3. Physicists create groundbreaking atomic clock that''s off by less than 1 second every 100 million years
4. 2,000-year-old bed barricade unearthed in Pompeii house — likely a family''s last attempt to escape Vesuvius'' eruption
12. In a first, physicists spot elusive ''free-range'' atoms — confirming a century-old theory about quantum mechanics
13. ''Pirate'' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave ships
14. Pterosaur tracks reveal flying reptiles were comfortable on land, too — some even shared environments with dinosaurs
17. Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth this week — here''s where it might hit (map)
18. Secret of ancient Maya blue-pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá
20. Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn''t Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child
24. 1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an ''outsider'' to Roman society
28. Quantum ''miracle material'' can store information in a single dimension thanks to newly discovered magnetic switching
34. Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary
35. Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once
38. Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc''s Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory
43. ''Dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra'': Mathematicians devise new way to solve devilishly difficult equations
44. Astronomers identify first ''good'' candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system
45. Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs, linking them to sky goddess, study finds
47. Doomed Soviet spacecraft tumbling toward Earth may already have its parachute out, new images hint
50. Legendary ''women of the sea'' in South Korea freedive well into their 80s. A new study hints at how.
52. Self-driving cars can tap into ''AI-powered social network'' to talk to each other while on the road
54. 18th-century monk''s anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him, researchers discover
55. ''Propaganda'' praising Ramesses II discovered on famous ancient Egyptian obelisk in Paris, Egyptologist claims
56. Scientists just discovered a single molecule that may treat rare, devastating mitochondrial diseases
57. Celebrate Bird Day this Sunday: Huge discount on Canon binoculars we call ''game-changing'' for bird-watching
60. AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users to see if they could change their minds — and the results are creepy
64. ''Groundbreaking'' ancient DNA research confirms Pueblo peoples'' ties to famous Chaco Canyon site
67. Our favorite table air purifier is now at its lowest-ever price, right in time for the hay fever season
71. ''It''s huge, and it''s been hidden for this whole time'': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers
74. ''It''s answering one of the questions of the century'': Scientists may finally know where the oldest gold in the universe came from
75. Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next week — and it could land almost anywhere
84. Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
85. ''Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves'': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers
86. Astronomers discover giant ''bridge'' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery
88. ''Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That''s when the tortoise seizes its chance'': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research
89. What is ''induced atmospheric vibration'' and did it really cause power outages across Spain and Portugal?
90. ''How could it have been allowed to happen?'': The threat of ''superbugs'' was known from the first antibiotic, but we''ve failed to stop it.
91. Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of ''carbon-free'' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors
93. Heavy dusting of ''pineapple powder'' paints Hawaii''s volcanoes white after near-record snowfall — Earth from space
94. China uses ''gravitational slingshots'' to save 2 satellites that were stuck in the wrong orbit for 123 days
95. Scientists spot a ''dark nebula'' being torn apart by rowdy infant stars — offering clues about our own solar system''s past
96. Mass graves of Black Union soldiers slaughtered by Confederate guerrillas possibly identified in Kentucky
101. The Mariana Trench is home to some weird deep sea fish, and they all have the same, unique mutations
107. AI can handle tasks twice as complex every few months. What does this exponential growth mean for how we use it?
108. Space photo of the week: Iconic ''Eagle Nebula'' gets a major glow-up on Hubble''s 35th anniversary
110. There''s liquid on Titan, Saturn''s largest moon. But something''s missing and scientists are confused
111. Climate change is spoiling food faster, making hundreds of millions of people sick around the world
115. Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest''s worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
120. Did the James Webb telescope really find evidence of alien life? Here''s the truth about exoplanet K2-18b.
123. ''Royal Egyptian inscription'' of Ramesses III''s name is first of its kind discovered in Jordan
124. ''We''re already on the precipice of disaster'': Deadly measles outbreaks could explode across the US in the next 25 years if vaccinations fall, model predicts
125. Cloudy with a chance of mushballs: Jupiter''s monster storms include softball size hailstones made of ammonia
128. Microplastics have been in ''pristine streams'' for half a century — what could that mean for human health?
130. Acne vaccine: Experimental shot for common skin condition reaches clinical trials. Here''s what you need to know.
131. Corryvreckan whirlpool: Scotland''s ''raging cauldron'' that is named after a Norse king and said to house a witch
132. James Webb telescope reveals truth about ''impossible'' black hole thought to be feeding at 40 times the theoretical limit
137. World''s largest solar telescope turns on powerful new camera, revealing breathtaking image of a continent-size sunspot
139. Ancient DNA and modern genomes can reveal stories of past peoples, from the Iron Age to Chernobyl, geneticist says
140. Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable
146. Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: ''The jury is still out on what it all means.''
