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New self-swab HPV test is an alternative to Pap smears....
There's a new way to screen for high-risk HPV, a viral infection that can lead to cervical cancer. This alternative method of collecting...
Experts predicted way more hurricanes this year — here's...
Here's one reason why the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has had such few storms.
Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers...
A powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new experiment suggests.
Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study...
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...
Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory...
The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers...
Deep below the Arctic Ocean, some plants have adapted to...
Plants found to photosynthesize 160 feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean offer tantalizing prospects for the future.
How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist...
"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons,...
32 of the world's smartest animals
Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.
