Newfound Mathematical 'Einstein' Shape Creates a Never-Repeating Pattern
A new shape called an einstein has taken the math world by storm. The craggy, hat-shaped tile can cover an infinite plane with patterns that never repeat.
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What the FDA Ruling about 'Dense Breasts' Means for Cancer Risk and Screening
Women with dense breasts are at higher risk of breast cancer and are underdiagnosed, but other factors also play an important role -
A Number System Invented by Inuit Schoolchildren Will Make Its Silicon Valley Debut
Math is called the “universal language,” but a unique dialect is being reborn -
Deepest Fish Discovered More Than 5 Miles below the Sea Surface
A small, bizarre-looking fish was found more than five miles beneath the sea and is considered the deepest fish ever recorded -
Deepest Fish Discovered More Than 5 Miles below the Sea Surface
A small, bizarre-looking fish was found more than five miles beneath the sea and is considered the deepest fish ever recorded -
From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating 'Sexual Frigidity' to Heroin Addiction
A young psychoanalyst specializing in sexual issues starts getting calls for help—about something else entirely -
On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean
A way of life nurtured for hundreds of years in the U.S. Southeast guards coastlines from climate change -
How Mathematics Can Predict--and Help Prevent--the Next Pandemic
Mathematician Abba Gumel uses calculations and models to prepare for future disease outbreaks -
Life Evolves. Can Attempts to Create 'Artificial Life' Evolve, Too?
Do efforts to create life—by cooking up imitations in computers, robots and molecules—point toward a universal definition of biology? -
Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies, New Analysis Shows
A new review finds that only some methods to counteract conspiracy beliefs are effective. Here’s what works and what doesn’t -
NASA's Perseverance Rover May Already Have Evidence of Ancient Martian Life
A half-kilogram’s worth of samples gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover for eventual return to Earth holds weighty implications for life on Mars -
Wealthy Countries Have Blown Through Their Carbon Budgets
Some countries have used up far more of the world’s carbon budget—the amount we can emit and still avoid more extreme climate disruption—than others -
Personality Can Change from One Hour to the Next
Studies show that people may experience enormous variability in personality traits throughout the course of the day -
AI Is Getting Powerful. But Can Researchers Make It Principled?
Can researchers create AI algorithms that are ethical today—and will be safe in the future? -
Bizarre Quantum Tunneling Observation Throws Out All the Rules
The strange phenomenon of quantum tunneling has been observed in a chemical reaction that defies classical physics -
Buildings Crumble High in the Alps as Permafrost Thaws
Safe access to the world’s tallest peaks could disappear as temperatures rise in the Alps -
Drone-on-Drone Combat in Ukraine Marks a New Era of Aerial Warfare
Antidrone technology is combatting “flying IEDs” in the air over Ukraine—with implications beyond the war with Russia -
How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake
Artificial-intelligence-powered image-generating systems are making fake photographs so hard to detect that we need AI to catch them -
AI Chatbots Can Diagnose Medical Conditions at Home. How Good Are They?
As more people turn to chat-based AIs for medical advice, it remains to be seen how these tools stack up against—or could complement—human doctors -
Northern Lights Dance across U.S. because of 'Stealthy' Sun Eruptions
A severe geomagnetic storm created auroras that were visible as far south as Arizona in the U.S.
