10 science records broken in 2020 By Yasemin Saplakoglu published 28 December 20 From the longest bird flight to the oldest identical twins, 2020 was filled with record-breaking science.
10 times science made a sucky year suck less By Yasemin Saplakoglu published 27 December 20 From the incredible efforts of scientists to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time to clapping seals, this year had some amazing discoveries.
Live Science's top stories of 2020: Writers' choice By Mindy Weisberger published 26 December 20 From a mirror universe to X-shaped galaxies, these stories guaranteed that 2020 would be a year to remember.
Fireballs, spaceships and … iguanas? 7 strange things that fell from the sky By Nicoletta Lanese published 26 December 20 Watch your head!
Alien hunters detect mystery signal coming from the closest star system By Rafi Letzter published 20 December 20 Astronomers hunting for radio signals from alien civilizations have reportedly detected an "intriguing signal" from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun.
Newly discovered fungi turn flies into zombies and devour them from the inside out By Stephanie Pappas published 18 December 20 Two newly discovered fungi eat flies from the inside out while dropping new spores out of holes dissolved in the living flies' abdomens.
Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast By Laura Geggel published 7 December 20 How did an octopus in Japan grow nine arms?
Who set up this mysterious metal monolith in Utah desert? (It's not aliens.) By Stephanie Pappas published 24 November 20 Who embedded a 10-foot-tall metal monolith in the remote Utah desert?
JFK conspiracy theory is debunked in Mexico 57 years after Kennedy assassination By Gonzalo Soltero published 22 November 20 Most conspiracy theories surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s assassination have been disproven.
Tiny owl found hiding in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going home. Here's why. By Laura Geggel published 19 November 20 The owl found in the Rockefeller Christmas tree isn't going back to his original territory. Here's why.
Mama and baby bear shot to death aboard Russian nuclear submarine By Brandon Specktor published 10 November 20 A mother bear and her cub were shot and killed by Russian hunters after boarding a docked nuclear submarine in Kamchatka.
Alien-like photo shows eel dangling out of heron's stomach in midair By Laura Geggel published 10 November 20 The eel probably thought "not today" as it burrowed out of the heron's stomach.
Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans By Kimberly Hickok published 27 October 20 The dead don't eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead.
Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies, and turn them into slaves By Tessa Koumoundouros published 26 October 20 Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies and turn them into slaves.
Famous fish that ate all his friends gets cheered up by 16th birthday party By Mindy Weisberger published 22 October 20 Happy 16th birthday to Mikko the grouper, a popular aquarium fish in Finland who missed his human visitors during the COVID-19 shutdown.
The very first forms of life may have been more animal-like than we ever realized By Tessa Koumoundouros published 20 October 20 Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.
Do we live in a simulation? Chances are about 50–50. By Anil Ananthaswamy published 14 October 20 Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the frontiers of cosmology
Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height? By Mindy Weisberger published 22 September 20 After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning.
Helium-huffing alligators and reluctant hitmen win big at the Ig Nobel awards By Mindy Weisberger published 18 September 20 Weird science took center stage at the 30th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.
Watch LIVE: The 2020 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, tonight @ 6:00 p.m. ET By Mindy Weisberger published 17 September 20 You can watch the premiere of the 2020 Ig Nobels here on Live Science.
