Some of the mathematical mysteries behind how groups of male fireflies match their flashes when they’re clustered closely together have recently been illuminated by a group of scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder who study the…
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‘Unreliable and untruthful’: London judge says witness got real-time coaching from their smart glasses — and then blamed ChatGPT
- A London judge says a claimant used smart glasses to cheat in court
- The claimant was being fed answers in real-time from the smart glasses
- The evidence was dismissed for being “unreliable and untruthful”
It sounds like a deleted scene from Suits,…
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Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilizations
Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?
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Physicists trace the sun's magnetic engine, 200,000 kilometers below its surface
Every eleven years, the sun’s magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun’s surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often trigger solar eruptions—appear at mid-latitudes and migrate toward the star’s equator in a…
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Amazing insect slowly changes colors from bright pink to green
A bright pink insect in a green rainforest seems impossible to hide. Anyone walking through the forest might expect such an insect to stand out immediately.
Yet scientists recently discovered that this unusual color may actually help the insect…
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Largest UK study to date uncovers hidden chemical risks in waste-to-energy residues
Energy-from-waste facilities are often positioned as a cleaner alternative to landfill, transforming rubbish into electricity and reducing the UK’s waste burden. But new research suggests that there may be a hidden cost to this process:…
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When it comes to networks, nature has an edge
Networks exist in both nature—such as biological systems like food webs and gene regulatory networks—and in engineered systems as seen in power grids. Though natural and engineered systems share an overarching goal—providing a mechanism for…
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Dim Delights in Cancer – NASA Science
Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: the Beehive Cluster. Cancer also possesses one of the most studied exoplanets: the superhot super-Earth, 55 Cancri…
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CO₂ storage in the sea may pose risks to marine life, oyster study finds
The ocean naturally absorbs CO₂ from the atmosphere, acting as a carbon sink. This capacity is determined by a natural chemical property referred to as ocean alkalinity. If the alkalinity increases, the ocean has the potential to absorb more…
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Moths are flying later in the year than a century ago, study finds
South of Fall Creek by the edge of the woods, the moths would gather. They were, of course, drawn by light—set out by a researcher working in Cornell University’s old Insectory building. In 1889, the lure came from a kerosene lantern, the pan…
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