Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water - This programmable DNA computer can perform arithmetic without the continuous energy input needed by other systems. computing

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An 'impossible' black hole merger may finally be solved - but it raises an even bigger mystery -- New research suggests that a perplexing signal created by a pair of colliding black holes may have been warped by a space-time phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. This theory could finally explain the "impossible" size of the merging singularities, but it also poses a new problem. -- Harry Baker

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AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world - but does this mean they would do the same in the real world? -- A unique AI test environment resulted in crimes and self-destruction, and its makers say it's the best way to figure out how AI can behave in the real world. -- Drew Turney -- Published

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Space 'shark' takes top prize at ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest -- A Royal Observatory Greenwich contest showcased work from around the night sky and the solar system, with prize-winning photos spanning topics ranging from auroras to planets. -- Elizabeth Howell

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Scientists identify rare genetic mutation that dramatically raises risk of lung cancer in nonsmokers -- A genetic mutation that raises lung cancer risk was much more common among those born in Southeastern states than elsewhere in the U.S. -- Clarissa Brincat

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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seen -- Astronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far. -- Harry Baker

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'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problem -- OpenAI's controversial claim to have cracked the Navier-Stokes existence-and-smoothness problem has sent shock waves through the mathematics community. -- Benjamin Skuse

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Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century -- The South American tiger cat is not one species but five distinct species, a new study finds. -- Olivia Ferrari

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1,000-year-old 'snake amulet' featuring a Christian saint and 'Medusa' discovered in Russia -- Archaeologists discovered the two-sided pendant, which features a snake-slaying saint and a snake-haired woman, during an excavation in northwestern Russia. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Ni o, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink -- Live Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Ni o could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point. -- Patrick Pester

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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library -- An expert in ancient Greek literature identified a fragment of the "Odyssey" among a collection of manuscripts in a Dutch university library. -- Kristina Killgrove

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New trick could reveal text on 2,000-year-old scrolls charred by eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Using X-ray technologies and custom-made software, researchers were able to read text they wrote on a fake ancient scroll designed to mimic those destroyed at Herculaneum in A.D. 79. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Scientists finally figured out the temperature of T. rex's blood ‪- and it was as hot as ours -- Tooth analysis has revealed that the king of the dinosaurs was as warm-blooded as a human or an elephant -- Chris Simms

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Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids' -- Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage -- Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor. -- Sascha Pare

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New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' - it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expect -- This first-of-its-kind concept laptop integrates near-silent cooling technology to remove waste heat. -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Strange ringed object beyond Saturn looks even stranger in new James Webb telescope study -- James Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes. -- Elizabeth Howell

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US military confirms weapons in orbit: Why a space 'arms race' could be extremely hard to stop -- Despite the U.S. announcing it has weapons in orbit, nuclear arms have been banned from space for nearly 60 years. A new detection method could help verify whether nations are keeping that promise. -- Sharmila Kuthunur -- Last updated

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Did 'all roads lead to Rome'? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected. -- Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road. -- Owen Jarus

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Fossils of iconic long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus found in Europe for first time - and it may have traveled there via land bridge -- Fossils of the long-necked dinosaur Diplodocus have been discovered in Spain, marking the first time remains of this iconic Jurassic-period dino have been found outside the U.S. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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