New research just reversed autism-linked brain deficits in fully grown mice — past the age science called the ‘critical window.’ Here’s what it means.
Scientists Just Made Quantum Entanglement From Sunlight
Physicists just created quantum entanglement using ordinary sunlight instead of lasers — a discovery that echoes an idea far older than physics itself.
Negative Time: Can Light Really Arrive Before It Left?
Physicists just measured photons that appear to arrive before they entered the experiment, a strange, real effect physicists are calling negative time.
Scientists Are Using Moonquakes to Find Hidden Ice
Scientists are using moonquakes to find hidden ice deep under the moon’s surface, and what it takes to finally reveal it says something bigger about all of us.
Pluto Is Losing Its Atmosphere As It Drifts Away From the Sun for the First Time Since 1930
Pluto is losing its atmosphere as it drifts farther from the sun than ever since its 1930 discovery — a slow freeze with something quiet to say about warmth.
The Black Hole That Hid for 30,000 Years — Until It Ate a Star
Astronomers just found a dormant black hole hiding 30,000 light-years from its galaxy—exposed only when it shredded a passing star. Here is what it means.
The Einstein Tile Nobody Wanted Just Bent Light Like Nothing Else
A hobbyist found the einstein tile after mathematicians searched 50 years for it. Physicists just discovered it bends light unlike any material tested.
Scientists Found the Brain Cells That Keep You Going When Nothing Pays Off
Neuroscientists just found the brain cells that fire hardest when effort increases and reward disappears — proof persistence has a biology of its own.
An AI Just Solved 10 Math Problems No Human Could Crack
An AI solved math problems that had stumped human experts for decades — for about $2,000. Here’s what that discovery reveals about truth waiting to be found.
Hidden Magma Reservoir Found Under Tuscany, Italy
Scientists mapped a hidden magma reservoir under Tuscany the size of Yellowstone using a method that has as much to teach us as the discovery itself did.