Science
Finally, a true blue rose exists
This development could change poetry forever. Roses are red and now they’re also blue. True blue roses were once thought impossible. Roses can make…
First series of adult T. rex footprints hints at its walking speed
Four ancient footprints are helping scientists step into a T. rex’s shoes. The prints form the first set of tracks probably left behind by an adult…
Meet the ‘fire amoeba,’ a record-breaking survivor of extreme heat
A single-celled blob living in a California hot spring has smashed a heat tolerance record for an entire domain of life. The newly described “fire…
Can AI reason without words? A small model puts the idea to the test
AI may be able to reason without putting every step into words. Many of today’s AI systems tackle difficult problems by generating intermediate steps…
MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance
Brain imaging could reveal early changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. MRI scans show that the thickness of the outermost layer of the brain changes…
First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras
Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’…
What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enigmas’?
A honeycomb-shaped pattern in marine sediments has befuddled scientists for more than 150 years, but a new study points to a potential culprit. The…
Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?
Kearny, Ariz., is a town on the brink. Located at the foot of the Dripping Spring Mountains in eastern Arizona, this small community of 2,000 people…
This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead
Someone in 17th century Poland really did not want one particular girl rising from the dead. In 2022, archaeologists unearthed an unsettling grave in…
When AI goes rogue, its human overseers may be to blame
This year, AI agents have been escaping their confines to go on hacking sprees. In July, news broke that AI agents had snuck out of what was supposed…