6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (983+ words) Astronomers now know of more than 350 molecules in the spaces between and around stars. (CREDIT: M. Weiss / Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) A faint blip on a telescope readout can set off a wave of excitement. Maybe it is a molecule…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago  (14+ words) Molecular add-on helps chiral perovskite semiconductors detect visible light'The Brighter Side of News...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1307+ words) A battered Townsville hiker has defied his injuries to organise an epic 100km overnight trek that could dwarf last year's $12, 500 fund-raising effort for disadvantaged youth. (CREDIT: The Townsville Bulletin) In Boynton Beach, Florida, preschoolers at The Learning Experience spent April learning…...

13+ hour, 42+ min ago  (827+ words) Under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused "pencil beam." This schematic shows the pencil beam formation mechanism. (CREDIT: MIT Researchers) That beam, the team reports, can do more than tidy…...

15+ hour, 42+ min ago  (895+ words) Greek physicists propose that microscopic wormholes could generate an effective dark energy term through topology changes. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) For decades, cosmologists have had an awkward number sitting at the center of their equations. The…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (883+ words) One of the Twelve Apostle sea stacks. (CREDIT: Stephen Gallagher) The limestone at the Twelve Apostles does not sit flat. Look closely at the cliffs along Victoria's coast and the layers lean a little, broken here and there by small…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1712+ words) Teleportation may be possible in physics, but it raises a disturbing question about identity, death and perfect copies. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Teleportation sounds clean until the machinery gets involved. The hardest part is not the distance. It is the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (702+ words) New muon g-2 calculation brings theory and experiment into agreement, shrinking hopes for a fifth force of nature. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) For years, one tiny mismatch in particle physics carried outsized hopes. The muon, a heavier and short-lived cousin of…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1489+ words) Kaylie Kelliher and her daughter, Boe. (CREDIT: Kennedy News & Media) Some of the most meaningful stories rarely dominate headlines, but they're happening every day. In these moments, a volunteer picks up a tool, a parent opens their home, a community…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (983+ words) Study finds ancient regulatory DNA tied to human language, with effects that predate the split from Neanderthals. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the…...