Quote of the Week
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."
Mark TwainTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Canadian analysis weighs the health trade-offs of permanent standard time versus daylight saving time
Ending clock changes leaves another choice: brighter evenings or earlier sunrises. A Canadian analysis weighs the health trade-offs.
CosmicWatch lets students build a detector for invisible cosmic-ray particles
A portable detector turns passing particles into recorded events, supporting student experiments and stratospheric balloon measurements.
Scientists use AI and nanotechnology to detect signs of life in space
Single-molecule electrical measurements capture selected features of meteorite and desert extracts, with further validation needed.
A small star is slowly consuming a brown dwarf, 300 light years away
An 87-minute binary reveals a small star steadily taking material from a brown dwarf, offering an alternative to rapid engulfment.