It publishes stories in a wide variety of topics such as Space, Animals, Health, Archaeology, Human behavior and Planet Earth.

Its declared mission is to inform and entertain its readers about science and the world.

[2] Purch consumer brands (including Live Science) were acquired by Future in 2018.

[3] In 2011, the Columbia Journalism Review's "News Startups Guide" called Live Science "a purebred Web animal, primarily featuring one-off stories and photo galleries produced at high speed by its mostly young staffers, almost all of whom have journalism degrees" and noted that "If you are looking for resource-intensive expositions of global warming, for instance, or thickly narrated journeys into the research process, LiveScience will disappoint.

[5] 2008, 2010: Honoree, ebsites and Mobile Sites, Science from the Webby Awards.