Brighter Side of News
HomeGood NewsDiscoveriesInnovationsGlobal GoodHealthGreen ImpactSpaceAICelebritiesGNISubscribe

Discoveries

Recent Discoveries Stories

A sign-changing dark energy model moves Hubble estimates closer, but rigorous tests show the cosmological tension remains.
Dark energy may once have been negative, but new tests find the sign-flip model cannot fully reconcile expansion measurements.
upda
CPT symmetry holds that the laws of physics remain unchanged when charge, spatial coordinates, and the direction of time are all reversed simultaneously.
SpaceA mirror universe where time runs backwards could explain dark matter, antimatter and neutrinosJoseph Shavit
New research finds some small primates face birth canal constraints as severe as, or greater than, those seen in humans.
HealthNew study challenges a long-held assumption about human childbirthMac Oliveau
Metabolic differences may explain why clams survived the Great Dying while brachiopods and sea lilies suffered devastating losses.
DiscoveriesScientists finally confirm the cause of Earth’s greatest mass extinctionJoseph Shavit
Scientists find Earth stayed cooler than expected for millions of years, highlighting risks of modern climate change.
Green ImpactEarth may be hotter today than at any time in the last 540 million yearsJoshua Shavit
Sniffing chocolate before and between sets of weightlifting quietly added reps without making the effort feel harder.
HealthSmelling chocolate before lifting weights could make your workout easierAmyn Bhai
A new study reveals that slow mantle waves pushed East Antarctica skyward over 100 million years, building the high terrain that triggered glaciation 34 million years ago.
Green ImpactWhy Antarctica turned into an ice world millions of years before the ArcticRebecca Shavit
The GEO Polar images are generated from a vantage point above the north pole, showing the concentrations of satellites in LEO and in the ring-like geosynchronous region.
SpaceAstronomers are finding space junk too small to track, and it’s getting dangerousJoseph Shavit
New radio maps of the Orion Nebula reveal unknown expanding shells and cavities, while cutting the estimated mass of its surrounding shell nearly tenfold.
SpaceRadio observations reveal once hidden structures around the Orion NebulaJoseph Shavit
DiscoveriesAncient fossil may reveal first-ever ‘right-handedness’ in the animal kingdomJoshua Shavit
New tools reveal which molecules can cross tuberculosis bacteria’s tough outer membrane, helping speed the hunt for better drugs.
HealthPAC-MAN and AI join forces to fight the world’s deadliest infectionShy Cohen
A new gel-based therapy coats the esophagus and delivers drugs directly to tissue, offering safer and more effective treatment options.
HealthNew MIT gel could revolutionize treatment for esophageal diseasesHannah Shavit-Weiner
ALMA found two hot molecular cores inside a supernova remnant, with organic chemistry that appears surprisingly intact.
SpaceOrganic molecules can survive violent supernova explosions – fueling star and planet formationJoseph Shavit
Severe drought in Samoa and Tonga may have helped trigger Polynesia’s rapid eastward migration, new climate evidence suggests.
Green ImpactThe real story behind Moana: Why Polynesians suddenly sailed eastRebecca Shavit
The eROSITA X-ray telescope, which was developed and built by a consortium of German institutes led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE).
SpaceA cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worldsJoseph Shavit
Human cortical neurons may be more powerful computing units than rat neurons, offering clues to human cognition.
HealthHuman brain cells may be far more powerful computers than scientists thoughtMac Oliveau
A year inside a sealed habitat can sound like science fiction, but NASA is treating it as preparation.
SpaceNASA is looking for four volunteers willing to spend a year inside a simulated Mars missionAmyn Bhai