Live Science https://www.livescience.com Science, health & technology news Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:05:08 EDT en-us Live Science https://www.livescience.com/resources/img/feed-site-logo.jpg?5dba563 https://www.livescience.com 88 31 'God Does Not Play Dice with the Universe,' Einstein Writes in Letter About His Qualms with Quantum Theory https://www.livescience.com/65697-einstein-letters-quantum-physics.html Three letters written by Einstein are up for auction, and they offer an intriguing view of his thoughts on quantum physics. history Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:53:00 EDT For Sale: 'Haunted' Medieval Prison That Held Accused Witches https://www.livescience.com/65694-medieval-witch-prison-house.html The former jail is known by the ominous nickname "The Cage." strange-news Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:36:00 EDT Rare 'Ectopic Breast Tissue' Caused a Woman to Lactate from Her Vulva https://www.livescience.com/65695-woman-lactates-from-vulva.html Women can experience some odd body changes after pregnancy, but for one mother in Austria, those changes were particularly unusual. health Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:33:00 EDT Mysterious, Gaping Holes in Antarctic Ice Explained https://www.livescience.com/65693-mysterious-antarctic-ice-holes-explained.html The bizarre holes have been popping up sporadically in the sea ice since the 1970s. environment Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:05:00 EDT 12,000-Year-Old 'Headless' Horse Engraving Discovered in France https://www.livescience.com/65692-stone-age-horse-engravings.html Archaeologists have discovered 12,000-year-old engravings of a horse and four other animals etched by Stone Age artists into sandstone in what is now southwestern France. history Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:25:00 EDT Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him. https://www.livescience.com/65691-lightning-strikes-motorcyclist.html Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck. environment Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:08:00 EDT Night Owls and Morning Larks, Make Room for 'Afternoon People' and 'Nappers' https://www.livescience.com/65688-afternoon-person-nappers-chronotypes.html If you're not a morning person or a night person, but more like a midday person, don't feel left out. health Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:49:00 EDT Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration https://www.livescience.com/65690-trump-moon-tweet.html NASA's still on track to send humans to the moon. But confusion doesn't help. space Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:44:00 EDT AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces. https://www.livescience.com/65689-ai-human-voice-face.html Successful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics. technology Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:41:00 EDT What Are Rock Cairns? https://www.livescience.com/65687-rock-cairns.html What are those random piles of rocks on the trail? culture Mon, 10 Jun 2019 04:15:00 EDT Alien Life Could Be Hiding Out on Far Fewer Planets Than We Thought https://www.livescience.com/65685-where-complex-alien-life-exists.html Where is complex alien life hanging out in the universe? Likely not on planets stewing in toxic gases, according to a new study that dramatically reduces the number of worlds where scientists will have the best luck finding ET. space Mon, 10 Jun 2019 04:06:00 EDT Rare Tick-Borne Disease Tied to New Jersey Man's Death https://www.livescience.com/65686-rare-tickborne-virus-death-new-jersey.html A rare tick-borne virus may have sickened two people in New Jersey, killing one, according to news reports. health Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:59:00 EDT An 'Anomaly' the Size of Hawaii Is Buried Beneath the Moon's Biggest Crater https://www.livescience.com/65684-mystery-moon-blob-is-massive.html There's a gargantuan secret buried under the largest crater in the solar system, and it weighs more than Hawaii. space Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:42:00 EDT Severed Head of a Giant 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Discovered in Russia https://www.livescience.com/65677-severed-head-ancient-wolf-russia.html A local man came upon a grizzly site on the shore of the Tirekhtyakh River animals Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:30:00 EDT Stephen Hawking Was Right: Black Holes Can Evaporate, Weird New Study Shows https://www.livescience.com/65683-sonic-black-hole-spews-hawking-radiation.html Researchers used a sonic black hole to confirm one of Stephen Hawking's theories. strange-news Mon, 10 Jun 2019 01:55:00 EDT Done with Babies: April the Internet-Famous Giraffe Is Starting Birth Control https://www.livescience.com/65682-april-giraffe-birth-control.html The now five-time mama is done having babies. animals Mon, 10 Jun 2019 01:00:00 EDT Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock https://www.livescience.com/65679-biggest-meteorite-impact-uk.html Scientists have finally located the site of the biggest meteorite collision in the U.K. environment Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:38:00 EDT Keeping Your TV on at Night May Lead to Weight Gain https://www.livescience.com/65681-light-night-weight-gain.html Exposure to light at night — from the glare of a bedroom TV or a street light through a window — may increase the risk of weight gain and obesity in women. health Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:14:00 EDT Necklace Made of Defleshed Human Skull Discovered in Mayan Warrior Tomb https://www.livescience.com/65680-mayan-human-trophy-skull.html Grisly war trophies made from the heads of vanquished enemies certainly grab attention. But archaeologists are more interested in what they may tell about a tumultuous time of shifting political power. history Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:11:00 EDT The Ocean Is Sinking into Earth’s Mantle, and a Dead Supercontinent Is Partly to Blame https://www.livescience.com/65678-deep-water-cycle-sinking-ocean.html Water sinking into the ocean floor has contributed to 400 feet of sea level loss since the destruction of the supercontinent Pangaea, a new study shows. environment Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:20:00 EDT