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Expert advice for new stargazers: How to begin your amateur astronomy journey
There’s no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy that will have you exploring everything from twinkling…
Raman quantum memory demonstrates near-unity performance
The team’s experimental setup. Credit: APS, Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/kbwj-md9n. Over the past decades, quantum physicists and engineers have developed numerous technologies that harness the principles of quantum…
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…
Exercise-induced vesicles boost neuron growth when transplanted into sedentary mice
ExerVs increased adult hippocampal neurogenesis . Credit: Brain Research (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2025.150003 Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report that extracellular vesicles released into the bloodstream during aerobic exercise…
Musk’s Grokipedia leans on ‘questionable’ sources, study says
Elon Musk has accused Wikipedia of being biased against right-wing ideas. Elon Musk’s Grokipedia carries thousands of citations to “questionable” and “problematic” sources, US researchers said Friday, raising doubts about…
Researchers to test gene therapy for rare diseases with a new FDA trial protocol
Schematic of “umbrella of umbrellas” master protocol clinical trial. Credit: The American Journal of Human Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.10.006 Earlier this year, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn…
Burials offer new insights into splendor and conflict in early medieval Bavaria
Two graves from Bad Füssing in Germany are providing new insights into the splendor and conflict in early medieval Bavaria, as well as migration at the end of Roman rule.…
Skin cancer cluster found in 15 Pennsylvania counties with or near farmland
The researchers found that for every 10% increase in the amount of cultivated land, melanoma incidence rose by 14% throughout that region. A similar trend appeared with herbicide-treated acreage: a…
Chang’e-6 samples reveal first evidence of impact-formed hematite and maghemite on the moon
Graphical depiction of the formation scenario of ferric oxides in Chang’e-6 lunar sample. Credit: IGCAS A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…
