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Frozen molecular samples illustrate experiments comparing how thymine and uracil respond to ultraviolet light, offering clues to the chemistry behind DNA’s evolution.
Thymine suffers more UV damage than uracil in lab tests, but its damage pathways could help explain its place in DNA.
Rebecca Shavitupda
IBM Quantum Heron quantum processing unit in hand. Repeated measurements and resets controlled chaos across 100 qubits, testing hardware capabilities relevant to future error correction.
DiscoveriesScientists take a major step toward quantum computers that correct their own errorsShy Cohen
Lunar fault mapping indicates the moon’s radius shrank about 45 meters during a late stage of cooling and contraction.
SpaceTen thousand faults reveal how the Moon’s radius shrank by about 45 metersJoseph Shavit
A review follows queens to redefine honey bee colony generations, raising questions about swarming, parental care and beekeeping.
DiscoveriesA honey bee colony is more than a community, it acts as a superorganismJoshua Shavit
A major study reveals confusion over what social media means, highlighting risks for research, policy, and everyday understanding.
DiscoveriesStudy finds no clear definition of social media among publicJoshua Shavit
A 2026 expedition captures icebergs breaking away from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier. A new UC Irvine and NASA JPL model reveals that warm ocean water beneath the glacier may be causing twice as much melting and sea level rise as previously estimated.
Green ImpactHidden seawater beneath Thwaites Glacier could substantially raise sea levelsRebecca Shavit
Roman will share vast amounts of cosmic data, helping astronomers hunt planets, black holes and clues to dark energy.
SpaceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares to unleash a flood of new cosmic discoveriesJoseph Shavit
Orbital evidence points to an eroded volcano near Mars’ equator, where buried glacier ice may survive beneath volcanic deposits.
SpaceAstronomers discover a giant volcano on Mars that may hide the remnants of an ice glacierJoseph Shavit
Two laser pulses and an analytical model reveal local Berry curvature in an atomically thin semiconductor.
DiscoveriesLaser light reveals the hidden quantum properties of crystalsShy Cohen
A small study links cat-owner proximity to greater vitality and finds shared oxytocin patterns, without proving cause and effect.
HealthYour cat may be doing more for your emotional well-being than you realizeHannah Shavit-Weiner
The cool white dwarf WDJ1330+6435 has accreted sodium-rich rocky material from its planetary system into its atmosphere. The immense atmospheric density causes the sodium to absorb light over broad range of yellow, orange, and red wavelengths, giving the WDJ1330+6435 a ghostly green appearance.
SpaceA white dwarf’s unusual atmosphere gives it a ghostly green glowJoseph Shavit
Artists’ rendition of I. amberina with contemporary fauna in the lower part of the Wessex Formation.
Discoveries100-year-old museum fossil identified as Europe’s first known megaraptoran dinosaurJoseph Shavit
Regulated SRSF1 expression extended median lifespan by 14% in 19 aged female mice, while human cell tests showed youthful changes.
HealthHarvard study finds a single gene extended median lifespan by 14%Joshua Shavit
High-pressure experiments show magma can retain excess oxygen, suggesting a possible link between deep Earth and atmospheric oxidation.
Green ImpactScientists discover oxygen trapped deep inside Earth’s magma, possibly explaining the rise of early lifeJoshua Shavit
The shape of WASP-17b’s atmosphere mapped using transmission strings. The planet has a broad banded jet around the equator with vast wind speeds which transport material and heat from the permanently irradiated dayside to the permanently shadowed nightside.
SpaceJWST finds hidden structure in a hot exoplanet’s atmosphere 1,300 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
DiscoveriesThe Odyssey: Ancient graves in southern Italy reveal how Greek heroes and goods crossed culturesJoshua Shavit
SN 2018zd offers evidence for an electron-capture supernova, but competing studies leave its mechanism and the Crab’s origin debated.
SpaceUnusual supernova solves 1,000 year mystery revealing a third way stars might explodeJoseph Shavit