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The first analysis of extreme calving events in Antarctica finds no correlation with climate change, highlighting the significance of common, smaller calving events for ice loss and instability.

From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this year.

Here’s Live Science’s 2024 quiz for archaeology fans. Do you know this year’s coolest archaeology stories?

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From fungi brewing alcohol in a person’s gut to parasitic brain infections, here are some of the oddest medical case reports we covered in 2024.

Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.

New research found behaving superstitiously could benefit us psychologically, even if we know it has no real effect on the outcomes of our actions.

Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human.

A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia’s deepest lakes into a sea of swirling clouds. The crater lake is sandwiched between a pair of unusual volcanic “nesting dolls” on…

This wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt birthday party invitation.