3. Even brief exposure to air pollution can push the placenta into an inflammatory state, lab study suggests
7. ''The sun is slowly waking up'': NASA warns that there may be more extreme space weather for decades to come
10. ''When people gather in groups, bizarre behaviors often emerge'': How the rise of online social networks has catapulted dysfunctional thinking
11. Science history: A tragic gene therapy death that stalled the field for a decade — Sept. 17, 1999
12. ''We certainly weren''t exceptional, but now we''re the only ones left'': In new PBS series ''Human,'' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate Earth
14. Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can see it live
15. Grumpy-looking Pallas''s cat photographed by camera trap in stunning photo from eastern Himalayas
17. ''This needs to happen fast'': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct
18. ''A genuine surprise'': Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu once had ''flowing water'' that transformed its insides
20. World''s oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
21. 1,900-year-old oil lamp that provided ''light in the journey to the afterlife'' found in Roman cemetery in the Netherlands
22. Scientists measure the ''natal kick'' that sent a baby black hole careening through space for the first time
23. ''Russian nesting doll'' virus hides inside a deadly fungus, making it even more dangerous to people
26. Potentially habitable, Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have an atmosphere, James Webb telescope hints
28. The best star projector we''ve tested is 38% cheaper on Amazon, taking it to one of its lowest-ever prices
32. ''Your fear is well-founded'': How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme
34. James Webb telescope''s ''starlit mountaintop'' could be the observatory''s best image yet — Space photo of the week
38. 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the ''sacred location'' of the royal tomb
43. Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and and scientists invent visible time crystals
46. Camera trap in Chile detects strange lights blazing through the wilderness. Researchers are scrambling to explain them.
47. Astronomers accidentally use rare ''double zoom'' technique to view black hole''s corona in unprecedented detail
48. ''Almost like science fiction'': European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species
49. Scientists develop ''full-spectrum'' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second — 10,000 times faster than 5G
50. Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast
52. New reconstructions show piercing eyes of men who lived 2,500 years ago in mysterious Indian civilization
53. Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a 250,000 ''American Nobel''
59. Tiny cryogenic device cuts quantum computer heat emissions by 10,000 times — and it could be launched in 2026
60. ''Serious adverse and unintended consequences'': Polar geoengineering isn''t the answer to climate change
64. ''Our hearts stopped'': Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years ago
68. Stephen Hawking''s long-contested black hole theory finally confirmed — as scientists ''hear'' 2 event horizons merge into one
69. Watch nature documentaries and science shows for 50% less, this Paramount Plus deal saves you up to 60
72. ''We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,'' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm
73. Apophis flyby in 2029 will be the first time a potentially hazardous asteroid has been visible to the naked eye
76. Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on 100 bills
77. Gigantic ''letter S'' spotted on the sun just before a ''dark eruption'' hurls a fiery shadow at Earth
78. How the mystery origins of hairy little Yakutian horses were uncovered in Siberia''s ''gateway to the underworld''
79. Scientists are finally learning what''s inside mysterious ''halo'' barrels submerged off Los Angeles
80. Microsoft''s new light-based computer inspired by 80-year-old technology — it could make AI 100 times more efficient
92. James Webb telescope finds a warped ''Butterfly Star'' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
100. Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world''s biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience
101. The universe''s first magnetic fields were ''comparable'' to the human brain — and still linger within the ''cosmic web''
102. ''I trust AI the way a sailor trusts the sea. It can carry you far, or it can drown you'': Poll results reveal majority do not trust AI
105. Will the James Webb telescope lead us to alien life? Scientists say we''re getting closer than ever.
109. Category 4 Hurricane Kiko is heading for Hawaii — but it will weaken before it gets there, forecasters say
112. Narusawa Ice Cave: The lava tube brimming with 10-foot-high ice pillars at the base of Mount Fuji
115. Chinese submersible explores previously unknown giant craters at the bottom of the Pacific — and they''re teeming with life
117. Skull of bear held captive to fight Roman gladiators discovered near ancient amphitheater in Serbia
119. This air purifier excels at removing smoke — and now you can snap it up with a huge 215 discount
121. 40-year-old ''queen of icebergs'' A23a is no longer world''s biggest after losing several ''very large chunks'' since May
129. Scientists taught an AI-powered ''robot dog'' how to play badminton against humans — and it''s actually really good
131. 1,000-year-old ''king'' game piece with a distinctive hairstyle is ''as close as we will ever get to a portrait of a Viking''
132. 1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Republic of Georgia — and it may be earliest evidence yet of Homo erectus
133. ''Extremely alarming'': ChatGPT and Gemini respond to high-risk questions about suicide — including details around methods
134. See what would happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted ''without any warning'' in new AI-generated video
135. Newly discovered bus-size asteroid will zoom close past Earth tomorrow — and will not return for exactly 100 years
136. Giant sandy ''slug'' crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space
144. ''Strange'' tomb in Peru holds skeletons of people with ropes around their necks, hands tied behind their backs, archaeologists say
145. The full ''Corn Moon'' rises this week — bringing a ''blood moon'' lunar eclipse to most of the world
146. There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity
154. Scientists turned to a red onion to improve solar cells — and it could make solar power more sustainable
156. Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX’s Starship nails a test flight
158. Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there''s life on Earth today, new studies hint
159. ''I would never let a robot incubate my child'': Poll on ''pregnancy robots'' divides Live Science readers
160. 2,200-year-old ''complex and delicate'' Celtic warrior charm is evidence of sophisticated metalworking in the Iron Age
163. 2,100-year-old skeleton of warrior nicknamed ''Lord of Sakar,'' buried in a stunning gold wreath, unearthed in Bulgaria
165. ''Aging clocks'' tell you how much ''older'' you are than your chronological age. How do they work?
