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April 23
- World's first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet
- Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, cut marks on animal bones suggest
- Scientists capture footage of bizarre deep-sea creature with parasite pig tails
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man had hiccups for 5 days — and a virus may have been to blame
April 22
- Ancient 'military outpost' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother
- NASA rover discovers out-of-place 'Skull' on Mars, and scientists are baffled
- A long-lost ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are 'perpetually submerged'
- Watch boozing chimps share alcoholic fruit. Is this how social drinking started?
- '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
- New benchmark will reveal when quantum computers overtake the fastest supercomputers, scientists say
- Pair of 'glowing' lava lakes spotted on Africa's most active volcanoes as they erupt simultaneously — Earth from space
April 21
- Simple blood test could reveal likelihood of deadly skin cancer returning, study suggests
- Nearly 3 million extra deaths by 2030 could result from HIV funding cuts, study suggests
- Schrödinger's cat-inspired quantum computing now 160 times more reliable thanks to new discovery
- Dyson spheres could really exist — but there's a catch
- Why do cats bring home dead animals?
April 20
- Life on Mars could survive — so long as you're one of these strange, hybrid lifeforms
- See Venus at its 'greatest brilliancy' this week — or wait until Sept. 2026
- How will the latest generation of fighter jets stand out? The answer lies in stealth tech.
- Lviv pysanka: World's oldest Easter egg
- Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the 'Crystal Ball Nebula'
- Why is yawning contagious?
April 19
- 'Beauty' particle discovered at world's largest atom smasher could unlock new physics
- 'Secrets of the Penguins' will take penguin observations 'to another level,' executive producer James Cameron
- Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rock
- Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity
- How accurate are smart rings, and how do they compare to fitness watches?
- Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal
- What's the oldest known recipe?
- Science news this week: Possible signs of life on another planet and a 'useless' female organ
- Universe may revolve once every 500 billion years — and that could solve a problem that threatened to break cosmology
April 18
- Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.'
- Measles has long-term health consequences for kids. Vaccines can prevent all of them.
- The North Pole could shift 90 feet west by 2100
- Student accidentally creates 'shape-recovering liquid' that's an exception to the laws of thermodynamics
- Is getting an IUD painful?
- Weird repeating nova explosion is one of the hottest blasts ever seen
- Two planets will form a 'smiley face' with the moon on April 25. Here's where to look.
- Iran's folded rocks: The crumpled mountains at the intersection of Asia and Europe
- Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals
- TSMC's upcoming 2nm microchip is a breakthrough. Here's what it means for the future of tech — from AI to smartphones.
April 17
- Scientists may have finally found where the 'missing half' of the universe's matter is hiding
- Ozempic in a pill? New oral drug may work as well as Ozempic-style injectables
- Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars: 'I knew right away how important this discovery was'
- 'Useless' female organ discovered over a century ago may actually support ovaries, study finds
- A mysterious, 100-year solar cycle may have just restarted — and it could mean decades of dangerous space weather
- 'Quiet Chernobyl' changed Earth's surface so much the planet's mantle is still moving 80 years later
- Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet K2-18b
- Scientists observe new quantum phase that could have major implications for quantum computing
- Massive circular tomb filled with battle-scarred people unearthed in Peru
- 'Richly decorated' antler from Stone Age Sweden was used as battle ax and fishing harpoon
- This rare disease causes people to move uncontrollably and unintentionally self-harm
- Watch Yellowstone wolf pack hunting bison after death of one-eyed alpha 'queen'
April 16
- James Webb telescope spots Milky Way's long-lost 'twin' — and it is 'fundamentally changing our view of the early universe'
- 100% fatal brain disease strikes 3 people in Oregon
- An ocean of magma formed early in Earth's history and it may still influence our planet today, study finds
- Some people are 'wired to connect with music on a deeper level,' study of 9,000 twins finds
- SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation 'under threat' by Russia and China
- Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight
- Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny
- Vitesy Eteria personal air purifier review: Filterless appliance for the eco-conscious
- Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man who couldn't pee had been infected by one of the largest known human parasites
April 15
- The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star
- Primates: Facts about the group that includes humans, apes, monkeys and other close relatives
- 'A relationship that could horrify Darwin': Mindy Weisberger on the skin-crawling reality of insect zombification
- 'Dispiriting and exasperating': The world's super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it's hampering research
- Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped
- Watch zoo elephants form protective 'alert circle' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake
- Strange 'sea pigs,' sea spiders and a spawning 'butterfly' discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists
- Newly discovered comet SWAN just 'erupted' with a bright, icy burst. Is it a cold volcano?
- Crop circles surround Iraq's multicolored 'Sea of Salt' after years of drought — Earth from space
- Watch humanlike robot with bionic muscles dangle as it twitches, shrugs and clenches its fists in creepy video
- 'The parasite was in the driver's seat': The zombie ants that die gruesome deaths fit for a horror movie
April 14
- Lyrid meteor shower peaks after Easter: How to spot the most 'shooting stars'
- Climate change: Facts about our warming planet
- Did every civilization have inequality? New 10,000-year study reveals a surprising answer.
