Attributing the Storm: The Science of Extreme-Event Blame
In a development that has drawn wide attention in climate research, attribution science quantifies climate change's role in disasters. It...
Year: 2026
The IPCC’s Code Red for Humanity
In a development that has drawn wide attention in climate research, the IPCC's 2021 report called warming unequivocal and human-caused....
Attosecond Pulses Freeze Electrons in Motion
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, the 2023 Nobel honored attosecond light pulses. It is...
Time Crystals Leave the Realm of Theory
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, researchers built time crystals, a new phase of matter....
Ingenuity: The First Flight on Another World
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, nASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew on Mars in 2021. It...
Reading Exoplanet Skies
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, jWST detected molecules in the atmospheres of distant worlds....
Little Red Dots: JWST’s Puzzle of Early Galaxies
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, jWST found compact, red, surprisingly massive early galaxies. It...
The Standard Candle Tension: How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, measurements of the Hubble constant disagree by method. It...
Olympiad Geometry, Solved by Machine
In a development that has drawn wide attention in ai research, deepMind's AlphaGeometry solved hard olympiad geometry problems. It is...
Faster Sorting, Written by AI
In a development that has drawn wide attention in ai research, deepMind's AlphaDev discovered faster low-level sorting routines. It is...
