BreakingJames Webb captures oldest galaxy — 13.4 billion light-years away
ScienceFusion energy record: 70 seconds of sustained plasma achieved
Tech1,000-qubit quantum processor breaks computational barrier
HealthAlzheimer’s drug reduces cognitive decline 35% in Phase 3 trials
ClimateAntarctic ice shelf calves iceberg twice the size of London
BreakingJames Webb captures oldest galaxy — 13.4 billion light-years away
ScienceFusion energy record: 70 seconds of sustained plasma achieved
Tech1,000-qubit quantum processor breaks computational barrier
HealthAlzheimer’s drug reduces cognitive decline 35% in Phase 3 trials
ClimateAntarctic ice shelf calves iceberg twice the size of London
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3–4 minutesThe Year Without a Summer: The 1816 Famine That Remade History
Snow in July. Bread riots in Europe. A monster born from a teenager’s boredom. In 1816, a volcano nobody had heard of quietly rewrote the fate of three continents — and most of the world never noticed why. Read more
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9–13 minutesWhat really happens inside a lightning bolt (the physics is stranger than you think)
The lightning bolt you see travelling downward is actually moving upward. The channel is five times hotter than the sun’s surface. And the whole event is possibly triggered by particles from a dead star in another galaxy. What really happens inside a lightning bolt is nothing like the simple story you were taught. Read more