Ars Technica
Raindrops, it turns out, are tiny lightning bolts that can electrically punch holes in protective coatings, corroding cars and bridges - and we've been blaming water chemistry all along.
ScienceDaily
Eight Paranthropus boisei footprints from 1.4 million years ago reveal they were taller than thought and likely traveled in a male-only pack, because who needs females when you have a dangerous lake?
ScienceDaily
Because freezing optical fibers apparently makes light and sound interact 1,000x more strongly - so forget lasers, cryogenics is the new computing frontier.
ScienceDaily
Scientists find tiny whirlpools on the Sun, because apparently it wasn't already chaotic enough, and these might explain its magnetic mysteries.
ScienceDaily
Researchers proved sunlight can create quantum entanglement, potentially replacing lasers with the most abundant light source in the solar system. Your quantum computer may soon run on solar power.
Ars Technica
The Sun's surface is apparently full of tiny plasma whirlpools, and the world's biggest solar telescope finally caught them doing exactly what 1860s physics predicted.
The Guardian Europe
Researchers confirm women's faces are rated more attractive than men's, a finding that took 1.5 million ratings across 76 countries and zero conversations with actual humans to prove.
ScienceDaily
Malaria didn't just give early humans fevers; it also played matchmaker, splitting up populations and shaping human diversity for at least 74,000 years.
ScienceDaily
The Gulf of Panama's seasonal upwelling failed for the first time in 40 years, and scientists are pointing at climate disruption as the likely culprit.
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