Live ScienceStoryboardCDC Revises RSV Vaccine Guidelines for Older Adults Amid Rare Side Effect RisksCurated byLive ScienceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has narrowed its recommendations for which older adults should get a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It now states that only adults 75 and older, or those ages 60 to 74 who are at high risk, should get the shot.
Live ScienceStoryboardPerseid Meteor Shower to Peak: See Up to 75 Shooting Stars Per HourCurated byLive ScienceOne of the most prolific annual meteor showers of the year, the Perseids, will peak next weekend, bringing up to 75 "shooting stars" per hour to the sky Sunday night and early Monday (Aug. 11 to Aug. 12).
Live ScienceStoryboardBreakthrough Medical Innovations Set to Boost Natural LongevityCurated byLive ScienceScientists have invented an injectable "goo" that can regrow cartilage in the body. For now, they've only tested it in sheep, but it could someday be used to repair joint damage in humans, the researchers say.
Live ScienceStoryboardArchaeological Finds Reveal Hauntingly Preserved Details of Ancient CivilizationCurated byLive ScienceAn ancient Egyptian woman died in so much pain, her muscles instantaneously locked up — freezing her final scream in place for 3,500 years, an analysis of the mummy, dubbed the "Screaming Woman," reveals.
Live ScienceStoryboardHeat and Human Behavior: Understanding the Impact of Rising TemperaturesCurated byLive ScienceIn the sweaty, sticky, dog days of summer, you may notice that you're not as hungry as you are in cooler weather. But what's the connection between temperature and appetite? Why do we feel less hungry when it's hot out?
Live ScienceStoryboardLunar Colonies: Strange but Necessary Ideas for Thriving on the MoonCurated byLive ScienceNASA has plans for a permanent lunar outpost by the end of the decade, with human Mars exploration to follow. But as we set up base camps beyond Earth, human settlers in space will need to bring along an ecosystem that includes animals.
Live ScienceStoryboardGeologists Uncover New Hidden Gems of EarthCurated byLive ScienceBrilliant-blue sapphires look like bits of sky brought down to Earth — but a new study finds these gemstones are from a different boundary: the one between the planet's crust and magma welling up from the mantle, Earth's middle layer.
Live ScienceStoryboardGroundbreaking Research on Sleep Apnea Paves the Way for New TherapiesCurated byLive ScienceSleep apnea often comes with high blood pressure, which, in turn, contributes to the heart-health risks tied to both conditions. Now, scientists have pinpointed two brain chemicals that play a role in this chain reaction and could pave the way for new therapies.
Live ScienceStoryboardSee the Milky Way and Shooting Stars Together in the August Night SkyCurated byLive ScienceThe arrival of August means two things for stargazers — "shooting stars" and the Milky Way. In 2024, you can see both at the same time if you know exactly where and when to look.
Live ScienceStoryboardExplore the Mind-Boggling Unsolved Mysteries of the UniverseCurated byLive ScienceThe Milky Way is just a speck in a universe filled with an untold number of galaxies. But if we had to take an educated guess, how many galaxies are in the universe?
Live ScienceStoryboardAncient Plants Are Growing and Thriving in Unusual ConditionsCurated byLive SciencePlants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block, a new study finds.
Live ScienceStoryboardSpace Science Photos: Incredible Moments Captured from Across the Solar SystemCurated byLive ScienceThis new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an object with mysterious origins that's commonly seen in the Milky Way: a globular cluster, a densely packed and gravitationally bound group of tens of thousands or millions of stars.
Live ScienceStoryboardChilling Reveal: Antarctic Ice Melting Leads to New Understanding of EarthCurated byLive ScienceScientists have discovered never-before-seen patterns beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica following an expedition to create the most detailed picture ever of the glacier's underside.
Live ScienceStoryboardWeird Creatures and Places on Earth Could Explain Human Origins and EvolutionCurated byLive ScienceJawless, bloodsucking fish could help us understand how humans and all other vertebrates evolved, scientists say.
Live ScienceStoryboardGymnast Simone Biles' Secret to Success: Balancing Muscles and Mental HealthCurated byLive ScienceWith eight Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals under her belt — and potentially more to come soon — U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
Live ScienceStoryboardYellowstone Biscuit Basin Explosion Was Sudden and UnexpectedCurated byLive ScienceA geyser that erupted last week in Yellowstone National Park fired water and rock debris up to 600 feet (180 meters) into the air, scientists say — six times higher than was initially reported.
