Quote of the Week
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Pablo PicassoTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Physicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity
A thin film of carbon molecules from ordinary air, has been identified as the hidden force that determines which way static electricity flows.
15-year-old genius sets his sights on solving human immortality
Laurent Simons just defended his physics doctorate at 15. His next program is medical AI. His stated goal, since age 11, is human immortality.
Rotation rate helps astronomers differentiate giant planets from brown dwarf stars
Giant planets spin up to three times faster than brown dwarfs relative to their breakup speed, Northwestern researchers found.
The quiet ways young people are showing up and giving back
Most young people are giving back, just not always in ways nonprofits are set up to notice.