Website reputation report

livescience.com

Last checked 2 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

livescience.com is currently classified in the News & Media category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include live science, discovered, earth.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

75/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene60 Transparency56 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about livescience.com

Updated Sep 29, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on livescience.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: An ancient Egyptian woman named Meretneith had a lavish tomb, and on it her name was written the same way as a pharaoh.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Apr 4, 2001. Registrar: Lexsynergy Limited.

Recorded expiry date: Apr 4, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 13, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 75/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on livescience.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious mindsDaily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists. A 72-year-old photo is revealing new clues about 'Meretneith,' a powerful woman who may have ruled Egypt 5,000 years ago | Live Sciencehttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/a-72-year-old-photo-is-revealing-news-clues-about-meretneith-a-powerful-woman-who-may-have-ruled-egypt-5-000-years-ago 'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns | Live ScienceOur planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim. Despite breached planetary boundaries, however, scientists argue that Earth can still have a safe and About Live Science | Live ScienceLive Science is one of the most trusted popular science websites, reporting on the latest discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating breakthroughs that impact you and the Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying predator evolution | Live ScienceA newly discovered feathered dinosaur named Norellraptor barsboldi had sharply curved teeth and claws, as well as four wings, and it adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved s Africa's oldest known defensive wall outside Egypt discovered, and it's 4,000 years old | Live Sciencehttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/africas-oldest-known-defensive-wall-outside-egypt-discovered-and-its-4-000-years-old Towering 'sponge' dome in Brazil is the secret source of nearby hot springs — Earth from space | Live Sciencehttps://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/towering-sponge-dome-in-brazil-is-the-secret-source-of-nearby-hot-springs-earth-from-space The super El Niño could cause torrential rainstorms. Americans may need to stock up on food to prepare, experts say. | Live ScienceA U.K. government minister has urged people in Britain to stock up on essentials to prepare for storms magnified by the record-breaking El Niño. Should Americans heed the same advi Newly discovered iron minerals might hold primordial water from when Earth formed | Live ScienceResearchers may have found a missing link in how Earth's mantle gets wet: newly discovered iron minerals that can store water at the extremely high temperatures and pressures prese 'Listen, father!': 1,700-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt contains a poem in ancient Greek and spells to protect the dead | Live ScienceA tomb dating back to the time the Romans controlled Egypt contains a funerary poem in ancient Greek.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on livescience.com

10 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

live scienceTitle, Meta description10 sampled pages
discoveredTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
earthTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
thatMeta description5 sampled pages
egyptTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
newly discoveredTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
haveTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
may haveTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
latestTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
timeTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
60/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
56/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLAnalysis limit reached
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-09-29T18:00:06+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,017

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

0 resources checked · 0 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts0
Inline scripts0
Embedded frames0
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainlivescience.com
RegistrarLexsynergy Limited
RegisteredApr 4, 2001
Domain age25 years
ExpiresApr 4, 2027
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address151.101.130.114
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.livescience.com/
Endpoint151.101.130.114
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface22 records · 4 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 3 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size2,117,343 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed3
Script resources0 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromAug 15, 2026
Valid untilNov 13, 2026
Certificate nameslivescience.com · www.livescience.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A151.101.130.114TTL —
A151.101.194.114TTL —
A151.101.2.114TTL —
A151.101.66.114TTL —
NSns-1524.awsdns-62.orgTTL —
NSns-1768.awsdns-29.co.ukTTL —
NSns-816.awsdns-38.netTTL —
NSns-91.awsdns-11.comTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=SQONiBgTxRVzPPtIHjei_IUGCiAa0KxoVWFw1QfVesTTL —
TXT+GTGVMrHp0rvW2q0l3oHszfVzfjIxkE6goLfPCimYvc/KFJijrv2QeehCF1lSXE45Z8oHGNGTV8Lt2RVZQe2Dw==TTL —
TXTbotify-site-verification=Bvex9ErUud910tVAIquqUVU7RH2if7uSTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Atqc9dP0n6k-l_-G2qLXJywPb_IyZrSK02WIJzRvNQ0TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=bBWc5E4SVxmPs08cqtt_LR0zbPn6co3kaI9JwkW0S-ATTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=cT0VCuWQCTCmUeE43of8bJhsqQBzcEpdq18TOMdUgukTTL —
TXTinclude:mx.google.comTTL —
TXTMS=ms60632271TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.google.com -allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self'
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed3
Missing Secure2
Missing HttpOnly2
Missing SameSite2

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Cloudflare 98% Google Tag Manager 96% Tailwind CSS 72%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

About this website

What the site says about itself

An ancient Egyptian woman named Meretneith had a lavish tomb, and on it her name was written the same way as a pharaoh.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleLive Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
First headingUnavailable
DescriptionDaily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Canonical URLhttps://www.livescience.com
Final URLhttps://www.livescience.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesItemList · SiteNavigationElement · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/remarkably-preserved-feathered-dinosaur-discovered-in-china-reveals-new-secrets-of-flying-predator-evolutionAbout page detectedhttps://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/a-72-year-old-photo-is-revealing-news-clues-about-meretneith-a-powerful-woman-who-may-have-ruled-egypt-5-000-years-agoSupport page detectedhttps://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/were-rapidly-running-out-of-time-7-of-earths-9-life-support-systems-already-breached-and-the-situation-is-getting-worse-report-warns
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
22100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
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3100% evidence confidence
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Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has default src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe inline100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.livescience.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

Premium monitoring

Catch downtime and security changes automatically

Regular checks, availability history, and alert emails are reserved for Premium websites. Free reports remain point-in-time scans and do not create recurring server work.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
deep-beacon-arc-328

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for livescience.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of livescience.com
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about livescience.com

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Is livescience.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 75/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on livescience.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was livescience.com registered?

The public registry record shows Apr 4, 2001. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did livescience.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does livescience.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.