April 9, 2026

These illustrations show how electric vehicles can help balance the urban power grid, as solar power generation fluctuates with the passage of thunderstorms. From the study

Study: Electric cars could help tropical cities like Singapore expand solar power generation without upgrading infrastructure

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Researchers at Columbia University propose managing the charging and discharging of electric vehicles at a neighborhood level to balance out brief drops in solar electricity production during thunderstorms.
Reconstruction of stone tool production at the Shiguo site in central China. New research points to advanced chiseling technologies and the earliest evidence in East Asia of stone tools attached to a handle, dating from about 160 to 72 tousands years ago. Credit: Hulk Yuan

160-year-old stone tools from China indicate far more advanced technology than previously thought

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New research at the Shiguo site in central China has found evidence of systematic stone tool production and the early use of especially handle-attached tools. The finding challenges the notion that hominins in East Asia maintained a long-term
MRI machine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Turning MRI into an early molecular diagnostic tool

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The Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning Laboratory at Tel Aviv University, funded by the Israel National Science Foundation, is developing dedicated MRI sequences and algorithms that translate “signal signatures” into biological indicators – with a focus on multiple sclerosis and reducing
Social failure. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Persistent Failure: How Ignorance, Fear, and Division Are Eroding Human Society

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Opinion column: The great problem of humanity is not just a lack of knowledge, but the distorted use of it. When ignorance becomes an active mechanism, even societies with historical experience, education, and achievements may once again fall into cycles of
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