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A 24-year-old PhD student spotted a strange signal — and uncovered astronomy's greatest discovery

In 1967, Cambridge PhD student Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed an anomalous pulse in her radio telescope data. Her discovery of pulsars opened a new window on the universe and provid… Jun 12, 2026

Genetics

The Crumpled Genome: AI Finds the Core of DNA Storage Is Anything But Locked

A new study using AI-powered sequencing reveals that DNA wrapped around nucleosomes isn't inaccessible, but exists in 14 distinct states of distortion that control gene activity. Abr 29, 2026

Environment

Hibernating queen bumblebees can survive eight days underwater

A laboratory accident has revealed that overwintering bumblebee queens can endure prolonged flooding by switching to a mixed-metabolic survival state, offering a buffer against er… Abr 12, 2026

History

March 14: Einstein Is Born

On March 14, 1879 Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany — a date now marked in history for one of the 20th century's most transformative physicists. This piece traces the day, … Mar 14, 2026

History

Uranus: Discovery of the Seventh Planet

On March 13, 1781, William Herschel announced a new world — the first planet found with a telescope. The discovery expanded the known solar system and set off debates over naming,… Mar 13, 2026

Science

Cancer’s invisibility switch uncovered

An international team has identified a molecular “invisibility” switch used by aggressive cancers to silence innate immune alarms; blocking that RNA-binding activity in MYC unmask… Fev 23, 2026

Physics

ML Recovers Hidden Functions in Complex PDEs

A team led from Oxford shows how embedding neural networks into partial differential equations lets machine learning accurately recover unknown functional components, opening new … Fev 18, 2026

Space

Probe Flew Closer to Sun, Rewriting Corona Physics

New measurements from NASA's Parker Solar Probe — the spacecraft that flew closer sun than ever — reveal how the solar wind is heated and point to wave–particle processes that rew… Fev 15, 2026

Genetics

AlphaFold 3 and the Biological Singularity

AlphaFold 3 — the new generation of DeepMind’s protein-prediction AI — promises to model proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules together and is already reshaping drug discove… Jan 29, 2026

A.I

Edison Raises $70M for AI Scientists

Edison Scientific announced a $70 million seed round to commercialize Kosmos, an autonomous ‘AI scientist’ that its creators say can compress months of research into hours. The sp… Dez 19, 2025

Science

The Matilda Effect: Women Erased From Science

A long-running pattern in science history — the Matilda Effect — has left pioneering women under-credited, from early climate researchers to nuclear physicists and medical chemist… Dez 08, 2025

Science

New Wyoming “Dinosaur Mummies” Reveal Unexpected Skin, Hooves and Preservation Pathway

Researchers rediscovered a historic Wyoming site and recovered two Edmontosaurus specimens with clay-cast soft-tissue outlines, revealing midline crests, tail spikes and hoofed to… Nov 14, 2025

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A 24-year-old PhD student spotted a strange signal — and uncovered astronomy's greatest discovery

The Crumpled Genome: AI Finds the Core of DNA Storage Is Anything But Locked

Hibernating queen bumblebees can survive eight days underwater

March 14: Einstein Is Born

Uranus: Discovery of the Seventh Planet

Cancer’s invisibility switch uncovered

ML Recovers Hidden Functions in Complex PDEs

Probe Flew Closer to Sun, Rewriting Corona Physics

AlphaFold 3 and the Biological Singularity

Edison Raises $70M for AI Scientists

The Matilda Effect: Women Erased From Science

New Wyoming “Dinosaur Mummies” Reveal Unexpected Skin, Hooves and Preservation Pathway