Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip ‪‪-‬ the 'holy grail' of the field - Scientists have managed to get ultrafast lasers running on tiny chips, paving the way for miniature-but-powerful diagnostic devices.

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2,000-year-old scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption finally deciphered with help from AI -- Experts have unraveled substantial new text from two carbonized Herculaneum scrolls, including what may be a previously unknown work by a Stoic philosopher. -- Olivia Maule -- Published

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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world's fastest -- China's Line Shine supercomputer is the most powerful in the world and the first the country has hosted since 2017. -- Skyler Ware -- Published

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Tonight's full moon is the lowest, and one of the smallest 'micromoons' all year -- June's full Strawberry Moon will be the lowest-hanging and one of the smallest full moons of 2026. It will be at its fullest on Monday night, June 29. -- Jamie Carter -- Published

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Earth may survive the fiery death of the sun after all, new models suggest -- When the sun dies, it will become hundreds of times its current size and engulf the innermost planets. Earth may escape this infernal fate, according to state-of-the-art stellar evolution models. -- Ivan Farkas -- Published

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Rise in cancer in younger adults may be explained by faster 'biological aging,' early study hints -- Researchers report that younger adults with older‑than‑expected biological ages are more likely to develop early‑onset lung, gastrointestinal and uterine cancers, but more research is needed. -- Marianne Guenot -- Published

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'The Romans were probably never going to go away': In new 'Almost History' podcast, listen to how history might have played out if Carthage had defeated the Roman Republic -- A new podcast from All About History magazine dives into an alternate reality of what may have happened during the famous battles between Carthage and Rome. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry -- Published

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Life on Mars, a curious human cousin and more in this week's science news. -- Science news this week -- June 27, 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. -- Pandora Dewan

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China's top-secret 'dragon' space plane just released another unidentified object over Earth -- The Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane just deployed a mysterious payload above our planet. The top-secret spacecraft, which has never been properly photographed, has now released at least nine objects in low Earth orbit. -- Harry Baker -- Published

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Scientists infected a 'vagina on a chip' with gonorrhea - then cured it with a new antibiotic found by AI -- To sift through 6 million molecules in pursuit of new gonorrhea treatments, researchers trained AI to select the best drug candidate and then tested it in a "vagina on a chip." -- Kamal Nahas -- Published

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Water shortages could prevent the US from mining more lithium, deepening reliance on foreign imports -- Most proposed lithium mines in the U.S. overlap with drought-prone regions - including in Nevada, Arizona and California - and there may not be enough water to support them. -- Sascha Pare -- Published

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New chip harnesses quantum computing's biggest weakness - and tries to turn it into a strength -- A new quantum computing chip turns destructive noise into a programmable feature, helping scientists study signal loss and error correction to build more effective systems in the future. -- Tristan Greene -- Published

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When does the next full moon rise? -- When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Strwaberry Moon" in June. -- Jamie Carter -- Last updated

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Some of the last surviving Neanderthals were remarkably diverse ‪-‬ suggesting inbreeding didn't doom them -- Some Neanderthals living in northwestern Europe after 52,500 years ago were surprisingly diverse, suggesting that they didn't all go extinct due to inbreeding. -- Charles Q. Choi -- Published

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IBM creates world's first sub-1nm computer chip - cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized space -- IBM's NanoStack architecture has helped scientists cram 100 billion transistors onto a computer chip, delivering 50% better performance and consuming 70% less energy than the current generation. -- Tristan Greene -- Published

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Scientists find thousands of earthquakes in a perfectly straight line in Alaska, revealing a hidden 'microplate' -- Tiny earthquakes that emerge in a strikingly linear pattern revealed the Yakutat microplate, which may be focusing volcano and earthquake activity. -- Stephanie Pappas -- Published

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NASA rover finds record-breaking trove of complex organic molecules on Mars -- Data from NASA's Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars - another potential piece of the puzzle in the search for life. -- Joanna Thompson -- Published

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'You can't patch your way out of it': Cheap AI worm can spread between devices without human guidance - but how did scientists create it? -- Analysis -- Researchers show how future malware could use AI to make decisions that are traditionally handled by human hackers - but not all experts say we should panic. -- Carly Page

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Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light - and it might be tied to the El Ni o cycle -- Even though the Eastern and Western halves of Earth are fairly different, they reflect the same amount of sunlight, a new study finds. -- Bethany Augliere -- Published

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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say -- For decades, scientists suspected water secretly behaves like two different liquids. A new AI-powered study has finally caught it happening at the molecular level. -- Larissa G. Capella -- Published

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