This is our reviewer’s favorite fitness watch, and it is now at its lowest-ever price We love Garmin watches here at Live Science. These premium wearables continuously impress us with their sleek design, advanced tracking features and top-notch accuracy. However, that does not mean we do not appreciate fitness trackers from some of the lesser-known […]

Scientists are unraveling the link between pollution and psoriasis MAHARASHTRA, INDIA — When Babytai Suryavanshi first noticed a few scaly patches on her right forearm, she ignored them for three months, thinking it was an infection that would heal on its own. While working in the sorghum fields last year, she noticed the patches had […]

‘If there is a space race, China’s already winning it’: NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say What if the first Martian rock samples ever deliberately hauled back to Earth landed not in Houston, but in Beijing? That scenario, once far-fetched, is edging closer to reality. The U.S.-led […]

See a 3-D map of stellar nurseries based on data from the Gaia telescope McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was the […]

‘The whole forest has changed’: Amazon trees are getting fatter due to rising CO2 in the atmosphere Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more resource-rich environment for plants in the Amazon, […]

Scientists unveil world’s first quantum computer built with regular silicon chips A U.K. startup has created the world’s first silicon-based quantum computer manufactured using the same transistor technology found in nearly all modern digital electronics. The machine is built using the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip fabrication process — the same used to create the chips […]

Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain ‘almost impossible’ chemistry A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments — a combination so unusual that researchers thought their coexistence was “almost impossible.” The substances’ presence provides a window […]

Meet the ‘grue jay,’ a rare hybrid songbird There was something strange about the turquoise-colored songbird flying around San Antonio in 2023. With its black-and-white tail bands and its jeering honk, it somewhat resembled and sounded like a blue jay. But it had the face and low, two-tone rattling call of a green jay. The […]

NASA launches special mission to study Earth’s mysterious “halo” Some NASA missions are designed for very specific tasks, but all of them help feed into our understanding of our universe, and in some cases our pale blue dot, work. A new mission to study one of the more esoteric parts of the atmosphere successfully launched […]

Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old trees QUICK FACTS Name: Cairo Fossil Forest Location: Cairo, New York Coordinates: 42.320497982992606, -74.04507745235895 Why it’s incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an […]