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An illustration credited to Arturo Davalos that reconstructs a Late Pleistocene wetland at Rancho La Brea.
Decades-old fossils reveal a new toad species and a Mexican burrowing toad far beyond its modern range.
Rebecca Shavitupda
Artificial light at night fell in policy cities, alongside smaller shifts in spring green-up and autumn leaf timing.
Green ImpactReducing city light pollution could improve urban tree and plant growthJoseph Shavit
About one in four people who reported an extraordinary experience said it caused immediate distress, yet more than half said the event ultimately had a positive, lasting impact on their lives.
HealthUnusual visions and sensations are often meaningful and positive over timeJoshua Shavit
The highest-resolution image of the Sun’s surface (photosphere) ever captured, taken at 416 nm by the Inouye Solar Telescope. It reveals deformed boundaries of magnetic elements and ultra-fine scale stripes, both associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.
SpaceTiny whirlpool-like structures on the Sun could explain how it stores and releases energyJoseph Shavit
Hydrothermal vent chemistry may explain how bacteria and archaea independently became the first free-living cells.
HealthA shared ancestor may have led to two independent origins of lifeMac Oliveau
This image shows the host galaxy of the recently detected supernova SN 2026gzf.
SpaceRare x-ray flash reveals the first moments of a powerful supernova without a gamma-ray burstJoseph Shavit
Researchers find that a subtle vowel in words like “happy” reflects social class in Manchester, with patterns stable across generations.
DiscoveriesStudy reveals how a single vowel reflects social class in ManchesterMac Oliveau
An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that provides ultrashort light pulses, which was combined with powerful mathematical algorithms, to image the wavefunction of electron orbitals (right-hand side).
DiscoveriesFor the first-time ever, scientists image the 3D wavefunction of an organic moleculeRebecca Shavit
A global study shows primates play, groom, and care for other species, offering new insight into the origins of human-animal bonds.
DiscoveriesStudy reveals primates form cross-species friendships like humansJoshua Shavit
A newly identified monkey species in Congo’s rainforest reveals how much of Earth’s biodiversity remains unknown.
DiscoveriesScientists discover rare new monkey species in the Congo rainforestHannah Shavit-Weiner
Researchers show that treated clay can absorb ethylene gas, slowing fruit ripening and offering a simple way to reduce food waste.
Green ImpactNew clay discovery keeps fruit fresh longer and reduces global food wasteRebecca Shavit
Agulhas Leakage and AMOC records show Atlantic overturning strengthened even as Indian Ocean water inflow weakened.
Green ImpactSalty Indian Ocean water does not directly control Atlantic circulation, study findsJoshua Shavit
Asst. Prof. Ruben Verresen shows a new way to give a quantum computer the flexibility of current computers, harnessing the capabilities of exotic quantum particles called non-Abelian anyons.
DiscoveriesQuantum breakthrough uses anyons to achieve universal computing powerShy Cohen
A new cosmology model describes a universe without dark matter while matching key measurements of galaxy spacing and ancient light.
SpaceNew cosmology model finds that dark matter doesn’t existJoseph Shavit
The Smith hat tile creates chiral diffraction patterns, linking a famous math puzzle to new ways of controlling light.
DiscoveriesMathematical tile shaped like a crooked hat solves decades-old Einstein problemJoseph Shavit
A proposed chip architecture uses phonons as a compact quantum bus between qubits separated across a semiconductor wafer.
InnovationsNew quantum chip design uses phonons to link distant qubitsShy Cohen
Researchers create a light controlled system that removes key receptors, waking dormant cancer cells and improving treatment response.
HealthLight controlled therapy exposes cancer cells hiding from chemotherapyMac Oliveau