Man turns irreversibly gray from an unidentified silver exposure
His skin, hands, nails, and eyes had turned silvery gray from the exposure.
Science // Science & Exploration
Everyone agrees: 2024 the hottest year since the thermometer was invented
An exceptionally hot outlier, 2024 means the streak of hottest years goes to 11.
Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
Set to be killed by Trump, the rules mostly lock in existing trends.
Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the awful Palisades wildfire
"I think we’ve got more questions than answers at this point."
Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of "percolation problem."
Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia
This recently mapped Bronze Age fortress is just one among hundreds.
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears
Data shows a completely normal respiratory illness season, WHO says.
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
No human-to-human spread identified and no concerning mutations circulating.
Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
85 percent of invalid papers continue to be shared after they've been retracted.
Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
"People stand out for individual cognitive abilities while ants excel in cooperation."
Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews
70 percent of studies included in the meta-analysis had a high risk of bias.
One less thing to worry about in 2025: Yellowstone probably won’t go boom
There's not enough melted material near the surface to trigger a massive eruption.
Delve into the physics of the Hula-Hoop
It's not the gyrating motion of the hips that keeps the hoop aloft; it's a body type with a sloping surface as "hips."
Fast radio bursts originate near the surface of stars
Single burst shows neutron-star-like features, a source close to the star.
