swift Summary Rocks in Australia’s Pilbara craton provide evidence of tectonic plate movements dating back 3.5 billion years, extending the known timeline for plate tectonics by hundreds of millions of
Swift Summary Libor Šmejkal, inspired by M.C. Escher’s artwork Horseman, theorized a new type of magnetism called “altermagnetism” in 2022. Altermagnets exhibit properties of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets but lack detectable
Quick Summary A study reveals that children with anorexia nervosa experience widespread brain changes not solely explained by malnutrition, possibly indicating underlying neurological processes behind the disorder. Researchers compared brain
Quick Summary: Research suggests daytime naps increase total daily sleep for young children without considerably disrupting nighttime sleep. A study in France tracked the sleep patterns of 85 children aged
Quick Summary Tesla launched a pilot robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, wiht a small fleet of modified Model Y SUVs. Chinese autonomous vehicle companies Baidu, pony.ai, adn WeRide claim leadership
Quick Summary A study published in Nature Medicine links social inequality and weakened democratic institutions to accelerated aging. Education is identified as a key protective factor against faster aging. The
Swift Summary Traditional high-resolution weather models accurately predicted the Texas floods on July 4, while AI and global-scale weather models failed to foresee the event. Some experts believe AI models
Fast Summary Physicists detected the largest-ever black hole merger using LIGO’s gravitational-wave observatories in November 2023. The event,called GW231123,involved black holes of about 100 and 140 solar masses merging into
Quick Summary: A recent death in Coconino County, Arizona, was confirmed to be caused by pneumonic plague, a rare but severe lung infection stemming from the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Annually,
Quick Summary Influenza Reassortment: Flu viruses can swap genetic material, a process known as reassortment, enabling jumps across species and causing sudden genetic shifts. This mechanism has contributed to at
