A long-standing mystery in vertebrate evolution — why most major fish lineages appear suddenly in the fossil record tens of millions of years after their presumed origins — is tied to the Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME), according…
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Why the mad artistic genius trope doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny
Vincent van Gogh sliced off his ear with a knife during a psychotic episode. Ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky developed schizophrenia and spent the last 30 years of his life in hospital. Virginia Woolf lived with bipolar disorder, eventually taking…
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The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats
When Hurricane Delta hit Mexico’s Caribbean coast in 2020, insurance payouts were released within days—not to rebuild hotels or roads, but to repair coral reefs.
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Plasma “Fireballs” at CERN May Explain the Universe’s Missing Light
Lab-made cosmic fireballs point to ancient magnetic fields shaping the Universe’s missing light. A global team of scientists led by the University of Oxford has accomplished a world first by producing plasma “fireballs” in a laboratory…
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Why Greenland's vast natural resources won't necessarily translate into huge profits
The US is saber-rattling over Greenland once again. The vast island’s natural resources are back on the agenda, a year after then-US national security advisor Michael Waltz announced: “This is about critical minerals. This is about natural…
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OnePlus may have cancelled a successor to its best foldable phone in a while
If you’ve been patiently waiting for the successor to the OnePlus Open, there’s some bad news for you. According to a Smartprix report citing the Indian tipster Yogesh Brar, OnePlus has reportedly canceled plans to launch the purported…
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Algorithm captures nonlinear climate dynamics to optimize air-conditioning energy use
Researchers have developed a new algorithmic model that can improve predictions of cooling demand for greener buildings. This kind of control will be a key factor in energy efficiency, allowing interior climate control systems to optimize cooling…
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Cowboy boots made from pirarucu leather fund Amazon’s sustainable fishery
An inhabitant of the Amazon Basin and one of the world’s largest freshwater fishes, the pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) has a hard skin that’s resistant to attacks from aquatic predators such as piranhas, yet is also flexible. Such features,…
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Asteroid Behaving Strangely
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Marenfeld Using early data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is set to kick off full operations later this spring, an international team of…
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AGIBOT makes its U.S. debut with more than 5,100 robots shipped
The AGIBOT A2 on stage at CES 2026, doing a Tai Chi performance. | Source: AGIBOT
AGIBOT Innovation Technology Co. last week made its U.S. debut at CES 2026. The Shanghai, China-based company also announced it was ranked No. 1 globally in both…
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