The Second Job
Hormone-sensitive lipase was supposed to release stored fat. Researchers found it inside fat cell nuclei doing something else entirely — and its absence causes the opposite of obesity.
The Switchable Solvent
Columbia Engineering’s S3E process pulls lithium straight from brine without evaporation ponds — using a solvent that switches state at 158°F. Here’s how it works.
Beyond the Grid
In 1946, Paul Erdős asked how many point pairs can sit exactly one unit apart. For 80 years, mathematicians had the wrong answer. Then an AI found the right one.
The Hidden Hundred
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The Invisible Breach
Your developer’s laptop is the weakest link in your security stack. Inside software supply chain attacks — and how Perplexity’s Bumblebee is fighting back.
Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical draws on 135 years of Catholic moral tradition to demand AI regulation. Here’s why secular scientists and policymakers should take it seriously.
Thwaites Obituary
The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is moving three times faster than in 2020. Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey have pre-written its death notice. Here’s what the science says happens next.
The Parallel Mind
Every major language model generates text one token at a time. Gemini Diffusion generates entire blocks at once, hitting 1,479 tokens/sec. A paradigm shift.
Alien Water
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries water 40 times heavier than Earth’s oceans. Three visitors from other stars suggest our solar system may be the outlier.
The Grown Throat
Scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital grew a functional oesophagus from a child’s own cells. It restored swallowing with no immunosuppression.
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