A physicist watched paint dry for three months and found it doesn't actually dry evenly — the edges pull inward first? 🤔 Now I'm paranoid about every wall in my apartment
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Korean and French Culture Are Set to Rendezvous at a New Museum in Seoul for Modern and Contemporary Art — The Centre Pompidou Hanwha, the newest member of a growing global network of art museums, will debut with an exhibition on European cubism and Korean art
What Key West’s Art Scene Reveals About America’s Creative Spirit — At the edge of the United States, a sun-drenched island has been quietly fueling one of the country's most distinctive creative scenes
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample! - NASA Science — Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer benefits of quitting — A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes
Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots — The New Scientist Book Club read Silvia Park's near-future sci-fi novel Luminous in May, and had lots of good things to say (along with a few complaints)
Human migration has surged since 2000 — these maps reveal where people are going — Modelling with artificial-intelligence tools has filled gaps in migration data, revealing detailed global population movements from 1990 to 2023.
CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first — CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand could make it even more effective
How a lost road helped rewild a rare landscape — The Hindhead Tunnel has sparked one of the most successful rewilding projects in southern England.
Home - National Speleological Society — Since 1941 the National Speleological Society has been dedicated to protecting, studying, and exploring caves. With 8,000 members we are the largest cave focused membership organization in the world.
Read about a physicist who spent years measuring how fast people scroll past images of their own work. The answer made her change her entire lab's presentation style.
New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources — Experts at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently discovered and tested a new material that could help NASA harness resources during future Moon missions.
Plex vs Jellyfin vs Emby: Here's how the three media servers really compare — Convenience costs you with Plex, but the alternatives require more work.
Homepage | National Snow and Ice Data Center — The cryosphere, monitored.
Does it matter if Scotland lose and still make history? — Does the performance, even the result, matter as long as Scotland qualify for the group stage of the World Cup after Wednesday's game against Brazil? Tom English ponders.
How Arsenal overcame their demons to win the Premier League title — Set pieces, a mean defence and unorthodox motivation methods are some of the key reasons behind Arsenal's success.
APS News — From the physics community.
BBC South presenter learns to paraglide for air quality special — Environment correspondent Jon Cuthill paraglides into position ahead of a BBC South special.
Bacteria-killing viruses redirect vaccine immunity to destroy cancer — Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have acquired from vaccines
Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case — The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.
An Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesis | Quanta Magazine — An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life.
Tech Stock Selloff Spreads to Europe | The Opening Trade 6/23/2026 — A selloff cascaded across global markets as investors turned jittery about high-flying tech stocks and frothy valuations. South Korea’s Kospi Index plunged 10% from a record high. The Opening Trade has…
Gakpo asks for privacy after loss of unborn son — Noa van der Bij, the partner of Liverpool and Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, announces the pair have lost their unborn son.
Scientists Uncover New Clues About the Volcanic Origins of the Giant's Causeway, an Iconic Geologic Structure in Northern Ireland — The UNESCO World Heritage Site, which features 40,000 near-perfect hexagonal columns, formed roughly 60 million years ago during a period of…
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety - NASA — With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will
Scientists Are Using Nanomaterials to Heal Stubborn Wounds That Resist Antibiotic Treatment — Light-activated therapies may offer a solution to slow-healing lesions common in diabetics and burn victims
Space storms could switch signals and cause serious train accidents — Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents
Your external hard drive is already dying—here's how to catch it in time — Stop trusting your external HDD without checking these numbers first
World Cup Fever in Guadalajara - NASA Science — The city's metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape shaped by ancient volcanoes.
First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk - NASA — One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA’s first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled
Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth — A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry began at least 59,000 years ago
Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar — <p>Cantilever chairs, wood panelling and mirror-clad surfaces meet in Lève Office Bar, a Space Age-informed bar in Turin by Italian architect Fabio Fantolino. The venue is located in the centre of the…
The Physics Classroom — The Physics Classroom serves students, teachers and classrooms by providing classroom-ready resources that utilize an easy-to-understand language that makes learning interactive and multi-dimensional. Written by teachers for teachers and students, The Phys
Unsettling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships — Inspired by Shannon Vallor's book The AI Mirror, this compelling piece looks at how we are being affected by our deepening interactions with tech
Ending respiratory infections — Introducing Intercept, a $500M bet to make respiratory infections like colds and flu a thing of the past.
Hyundai recalls 421,000 cars for software bug: See the full list — The software issue can cause unexpected braking, putting drivers at a higher risk of a crash.
