2. Did the James Webb telescope really find evidence of alien life? Here''s the truth about exoplanet K2-18b.
6. ''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
7. Cloudy with a chance of mushballs: Jupiter''s monster storms include softball size hailstones made of ammonia
10. Microplastics have been in ''pristine streams'' for half a century — what could that mean for human health?
12. Acne vaccine: Experimental shot for common skin condition reaches clinical trials. Here''s what you need to know.
13. Corryvreckan whirlpool: Scotland''s ''raging cauldron'' that is named after a Norse king and said to house a witch
14. James Webb telescope reveals truth about ''impossible'' black hole thought to be feeding at 40 times the theoretical limit
19. World''s largest solar telescope turns on powerful new camera, revealing breathtaking image of a continent-size sunspot
21. Ancient DNA and modern genomes can reveal stories of past peoples, from the Iron Age to Chernobyl, geneticist says
22. Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable
28. 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.''
30. 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
36. Scientists create ultra-tough copper alloy that is stronger than steel and can withstand temperatures of 1500 F
37. Extreme ''zombie star'' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from
38. World''s first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet
42. Ancient ''military outpost'' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great''s grandmother
44. 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''
46. ''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
47. New QPU benchmark will show when quantum computers surpass existing computing capabilities, scientists say
49. Pair of ''glowing'' lava lakes spotted on Africa''s most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously — Earth from space
52. Schrödinger''s cat-inspired quantum computing now 160 times more reliable thanks to new discovery
62. ''Secrets of the Penguins'' will take penguin observations ''to another level,'' executive producer James Cameron
64. Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity
66. Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal
69. Universe may revolve once every 500 billion years — and that could solve a problem that threatened to break cosmology
72. Student accidentally creates ''shape-recovering liquid'' that''s an exception to the laws of thermodynamics
78. TSMC''s upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here''s what it means for the future of tech — from AI to smartphones.
81. Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars: ''I knew right away how important this discovery was''
83. A mysterious, 100-year solar cycle may have just restarted — and it could mean decades of dangerous space weather
84. ''Quiet Chernobyl'' changed Earth''s surface so much the planet''s mantle is still moving 80 years later
90. James Webb telescope spots Milky Way''s long-lost ''twin'' — and it is ''fundamentally changing our view of the early universe''
93. An ocean of magma formed early in Earth''s history and it may still influence our planet today, study finds
96. Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight
97. Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it''s tiny
99. Newly ''awakened'' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before
100. Diagnostic dilemma: A man who couldn''t pee had been infected by one of the largest known human parasites
103. ''A relationship that could horrify Darwin'': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
104. ''Dispiriting and exasperating'': The world''s super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it''s hampering research
105. Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
106. Watch zoo elephants form protective ''alert circle'' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake
107. Strange ''sea pigs,'' sea spiders and a spawning ''butterfly'' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists
109. Crop circles surround Iraq''s multicolored ''Sea of Salt'' after years of drought — Earth from space
110. Watch humanlike robot with bionic muscles dangle as it twitches, shrugs and clenches its fists in creepy video
111. ''The parasite was in the driver''s seat'': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
116. ''Flesh-eating'' vulva infections reported in three cases — gynecologists should know the signs, experts warn
118. World Quantum Day 2025: What is quantum superposition and what does it mean for quantum computing?
129. Alien Dyson spheres could really exist — but only in this 1 type of star system, new study hints
131. It''s time to clean up space junk before orbits become ''unusable,'' according to new ESA report
132. Record-breaking ''dead'' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
133. ''Major'' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti''s daughter
136. Science news this week: Controversy around the dire wolf ''de-extinctions'' and a 3D hologram breakthrough
137. Scientists built largest brain ''connectome'' to date by having a lab mouse watch ''The Matrix'' and ''Star Wars''
139. Elusive neutrinos'' mass just got halved — and it could mean physicists are close to solving a major cosmic mystery
143. US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like ''microsatellites'' into space
144. New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
145. Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica''s gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite
146. 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
156. Strange altar found at Tikal wasn''t made by the Maya — and it has at least 4 people buried inside it
159. Rare quadruple supernova on our ''cosmic doorstep'' will shine brighter than the moon when it blows up in 23 billion years
162. Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy?
163. April''s full ''Pink Moon'' rises this weekend — here''s how to see it, and why it''s so special
170. Colossal''s de-extincted ''dire wolf'' isn''t a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say
172. Quantum computing breakthrough could make disruptive ''noise'' — forces that disrupt calculations — a thing of the past
181. NASA rover watches ''fiendish'' Martian ''dust devils'' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalism
183. ''If it weren''t for that asteroid, they might still share this planet'': Dinosaurs weren''t doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests
186. Starving cannibalistic spiders won''t hunt their siblings, but they''ll quickly dine on their corpses
190. Watch the moon''s shadow race across US on first anniversary of historic total solar eclipse — Earth from space
203. Years of ''confusion and debate'' are over — research finds hormone therapy is good for women''s hearts in early menopause
204. Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)
209. MIT invents new way for QPUs to communicate — paving the way for a scalable ''quantum supercomputer''
210. 4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world''s oldest known evidence of head straps
213. 3 million Breakthrough Prize goes to scientists that completely changed our understanding of multiple sclerosis
216. Scientists claim to find ''first observational evidence supporting string theory,'' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy
217. Mini desktop supercomputer coming this year — powerful enough to run advanced AI models and small enough to fit in your bag
219. Northern giant mouse lemur: The bug-eyed fluff ball with the biggest testicles of all known primates
230. Quantum computers will be a dream come true for hackers, risking everything from military secrets to bank information. Can we stop them?
241. Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just murdered a planet
242. ''Twins! She has another baby'': Sea monster from Chile had 2 buns in the oven, rare fossil reveals
245. The brain may ''move'' between related ideas in the same way it navigates from one location to another
248. Kids infected with measles face long-term health consequences. Vaccines can prevent all of them.
251. World''s first light-powered neural processing units (NPUs) could massively reduce energy consumption in AI data centers
253. Triassic amphibians the size of alligators perished in mass die-off in Wyoming, puzzling ''bone bed'' reveals
254. Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to ''the discovery machine of the decade'' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars
258. NASA''s SPHEREx telescope ''opens its eyes on the universe'', taking stunning debut image of 100,000 galaxies and stars
259. ''A notch above a gimmick'': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire''s Fram2 ''space adventure'' around Earth''s poles
260. ''Be ready to move quickly to higher ground'': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US
270. New state of matter, dubbed ''half ice, half fire,'' could lead to big advances in quantum computing
272. Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here''s how.
274. The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence
275. Lava bursts through Grindavík''s defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland''s Reykjanes Peninsula
277. ''We didn''t expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem'': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg
278. Scientists discover major differences in how humans and AI ''think'' — and the implications could be significant
279. James Webb telescope takes emergency look at ''city-killer'' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
281. Unknown human species in East Asia used sophisticated tools at the same time Neanderthals did in Europe
282. World''s largest atom smasher makes 1st-of-its-kind ''beauty'' particle discovery that could unlock new physics
283. In ''extremely rare'' case, Michigan resident dies from rabies after receiving transplanted kidney carrying the virus
296. NASA rover spots hundreds of ''spider eggs'' on Mars — and scientists have no idea how they got there