AI's water use is a problem, but shifting from electricity to solar or wind power could help - It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it's a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help. planet-earth

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Ancient Egyptian tomb holding the king's 'keeper of secrets' unearthed at Saqqara -- The tomb of a pyramid-age official has been found at Saqqara in Egypt. -- Owen Jarus

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Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dog -- A cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of 1000-plus F - priming it for use in Venus-bound probes -- The silicon carbide transistor is designed to avoid low controllability and current leakage, which typically become problems at high temperatures. -- Fiona Jackson

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Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the world -- A team of mathematicians discovered that five 60-sided dice, arranged with exactly the right numbers, can determine a perfectly fair turn order for any group of players, with zero chance of a tie. -- Larissa G. Capella

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Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records broken at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China. -- Humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have outpaced and out-jumped human athletics benchmarks, but the event also revealed how much work remains before they can operate reliably in the real world. -- Alan Bradley

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Excavation in Poland reveals Stone Age man buried with decapitated heads and a tooth necklace -- A Stone Age burial of a man with a toothy necklace and human skulls surprised archaeologists excavating in Poland. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the US -- When a New Glenn rocket blew apart at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May, it released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that reached as far as Texas. Researchers estimate that the blast was roughly equivalent to the Chernobyl reactor explosion of 1986. -- Harry Baker

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3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses II -- An inscription written in the time of Ramesses II may indicate the location of a lost ancient Egyptian city. -- Owen Jarus

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Aging doesn't look the same for everyone at the molecular level - it's 'individualized and context-dependent' -- People's bodies may reflect their ages very differently at the molecular level, even when they are the same chronological age, according to a new study. -- Isha Ishtiaq

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'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole -- An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29. -- Sascha Pare

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Psilocybin may protect against a common, debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, early study finds -- A psychedelic best known for its effects on the brain may also protect peripheral nerves from chemotherapy damage, early research suggests. -- Jennifer Zieba

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Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn's south pole -- The Hubble Space Telescope spied a large atmospheric phenomenon on Saturn: a decagon surrounding the south pole. -- Elizabeth Howell

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Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in Serbia -- The ancient bath complex was tucked in a tower in the corner of the royal palace and reveals unique architecture. -- Kristina Killgrove

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Physicists put Einstein's 'happiest thought' to the test in an experiment that unites relativity and quantum mechanics -- Physicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at quantum scales. -- Andrey Feldman

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New map of a male fly central nervous system includes all 166,000 neurons - and enables direct comparisons to female fly brain -- A new map of the adult male fruit fly brain and nerve cord includes over 166,000 neurons and the millions of connections between them. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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An ancient 'supervolcano' has been found hiding beneath eastern England. But experts say there's not enough evidence to call it that. -- Geologists recently identified a 454.4 million-year-old volcano on England's east coast, but whether the structure can be considered a "supervolcano" remains an open question. -- Sascha Pare

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China reaches solar energy milestone - what does this mean for the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter? -- China is rapidly expanding its ability to harness renewable energy sources. -- Lydia Smith

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1,600-year-old skeleton found in a giant jar in Bulgaria may belong to Roman who hid there to escape enemy attack -- Human remains found in a giant Roman jar in Bulgaria may belong to a young Roman who armed himself with two knives during an enemy attack. -- Margherita Bassi

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Sunken WWII hospital ship colonized by devil firefish and rare monk seals -- A shipwreck off the coast of Albania has attracted both invasive species and provided a home for endangered ones, leading researchers to weigh the risks and benefits of these wrecks for local ecosystems. -- Robyn White

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