The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for ...

Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

A new paper makes the strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics. Like physics, math has its own set of " fundamental particles " — the prime numbers, which can't be broken down into ...

Scientists have created the smallest QR code in the world, measuring just 3.07 × 10⁻⁹ square inches (1.98 square micrometers). It can preserve data for thousands of years and it's so small that you ...

Live Science spoke with the scientists behind an upcoming clinical trial testing an immune therapy for depression.

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and ...

Two researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's bronze age.

Scientists at Nankai University, Tianjin, developed a high-energy, solid-state battery system that they claim has already ...

A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion ...

Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward ...

Small, smart and beginner-friendly, the SeeStar S50 takes the hassle out of stargazing, delivering detailed nebula and galaxy ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.