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New Climate Report Sparks Outrage

Climate sceptics are calling it “organised crime,” a “coup d’état,” and “worse than Climategate.” Their target is a new report from the US National Academies of Sciences about extreme weather attribution. I had a look at it, and I understand why they’re unhappy.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

The Problem With Plastic Is Not What You Think

We’ve been told for decades that a plastic bottle lasts 450 years, or even that plastic never goes away. But how would anyone know, given that plastic has only been widely used for about a century? Recent research tells a different story, and it’s both better and worse. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

Large Hadron Collider Sees Extra Dimension, Physicists Claim

Two physicists in France say they have spotted something odd in data from the Large Hadron Collider: heavy particles that could only exist if space has an extra dimension. If they’re right, it would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics in decades. But there are some problems with their story. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

Schrödinger’s Secret Diaries Have Surfaced. Here’s What They Say

A few years ago, headlines around the world called Erwin Schrödinger a paedophile. Universities renamed lecture halls and took his portrait off the walls. Now historians have read diaries that were locked away for decades, and they tell a rather different story. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

Physics is Unravelling, And It Will Get Worse

After mathematics, AI is now coming for physics, writing papers on new particles, dark matter and the fine structure constant. OpenAI claims progress on a major physics problem, but physicists say it doesn’t matter. Maybe the real problem isn’t the AI. Let’s take a look.

Sabine Hossenfelder · EN

The grossest thing you touch every day, according to science

You've likely already touched it about 47 times today. The post The grossest thing you touch every day, according to science appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Bald eagle mistaken for trashbag on the road to recovery

Birds with lead poisoning are often hit by cars. The post Bald eagle mistaken for trashbag on the road to recovery appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Amazon’s early Black Friday deals have started and these 28 products are at their 2026 lows

Amazon already has nearly two dozen popular products at the lowest prices of the year. The post Amazon’s early Black Friday deals have started and these 28 products are at their 2026 lows appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

A bull and a male donkey’s sexual relationship turns heads

The pair also display affectionate behaviors including licking, rubbing, and nuzzling. The post A bull and a male donkey’s sexual relationship turns heads appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Aloe found in ancient Egyptian mummy skull

Medieval medicine was concocted from some of the same ancient remains. The post Aloe found in ancient Egyptian mummy skull appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

A NASA telescope will likely plummet to Earth on Wednesday

The decommissioned Swift Observatory turned a two-year mission into more than two decades of science. The post A NASA telescope will likely plummet to Earth on Wednesday appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Dinosaur blood found in fossils for the first time

Once thought impossible, the molecules were discovered in a 15-million-year-old bones from Brazil. The post Dinosaur blood found in fossils for the first time appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Watchful mama bear Gemini wins 2026 Helicopter Mom Award

Gemini kept an eye on her cubs around other bears fishing in Alaska's Anan Creek. The post Watchful mama bear Gemini wins 2026 Helicopter Mom Award appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

In a Long-Awaited Move, FDA Enforces Trial Result Transparency

After years of limited oversight, the FDA sent warnings to more than 2,200 clinical trial sponsors about missing results, which were supposed to be uploaded to an official public database. Experts have pushed for greater transparency.

Undark · EN

On the Weather Radar: Cloudy With a Chance of Birds

This year’s spring migration in North America unveiled real-time measures at a higher resolution than ever before. On one night, for instance, 156 million birds appeared in the skies, outpacing the forecasted total by 20 million. And researchers figured that out thanks to AI.

Undark · EN

AI and Virtual Reality Enter the Therapist’s Office

Some experts say that deepfake technology and other AI tools could help tackle treatment-resistant conditions like anorexia and prolonged grief. But plenty of questions remain, including whether there could be damaging side effects and whether the therapy is even effective.

Undark · EN

Interview: The Nerve That Could Transform Medicine

Kevin Tracey, a researcher and neurosurgeon whose team discovered the vagus nerve’s link to the immune system more than two decades ago, has developed an electrical implant to stimulate the nerve in an effort to help rheumatoid arthritis sufferers who currently have difficulty taking medications.

Undark · EN

Could an Amazonian Highway Open a Pandora’s Box of Pathogens?

Brazil has plans to repave a neglected 550-mile road in the South American rainforest to help connect the region and boost economic growth. But some scientists are concerned the project — which would likely increase access between humans, livestock, and wildlife — might be a biosecurity risk.

Undark · EN

After Cancer, a Complex Aftermath for Survivors

Around 70 percent of people with cancer today will live for more than five years after their diagnosis. They’re likely to find that life after cancer is complicated — marked by health risks and chronic illnesses — and that their primary care doctors may be ill-equipped to help them navigate it.

Undark · EN

Book Review: The Bizarre Frontiers of Product Testing

From rampaging bears to zero-G toilets and chicken cannons, Alex Davies, in “Kobuk the Destroyer,” chronicles the surprising and often bizarre world of test engineering, and the ingenious lengths to which product testers will go to make the world a safer place.

Undark · EN

Body Snatchers and the Murky Process of Whole-Body Donation

Opinion | Each year, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. donate their bodies to science after death. But the programs that handle whole-body donations lack oversight, with inconsistencies in standards of consent, transparency, and accountability. The result is reminiscent of the body-snatching practices of years past.

Undark · EN

Was dark matter first discovered by Fritz Zwicky or Vera Rubin?

It’s hard to believe, but the idea that the Universe was dominated not by normal matter but rather by dark matter — a novel form of non-interacting matter that’s completely distinct from protons, neutrons, and electrons — goes all the way back to 1933: nearly a full century ago. For decades, the overwhelming majority of the leading astronomers and physicists dismissed the idea as being ill-motivated and lacking sufficient evidence backing it, and it gained very little traction on both the theoretical and observational fronts throughout the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It was only with the n

Big Think · EN

Stop trying to find yourself

Philosopher Joe Folley is skeptical that there’s a core self down there to find. In this Big Think Conversation with Jonny Thomson, he makes the case for a self that gets built rather than excavated — and argues that the attention it takes to build one has been quietly thinned down into something you spend, trade, and optimize. Then: why nearly everyone reads the wrong Camus book, and why Camus himself seems to have thought his most famous philosophy was only half finished. Joe Folley holds an undergraduate degree and a master’s in philosophy from Cambridge and is the creator of the YouTube ch

Big Think · EN

The 3 great origin mysteries: The universe, life, and consciousness

Physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies, author of The Demon in the Machine, argues that the deepest mystery of life’s origin is how chemistry came to write its own code. Davies traces the question from Aristotle and Schrödinger’s “aperiodic crystal” to Maxwell’s demon, Michael Levin’s two-headed flatworms, and the possibility of a shadow biosphere hiding on Earth. This video The 3 great origin mysteries: The universe, life, and consciousness is featured on Big Think .

Big Think · EN