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Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning back the clock.

The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has died.

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cu...

A study of a woman who died in 2024 as the oldest person on Earth attempts to untangle the factors that enable some people to ward off disea...

Scientists have made the record-breaking detection of oxygen in an ancient galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang. Th...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short — and ended up...

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Breakthrough could pave the way for next-generation GPS in drones, smartphones and self-driving cars, scientists say.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, which inspired "...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.

"What will be new about heat deaths is the extent to which the lived environment will become physically uninhabitable for everyone, old and...

Amazon has an incredible discount on the brilliant Nikon D850 DLSR camera.

Findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that dark energy could be evolving over time. If they're right, cosmol...

The Amazfit T-Rex 3 can easily compete with mainstream outdoor smartwatches.

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

The giant sea spiders can have leg spans of up to 20 inches (51 centimeters).

As Venus approaches its inferior conjunction, astrophotographers have snapped some striking shots of the crescent planet looking like a gian...

During its final hours on the lunar surface, the Blue Ghost spacecraft captured stunning photos of a lunar sunset.

Live Science spoke with author John Green about his latest book, which explores both the history and current realities of tuberculosis.

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in contention as ta...

Oxytocin, a hormone linked to bonding behaviors, might also help mice modulate their pregnancies. Someday, this line of research could impro...

"When a dragonfly hunts, it hovers perfectly still and positions itself between its prey and a shadow cast behind it by, say, a tree, concea...

Google X has introduced the Taara chip, a fingernail-sized invention that taps the "virtually limitless" potential of light-based internet c...

After finding the debris of two colliding stars swimming in the ocean, researchers are after more evidence from the lunar soil.

While waking up from knee surgery, a 17-year-old boy temporarily lost his ability to speak in his native language.