40-year-old prediction of how plastics 'mix' confirmed for the first time
Phys.orgby Seoul National University·14 Sept 2026
40-year-old prediction of how plastics 'mix' confirmed for the first time A "mixing" phenomenon between plastic layers that had been predicted only in theory for 40 years has now been...
The Atlas Obscura Guide to Cryptid Tourism: Where Wonder Meets the Unexplained
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen·14 Sept 2026
What is a cryptid? A cryptid is an animal whose existence has been suggested but not proven by science—creatures like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, and the Jersey Devil.
Series of reactions reveals how complex carbon chemistry can begin in frigid space
Phys.orgby JoAnn Adkins·14 Sept 2026
Series of reactions reveals how complex carbon chemistry can begin in frigid space Before there was Earth, there was chemistry.
When to Use One Model and When to Use a Team of Agents | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Naveen Goel·14 Sept 2026
On a recent AI capacity buildout, I scheduled a control plane node into an early cutover wave because the 2 week traffic snapshot I had of it looked effectively isolated. It was not.
Mosquito 'toilet' detects West Nile and first Hedwig-like virus found in the Americas
Phys.orgby Kitta MacPherson·14 Sept 2026
Mosquito 'toilet' detects West Nile and first Hedwig-like virus found in the Americas When public health researchers want to know whether diseases such as COVID-19 or polio are circulating in a...
Street Photographer Shoots 'Weird' Photos on Dyson's New CameraJet Toothbrush
PetaPixelby Matt Growcoot·14 Sept 2026
A photographer has been wandering the streets with a new Dyson CameraJet toothbrush, attempting to take pictures with it.
Ablative Technique
blargby mhoye·14 Sept 2026
September 14, 2026 I don’t have much in the way of hard and fast parenting advice, but if you’re trying to help your kids understand and manage the risks in their lives at some point you’re going...
Hackaday Europe 2026: Space Oddities
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest·14 Sept 2026
If you’re in motorsport, or maritime, or mining fields, you can always call on a technician to come down and fix something when it’s broken.
Speedy electrons for brilliant laser light: Research paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers
Phys.orgby Simon Schmitt·14 Sept 2026
Speedy electrons for brilliant laser light: Research paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers Extremely short, intense light flashes are in high demand to investigate atoms...
Feeling nervous? Work the system
Science Newsby Jamie Ducharme·14 Sept 2026
When you’re stressed, you lose control. Your sympathetic nervous system takes over, triggering the release of stress hormones into the bloodstream, which increases heart rate, blood pressure and...
How prehistoric coastal flooding shaped the Northern Adriatic
Phys.orgby University·14 Sept 2026
How prehistoric coastal flooding shaped the Northern Adriatic Researchers have shown how dramatic sea-level rise over a 5,000-year period profoundly changed the coasts of northern Italy, Slovenia...
Did you solve it? Do you have the brain of an engineer?
The Guardianby Alex Bellos·14 Sept 2026
Earlier today I set four engineering puzzles. Here they are again with solutions. (Do check out the hundreds of great comments posted below the line in the original story.)
Bizarre study suggests your consciousness can leave your body
Mail Onlineby Shivali Best·14 Sept 2026
- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A study testing out-of-body experiences produced an unexpected twist that could 'rewrite our understanding of consciousness'.
Wildfires May Have Inspired the Invention of Pottery, Scientist Says
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·14 Sept 2026
Pottery is among the oldest human inventions known to history, but how exactly we came to discover potterymaking is something of a mystery.
New insights into how the brain responds after a severed nerve is repaired could boost recovery
The Conversation UKby Ken Valyear, Senior Lecturer in Sensorimotor and Rehabilitation Neuroscience, Bangor University·14 Sept 2026
We carry a map of our bodies around in our brains. It’s not a literal picture, but an organised pattern of brain activity. So, touch different fingers and different parts of the brain respond.
China’s robots can run faster than Usain Bolt – now they are being prepared for war
The Conversation UKby Kartikeya Walia, Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Nottingham Trent University·14 Sept 2026
At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-metre sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s legendary human...
Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study
Phys.orgby Jesse Liu·14 Sept 2026
Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light.
It Turns Out Chihuahuas Are Actually Part Coyote
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill·14 Sept 2026
Chihuahuas are really weird dogs. We love them, but no doubt there's something a bit… quirky about those little guys.
These deep-sea spiders give off an otherworldly glow
Science Newsby Joshua Rapp Learn·14 Sept 2026
In the deep, dark Australian Abyss, what’s visible can be scarier than the unseen. There, giant sea spiders with glowing 25-centimeter-long legs may scuttle like disembodied apparitions.
Summer Training: Catching Up With NASA’s Astronaut Candidates - NASA
NASAby Linda E. Grimm·14 Sept 2026
Did you spend part of your summer camping, hiking, at the pool, or in an aircraft? So did NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class.
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