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A Swiss study found teens slept 45 minutes longer when they could choose a later school start.
When students could start later, most did, and they slept nearly an hour more on school nights.
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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
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
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
A six-month trial found daily peanut butter improved older adults’ sit-to-stand power without weight gain.
HealthEating peanut butter builds muscle power in older adults, study findsJoshua Shavit
A Nature Immunology study suggests PARP inhibitors can reprogram CD8 T cells into longer-lasting “superior memory” cancer fighters.
Health‘Superior memory’ helps reprogrammed T cells hit tumors harderRebecca Shavit
Ant carrying a Maculinea butterfly caterpillar.
DiscoveriesCaterpillars use precise vibrational patterns to communicate with antsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Study finds soccer teams win more when they spread play unpredictably across the entire field rather than relying on familiar zones
DiscoveriesWhat ball movement patterns reveal about winning football teamsAmyn Bhai
New research shows aggressive cancer cells can be identified by how they grip and move, without genetic or chemical tests.
HealthResearchers find a new way to spot the most dangerous cancer cellsMac Oliveau
Ancient sediments reveal Earth’s magnetic poles once took 70,000 years to reverse, far longer than scientists expected.
SpaceEarth’s magnetic poles once took 70,000 years to reverseJoseph Shavit
Malaria remains a major global health burden, with an estimated 249 million cases and 608,000 deaths worldwide in 2022.
DiscoveriesResearchers reveal when mosquitoes first developed a taste for early humansMac Oliveau
Scientists discover red blood cells absorb glucose in low oxygen, revealing a new path for diabetes treatment.
HealthLiving at high altitudes may reduce risk of diabetes and other metabolic diseasesHannah Shavit-Weiner