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“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
Amelia EarhartTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Why don’t giant prehistoric insects still exist?
Giant prehistoric insects could have breathed today’s air, a new Nature study finds — dismantling the oxygen theory of insect gigantism.
Getting pregnant in space isn’t that easy, study finds
Sperm can still swim in space, but they lose direction. That shift may reshape how reproduction works beyond Earth.
Distance in space is an illusion
Distance feels obvious, but relativity and quantum theory suggest it may be an emergent feature, not a fundamental one.
The AI Scientist takes a big step toward end-to-end automation of scientific research
An AI-generated paper passed workshop peer review, but the bigger story is what that means for science.