Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Scientists identify a mysterious substance darkening Venus’s clouds
Venus looks pale from afar, but its cloud droplets may contain an extraordinarily dark substance that has defied identification for a century.
25,000-year-old teeth may reveal the world’s earliest evidence of drug use
Strange grooves and drug residues in prehistoric teeth reveal a psychoactive habit that may predate farming by more than 10,000 years.
The Large Magellanic Cloud may be tearing its smaller neighbor apart
Thousands of massive stars reveal opposing motions across the SMC, challenging the idea that the dwarf galaxy is rotating normally.
New optical shutter uses light and AI to see through dense fog and tissue
Rochester researchers combine ultrafast light gating and AI to improve near-infrared imaging through scattering materials.