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New research reveals that music affects study focus differently for each person, challenging one-size-fits-all advice.
Study finds music helps some students focus but distracts others, depending on personal engagement and preferences.
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The Wonderwerk Cave entrance. Burned fossil bones in Wonderwerk Cave suggest early humans used fire there between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago.
DiscoveriesNew research finds early humans first used fire over one million years agoRebecca Shavit
Football fans’ bodies may tell a deeper story than the scoreboard. A Bielefeld University study is tracking heart rate, stress, movement and sleep during the 2026 World Cup
HealthWorld Cup Fever Study tracks how football viewing stress impacts fan’s bodiesAmyn Bhai
Physicists tracked dark points inside light in real time and found many appeared to move faster than light without breaking relativity.
SpaceDarkness can travel faster than the speed of light — without breaking Einstein’s relativityJoshua Shavit
Scientists uncover how gold atoms rearrange to form a protective barrier, keeping the metal shiny and opening new paths for catalysts.
DiscoveriesScientists discover atomic shield that keeps gold from tarnishingShy Cohen
New Moon impact models suggest South Pole-Aitken ejecta may place deep mantle material near Artemis south pole landing zones.
SpaceNew discovery reveals how the Moon’s largest and oldest crater formedJoseph Shavit
A working thorium-229 nuclear clock now tests fundamental constants and sets new limits on ultralight dark matter.
InnovationsPhysicists use thorium-229 to power the world’s first working nuclear clockJoshua Shavit
PhishLumos tracks hidden phishing infrastructure, finding scam campaigns about 8 days before expert verification.
AINew anti-phishing system finds scam networks by mapping domains, IPs, and certificatesShy Cohen
A newly discovered antibiotic from soil bacteria attacks microbes in a unique way, offering hope against drug-resistant infections.
HealthNew antibiotic manikomycin could help fight drug resistant superbugsMac Oliveau
Rising Arctic iceberg traffic is dropping rocks onto the deep seafloor, boosting biodiversity and raising new risks for ships.
Green ImpactThe number of icebergs in the Arctic is surging and transforming life on the ocean floorRebecca Shavit
A 52-study review found no clear strength or aerobic advantage for transgender women over cisgender women after hormone therapy.
DiscoveriesNew study finds no clear physical advantage for transgender women over cisgender women in sportsAmyn Bhai
This portion of the universe generated from dark matter halos in the Uchuu simulation shows the distribution of galaxies and quasars up to billions of light-years away.
SpaceNew ‘cosmic GPS’ produces the most accurate map of dark matter in the universeJoseph Shavit
Artistic reconstruction. Fossilized squirrel droppings reveal ancient ecosystems, offering rare genetic insights into life during the Ice Age.
DiscoveriesAncient squirrel droppings reveal 700,000 years of lost ecosystemsHannah Shavit-Weiner
The textile incorporated into the jacket collects moisture and funnels it to detachable harvesting units.
Green ImpactJacket harvests up to 30 ounces of drinkable water a day out of thin airShy Cohen
Dr. Emily Mitchell at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. Her research suggests clone-based reproduction kept early animals stable until sexual reproduction boosted diversity.
Discoveries574 million-year-old fossils reveal a lack of sex delayed evolution for millions of yearsRebecca Shavit
Giovanni Barontini, Professor of Physics, at the University of Birmingham, with the apparatus to trap and cool rubidium atoms in the background.
Discoveries‘Mini Universe’ built from ultracold atoms measures time without a clockJoshua Shavit
The night sky looks crowded, but physics may keep distant civilizations from ever meeting or even noticing one another.
SpaceThe harsh physics behind interstellar travel and why Earth may never be visited by aliensJoseph Shavit