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Tattoos you can turn on and off(livescience.com)

62 points by MortyDev 15 days ago | 29 comments

Live Science article about researchers creating multicolored tattoo inks activated by different wavelengths of light, letting tattoos be hidden or shown.

1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections(livescience.com)

11 points by bookofjoe 22 days ago | 0 comments

Live Science article on a study finding about 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, mostly from four pathogens, and the role of vaccines in prevention.

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey(livescience.com)

85 points by gmays 29 days ago | 10 comments

Live Science news article on archaeologists finding a fragment of the world's oldest known peace treaty, from around 1269 B.C., at the Hittite capital Hattusha in Turkey.

Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time(livescience.com)

26 points by 01-_- 6 months ago | 5 comments

So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink(livescience.com)

138 points by Brajeshwar 8 months ago | 55 comments

Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century(livescience.com)

7 points by Brajeshwar 8 months ago | 1 comments

Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries(livescience.com)

16 points by Brajeshwar 9 months ago | 5 comments

NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew(livescience.com)

101 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 96 comments

A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies(livescience.com)

34 points by Brajeshwar 11 months ago | 36 comments

Moss survived outside of the International Space Station for 9 months(livescience.com)

57 points by geox 11 months ago | 15 comments

New analog chip capable of outperforming top-end GPUs by as much as 1000x(livescience.com)

21 points by mrbluecoat 11 months ago | 7 comments

Extreme weather caused more than $100B in damage by June(livescience.com)

77 points by geox 1 year ago | 49 comments

European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species(livescience.com)

96 points by zdw 1 year ago | 25 comments

Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale(livescience.com)

77 points by geox 1 year ago | 53 comments

Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space(livescience.com)

269 points by Teever 1 year ago | 120 comments

NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars(livescience.com)

17 points by geox 1 year ago | 5 comments

Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space(livescience.com)

47 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 4 comments

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees(livescience.com)

374 points by geox 1 year ago | 202 comments

Live Science article reporting that wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone has led to aspen tree regrowth not seen in 80 years, citing a new forest ecology paper.

Roman dodecahedron: 12-sided object has baffled archaeologists for centuries(livescience.com)

71 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 120 comments

RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry(livescience.com)

43 points by anjel 1 year ago | 39 comments

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object flashing signals from deep space(livescience.com)

66 points by gmays 1 year ago | 33 comments

Can adults grow new brain cells?(livescience.com)

60 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 22 comments

El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest(livescience.com)

49 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 13 comments

New urinal designs prevent 265,000 gallons of urine splashing onto the floor(livescience.com)

70 points by anjel 1 year ago | 83 comments

2,200-year-old pyramid filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea(livescience.com)

27 points by permo-w 1 year ago | 7 comments

Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely unknown branch of life(livescience.com)

271 points by wglb 1 year ago | 117 comments

Fish odor syndrome – A rare metabolic condition that makes sweat smell like fish(livescience.com)

19 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 4 comments

Google's AI 'co-scientist' cracked 10-year superbug problem in just 2 days(livescience.com)

3 points by raju 1 year ago | 0 comments

Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe(livescience.com)

19 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 3 comments

Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they liked snacks, model suggests(livescience.com)

99 points by Stratoscope 1 year ago | 123 comments

AI-designed chips are so weird that 'humans cannot understand them'(livescience.com)

414 points by anonymousiam 1 year ago | 268 comments

Live Science news article on AI models using deep learning to design wireless chips with unusual, hard-to-understand layouts that outperform human-made designs.

NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock(livescience.com)

60 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 20 comments

Dolní Vĕstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the world(livescience.com)

100 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 40 comments

Curse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars(livescience.com)

25 points by diodorus 1 year ago | 10 comments

Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts(livescience.com)

24 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 5 comments

Yoshua Bengio: Humanity faces a 'catastrophic' future if we don't regulate AI(livescience.com)

11 points by hdvr 2 years ago | 6 comments

Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality(livescience.com)

65 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 91 comments

Giant underwater avalanche decimated Atlantic seafloor 60k years ago(livescience.com)

14 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 11 comments

Helium reservoir with 'mind-boggling' concentrations may be even bigger(livescience.com)

13 points by thelastgallon 2 years ago | 3 comments

AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' – but it's too dangerous to release(livescience.com)

34 points by insamniac 2 years ago | 39 comments

Largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed(livescience.com)

4 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 5 comments

Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike(livescience.com)

35 points by avivallssa 2 years ago | 38 comments

DARPA unveils 6 new designs for uncrewed vertical-takeoff military aircraft(livescience.com)

24 points by belter 2 years ago | 8 comments

The first 'major lunar standstill' in more than 18 years is about to occur(livescience.com)

60 points by belter 2 years ago | 18 comments

Fiber-optic data transfer speeds hit a rapid 301 Tbps(livescience.com)

70 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 35 comments

Polar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal event(livescience.com)

12 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 0 comments

2K earthquakes in 1 day off Canada coast(livescience.com)

128 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 72 comments

JWT confirms something is seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe(livescience.com)

11 points by smackay 2 years ago | 1 comments

PFAS 'forever chemicals' to officially be removed from food packaging, FDA says(livescience.com)

159 points by revscat 2 years ago | 73 comments

Study suggests a 'dark mirror' universe within ours where atoms failed to form(livescience.com)

108 points by clockworksoul 2 years ago | 82 comments

Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin(livescience.com)

61 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 24 comments

ChatGPT will lie, cheat, use insider trading when under pressure to make money(livescience.com)

20 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 7 comments

'Impossible' orange auroras spotted in UK after solar storm slams into Earth(livescience.com)

22 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 3 comments

'Sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us(livescience.com)

24 points by alex_young 2 years ago | 14 comments

Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain(livescience.com)

201 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 170 comments

World's Smallest Particle Accelerator(livescience.com)

15 points by belter 3 years ago | 5 comments

Orcas are learning terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?(livescience.com)

31 points by amichail 3 years ago | 35 comments

Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct(livescience.com)

69 points by aforelight 3 years ago | 14 comments

Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global(livescience.com)

45 points by mindracer 3 years ago | 15 comments

CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab(livescience.com)

158 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 25 comments

Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics(livescience.com)

52 points by perihelions 3 years ago | 12 comments

Why do cats knead?(livescience.com)

202 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 98 comments

Induction of a torpor-like state in rodents by ultrasound(livescience.com)

62 points by geox 3 years ago | 19 comments