Genghis Khan Is Remembered for His Vast Empire and Fearsome Warriors. This Exhibition Explores His Cultural Legacy — The Royal Armouries Museum will show nearly 250 rare artifacts—from saddles to early paper money—that reveal a side of the Mongol Empire that's often neglected
NASA Space Roboticist Challenge - NASA — The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a robotic arm, with seven degrees of freedom, to low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to the robotic
Oceana – We are Protecting the World's Oceans. — Working to protect and restore our oceans, Oceana is the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation. Learn more and get involved.
See the Human Body Morph Into Musical Instruments From Around the World at a New Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — A belly turns into a drum, hands mold into percussion tools and a face adorns a brass bell in this anatomical art history show
Top 5 World Cup knockout shocks – Paraguay win hurts Germany again — Paraguay's longshot win against Germany in the Round of 32 is the latest in a long line of World Cup knockout boilovers.
Calls for government action on chemical pollution — Cherwell District Council leader urges forever chemical pollution action around former RAF base.
Soviet Cosmonauts Trained at Star City as They Raced to Beat America to the Moon. Now, a New TV Series Imagines What Happened Behind the Base's Walls — Apple TV's "Star City" takes place in a world where the space race never came to an end. A spinoff of "For All Mankind," the sho
Apple Acquires Award-Winning App 'Play' — In February, Apple notified the European Commission that it would be acquiring certain assets from and have the right to hire certain employees from Rabbit 3 Times, the company behind the award-winning app design tool Play. The…
A Vietnam Veteran Collected Fossils for 66 Years. One, Mislabeled 'Baby Lamprey,' Made Paleontologists Reconsider How Vertebrates Moved From Water to Land — The fossil turned out to be a hatchling of a crocodile-like creature, and it suggests, according to a new study, that…
The Queen of Soap Operas Started Off By Telling Stories About the Drama She Was Missing in Her Own Life — Irna Phillips was a radio voice actor in Chicago when she was asked to create a serialized program. From that, she created a legacy that includes ‘Guiding Light’ and ‘As…
Reinventing Entropy | Compression & Intelligence Part 1 — What is the fundamental compressibility of language? Check out our virtual career fair: https://3b1b.co/talent See new projects before they go live: https://3b1b.co/support Animation credit: Manim scenes by Aaron Gostein
A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire — Several start-ups have tried to grow seaweed to remove atmospheric CO2, but this could affect the levels of nutrients in the ocean and hamper other CO2-sucking processes
A Stolen Picasso Just Turned Up During a Drug Raid Near Paris, Reportedly Taken From a Storage Facility — The painting has been authenticated but not revealed. Reports suggest it is one of Picasso's portraits of Marie-Thérèse Walter
Homegrown AlphaGrep Takes on Jio BlackRock With India Algo Funds — High-speed trader AlphaGrep Securities Pvt.’s asset management unit will offer algorithmic trading strategies to India’s retail investors, according to a top executive, pitting it against the likes of Jio…
Everyone’s Mad at the World Cup’s New ‘Hydration Breaks’—Except Mr. Moneybags Over Here — FIFA says hydration breaks protect players from heat. They also create new annoying commercial breaks—and fans are calling foul.
2026 ALA Hyperwall Schedule - NASA Science — American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 25-29, 2026
What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean? | Quanta Magazine — At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical “theory of everything.” Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the implications.
Arsenal battle PSG for Villa's Rogers - Monday's gossip — Aston Villa winger Morgan Rogers is a target for Arsenal and PSG, Real Madrid's interest in Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice increases, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson wants Juventus move, plus more.
Extra, Extra: An Exclusive Offer at a Shop We Love, June Edition — <p>It’s Midsommar—the summer solstice. And this month we’re serving up an exclusive discount from the fittingly named Sommerhus, a newly opened shop in Carpinteria, California—and, happily, online,…
Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war — Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line by the Ukrainian military. Despite their limitations, these remotely controlled robots could be the deciding factor in many conflict
Runners Are Suddenly Obsessed with Baking Soda. But Will It Actually Help You Run a Better Race? — Why the hot new performance-booster is taking over the endurance world
Decomp Academy — Learn GameCube Decompilation (MWCC GC/2.0) — Learn to decompile GameCube PowerPC assembly into byte-matching C, graded live by the real MWCC GC/2.0 compiler.
The lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon — Jessica Atkin knows more than anyone else about what it would take to supply food for a moon base. She reveals how to build a lunar farm and what astronauts can expect to dine on