Scientists Revisited a Forest Experiment That Was Forgotten for 30 Years. What They Found Was Astounding
An almost forgotten forestry experiment has revealed surprising clues about how mountain ash forests respond to different kinds…
When police officers are shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart
When five police officers were shot in Houston in January 2019 while serving a drug-related arrest warrant, all…
The universe isn’t as uniform as we thought
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed…
Enter Helios: quantum computer sets high watermark for accuracy
In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields…
Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Fossils of Humans’ Closest Invertebrate Relatives
A deuterostome cambroernid fossil from the Jiangchuan Biota (~554-539mya), plus artist’s reconstruction (scale bar: 2mm). Credit: Gaorong Li…
Psilocybin Unlocks Lost Memories in an Alzheimer’s Patient
Summary: An extraordinary clinical case report tracking an octogenarian managing advanced Alzheimer’s disease has prompted neuroscientists to re-evaluate…
Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist
The Sun’s gravitational pull extends more than 160 times further into space than Neptune. Credit: Vadim Petrakov The…
Physicists Have Measured “Negative Time” in Bizarre Quantum Experiment
A quantum physics experiment showed photons can exhibit negative dwell time while traveling through atoms. Scientists confirmed the…
Experts Reveal the Surprising Cancer Link Behind a Common Vitamin
Vitamin B12 is essential for DNA repair, nerve function, and healthy blood cells, but emerging research suggests its…
Physicists May Be on the Verge of Discovering “New Physics” at CERN
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered new hints that certain particle decays may not behave as…