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1+1 = Love: How Math Could Affect Your Love Life
Forget chemistry. A mathematician says lasting love is all about the numbers.
By Reanna Gonzalez • Oct 14, 2026
These Fungi Could Turn Martian Dust Into Farmland
Fungi that live in plant roots could be the quiet heroes of off-world farming, turning Mars’ harsh terrain into something closer to soil, and helping future astronauts grow food on the red planet.
By Michelle Rochniak • Oct 12, 2026
Mystics Talked About an Inner Light. Scientists May Have Found One in Your Cells
A new study finds a strange glow in your cells’ powerhouses that may be part light, part matter, and all quantum.
By Lauren Adams • Oct 9, 2026
Humans Have Been Getting High for Longer than We Thought
A 25,000-year-old habit in Indonesia may be the earliest evidence yet of humans deliberately using a psychoactive drug.
By Sarah Simon • Oct 5, 2026
Smell Chocolate, Lift More? Science Says Yes
Researchers in Malaysia found that a whiff of 90% cocoa helped gym rats grind out more reps on leg day.
By Nate Gesar • Sep 29, 2026
How to Build a Universe in a Bottle
Inside a glass tube, researchers are manufacturing cosmic dust that looks just like the grains drifting through deep space. They're using it to read the origin story of life‑friendly molecules.
By Ethan Denma • Sep 17, 2026
Before There Were Planets, There Was Sugar: New Discovery Rewrites Life’s Origin Story
The Milky Way just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have spotted a complex sugar molecule drifting in raw interstellar gas, showing that some of life’s potential ingredients start mixing long before stars and planets even show up.
By Grace Martorano • Sep 10, 2026
Giant Dinosaur Discovered Reveals Surprising 120-Million-Year-Old Connection Between Continents
A buried Brazilian giant with Spanish roots is rewriting how dinosaurs once crossed a vanished world.
By Jeff Kent • Sep 8, 2026
The Best Way to Find Aliens? Watch for the Ones Hoarding Their Own Sun
A new research paper maps the potential cosmic fingerprints of star‑swaddling civilizations, offering astronomers a clearer way to hunt for alien technology hidden in plain sight.
By Reanna Gonzalez • Sep 2, 2026
NASA’s New Dark Universe Telescope Sets Off to Map the Hidden Cosmos
The new telescope just began a three–month cruise to a quiet perch a million miles from Earth, preparing to chart dark matter, track dark energy, and sweep the sky for hidden worlds orbiting distant stars.
By Nate Gesar • Aug 31, 2026
Tiny Terminator: Scientists Create Light-Powered Nanobot That Hunts Bacteria
It’s basically a microscopic predator. I’m not scared; you are.
By Lauren Adams • Aug 28, 2026
Scientists Found The Deep-Sleep Circuit That Builds Muscle, Burns Fat, and Stimulates the Brain
Ready to get some rest and get ripped?
By Ethan Denma • Aug 25, 2026