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Live Science
Who runs Live Science, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest science news alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- ScienceAlert
Measured from Live Science’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Live Science01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Live Science
Live Science livescience.com
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Wikidata: science news website
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Live Science tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
9 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- Sourcepoint
- US company
- 4 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Live Science
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Live Science, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Live Science match.
- 01
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close - 02
Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science.
Very close - 03
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Very close - 04
Universe Today - Space and Astronomy News
Your daily source for space and astronomy news. Expert coverage of NASA missions, rocket launches, space exploration, exoplanets, and the latest discoveries in astrophysics.
Very close - 05
Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Very close - 06
National Geographic
Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Very close - 07
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 08
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close - 09
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 10
Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
Very close - 11
Welcome to LWN.net [LWN.net]
computing webzine with an emphasis on Unix-like operating systems
Very close - 12
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close - 13
Salon.com - News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food
American progressive news and opinion website
Very close - 14
heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online
News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.
Very close - 15
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Very close - 16
Aeon | a world of ideas
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
Very close - 17
Digg - News, before it trends
See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.
Very close - 18
kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products
Jason Kottke's daily links and commentary on art, science, technology, design, film, and culture since 1998.
Very close - 19
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close - 20
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Live Science’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Live Science uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Live Science adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 15 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 29 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Live Science’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Tailwind CSS page source: --tw-border-spacing-x:
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Cookie consent
- Sourcepoint page source: cdn.privacy-mgmt.com
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630cf41cb803be-HAM
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-lon4279-LON, cache-ber1080035-BER
- Video
- JW Player page source: cdn.jwplayer.com
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms60632271
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1768.awsdns-29.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: CC462E6DF91492086145CA5EBDCB615E
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=SQONiBgTxRVzPPtIHjei_IUGCiAa0KxoVWFw1…
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: cT0VCuWQCTCmUeE43of8bJhsqQBzcEpdq18TOMdUguk
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on livescience.com 11/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Google Ad Manager 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- GlobalSign 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on livescience.com 7/20
- Google Analytics · not on livescience.com 7/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- Mailchimp · not on livescience.com 5/20
- PHP · not on livescience.com 5/20
- OneTrust · not on livescience.com 5/20
- Adobe · not on livescience.com 5/20
- Atlassian · not on livescience.com 5/20
- Google Fonts 4/20