#LifeSLittleMysteries

The answer of whether humans are more closely related to cats or dogs depends on how you look at the question.

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.

One has stripes, and one doesn't. But do the differences between lions and tigers go deeper than that?

Live Science spoke with Tim Lenton, founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, about human actions that can trigger positive, self-propelling changes in nature.

A new map shows how smell receptors in the mouse nose are precisely organized into tight bands based on type.

Archaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England.

A blood-filtering therapy for preeclampsia is safe for pregnant patients and their babies, according to a new pilot study.

From Live Science: 'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid

Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction — and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.

A startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing.

Capturing deep-sky images even from light-polluted cities with this tiny smart telescope.

From Live Science: NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the 'most diverse collection' ever seen

Lightweight, durable and packed with advanced tracking features, the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is a great budget alternative to Garmin and Suunto smartwatches.

From Live Science: How everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressively

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery concerning a strange golden object found miles below the sea surface isn't an egg or sponge ‪—‬ it's from an anemone-like animal.

Some types of fungi borrowed a gene from ancient bacteria that gave the ability to make ice and trigger rain.

A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

Have you ever wondered how likely it is to find a message in a bottle, especially an old one? Let's do the math.

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the universe.