Hubble Spots a Cosmic Menage à Trois in the Kuiper Belt—And It Changes Everything
The three-body problem has haunted mathematicians for centuries. Predicting how three gravitationally entangled objects move is a nightmare of chaotic physics, famously explored in the novel-turned-Netflix-show *The Three-Body Problem.* But out in the icy void of the...
Prostate Cancer vs. The Immune System: A New Plot Twist in the Fight
Prostate cancer has been laughing in the face of immunotherapy for years. Immune checkpoint inhibitors—miracle drugs in other cancers—barely make a dent. Scientists couldn’t explain why, and cancer cells weren’t exactly volunteering answers. Now, researchers at...
AI, Heat Sensors, and the Battle to Save the Bees from Themselves
Honeybees are the unsung laborers of the food chain, quietly pollinating a third of everything humans eat and drink. Morning coffee? Thank a bee. Almond milk? Also bees. But colonies are collapsing, thanks to a perfect storm of extreme weather, pesticides, and...