NASA identifies 17 planets with possible subsurface oceans, and they could be fit for life (www.livescience.com)
People buried at 'mega' stone tombs in Spain were defleshed and their bones fractured after death (www.livescience.com)
Decades ago, archaeologists unearthed two large Neolithic stone tombs in northern Spain dating to the fourth millennium B.C. that contained the remains of more than two dozen men, women and children, in addition to flint arrowheads, bone awls, stone tools and pottery fragments. Now, a new analysis of the people’s bones has...
Medieval 'curse tablet' summoning Satan discovered at the bottom of a latrine in Germany (www.livescience.com)
Newly discovered Antarctic sea spider with 'boxing glove' claws pulled up from ocean floor (www.livescience.com)
NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data (www.livescience.com)
Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites teen after hiding in shell (www.livescience.com)
Pinky-white leucistic alligator with blue eyes born in Florida is 1 of only 8 in the world (www.livescience.com)
Some female meerkats have a brutal, bloodthirsty streak, and now we may know why (www.livescience.com)
Meerkats may look cute, but the dominant females are notoriously deadly and will kill female relatives and eat their offspring to suppress reproduction and eliminate future competition. Now, scientists may finally know what helps these murderous matriarchs become dominant — and stay on top....
Extremely rare dolphin with thumbs photographed in Greek gulf (www.livescience.com)
Temple linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great discovered in ancient megacity in Iraq (www.livescience.com)
Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday (www.livescience.com)
120 million-year-old 'plants' turn out to be ultra-rare fossilized baby turtles (www.livescience.com)
Strange object found trapped near Uranus (www.livescience.com)
A distant comet trapped in orbit between Saturn and Uranus is accompanied by a transforming disk of icy dust, new observations reveal.
This AI model can tell if you're at high risk of lung cancer by analyzing a single X-ray scan (www.livescience.com)
One of the brightest stars in the sky will 'blink out' on Dec. 12. Here's how to watch. (www.livescience.com)
Enormous planet discovered around tiny star could break our understanding of solar system formation (www.livescience.com)
James Webb telescope reveals 'nursery' of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way (www.livescience.com)
Nearly 8,000 medieval coins and 7 Bronze Age swords unearthed in Germany (www.livescience.com)
SpaceX rockets keep tearing blood-red 'atmospheric holes' in the sky, and scientists are concerned (www.livescience.com)
An immunologist explains why the immune system works best when balanced, not 'boosted' (www.livescience.com)
Hydrogen discovered in Apollo-era moon rocks could change the future of lunar exploration (www.livescience.com)
Hercules beetle: The titan insect with giant horns for love and war (www.livescience.com)
Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are surprisingly rare. Astronomers may finally know why. (www.livescience.com)
Enormous 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares (www.livescience.com)
Giant 1.5-foot-long rat that can crack open coconuts photographed for 1st time on remote island (www.livescience.com)
