Neuroscie
Edge of Chaos: Why Pigeons Refuse to Become “Machines”
Summary: If you found a guaranteed way to get a reward, you’d probably stick to it, right? According to a new study, pigeons aren’t that predictable. Researchers tested the century-old…
AI Body Gap: Why Robots Need “Internal Feelings” to be Safe
Summary: When you reach for a saltshaker, your brain isn’t just calculating coordinates; it’s listening to your body’s sense of balance, the friction on your skin, and your internal level…
Individual Cone Cells Create Our Sharpest Sight
Summary: We’ve long known that the human eye is capable of incredible detail, but a “missing link” in science remained: does that sharp vision come from the eyes, the brain,…
Why the Dark Web Attracts Young, Impulsive Risk-Takers
Summary: The dark web isn’t just for whistleblowers and privacy advocates; it’s a digital magnet for individuals with specific criminological traits. A new study analyzed a national sample of 1,750…
Life
Nature
Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record
Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, researchers say. The incredibly complete fossils of Icaronycteris…
Astronomy
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was Earth’s first real-life defense test
Artist’s depiction of an asteroid floating in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), Martin Kornmesser (ESA), Serge Brunier (ESO), Nick Risinger (Photopic Sky Survey) At this point in…
How do you fire someone into the sun?
Firing our villain straight at the Sun results in a big miss. Credit: Michael Brown, CC BY To point a rocket directly at the sun and hit would require great…
Cosmic ray puzzle resolved as scientists link ‘knee’ formation to black holes
LHAASO experiment. Credit: LHAASO Collaboration Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy…
If the supernova standard candle is wrong, it could solve the Hubble tension
An illustration showing how Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAOs) expand with the universe. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute CC-BY-4.0 Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological…
