What causes us to sleep? The answer may lie not only in our brains, but in their complex interplay with the micro-organisms spawned in our intestines. New research from Washington State University suggests a new paradigm in understanding sleep, demonstrating that a substance in the mesh-like walls of bacteria, known as peptidoglycan, is naturally present…
Iwuala, who now works as a professional translator between English and Igbo, said the users doing the most damage are inexperienced and see AI translations as a way to quickly increase the profile of the Igbo Wikipedia. She often finds herself having to explain at online edit-a-thons she organizes, or over email to various error-prone…
Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum, a dogbane species native to Japan described for the first time by Mochizuki and his collaborators only a year ago, mimics the smell of ants attacked by spiders to attract flies that feed on such attacked insects, and in the process pollinate the…
Australian shark experts have tested four bite-resistant materials to assess their ability to reduce injuries and blood loss. While internal and crushing injuries may still occur, bite-resistant wetsuits can now be added to the ‘toolkit’ of measures available to reduce shark-bite risk and resulting injuries, say researchers from Flinders University’s Southern Shark Ecology Group. Shark…
Published September 25, 2025 While much of the conversation around resale involves womenswear, we can’t ignore that there’s a large potential market for menswear as well. Vestiaire Collective So it’s interesting that one of the global resale leaders, France’s Vestiaire Collective, has just launched menswear as a dedicated new category along with its first report…
Mark Zuckerberg has poached a high-ranking OpenAI researcher to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Yang Song, who previously led the strategic explorations team at OpenAI, is now reporting to Shengjia Zhao, another OpenAI alum who has overseen the buzzy AI effort since July, according to multiple sources. He started earlier this…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 24, 2025 Tijosa Eco-House Camp, located in Ovar on a site that once held farmland and ruins, presents itself as a haven where “exclusivity and privacy, coupled with exemplary service, are our priority,” the brand states. The signature interiors of its rooms and suites were created by a…
Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect — a long-predicted phenomenon at the crossroads of relativity and quantum theory. Their novel approach opens new possibilities for exploring fundamental physics and for developing advanced technologies. The work was recently published in Physical Review Letters. The Fulling-Davies-Unruh effect,…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 24, 2025 With his signature emotional flair and poetic tributes to his native Sardinia, Antonio Marras staged a striking Spring/Summer 2026 runway in an unexpected location: the dazzling white salt flats of Alghero. Against this surreal backdrop, the models didn’t simply walk — they ran, played, and climbed…
Traditionally, black holes are usually thought to “reside” at the centers of galaxies. However, a research team led by Dr. AN Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a wandering black hole in a dwarf galaxy located about 230 million light-years away (redshift z = 0.017). Unlike typical…
