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Could Time-Restricted Eating Help You Lose Weight?
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…
Long-Hidden 3D Scan of Ancient Egyptian Nefertiti Bust Finally Revealed
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…
The Best Science Toys for Kids
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. …
The Best Gifts for Science Nerds and Geeks
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…
Venice Suffers Worst Flooding in 50 Years, Mayor Blames Climate Change
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…
Extraterrestrial Mineral Never Before Seen on Earth Found Inside a Famous Meteorite
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…
Archaeologists Discover Mysterious 4,000-Year-Old Carved Stones That Look Like Humans
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…
Buried Christian (and Pagan) Basilica Discovered in Ethiopia’s ‘Lost Kingdom’ of Aksum
Parts of the buried town of Beta Samati were occupied for more than 1,000 years, from the Pre-Aksumite era around 750 B.C. through the early Christian period from about A.D. 325 until about A.D. 650. An ancient church from the…
Older women can halve their risk of breast cancer with new hormone therapy pill
Scientists say the new drug, prescribed under the brand name Arimidex, should become the “drug-of-choice” for post-menopausal women at increased risk of developing the disease Older women can halve their risk of breast cancer by taking a new hormone therapy…