In shadows deep where whispers creep,The molds of fear begin to seep.They twist and turn, in silent form,A quiet storm, a shapeless swarm. Their roots take hold in fragile ground,Where doubt and sorrow intertwine, unbound.A fleeting thought, a midnight chill,They... Continue Reading →
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is expanding faster today than it did in its infancy billions of... Continue Reading →
Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft respond to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial intelligence that enables personal computers to solve massive math problems that... Continue Reading →
It was a night of 100,000 meteors. The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was perhaps the most impressive meteor event in recent history. Best visible over eastern North America during the pre-dawn hours of November 13, many people -- including a young Abraham Lincoln -- were woken up... Continue Reading →
“As the crow flies” is a common idiom referring to the shortest distance between two points, but the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS), led by Dario Floreano, in EPFL’s School of Engineering has taken the phrase literally with RAVEN (Robotic... Continue Reading →
Feeling unvalidated is an experience that strikes at the core of our human need for connection and recognition. It arises when our thoughts, feelings, or actions are dismissed, ignored, or misunderstood, leaving us with a lingering sense of insignificance. While... Continue Reading →
New research from Karolinska Institutet and Columbia University shows that the heart has a mini-brain – its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat. A better understanding of this system, which is much more diverse and complex than previously thought,... Continue Reading →
After extensive analysis and testing, NASA has identified the technical cause of unexpected char loss across the Artemis I Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. Engineers determined as Orion was returning from its uncrewed mission around the Moon, gases generated inside the... Continue Reading →
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen... Continue Reading →
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