Scientists recorded a dumbo octopus at depths of up to 4.3 miles (6,957 meters) beneath the Indian Ocean. Here, another dumbo octopus is seen foraging at a depth of 3.6 miles (5,760 m). Explorers have captured video of the deepest-known…
SpaceX and NASA made history, sending astronauts from U.S. soil toward the International Space Station. It’s the first crewed mission launched from the U.S. since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. And you can watch the mission live here.…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at an involuntary bodily function that can sometimes be a little explosive: sneezing. What makes you sneeze, what happens when you sneeze, and can you hurt yourself by…
An employee at the Vauxhall car factory in the United Kingdom working in his office during preparedness tests and redesign ahead of re-opening following the COVID-19 outbreak. Say goodbye to the office water cooler — U.S. offices that reopen this…
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. The boy was only spotted after his tiny leg was seen poking out of the soil by some housebuilders who heard his faint cries A newborn baby buried alive in mud was miraculously rescued by villagers and…
A screenshot of the newly unearthed thylacine footage. A rediscovered black-and-white video clip is the last-known footage of the thylacine — also known as the Tasmanian tiger — that was recorded before the marsupial went extinct in 1936. The 21-second…
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…
During World War II, this catapult system was used to launch float planes (either Mitsubishi F1M2s or Aichi E13As) from a Japanese warship. Now, it rests more than 3,000 feet below the sea. More than 70 years after it sank…
A small new study found signs of damage to the placenta in pregnant women with COVID-19, but it’s far too early to say whether this damage actually affects birth outcomes. Most women with the novel coronavirus who had these abnormalities…
In a Jan. 24 image, a police officer stood guard outside of Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where some reports suggested the pandemic began. The first case of SARS-CoV-2 didn’t emerge from a Wuhan wet market, according to experts at the…