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Ryugu asteroid samples preserve magnetic signals from the early solar system, revealing clues about the solar nebula.
Magnetic minerals in Ryugu samples hold clues about the solar nebula and the environment where planets formed.
Joseph Shavitupda
The microspheres (green), hepatocytes (magenta), and supporting fibroblasts (orange) assemble and reorganize into engineered liver grafts over time. Image shows a comparison of day zero (left) and day fourteen (right) of the grafts cultured in the laboratory.
HealthMIT engineers built injectable ‘satellite livers’ as an alternative to liver transplantsJoshua Shavit
New research suggests there is no single perfect sprint technique. Speed emerges from each athlete’s unique body and coordination.
DiscoveriesFrom Usain Bolt to Gout Gout – why elite sprinters run so differentlyAmyn Bhai
A digital rebuild of Little Foot’s face suggests unexpected ties to East African fossils and hints at selection around the eyes.
Discoveries3.67 million year old fossil provides new insight into the evolution of the human faceRebecca Shavit
A $100 million donation promises long-term financial security for U.S. Olympians and Paralympians starting with the 2026 Winter Games.
Good NewsHow a $100 million donation is changing Team USA athletes’ livesAmyn Bhai
Physicists observe nearly perfect ballistic transport in a one-dimensional ultracold rubidium gas.
DiscoveriesPhysicists build a quantum Newton’s cradle where energy flows without resistanceShy Cohen
A Swiss study found teens slept 45 minutes longer when they could choose a later school start.
HealthThe hidden cost of early morning classes on teen student brainsMac Oliveau
Brooklyn College Professor Stephen Chester (center) points out dental features on an enlarged model of an extinct mammal to undergraduate research assistants (left to right) Aisha Amir, Aidan Smith, Todd Skahill, and Shruthika Srinivasan) at his lab on campus.
DiscoveriesNew fossil findings help clarify the history of primate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
Lab impacts show a tough microbe can survive pressures linked to rock ejection from Mars, supporting planet-hopping ideas.
SpaceMartian microbes can survive being blasted into space by a large asteroid strikeJoshua Shavit
Study finds most single adults aged 60 to 83 still consider sex essential to romantic relationships.
HealthRomance and sexual intimacy thrive as people age, study findsJoseph Shavit
Image of WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI). ESO/K.
SpaceA giant star’s sudden shift signals it might be ready to supernovaJoseph Shavit
Flinders-led research links systemising, a drive for patterns, to stronger conspiracy beliefs and harder-to-shift views.
DiscoveriesWhy conspiracy theories persist even without evidenceRebecca Shavit
Studies link early single-sport training to higher injury rates and hip problems later, even among elite NFL athletes.
HealthAn early focus on a single sport may carry lasting injury risks for athletesAmyn Bhai
Illustration of the distant galaxy 8 billion light-years away (red), magnified by an unrelated foreground disk galaxy, resulting in a red ring. Splitting up the radio light into different colors, as a prism does, reveals the hydroxyl gigamaser (top-right rainbow-colored line).
SpaceMeerKAT discovers largest-ever cosmic laser 8 billion light-years awayJoshua Shavit
A global team built a test so difficult that today’s AI models still fail most of it.
AIHumanity’s last exam, the test that modern AI still struggles to passShy Cohen
A lesser-known brain peptide may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, challenging decades of research focused on amyloid beta alone.
HealthA lesser-known brain peptide may contribute to Alzheimer’s diseaseMac Oliveau
Five physical barriers may prevent civilizations from ever meeting, from light speed limits to cosmic timing gaps.
SpaceInterstellar travel is impossible and aliens haven’t visited Earth, physicists sayJoseph Shavit