166. Loughareema: The ''vanishing lake'' in Northern Ireland that mysteriously drains and refills itself within hours
167. Scientists cram an entire computer into a single fiber of clothing — and you can even put it through your washing machine
168. Shokz OpenRun Bone Conduction headphone range provides premium sound quality, and spatial awareness for safer listening while exercising — there''s up to 31% off these Amazon headphone deals
170. ''A truly unprecedented discovery'': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in Peru
171. ''Cool gemstones'' and ''fiery grime'': James Webb telescope finds clues to Earth''s origins in dazzling new view of Butterfly Nebula
175. NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden ''energy source'' that may have sparked alien life
183. Heartbreaking image shows a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence because it was the closest thing resembling a tree
186. 80,000-year-old stones in Uzbekistan may be the world''s oldest arrowheads — and they might have been made by Neanderthals
187. 10th time lucky! SpaceX''s Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks
188. Scientists just developed a new AI modeled on the human brain — it''s outperforming LLMs like ChatGPT at reasoning tasks
196. ''Potentially hazardous'' asteroid Bennu contains dust older than the solar system itself — and traces of interstellar space
198. James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?
199. New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet''s hidden ocean — if the ''queen of the underworld'' gets to fly
204. Will there be a La Niña this fall? Here''s what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather
211. Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: ''It doesn''t fit comfortably into any known category''
212. Pallas''s cat: One of the world''s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm
213. Meet Robot Drummer: Scientists train an AI to drum like Linkin Park and AC/DC — but it sounds like it has plenty of practice to do
215. Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus
220. ''We never had concrete proof'': Archaeologists discover Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, proving 1,400-year-old site was a monastery
222. ''We know what to do; we just have to implement it.'': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.
224. Toxic chemicals that pollute groundwater are formed up in the stratosphere, surprise findings show
226. James Webb telescope reveals that asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may be parts of the same gigantic space rock
229. An ''equinox solar eclipse'' is coming in September — but it''ll be seen by more penguins than humans
233. Your household gadgets could soon be battery-free — scientists create tiny solar cells that can be powered by indoor light
234. ''This technology is possible today'': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel
236. Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma eruption raging on the sun at the same time
238. ''Why would you even want to go?'': Readers react to the hypothetical 400-year voyage to Alpha Centauri
241. Mystery quake that rocked Northern California in 1954 came from ''eerily quiet'' Cascadia Subduction Zone
242. Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it die
253. Rocket-like jellyfish, regal Komodo dragon and harrowing whale rescue — see the stunning Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 finalists
255. Secretive X37-B space plane to test quantum navigation system — scientists hope it will one day replace GPS
258. Gene that differs between humans and Neanderthals could shed light on the species'' disappearance, mouse study suggests
261. OpenAI’s ChatGPT agent can control your PC to do tasks on your behalf — but how does it work and what''s the point?
262. Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian ''demon'' god who inspired ''The Exorcist''
264. FDA panel has cast doubt on whether antidepressants are safe in pregnancy. Here''s what the science actually says.
265. Oops! Earendel, most distant star ever discovered, may not actually be a star, James Webb Telescope reveals
271. Meet the ''neglectons'': Previously overlooked particles that could revolutionize quantum computing
274. Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds
279. 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were ''forward planning'' 600,000 years earlier than thought
281. Giant, cosmic ''Eye of Sauron'' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo
283. San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests
284. A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved
285. ''It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens'': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species
286. China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy
289. Ghostly ''spiral'' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it
290. Three Whale Rock: Thailand''s 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they''re floating in a sea of trees
291. Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
292. DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.
293. A real-life Pandora? Newfound ''disappearing'' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
296. This AI-powered Oral-B Genius is our all-time best electric toothbrush — currently discounted by 120, the lowest ever price in this Amazon deal
299. Astronomers find bizarre ''Cosmic Grapes'' galaxy in the early universe. Here''s why that''s a big deal.
300. Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold ''within the first 90 minutes'' of her first excavation