- World's first baby conceived with remotely operated, 'automated IVF' has been born
- 'Flesh-eating' vulva infections reported in three cases — gynecologists should know the signs, experts warn
- Dangerous 'crises' in sickle cell disease may be amplified by menstrual cycle
- What is quantum superposition and what does it mean for quantum computing?
- Słupcio: A 6,000-year-old amber 'gummy bear' that may have been a Stone Age amulet
- Why do we get a 'second wind' of energy at the end of the day?
April 13
- Scientific consensus shows race is a human invention, not biological reality
- The Earth's oceans used to be green — and could one day turn purple, scientists say
- What is the 'Eye of Horus' and why is it found in so many ancient Egyptian burials?
- Study reveals 'flawed argument' in debate over when plate tectonics began
- Elite Celtic warrior had healed arrowhead injury in his pelvis, 3D bone analysis reveals
- GPT-4.5 is the first AI model to pass an authentic Turing test, scientists say
- Space photo of the week: Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible time
- Do animals have orgasms?
April 12
- Viking quiz: How much do you know about these seaborne raiders, traders and explorers?
- It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report
- Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
- 'Major' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti's daughter
- Dracula parrot: The goth bird whose piercing screams echo through New Guinea forests
- What do black boxes on planes actually record?
- Science news this week: Controversy around the dire wolf 'de-extinctions' and a 3D hologram breakthrough
April 11
- Scientists built largest brain 'connectome' to date by having a lab mouse watch 'The Matrix' and 'Star Wars'
- Archaeologists may have discovered the birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother
- Elusive neutrinos' mass just got halved — and it could mean physicists are close to solving a major cosmic mystery
- La Niña is dead after just a few months. What happened?
- What are mRNA vaccines, and how do they work?
- Oldest-known North American woolly mammoth revealed in 'long-lost' ancient DNA
- US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like 'microsatellites' into space
- New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
- Wilkes Land crater: The giant hole in East Antarctica's gravitational field likely caused by a meteorite
- 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
- Acer Aspire Vero 16 review: Admirably eco-conscious
April 10
- Killer Australian fungus can gobble up widespread, pesticide-resistant armyworm from the inside
- Science of sleep quiz: How much do you know about sleep and dreams?
- Flu: Facts about seasonal influenza and bird flu
- Colgate Kids battery-powered toothbrush review
- Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia
- 'Incredible and rare' sight as endangered whale attacked by 60 orcas in brutal hunt
- Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth
- Why is this giant desert turning green? Scientists may finally know the answer.
- Strange altar found at Tikal wasn't made by the Maya — and it has at least 4 people buried inside it
- 'It was amazing': Scientists discover ash from 2 mystery volcanic eruptions in Wyoming
- Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds
- Rare quadruple supernova on our 'cosmic doorstep' will shine brighter than the moon when it blows up in 23 billion years
- In a first, breakthrough 3D holograms can be touched, grabbed and poked
- Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy?
- What is hantavirus? The rare but deadly respiratory illness spread by rodents
April 9
- April's full 'Pink Moon' rises this weekend — here's how to see it, and why it's so special
- When will the US measles outbreak end?
- The world's largest atom smasher is getting a powerful new upgrade
- Titanic virtual reconstruction sheds light on fateful night the ship tore apart
- 'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say
- Winter sea ice cover lowest in 47-year satellite record
- Physicists create hottest Schrödinger's cat ever in quantum technology breakthrough
- Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts say
- 'Fingerprints of cancer' found after scientists flash infrared light pulses at blood samples
- Quantum computing breakthrough could make 'noise' — forces that disrupt calculations — a thing of the past
- Scientific research is the lifeblood of our economy. Now, a wrecking ball has come.
- Diagnostic dilemma: A scientist caught plague from bacteria thought to be 'noninfectious'
- HP EliteBook Ultra 14 G1q review: Fantastic in every way apart from its underwhelming screen
April 8
- Scientists finally know how long a day on Uranus is
- 'Hairy books' bound by medieval monks are covered in sealskin, study finds
- Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there'
- Amateur astronomer discovers bright green comet SWAN25F — and you can see it too
- NASA rover watches 'fiendish' Martian 'dust devils' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalism
- 6,500-year-old hunting weapons found in Texas cave are among the oldest known in North America
- 'If it weren't for that asteroid, they might still share this planet': Dinosaurs weren't doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests
- Origins of schizophrenia linked to epigenetics of the placenta
- Starving cannibalistic spiders won't hunt their siblings, but they'll quickly dine on their corpses
- Scientists reveal new hydrogen-powered ‘robot horse’ that could one day take you up a mountain
- Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'
- Best compact binoculars 2025: Pocket-friendly optics for the great outdoors
- Watch the moon's shadow race across US on first anniversary of historic total solar eclipse — Earth from space
April 7
- Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences says
- Eufy P3 smart scale review
- Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit
- One of our favorite beginner's telescopes — now under $300 with a 20% saving at Amazon
- 2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480
- How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
- AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows — even when people use AI for help
- Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning
- 130,000-year-old mammoth calf smells like 'fermented earth and flesh,' necropsy reveals
- Pfyn culture flint tool: World's oldest known 'Swiss Army' knife
- Why do snakes shed their skin?
