Science Explorer

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Surgeon operating on a cancer patient, cancer cells clearly visible.
Health and life sciencesScience Explorer

The 'Impossible' LED That Could Change Cancer Surgery

Organic molecules 'whisper' energy into insulating nanoparticles, opening a path to sharper surgical imaging in the infrared.

Hot air balloon in a night sky with stars and cosmic rays
Space and astronomyScience Explorer

We May Know Where (Some) Cosmic Rays Come From - After 113 Years

Space telescope identifies natural particle accelerator 100 times more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider.

our idea of vikings are an invention
History and Social SciencesScience Explorer

How Christian Scribes Created Modern Vikings

Modern images of Norse warriors and their gods trace back not to the Viking Age, but to Christian scribes, Romantic composers, and our...

computer simulates physics beyond reach
AI and computer scienceScience Explorer

Advanced Quantum Simulation Could Reveal Cosmic Mysteries

We've entered an era where quantum simulations outrun what we can verify. Physicists just have to trust the process.

Gray hair process skin cancer melanoma
Health and life sciencesScience Explorer

What Makes Hair Gray Might Defend Against Skin Cancer

Melanocyte stem cells face a binary choice when damaged - and one path could protect you.

supernova distance measurement bias
CosmologyScience Explorer

The Cosmic Expansion May Not Be Accelerating After All

A controversial finding by Korean cosmologists suggests that the expansion of the universe may be slowing down.

jonlarsenite micrometeorite asteroid discovery
Space and astronomyScience Explorer

How a Jazz Guitarist Reinvented the Search for Micrometeorites

Jon Larsen noticed a speck of space dust during breakfast. It led him on a path of amazing discoveries.

Neural network showing flashes of activity
AI and computer scienceScience Explorer

Scientists Set a Trap for AI Self-Awareness. It Noticed

Anthropic tested whether Claude can catch itself thinking. We asked Claude to explain the research.

Depiction of imaginary electronic brain implants.
Health and life sciencesEngineeringScience Explorer

Injected Implants Could Swim to Your Brain

Wireless microchips travel bloodstreams, breach brain barriers, and park themselves at sites of injury.

can therapists actually treat narcissistic personality disorder
Health and life sciencesScience Explorer

Narcissists Can Change (If They Don't Quit First)

New research reveals the irony: treatment works, but most patients walk away before it can help.