Live ScienceStoryboardGeologists Identify What's Making Giant Craters in Siberia's PermafrostCurated byLive ScienceMysterious "frost mounds" dotted across Siberia sometimes burst to form giant craters — and now, scientists have taken a step closer to discovering what makes these strange humps pop.
Live ScienceStoryboardArchaeologists Thrilled by Discovery of 2,200-Year-Old Tomb in ItalyCurated byLive ScienceArchaeologists in Italy were ecstatic last year after discovering a 2,200-year-old tomb decorated with stunning murals, including paintings of the three-headed hellhound, Cerberus, and of ichthyocentaurs — sea centaurs with the head and torso of a human, the front legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
Live ScienceStoryboard2024 Olympics Balances the Benefits and Risks of Extreme SportsCurated byLive ScienceSports offer a variety of benefits, from lowering stress and boosting self-esteem to improving heart and bone health. But they can also pose risks. In extreme cases, elite athletes complete seemingly death-defying stunts at major sporting events, such as the Olympics. But which sports are the most dangerous to participants? And which pose the highest risk of death?
Live ScienceStoryboardRecord-Breaking Heat Brings More Deadly Risks to Freshwater SwimmersCurated byLive Science2023 was the hottest summer in the past 2,000 years, and summer 2024 is looking to be just as intense. As summer peaks, freshwater lakes and pools all over the United States will likely be filled with people trying to cool off. But as the temperatures of these freshwater environments rise, the organisms that live in them can shift, posing harmful, or even lethal, threats to swimmers.
Live ScienceStoryboardNew Climate Pattern Simulations Reveal Impact on Daily Weather ForecastsCurated byLive ScienceResearchers have simulated an El Niño-like climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean and found that it affects winds and sea temperatures across the entire Southern Hemisphere.
Live ScienceStoryboardUnnatural Science: How Reliable Is AI for Working With Nature?Curated byLive ScienceThe world's loneliest tree may soon find a mate, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). Only a single, male specimen of the Wood's cycad (Encephalartos woodii) has ever been discovered in the wild. In 1895, botanist John Medley Wood found the solitary plant in what is now the Ngoye Forest Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Live ScienceStoryboardWild Wonders: The Strangest Animal Mating Behaviors Seen in NatureCurated byLive ScienceBreeding seasons can be dangerous for male frogs that attempt to impress a potential mate: They can quickly find themselves being dragged off and eaten by an unimpressed female, researchers have discovered.
Live ScienceStoryboardDouble Astronomy Delight: Two Epic Meteor Showers Peak Next WeekCurated byLive ScienceStargazers will soon be able to witness a "double" meteor shower as both the Alpha Capricornids and the Southern Delta Aquariids peak next week.
Live ScienceStoryboardASMR: Why Certain Audio Sensations Affect Only Some PeopleCurated byLive ScienceA makeup brush swirling around a microphone, scissors gently snipping through thread, a person softly whispering — a search for "ASMR videos" turns up these and many more alluring sounds, and the catalog of videos has only grown since the phenomenon took the internet by storm in the 2010s.
Live ScienceStoryboardControversial Culling: Killing Invasive Species to Protect Native WildlifeCurated byLive ScienceU.S. wildlife officials plan to kill nearly half a million "invasive" American owls over three decades, new documents confirm. Experts say the cull is needed to help protect two native owl species, which have been put under threat from the invaders. However, animal rights activists have condemned the plan as cruel and unnecessary.
Live ScienceStoryboardTracing Human Evolution: Homo sapiens in the Archaeological RecordCurated byLive ScienceModern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence in an evolutionary story that began approximately 6 million years ago and spawned at least 18 species known collectively as hominins.
Live ScienceStoryboardFascinating Geological Landmarks Near Possible Origins of Life on EarthCurated byLive SciencePotato-size metallic nodules strewn across the Pacific Ocean seafloor produce oxygen in complete darkness and without any help from living organisms, new research reveals.
Live ScienceStoryboardSurprising Findings on Mars: Evidence of Past Earth-Like Atmosphere FoundCurated byLive ScienceNASA's Curiosity Mars rover has accidentally uncovered an abundance of never-before-seen crystals on the Red Planet after inadvertently running over a rock.
Live ScienceStoryboardNew Discoveries in Archaeology Reveal Unexpected Origins of the First AmericansCurated byLive ScienceAncient humans may have butchered and eaten a giant armadillo-like creature around 20,000 years ago in what is now Argentina, a new study finds.
