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A "very strong" El Niño is now the most probable scenario for the October-to-February period. livescience.com/planet-earth/w…

In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that period. livescience.com/planet-earth/a…

Don Juan Pond is a mysterious lake in Antarctica that contains so much calcium chloride, it doesn't freeze in subzero temperatures. livescience.com/planet-earth/a…

In their first visit to Canada since returning to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts opened up about the moments that blew their minds — and brought them to tears. livescience.com/space/space-ex…

A blurry new photo captured by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia shows Artemis II's Orion capsule circling the moon more than 200,000 miles away, making it a candidate for the longest-distance image of humans ever taken from Earth. livescience.com/space/space-ex…

A pill called ensitrelvir is the first drug shown to effectively reduce infection after exposure to SARS-CoV-2. livescience.com/health/coronav…

A growing body of research is showing how long-term exposure to air pollution may fuel depression, anxiety and other mental health problems, raising new concerns about the unseen toll of dirty air. live-science.visitlink.me/o1csAg

A burial of an elite Roman-era woman who appears to have been buried with exotic resins has been discovered in Colchester. livescience.com/archaeology/ro…

Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before. livescience.com/chemistry/extr…

Starship V3's maiden spaceflight is scheduled for next week as SpaceX prepares to launch the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built. livescience.com/space/space-ex…

A hole found in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth was likely made by a stone drill, making the discovery the oldest evidence of intentional dentistry to date. livescience.com/archaeology/ne…

Astronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago. livescience.com/space/astronom…

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans. livescience.com/archaeology/hu…

In a visually striking medical case, a baby's eyes changed color while he was receiving care in a hospital. livescience.com/health/medicin…

The universe may not be perfectly uniform after all, a new series of papers hints. If confirmed, this could upend a nearly 100-year-old model of cosmology. livescience.com/space/cosmolog…

Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays. livescience.com/animals/fish/a…

The sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display. livescience.com/space/the-sun/…

Climate scientists have revealed that last month's sea surface temperatures were the second-warmest for any April on record, reflecting the emergence of El Niño. livescience.com/planet-earth/c…

Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown. livescience.com/archaeology/am…