Giant sunspot that triggered recent solar ''superstorm'' shot out nearly 1,000 flares and a secret X-rated explosion, record-breaking study reveals (www.livescience.com)
Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France''s prestigious ''Grand Mathematics Prize'' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are ''lost in the mail'' — Jan. 9, 1816 (www.livescience.com)
1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution (www.livescience.com)
Science history: Anthropologist sees the face of the ''Taung Child'' — and proves that Africa was the cradle of humanity — Dec. 23, 1924 (www.livescience.com)
Snakes'' mind-bending ''heat vision'' inspires scientists to build a 4K imaging system that could one day fit into your smartphone (www.livescience.com)
''This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture'': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made (www.livescience.com)
Science history: Norwegian explorer wins the treacherous race to the South Pole, while British rival perishes along with his crew — Dec. 14, 1911 (www.livescience.com)
New ''DNA cassette tape'' can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone — and the data can last 20,000 years if frozen (www.livescience.com)
''They had not been seen ever before'': Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds (www.livescience.com)
''It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career'': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England (www.livescience.com)
Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia — Dec. 6, 1954 (www.livescience.com)
Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls (www.livescience.com)
''Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren''t worth it'': A neuroscientist''s take on how human intellect evolved (www.livescience.com)
''An extreme end of human genetic variation'': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different (www.livescience.com)
Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it? (www.livescience.com)
15,000 Amazon reviews can''t be wrong (including ours). This astronaut star projector makes the perfect gift for young space fans at under 30 for Cyber Monday (www.livescience.com)