


Iron Oxides Are Secretly Fueling Plant Growth—And Nobody Noticed
For years, scientists assumed iron oxides were just lifeless rocks, hoarding phosphorus like a dragon guarding treasure. Turns out, they’ve been pulling off a biochemical heist right under our noses—converting organic phosphorus into the kind plants actually use. And...
China Declares War on Paper Mills—But Can It Win?
China’s Supreme People’s Court has finally decided to take aim at one of academia’s most lucrative black markets: paper mills. These operations mass-produce dubious research, slap willing buyers’ names on the byline, and flood journals with fluff designed to pad...
AI Hallucinations Aren’t Glitches—They’re the Whole Point
Let’s clear something up: AI doesn’t “hallucinate” in the way a sleep-deprived scientist or a rogue android might. It doesn’t dream of electric sheep or spin elaborate lies just to mess with humanity. What large language models (LLMs) do is generate plausible...