciousness? -- Philip Goff -- Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge of our time.2 days ago
Why Are People Left- (or Right-) Handed? -- Megan Gannon -- Up to 90% of people are right-handed. Scientists are still trying to figure out why lefties have always been in the minority.3 days ago
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week -- Live Science Staff -- 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.3 months ago
Jet-Powered Car Roars Past 500 Mph. But Can This Beast Hit 1,000 Mph Without Destroying Itself? By - Tom Metcalfe2 days ago
The 'Three-Body Problem' Has Perplexed Astronomers Since Newton Formulated It. A.I. Just Cracked It in Under a Second. -- Edd Gent -- It took just fractions of a second.5 days ago
Google's Quantum Computer Just Aced an 'Impossible' Test -- Tim Childers -- For the first time, a quantum computer has solved a task that Google says would be impossible for the most advanced supercomputers in the world.20 days ago