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'Truly extraordinary': Mega-laser shooting at us from halfway across the universe is the brightest 'cosmic beacon' we've ever seen - By - Harry Baker - published - 4 March 26 - Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward Earth from 8 billion light-years away and was spotted thanks to a weird space-time trick first predicted by Einstein.
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Chewed-up orca fins on Russian beach point to cannibalism, and scientists say it may explain why some pods are so tight-knit - By - Chris Simms - published - 4 March 26 - Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening - and it might explain some complex orca societies.4 hours ago
NASA fixes Artemis II rocket for April launch to take astronauts around moon - By - Patrick Pester - published - 4 March 26 - NASA's Artemis II is on track to shoot for the moon in April after engineers fixed the helium issue that grounded the mission's rocket last month.5 hours ago
Birds are declining faster and faster in 3 US hotspots, new study finds - By - Patrick Pester - published - 4 March 26 - Researchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots associated with intense agriculture.5 hours ago
Meet the world's smallest AI supercomputer - it packs 'doctorate-level intelligence', its makers say, and can fit into your pocket - By - Alan Bradley - published - 4 March 26 - The portable computing powerhouse is capable of running 120-billion-parameter LLMs, roughly three times larger than GPT-3, without needing to access the internet or the cloud.8 hours ago
Prehistoric water-dwelling weirdo with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw was already a 'living fossil' 275 million years ago - By - Aristos Georgiou - published - 4 March 26 - Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ago and had a bizarre twisted jaw with sideways-facing teeth.21 hours ago
Mysterious 'dots' discovered by Webb telescope may be the first stars in the universe on the verge of collapse - By - Shreejaya Karantha - published - 3 March 26 - A new study suggests that "little red dots" spied by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the universe's short-lived first generation of gigantic stars, challenging an existing theory.23 hours ago
Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in Hungary - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 3 March 26 - A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles - but sometimes those roles were fluid.23 hours ago
'Blood moon' total eclipse dazzles millions around the world (photos) By - Brandon Specktor, Ben Turner - published - 3 March 26 - Here are the first images of the March 3 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse visible over North America, Australia, and eastern Asia.1 day ago
Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species - and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies - By - Chris Simms - published - 3 March 26 - A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.1 day ago
'Spiderwebs' spotted on Mars as NASA's moon program gets a major shakeup, tigers set to return to Kazakhstan, and why 'monogenic' diseases might not be so simple after all. By - Ben Turner - published - 28 February 26 - Science news this week - Feb. 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.4 days ago