Research

Space New images reveal an early-stage stellar eruption (nova) in stunning detail

New infrared images reveal complex nova eruptions with delayed blasts and colliding flows that create high energy shocks.

Green Impact Earth’s lower mantle trapped far more early water than previously thought Joseph Shavit

Green Impact Black sea microbes stop potent nitrous oxide gas from escaping into the air we breathe Joshua Shavit

AI Tiny flapping drone matches insect speed with an AI brain Shy Cohen

Health Sleep, diet, and blood sugar: Study finds new link between sleep and metabolic health Joshua Shavit

Space JWST may have found a thick atmosphere in an unexpected place — an ultra-hot super-Earth Joseph Shavit

Health Antibody injections could replace slow IV drips in treating many diseases, MIT scientists find Mac Oliveau

Discoveries LZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinos Joseph Shavit

Health 4,000 year old sheep tooth reveals how an ancient plague spread across Eurasia Rebecca Shavit

Health Sugar substitute sorbitol linked to unexpected liver disease Joshua Shavit

AI AI tool predicts brain tumors before surgery with near-perfect precision Shy Cohen

AI 15-year-old physicist sets his sights on creating ‘super-humans’Mac Oliveau

Space The seven-hour flash: Astronomers discover the longest gamma-ray burst on record Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Severe drought pushed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores toward extinction 61,000 years ago Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Researchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down Mac Oliveau

AI Revolutionary supercomputer uses adaptive chips to boost speed and cut power Shy Cohen

Innovations Scientists turn everyday wool into record-breaking ultrablack fabric Rebecca Shavit