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Your red is my red, at least to our brains

It’s a late-night debate in college dorms across the world: Is my…

We could spot a new type of black hole thanks to a mirror-wobbling AI

Black holes produce gravitational waves when they collideVICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…

Newfound ‘Reality Signal’ Helps the Brain Tell Imagination from Real Life

Picture an apple, any apple.As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability…

Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat

Citations E.K. Francispillai, S.M. Dietsch and L.J. Chapman. Effects of temperature on fish…

Quantum router could speed up quantum computers

A false colour image of the quantum router circuitMIT SQUILL foundry Quantum…

NASA’s InSight Lander Reveals Mars’s Lumpy Mantle in New Seismic Study

Marsquakes, Vaccine Politics and Mammoth MicrobiomesA common nasal spray shows promise in…

Antarctic lake microbes have flexible survival strategies 

Scientists have gotten their closest-ever view of the denizens that inhabit a…

Red Light Myopia Therapy Can Injure Your Retina

Over the last few years, low-level red light (LLRL) therapy has become…

Liquid crystal lenses could make better bifocal glasses

The first prototype of the liquid crystal bifocalsLin et al./APS 2025 Lenses…