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In this James Webb telescope image, the gigantic molecular cloud near our galaxy's center appears as a canvas of pink and purple clouds set against a shadowy backdrop.

Time to stop monkeying around - just don't go bananas if you get the wrong answer!

Catch up on the latest trends in health news in this roundup of long-reads compiled by Live Science's health channel editor.

Researchers found that U.S. metal mines already contain large amounts of critical minerals that are mostly going unused. Recovering even a small fraction of these byproducts could sharply reduce dependence on imports for...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively expel, surrounding material.

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed using the James Webb Spa...

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify these conditions with ...

You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the oceans twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the day and rise at night t...

Weight loss restored healthy metabolism in both young and mid-aged mice, but the brain told a different story. In mid-aged animals, slimming down actually worsened inflammation in a brain region tied to appetite and ener...

A randomized trial from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center reveals that magnesium may be the missing key to keeping vitamin D levels in balance. The study found that magnesium raised vitamin D in people who were deficient w...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope-and most didnt hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that popular approaches like pr...

When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 years, none appeared - an unsettling result tied to low-oxygen waters in the region. These worms ...