A photographer documents the creative architecture the Swiss have made to help their feline friends get around. SWITZERLAND MAY BE the best place in the world to be a housecat. They have freedom, autonomy—and their own cat-specific architecture. Be it…
An illustration of Clostridium perfringens bacteria. This bacterium is one cause of myonecrosis, a “flesh-eating” infection that destroys muscle tissue. Seven people in San Diego have died in recent months from a “flesh eating” infection tied to use of black…
People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are often advised to eat less and move more, but our new research suggests there is now another simple tool to fight off these diseases: restricting your eating…
The full-color model is made up of more than 6 million triangular polygons — 2D shapes that are the building blocks of a 3D digital object. When a German museum scanned a remarkable ancient Egyptian sculpture of the queen Nefertiti…
Check out these fun gifts for the curious kids in your life. From STEM toys that promote the inner engineer to hands-on kits to help unlock your child’s creativity, here are some of Live Science’s favorite gift ideas for kids. …
What’s the perfect gift for your favorite science geek? Do they need a levitating moon lamp? A galaxy blanket? Maybe a bracelet of the periodic table? And don’t forget that fashionable nerds can never have too many science themed socks…
A water taxi sits moored near a flooded Venetian courtyard following the second-highest tide in the city’s history. Venice is in a state of emergency as the Italian city deals with the aftermath of one of the worst floods in…
The Wedderburn meteorite was first discovered in 1951. A never-before-seen extraterrestrial mineral was lurking inside a meteorite found nearly 70 years ago. According to a new study first reported by the Australian news site, The Age, the mineral doesn’t naturally…
One of the stones uncovered in Finstown, Orkney that resembles a human form. Archaeologists discovered nine mysterious stone-carved objects scattered around an ancient hearth on the Mainland of Orkney, an archipelago off the coast of Scotland. The stones likely date…