Discovery

Proceedings B study: queen bumblebees survive flooded winters by breathing underwater

A new paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reports that diapausing bumblebee queens can continue to respire while submerged for days, a finding the authors call an example … Apr 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… Feb 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 … Feb 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… Feb 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… Dec 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… Dec 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

Articles about Discovery

Proceedings B study: queen bumblebees survive flooded winters by breathing 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