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A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths’ sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.
A study of people with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder suggests that the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy shows promise against addiction.
Plants found to photosynthesize 160 feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean offer tantalizing prospects for the future.
“The Secret History of Sharks” author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.
Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.
When researchers tested a mysterious substance on the heads and necks of ancient mummies found in China’s Tarim Basin, they discovered that it was the world’s oldest cheese.
Brain scans revealed that teenagers with larger attention-driving networks were more likely to develop depression.
Along the southern coasts of Australia, flashy fish called seadragons sport leaflike lobes that help them blend into kelp and seagrass. Seadragons “are like the marine version of a koala or kangaroo,” says Nerida Wilson. “They’re just that iconic.” Wilson…
The centuries-old remains at Notre Dame have been identified as Joachim du Bellay, a French Renaissance poet who died at age 37.
People could previously get the nasal spray flu vaccine, called FluMist, from a health care provider, but now they can administer it themselves.
