A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy
For decades, astronomers treated the interstellar medium as a static backdrop to the goings-on of the universe. Now, a wave of 3D mapping is bringing the interstellar medium’s dynamic nature into focus.
quantamagazine.org
How Spiders Spin ‘Silk Dope’ Into Nature’s Toughest Material
By probing its molecular structure, biologists are uncovering how a tangle of unstructured proteins turns into a strong, flexible fiber.
quantamagazine.org
Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering
To invade red blood cells, the deadly protists create temporary molecular portals that disappear behind them — doors we can now see in fine detail.
quantamagazine.org
These Are the Most Stunning Weather Photos of the Year
The American Meteorological Society just announced the winners of its 2026 photo contest
nautil.us
june mcdoom, “follow the light”
The folk singer uses intricate production to keep her ethereal music from floating away.
daily.bandcamp.com
LSD May Speed Up Brain Activity and Make it Fractal
New study suggests a more complex reshuffling of experience
nautil.us
inside the musical universe of baker
Andrew Reynolds, Shane Heyl, and Kevin "Spanky" Long weigh in on what makes a Baker soundtrack so special.
jenkemmag.com
Be Nice to Your Chatbot
It couldn’t hurt, and it might help
nautil.us
The Most Unsettling Books We Know
Scientists and artists tell us about the book that scared them to the core
nautil.us
griffin gaming partners and entertainment 360 launch new company to support video…
HITpoint Entertainment will "combine Griffin's relationships with devs and publishers with Entertainment 360's producing track record on IP-driven franchises"
gamesindustry.biz
He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art
Moritz Hardt, author of a new book on benchmarks, believes these “standardized tests” for artificial intelligence are fundamentally broken — but not unfixable.
quantamagazine.org
craig mcdean celebrates ‘ducati's 750 supersport’ in new tokyo photography exhibition
Hosted at UNDER R TOKYO, the exhibition explores the legendary motorcycle's design and craftsmanship alongside exclusive apparel and a photography book.
hypebeast.com
What the AI era owes you
uxdesign.cc
How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?
Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks in soil trade nutrients with plants, help keep carbon underground, and strike bargains without having a brain.
quantamagazine.org
Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t
A collision may have left these galaxies without dark matter. That spells trouble for alternative gravity theories.
quantamagazine.org
As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines
In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result.
quantamagazine.org
Human Vision Has Quirks That AI Can’t Match
Your robot butler can’t do a Magic Eye poster… yet
nautil.us
Why “Zombie Cells” Build Up as We Age
And how to reverse it
nautil.us
Is AI the End of Math As We Know It?
Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.”
quantamagazine.org
Are Right‑Brained People Really More Creative?
Here’s what the science really tells us
nautil.us
sotheby's unveils $450 million usd collection led by rare van gogh, cézanne,…
The Blaquier-Arrieta Collection heads to auction in New York after remaining unseen for half a century.
hypebeast.com
Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
After a long hiatus, the problem, which was likely inspired by juggling, has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians.
quantamagazine.org
This rugged 9.8kg laptop folds out into a three 14-inch screen mobile workstation
A laptop with three screens sounds excessive until the setting changes. At a desk, it would be an elaborate workstation. In the middle of a field operation, where maps, live video, telemetry and communications may all need to stay visible, it starts to make more sense. That is the idea behind Durabook’s Z14I-DX3, a rugged
yankodesign.com
How the Pro‑Nicotine “Wellness” Movement Rebranded an Addictive Drug
The movement is focused on the idea of “clean” nicotine use, such as pouches, which don’t contain tobacco
nautil.us
Two Big Stick Insect Species Emerge from Australia
They were hiding in plain sight among their close relatives
nautil.us
Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
Scientists have a history of trying — and failing — to link biology and quantum mechanics. The real connection between them may be in the math.
quantamagazine.org
Loneliness and Social Isolation Can Rob Men of Six Disease-Free Years of Their Lives
Don’t neglect your emotional health, gentlemen
nautil.us
How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk.
quantamagazine.org
Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders
Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works.
quantamagazine.org
Evey Reorients the Familiar Montreal Triplex From the Inside Out
Appareil Architecture reworks a familiar Montreal typology from the inside out
design-milk.com
itch.io changelog: sale explorer, bundle hosting revamp, jam theme editor, patreon integration & more
Hello everyone, welcome back to the itch.io changelog. In our changelog blog posts we hope to recap some of the feature updates that we’ve deployed that didn’t get their own blog post, and may hav...
itch.io
Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?
In this special live recording from the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, July 2026, the central question discussed was what do mathematicians really value about doing mathematics in the first place?
quantamagazine.org
In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible
To explore quantum phenomena, we must leave the familiar world and enter the abstract realm of Hilbert space.
quantamagazine.org
the art of splendor solis, the most glorious illuminated alchemical manuscript of them all
When it was published in the United States in 1998, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
openculture.com
‘Huge Breakthrough’ in the Math of Imbalance
For the first time in 30 years, computer scientists have found a better way to allocate objects evenly between two groups.
quantamagazine.org
