Twin Study Suggests Genetics May Strongly Influence IQ and Future Success

On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.

Scientists have uncovered how the interplay between cell shape and mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata (microscopic pores on the leaf surface) during early plant development.

A huge 11,000-carat ruby has been discovered in Myanmar, state media reported Friday, one of the largest ever found in the country renowned for its precious gemstones.

A new Rice University study is shedding light on a long-debated question: Can climate variability influence the risk of armed conflict? The answer, researchers say, is yes—but in more nuanced and region-specific ways than previously understood.

The space-time oddities of modern physics may have just been taken to a new level of odd, as researchers have revealed that space and time can be used to form a variety of structures that may then be able to become tiny black holes. The unusual discovery, reported by researchers from Vienna and Frankfurt, presents a new formula for this unusual effect, which they claim can be used to create a crystal-like structure resulting from spacetime self-organization due to a […]

Peter Thiel discussed the idea of a secret society with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to emails from the disgraced financier released by the Justice Department. In a 2016 email to Japanese technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist Joi Ito, Epstein remarked that Thiel “LOVED the secret socieity [sic] idea. . he has done alot of work on the concept. all failed so far”. Ito responded with a smiley emoji, and replied “let’s do it”. The suggestion that Peter Thiel might […]