Новости за 21.11.2016

Some families need to avoid talk of Trump and Clinton at all costs. Live Science is here to help.

Thanksgiving is coming, and you know way too much about your relatives' political opinions.

A bubbling flood of molasses that sent a towering wave of goo down the streets of Boston in 1919, and now scientists have figured out why it was so deadly.

The American population is getting older, but the percentage of U.S. seniors with dementia is actually declining, a new study found.

Colds and the flu may take a bigger toll on women than men, according to a new study based on people's reports of their own symptoms.

"I was absolutely broken inside," Gomez said when she accepted her award for Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock.

The experimental "EmDrive" propulsion system may actually work, despite seeming to violate the laws of physics.

A small study suggests pregnant women who lie on their back may be at increased risk for stillbirth, but experts are cautious about the results.

Ancient inscriptions suggest Jordan's Jebel Qurma region was once teeming with life. Check out these amazing photos of the rock art.

The discovery of thousands of rocks inscribed with artwork suggests that Jordan's Jebel Qurma region once had trees, wildlife and a sizable human population.

A new way of getting information into light waves could mean faster fiber-optics.

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, today (Nov. 21), triggering a tsunami warning.

Men just don't live as long as women do, according to a new study that spans the globe and several centuries.

Which diet is best when it comes to weight loss?

Even in an age when climate change is making the outliers normal, what's happening in the Arctic stands out for just how outlandish it is. In the depths of the polar night, in mid-October, sea-ice growth slowed to a crawl and even started to decline.

Scientists finally cracked the long-standing mystery of a "singing snake" in the Amazon rainforest.

Is the octopus in the parking garage climate change's canary in the coal mine?

Zuckerberg posted a comment on his home page that finally addresses the problem of fake news on the social media site.

Pope Francis has indefinitely extended a policy that allows women who have had an abortion to receive absolution from any priest.