- Dell XPS 13 9345 (2024) review: Exceptionally sleek with a blockbuster battery life
April 6
- Years of 'confusion and debate' are over — research finds hormone therapy is good for women's hearts in early menopause
- Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)
- Best binoculars for bird-watching 2025
- Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. Here's how to slow its progress.
- Redmi Watch 5 review
- Scientists say these North American rivers 'shouldn't exist.' Here's why they do.
- MIT invents new way for QPUs to communicate — paving the way for a scalable 'quantum supercomputer'
- 4,000-year-old burial of elite woman with ostrich fan reveals world's oldest known evidence of head straps
- Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before
- What was the first alphabet in the world?
April 5
- $3 million Breakthrough Prize awarded to developers of Ozempic-style drugs
- $3 million Breakthrough Prize goes to scientists that completely changed our understanding of multiple sclerosis
- Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
- Scientists claim to find 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy
- Usmile Y10 PRO Sonic electric toothbrush review
- Mini desktop supercomputer coming this year — powerful enough to run advanced AI models and small enough to fit in your bag
- Northern giant mouse lemur: The bug-eyed fluff ball with the biggest testicles of all known primates
- Stunning reconstruction reveals warrior and his weapons from 4,000-year-old burial in Siberia
- Why do kangaroos have 3 vaginas?
- How public key cryptography really works, using only simple math
- Science news this week: AI lies and North America's 'dripping' crust
April 4
- Thousands of strange, blobby creatures are washing up on California beaches
- Massive magma eruptions may have ripped Africa and South America apart
- Estrogen may spur the body to make opioids after injury
- NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
- Drug makes blood toxic to malaria-spreading mosquitoes
- Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna
- Quantum computers will be a dream come true for hackers, risking everything from military secrets to bank information. Can we stop them?
- Man gets sperm-making stem cell transplant in first-of-its-kind procedure
- Unknown human lineage lived in 'Green Sahara' 7,000 years ago, ancient DNA reveals
- NASA signs new contract to use SpaceX's Starship — even though it keeps blowing up
- 'Seemingly impossible': Endangered tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
- 'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
- Best image-stabilized binoculars in 2025
- Rainbow Mountains: China's psychedelic landscape created when 2 tectonic plates collided
- Acer Swift Go 14 AI (2024) review: A cheap and cheerful AI PC for students
- Snake quiz: Let's ssseee what you know about these slithering reptiles
April 3
- SwitchBot air purifier table review
- Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just murdered a planet
- 'Twins! She has another baby': Sea monster from Chile had 2 buns in the oven, rare fossil reveals
- Dark Skys DS-FX star projector review
- Has the sun already passed solar maximum?
- The brain may 'move' between related ideas in the same way it navigates from one location to another
- Mind-reading brain implant converts thoughts to speech almost instantly: 'breakthrough'
- Using AI reduces your critical thinking skills, Microsoft study warns
- How to choose an air purifier: Everything we have learned from years of testing.
- NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
- World's first light-powered neural processing units (NPUs) could massively reduce energy consumption in AI data centers
- This rare bacterial infection triggers pus-filled sores in the lungs and brain
April 2
- Triassic amphibians the size of alligators perished in mass die-off in Wyoming, puzzling 'bone bed' reveals
- Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars
- How do smart scales measure body composition, and how accurate are they?
- Mysterious origin of iconic Sutton Hoo helmet possibly revealed in new research
- Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds
- NASA's SPHEREx telescope 'opens its eyes on the universe', taking stunning debut image of 100,000 galaxies and stars
- 'A notch above a gimmick': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire's Fram2 'space adventure' around Earth's poles
- 'Be ready to move quickly to higher ground': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US
- Supersonic vehicles could better withstand extreme conditions thanks to new discovery
- Morento MR5866 smart air purifier review
- North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover
- Best smart telescopes 2025: The latest technology for exploring the universe
- Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time
- Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man's deadly infection was triggered by a probiotic supplement
April 1
- Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing
- 3-year-old picks up 'beautiful stone,' discovers 3,800-year-old scarab amulet in Israel
- Government scientists discover new state of matter that's 'half ice, half fire'
- Watch eerie 'UFOs' and a solar 'cyclone' take shape in stunning new ESA video of the sun
- Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how.
- Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world
- The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence
- Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula
- Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — Earth from space
- 'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic iceberg
- Scientists discover major differences in how humans and AI 'think' — and the implications could be significant