BBC World
French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for explaining why life only uses one mirror-image version of molecules - a mystery that's been bugging chemists for over a century.
BBC World
Three scientists win the Nobel Prize for optogenetics, a technique that lets researchers switch brain circuits on and off with light - because apparently the brain needed a dimmer switch.
TechCrunch
Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly 9 years, proving even prize-winning scientists appreciate a change of scenery.
MIT Technology Review
Your brain is a dark-panicked IT guy sorting 11 million bits of data per second, and scientists have finally cracked the code on how your body tells your brain you're nervous, hungry, or about to throw up.
TechCrunch
Amazon turns to a Nobel Prize-winning desiccant to dehumidify buildings without turning them into meat lockers, because reheating already-cooled air is apparently not a great long-term strategy.
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