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Evolution gives the chicken-and-egg paradox a clear answer, but defining the first true chicken makes the story far more complicated.
Eggs existed long before chickens, but gradual evolution makes the idea of one genetically distinct “first chicken” surprisingly difficult.
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Scientists have developed a way to transform carbon dioxide into durable, recyclable plastics, paving the way for a circular economy.
Green ImpactScientists turn carbon dioxide into fully recyclable high-performance plasticsRebecca Shavit
An instruction-free game let adolescents across the autism spectrum show researchers how they combine visual evidence.
HealthTreasure-hunt game offers a new window into perception across the autism spectrumJoseph Shavit
Tropical ocean warming redirected moisture toward East Antarctica, helping drive a temporary 695-billion-ton ice mass gain.
Green ImpactA tropical ocean hot spot helped Antarctica gain 695 billion tons of iceJoshua Shavit
A preprint links an unexplained mitochondrial vibration to a possible quantum state and reports a 10% boost in cellular ATP.
DiscoveriesScientists propose a light-matter quantum state inside living cellsJoshua Shavit
An overhead, close-up view of McGetchin crater that was taken on Dec. 5, 2025, by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC).
SpaceNASA discovers a once-in-a-century impact blasted a 728-foot crater into the MoonJoseph Shavit
Spi-Fly uses sparse neural activity to recognize smells quickly while requiring far less memory than backpropagation.
AIFruit fly-inspired AI learns smells quickly with far less memoryShy Cohen
Wild Bornean orangutans ate certain medicinal plants together more often than chance would predict.
DiscoveriesWild orangutans repeatedly combine and consume plants linked to healing and inflammationJoseph Shavit
A layered magnetic crystal converts microwave signals into light, offering a new path toward future quantum network interfaces.
DiscoveriesPhysicists convert microwaves to light helping quantum computers communicate over optical networksJoshua Shavit
Stanford physicists directly watched a single phonon vanish from a mechanical resonator, revealing quantum jumps of sound in real time.
DiscoveriesStanford physicists observe a quantum jump of sound for the first timeJoseph Shavit
Supermassive and stellar black holes may launch compact jets at the same critical feeding rate near 2% of the Eddington limit.
SpaceStellar destruction reveals a universal rule for black hole jet formationJoseph Shavit
Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form.
HealthGenetic ‘barcodes’ could explain why chromosomes recognize one anotherJoshua Shavit
King’s College London scientists found urolithin A improved heart relaxation in preclinical tests.
HealthNatural compound linked to pomegranates improves heart function in preclinical testsJoseph Shavit
Wind reshapes the timing of odor whiffs, potentially giving animals clues about where a scent originated.
DiscoveriesNew physics explains how odor changes on its journey through the airJoshua Shavit
Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1979, adding about 3.1 centimeters to global seas.
Green ImpactGreenland and Antarctica have lost more than 11 trillion tons of ice since 1979Rebecca Shavit
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently observed IC 348, a star-forming region just 1,000 light-years away from Earth. Webb's sharp vision revealed tiny brown dwarfs, some just twice Jupiter's mass, and young stars ejecting powerful jets crashing into surrounding gas and dust.
SpaceWebb finds brown dwarfs barely twice Jupiter’s mass, challenging star-formation modelsJoseph Shavit
A physicist outlines how laser-driven nanocraft could someday reach a nearby black hole and test gravity directly.
SpaceScientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a centuryJoseph Shavit