A group of very smart people from OpenAI and Google Brain decided to start a new company called Periodic Labs. They want to use AI to discover new materials, like super conductors. They got a lot of money, $300 million, from investors to do this. The idea started when two friends, Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, talked about how AI could help in science. They thoug...
Ever wondered how brain cells and blood vessels team up? It all started way back in 1870 when Camillo Golgi noticed something special about astrocytes and blood vessels. Then, in 1895, Santiago Ramon y Cajal added to this idea, suggesting that astrocytes play a big role in controlling blood flow in the brain. Fast forward to 2003, Giorgio Carmignoto, Micaela Zonta, ...
The idea of bringing back dinosaurs has always been a hot topic. The latest film in the Jurassic series shows a mutated dinosaur called D-Rex. This creature has human-like arms and a big head. It eats humans and shows that messing with dinosaur DNA is a bad idea. The movie suggests that even if we could bring back dinosaurs, we should not. But can we even bring dino...
The world of science is always buzzing with new discoveries. One of the latest breakthroughs involves a special molecule. This molecule has a unique structure. It is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. The arrangement of these atoms is quite unusual. It has a ring shape, with a special twist. This twist is what makes the molecule so interesting. Why...
Ancient Egyptians had a deep connection with the stars. This is evident in the artwork on their coffins. The Milky Way, that bright band of stars in the night sky, has been a source of wonder for many cultures. Ancient Egyptians were no different. The sky goddess Nut is a central figure in Egyptian mythology. She is often depicted as a woman arch...
The world of dinosaurs is full of mysteries. One big question has been what these giant creatures ate. Movies and books often show long-necked dinosaurs munching on plants. But until recently, there was no solid evidence to back this up. Mostly, people guessed this based on the dinosaurs' teeth and body structure. These dinosaurs had small, peg-like teeth. Their huge...
Cat lovers worldwide have long been captivated by the vibrant orange hue of ginger cats. This fascination has finally led to a groundbreaking discovery. Researchers from Japan and the United States have uncovered the genetic secret behind the distinctive color of ginger cats. It turns out that these felines have a missing piece of DNA in a specific gene, ARHGAP36. Th...
The deep ocean holds many mysteries, but few are as striking as the sudden disappearance of a bustling ecosystem. This is not a tale of a distant galaxy, but of an event witnessed firsthand by scientists in the Pacific Ocean. The setting was the Tica hydrothermal vent, a place teeming with life just a day earlier. The vent, located about 1, 300 miles off the coa...
The human eye has been around for a long time, but it turns out there's still more to see. A group of researchers in the United States made a surprising claim. They said they saw a color that no one has ever seen before. They achieved this by using lasers to stimulate specific cells in the eye. The experiment involved firing laser pulses into the eyes of five volunt...
The moon's far side, the one that never shows its face to Earth, is quite different from the side we see. It has more craters, a thicker crust, and fewer of those dark, smooth areas called maria. These differences might not just be skin deep. They could tell a story about how the moon came to be and changed over billions of years. Chinese scientists recently studied...