Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution enigma, solving a 100-year arthropod mystery
Artistic reconstruction of the Burgess Shale concilitergan Helmetia expansa. Credit: Marianne Collins For over a century, the Cambrian…
Physicists uncover a metallic altermagnet with d-wave spin splitting at room temperature
a) Crystal structure and magnetic structure of KV2Se2O. b) Top view of the V2O plane, where opposite-spin V…
Air pockets found in bones of Alvarezsauridae skeleton for the first time
Live reconstruction of a Bonapartenykus specimen by Abel G. Montes. Credit: Meso et al, PLOS ONE (2025). DOI:…
Quantum cosmology with final states can explain the accelerated expansion of the universe
The logic in the derivation of deterministic equations for systems with final conditions. Credit: Charis Anastopoulos Teleology is…
Massive Jupiter storm churns ammonia deep into planet’s atmosphere
Brightness temperature anomaly maps for each channel. The contours outline the difference between the mean background atmosphere (PJ1…
Hot Schrödinger cat states created
In Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment, it is a cat that is alive and dead at the same time.…
Young plants’ vulnerability linked to growth-energy trade-off
A picture of the Silene latifolia plant infected with anther-smut disease. Credit: Emily Bruns From toddlers in daycare…
Leaky continental plates, talking monkeys and a spectacular Einstein ring
This new image features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an Einstein ring. What at first appears to be…
Artificial sweetener shows surprising power to overcome antibiotic resistance
Impact of saccharin on cellular growth and morphology. Credit: EMBO Molecular Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-025-00219-1 Saccharin, the artificial…
Astronomers discover doomed pair of spiraling stars on our cosmic doorstep
In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded,…