148. The Garmin fēnix 7X Sapphire Solar is one of the best smartwatches ever made, and it now has a huge 360 discount at Best Buy
154. Scientists create ultra-tough copper alloy that is stronger than steel and can withstand temperatures of 1500 F
155. Extreme ''zombie star'' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from
156. World''s first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet
160. Ancient ''military outpost'' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great''s grandmother
162. A long-lost Antarctic ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are ''perpetually submerged''
164. ''An up-tempo version of Darwinian evolution'': How a mega freeze in Florida may have caused Burmese pythons to evolve at a blindingly fast speed
165. New QPU benchmark will show when quantum computers surpass existing computing capabilities, scientists say
167. Pair of ''glowing'' lava lakes spotted on Africa''s most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously — Earth from space
170. Schrödinger''s cat-inspired quantum computing now 160 times more reliable thanks to new discovery
176. Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the ''Crystal Ball Nebula''
180. ''Secrets of the Penguins'' will take penguin observations ''to another level,'' executive producer James Cameron
182. Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity
184. Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal
187. Universe may revolve once every 500 billion years — and that could solve a problem that threatened to break cosmology
190. Student accidentally creates ''shape-recovering liquid'' that''s an exception to the laws of thermodynamics
196. TSMC''s upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here''s what it means for the future of tech — from AI to smartphones.
197. Scientists may have finally found where the ''missing half'' of the universe''s matter is hiding
199. Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars: ''I knew right away how important this discovery was''
200. ''Useless'' female organ discovered over a century ago may actually support ovaries, study finds
201. A mysterious, 100-year solar cycle may have just restarted — and it could mean decades of dangerous space weather
202. ''Quiet Chernobyl'' changed Earth''s surface so much the planet''s mantle is still moving 80 years later
208. James Webb telescope spots Milky Way''s long-lost ''twin'' — and it is ''fundamentally changing our view of the early universe''
211. An ocean of magma formed early in Earth''s history and it may still influence our planet today, study finds
214. Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight
215. Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it''s tiny
217. Newly ''awakened'' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before
218. Diagnostic dilemma: A man who couldn''t pee had been infected by one of the largest known human parasites
221. ''A relationship that could horrify Darwin'': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
222. ''Dispiriting and exasperating'': The world''s super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it''s hampering research
223. Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
224. Watch zoo elephants form protective ''alert circle'' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake
225. Strange ''sea pigs,'' sea spiders and a spawning ''butterfly'' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists
227. Crop circles surround Iraq''s multicolored ''Sea of Salt'' after years of drought — Earth from space
228. Watch humanlike robot with bionic muscles dangle as it twitches, shrugs and clenches its fists in creepy video
229. ''The parasite was in the driver''s seat'': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
234. ''Flesh-eating'' vulva infections reported in three cases — gynecologists should know the signs, experts warn
236. World Quantum Day 2025: What is quantum superposition and what does it mean for quantum computing?
247. Alien Dyson spheres could really exist — but only in this 1 type of star system, new study hints
249. It''s time to clean up space junk before orbits become ''unusable,'' according to new ESA report
250. Record-breaking ''dead'' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
251. ''Major'' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti''s daughter
254. Science news this week: Controversy around the dire wolf ''de-extinctions'' and a 3D hologram breakthrough
255. Scientists built largest brain ''connectome'' to date by having a lab mouse watch ''The Matrix'' and ''Star Wars''
257. Elusive neutrinos'' mass just got halved — and it could mean physicists are close to solving a major cosmic mystery
261. US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like ''microsatellites'' into space
262. New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
263. Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica''s gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite
264. Get a closer look at wildlife for less: This huge 60 saving on the Bushnell 10x42mm Trophy XLT binoculars — now down to their lowest-ever price at Adorama
274. Strange altar found at Tikal wasn''t made by the Maya — and it has at least 4 people buried inside it
277. Rare quadruple supernova on our ''cosmic doorstep'' will shine brighter than the moon when it blows up in 23 billion years
280. Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy?
281. April''s full ''Pink Moon'' rises this weekend — here''s how to see it, and why it''s so special
288. Colossal''s de-extincted ''dire wolf'' isn''t a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say
290. Quantum computing breakthrough could make disruptive ''noise'' — forces that disrupt calculations — a thing of the past
299. NASA rover watches ''fiendish'' Martian ''dust devils'' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalism
