Solve the crossword from our January 2026 issue, in which we take a crack at geological principles
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Breaking Ground Crossword
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From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt?
The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.
Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a…
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Engineering’s AI reality check
Most engineering leaders cannot answer the one question their CFO is about to ask: “Can you prove this AI spend is changing outcomes, not just activity?” Every December, roadmaps get locked, budgets get approved, and board decks are polished…
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Physicists bring unruly molecules to the quantum party
Researchers used atomic clock laser methods and a helper calcium atom to control a calcium monohydride molecule, expanding molecular options for quantum tasks, tests of physics, and chemistry control.
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Time Moves Faster on Mars, And Scientists Finally Know by How Much : ScienceAlert
Research conducted by two physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US reveals that clocks on Mars tick 477-millionths of a second (or 477 microseconds) faster per day, on average, compared to Earth…
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Nudges aren't always good for society, economics study finds
Many scholars have assumed nudges—a small push that encourages better choices—are always good for society. But UC Berkeley Economics professor Dmitry Taubinsky says it’s not that simple. Instead, policies that create nudges to influence…
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Why quantum computers have memory problems over time
A team of Australian and international scientists has, for the first time, created a full picture of how errors unfold over time inside a quantum computer—a breakthrough that could help make future quantum machines far more reliable.
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Populism as a departure from neoliberalism in Hungary and Israel
At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, write the authors of a new article from Polity, neoliberalism was “consolidated as the only legitimate form of doing politics.” But in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and with…
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From biting flies to feathered dinosaurs, scientists reveal 70 new species
A new species of mouse opossum with an exceptionally long nose and tail, Marmosa chachapoya. Credit: © Pedro Peloso From biting fruit flies and a tiny long-nosed mouse opossum to a feathered dinosaur preserved with evidence…
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Researchers find trees could spruce up future water conservation efforts
Trees contain valuable information about Earth’s past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in Ohio’s environmental history.
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