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A rare example of a wooden chamber tomb reveals connections between medieval Norse and Old Russian burial styles.

In this excerpt from "Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test," author Emily Seyl looks at the buildup to the 1945 test that changed history. She explores the huge effort to design experiments that would ultimately establish whether the gargantuan explosion in the middle of the desert was a success.

Many people tap their soda cans to prevent them from fizzing over, but does this technique actually work?

A new NASA-backed study has pinpointed why astronauts often experience constipation in space and how that might affect their health on long-haul missions to Mars and beyond.

Humanoid robots are moving out of the lab and into people's homes, from $30-an-hour cleaners to $20,000 domestic helpers. Tell us in our poll if you'd let one loose with a mop.

New 3D-printed corneal implants could help make up for the shortage of donor corneas available for transplant procedures, say Precise Bio co-founders Aryeh Batt and Dr. Anthony Atala .

NASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.

Extreme heat will become more common as the climate continues to warm. That will affect almost every facet of our health.

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a typical star, could shed light on the origins of the mysterious "little red dots."

Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.

New models of the carotid artery can be personalized for different people, revealing subtle differences in stroke risk.

A mysterious burial in an underground water channel may help archaeologists understand a pre-Inca ritual in Peru.

IBM's new modular cryogenic system links quantum chips to overcome major infrastructure hurdles and pave the way for a powerful system by 2029.

Do you think a social media ban for young users would be effective? Live Science readers revealed their thoughts in our latest poll.

Miniature models of the brain don't seem to follow the same developmental timetable as real brains, which matters for research.

A star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ever observed

NASA has finally revealed the enormous crater left on the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage smashed into its surface on Aug. 5.

For more than 150 years, leading archaeologists have assumed that women of the past never assumed roles of power. New genetic data shows how flawed that interpretation is, says Dr. Rachel Popey .

A 65-year-old woman arrived at the ER with textbook signs of a heart attack — but the real trigger turned out to be joy, not a blocked artery.