What happens to your brain when you die? The famous recording of a dying brain was an accident. Here is what it showed, and what science still cannot say.
NASA’s Swift Telescope Is Falling. Its Team Switched It Back On Anyway.
The Swift telescope will fall from orbit within months. Its team switched the instruments back on anyway, knowing it brings the end closer. Here is why.
Is the Universe Slowing Down? Dark Energy and Isaiah 40
Is the universe slowing down? A 2026 study of over 1,700 supernovae has put dark energy on trial. Isaiah 40 explains why your faith never needed to pick a side.
Fall Equinox Biblical Meaning: A Promise Nobody Earned
Fall equinox biblical meaning: after the Flood, Genesis 8:22 promised seedtime and harvest, day and night, to everyone. The reason it gives is surprising.
The Fruit Fly Brain Map Shows Small Was Never Simple
The fruit fly brain is now mapped along with its nerve cord: 166,000+ neurons and 125 million connections. What the map found, and what it still cannot show.
Ancient Acoustics: Rooms That Change a Human Voice
Ancient acoustics research can rebuild rooms nobody has entered in millennia. What the measurements really show about a human voice is stranger than the myth.
The Oldest Dress in the World Still Has Creases in It
The oldest dress in the world is over 5,000 years old, and the creases at its elbows prove that somebody really wore it. The rest of the story is stranger.
Nimrud’s Lower City: 340 Hectares Nobody Dug for 180 Years
For 180 years archaeologists dug Nimrud’s palaces and left the Nimrud lower city unmapped. A 2025 survey finally walked all 340 hectares. Here is what it found.
Rattlesnake Antivenom: The Cure Was Inside the Snake
Scientists found a rattlesnake antivenom in the snake’s own blood, about ten times more potent than today’s treatment in lab tests. The cure was inside it.
Is Personality Genetic? Scientists Found 1,200 Genes
Is personality genetic? A 2026 Nature study tied more than 1,200 gene variants to the Big Five – and its own lead author says there is no personality gene.