Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Strange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubits
A laser’s strongest interaction with a trapped ion can shift sideways, revealing a quantum effect with implications for qubit control.
Students turn to AI as physics searches decline worldwide
A global study finds physics searches falling as students increasingly use AI tools for science learning.
El Niño is stronger than at any point in the past 1,000 years, coral records reveal
A 1,000-year coral record suggests modern El Niño events have intensified sharply as global temperatures have climbed.
Scientists reproduce a long-predicted flow state from deep inside planets
Scientists reproduced a long-predicted turbulent flow state that may govern heat and motion deep inside rapidly rotating planets and stars.