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.'' (www.livescience.com)
Extreme ''zombie star'' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from (www.livescience.com)
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'' (www.livescience.com)
''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 (www.livescience.com)
Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity (www.livescience.com)
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 (www.livescience.com)
''If it weren''t for that asteroid, they might still share this planet'': Dinosaurs weren''t doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests (www.livescience.com)
Scientists claim to find ''first observational evidence supporting string theory,'' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy (www.livescience.com)
Quantum computers will be a dream come true for hackers, risking everything from military secrets to bank information. Can we stop them? (www.livescience.com)
''Be ready to move quickly to higher ground'': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US (www.livescience.com)