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Scientists used NASA's Juno to measure Jupiter lightning power during rare isolated storms. Artist's concept of lightning distribution in Jupiter's northern hemisphere.
A rare lull in Jupiter’s storms gave scientists their clearest look yet at the planet’s lightning, and the results are electrifying.
Joseph Shavitupda
The griffinfly, now extinct, once stretched its wings nearly 70 centimeters wide.
DiscoveriesWhy don’t giant prehistoric insects still exist?Hannah Shavit-Weiner
Modern physics suggests distance may emerge from motion, gravity and quantum entanglement, not exist as a basic fact.
SpaceDistance in space is an illusionJoseph Shavit
An AI system produced a paper that passed workshop peer review, raising new questions about science, trust and research norms.
AIThe AI Scientist takes a big step toward end-to-end automation of scientific researchShy Cohen
Researchers find that a single exercise session increases brain activity tied to memory, offering new insight into how movement sharpens thinking.
HealthA single workout can rewire your brain’s memory circuitsJoshua Shavit
A new study maps aging across millions of cells, revealing coordinated changes, immune shifts, and key targets for slowing aging.
HealthScientists map millions of cells to decode the biology of agingRebecca Shavit
Repeating meals and keeping calories steady may help people lose more weight, a new study suggests.
HealthThe surprising case for less meal variety when losing weightMac Oliveau
Scientists directly measured dark points in light waves and found some moved faster than light without breaking relativity.
SpaceDarkness can move faster than light without breaking relativityJoseph Shavit
Illustration of the formation of the GCR cavity in the ecliptic plane. The white lines from the Sun show the typical pattern of magnetic field lines in interplanetary space, referred to as the Parker spiral IMF.
SpaceRadiation ‘cavity’ near the moon could lower astronaut exposure to cosmic radiationJoshua Shavit
CU Boulder researchers find that reward and surprise can instantly affect how fast people move, linking dopamine to motion.
HealthDopamine shapes how fast you move, study findsAmyn Bhai
Dopasia formosensis in natural habitat. Photographed by Y-JL.
DiscoveriesThe hidden forest lizard that forced scientists to rethink reptile classificationHannah Shavit-Weiner
XRISM observations suggest Gamma Cassiopeiae’s strange X-rays come from an accreting white dwarf companion.
SpaceGamma Cassiopeiae may be hiding a magnetic white dwarf companionJoseph Shavit
Human infants’ helplessness may help explain cooperation, learning and social development, researchers argue.
HealthWhy humans are helpless at birth and what it tells us about human natureMac Oliveau
VLT images of two planets forming around the young star WISPIT 2.
SpaceIn a dusty young solar system, two giant planets are taking shapeJoseph Shavit
A new study reveals that DNA organizes into a complex 3D structure before genes activate, changing how scientists view early life.
HealthThe human genome begins organizing itself far earlier than expectedRebecca Shavit
Researchers detected antibiotic residues in a Brazilian river ecosystem and tested a floating plant’s ability to reduce contamination and damage.
Green ImpactResearchers develop plant-based cleanup for harmful antibiotics found in rivers and fishHannah Shavit-Weiner
A new study reveals that stretched, not tilted, disks may explain strange brightness patterns in binary star systems.
SpaceAstronomers solve decades-old mystery of flickering binary starsJoshua Shavit