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10+ most popular Live Science articles, as voted by our community.
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Does evolution ever go backward?
In regressive evolution, organisms lose complex features and can appear to evolve "in reverse." But evolution doesn't retrace its steps, experts said.
Live Science on Brain
Can we think without using language?
Science suggests that words aren't strictly necessary for reasoning.
Live Science on Decision Making
What is quantum cognition? Physics theory could predict human behavior.
Some scientists think quantum mechanics can help explain human decision-making.
Live Science on Health
How to increase your range of motion — and why it's central to your health
Feeling stiff? Struggling with your flexibility? Improving your range of motion can help to overcome these problems. Here’s how…
A guide to the DASH diet for weight loss
Find out what to eat and what to limit on the DASH diet for weight loss
Live Science on Nutrition
Four possible benefits of fasting, according to science
From improved gut health to weight loss, we speak to a dietitian to find out more about the potential benefits of fasting
Live Science on Quantum Physics
Does consciousness explain quantum mechanics?
A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.
«One idea is that consciousness (opens in new tab)— an awareness of our own selves and the impact we have on our surroundings — plays a key role in measurement and that it's our experience of the universe that converts it from merely imagined to truly real. »
Live Science on Science
Nuclear fusion is one step closer with new AI breakthrough
The green energy revolution is getting closer.
'Quantum time flip' makes light move simultaneously forward and backward in time
The time-flipped photon can't be used to restage "Back to the Future," but it could help us figure out some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena.
Live Science on Space
Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really.
Imagine a universe where you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started. If our universe were a finite donut, then such movements would be possible and…
Why do the planets in the solar system orbit on the same plane?
To answer this question, we have to go back in time.
Live Science on Swiss Alps
The world's largest ichthyosaur may have just been discovered in the Swiss Alps
The Triassic sea monster may be one of the largest animals that ever lived.
Live Science on Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting for weight loss: What the science says
Here's what evidence says about the efficacy – and safety – of different styles of intermittent fasting for weight loss
How to follow a Mediterranean diet for weight loss
Unsure exactly how to follow a Mediterranean diet for weight loss? We’ve got all the tips and advice you need
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Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works
Some of the world's most creative minds, including Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison described using this sleep technique to bolster creativity.
«hypnagogia state or N1, lasts only a few minutes before you drift off to deeper sleep, but it may be the "ideal cocktail for creativity»
Which fruits are low in sugar?
Fruits contain two types of sugar: fructose and glucose. So, which fruits are low in sugar?
Physicists predict Earth will become a chaotic world, with dire consequences
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'Universal language network' identified in the brain
This network had mostly been studied in English speakers.
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an "extra" dimension of time
The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.
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