Diagnostic dilemma: Brain lesion causes woman to experience lifelong bouts of unpleasant laughter
Patient: 31 year old female Symptoms: This woman came to the clinic because she had been experiencing uncontrollable laughter for years, which doctors described as “creepy laughter” in her case report. According to the patient, she had had intermittent episodes of involuntary laughter like this since childhood, but her condition was never formally investigated or […]
“Harry Potter” material lands three scientists Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Three scientists who developed materials like Harry Potter won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Kitamura of Kyoto University in Japan, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne in Australia, and Omar M. Goat of the University of California, Berkeley, received prestigious awards “for the development of metal frameworks.” The framework included new materials that […]
The “closest image” of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ESA Mars spacecraft
Two Mars probes have taken new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which the European Space Agency (ESA) captured the mysterious object from the closest closest, according to an ESA statement. This comet comes from an unknown star system that goes far beyond our star system and is currently patrolling the interior of the solar system […]
Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins from a possible Celtic market discovered in the Czech Republic
Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have uncovered a treasure trove of coins, gold jewelry and other artifacts from the region’s Celtic era, some 2,500 years old. The ancient artifacts were discovered during excavations carried out over the past five years at an undisclosed site in the Pilsen region of western Czech Republic, according to a […]
“Papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in the vagina before bedtime”: text revealing mysterious health care for women in ancient Egypt
As humans evolved, our heads became larger and walking upright narrowed our birth canals. This means that in most cases you will need to help with everything from emotional support to intervention and medical assistance for life-threatening conditions such as high blood pressure, uterine rupture, and postpartum hemorrhage. Although depictions of pregnancy and birth rates […]
Harvest supermoon photos: See the biggest and brightest moon in photos from around the world.
The Harvest Supermoon is the first of three supermoons that will occur in 2025. Here, it is photographed rising from behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on Tuesday morning (October 7). (Image credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu from Getty Images) Last night, the full Harvest Supermoon shined big and bright, and photographers around […]
Self-healing ‘concrete battery’ improves performance by 10x – could one day power cities, scientists say
MIT researchers have improved a new type of “concrete battery” by a factor of 10, paving the way for applications that could turn buildings, bridges, and sidewalks into giant energy stores capable of powering entire cities. The material is called electronically conductive carbon concrete (or ec3) and is made from a combination of cement, water, […]
“The Big One” could be even worse than COVID-19. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says there are lessons to be learned from past pandemics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it, claiming millions of lives in the process, and the next one could be even worse. A new book called The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics (Little Brown Spark, 2025) describes a theoretical but plausible scenario in which a new, more […]
Scientists have built a huge 6,000 qubit system, breaking the quantum record – and it works at room temperature
Scientists at California Institute of Technology conducted a record-breaking experiment in synchronizing 6,100 atoms in a quantum array. This study could lead to more robust and fault-tolerant quantum computers. In the experiment, paired neutral atoms were used as qubits in the system (qubits) and quantum calculations were performed while keeping them in a “superposition” state. […]
The Red Sea experienced “one of the most extreme environmental events on Earth” 6 million years ago
The book of Exodus tells of the miraculous parting of the Red Sea that allowed Moses and the Israelites to escape from Egypt. Science now knows that the Red Sea completely dried up about 6.2 million years ago. Thousands of years later, the arid ocean floor filled with a cataclysmic flood that may have carved […]