Proteins Can Be Selectively Controlled with Radio Waves
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich have demonstrated that flavoprotein proteins can be manipulated with radio waves, altering their quantum spin states and luminescence. By irradiating cryptochrome‑derived proteins with blue light to generate spin‑correlated radical pairs, the team showed that applied radio frequencies modulate the optical signal. This proof‑of‑concept extends quantum sensing from solid‑state diamonds to genetically programmable proteins, opening pathways for intracellular sensors and remote control of cellular functions. The study, published in Nature Biotechnology, suggests future biotech tools for non‑invasive monitoring and radio‑wave‑driven gene regulation.
NASA Space Roboticist Challenge
NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will launch a seven‑degree‑of‑freedom robotic arm to low‑Earth orbit and is now inviting U.S. researchers to propose on‑orbit experiments. Interested principal investigators, post‑docs, professors and graduate students must first register for eligibility by Sept. 23,...
Immunotherapy Added to Radiation Therapy Boosts Survival in Localized Prostate Cancer
A phase‑3, double‑blind trial of 745 men with intermediate‑ or high‑risk localized prostate cancer showed that adding the adenoviral immunotherapy aglatimagene besadenovec (CAN‑2409) to standard radiation therapy significantly improved disease‑free survival. Only 23% of patients receiving aglatimagene experienced progression, recurrence...
Fathers' Diet Before Conception Could Significantly Affect Fetal Growth and Placenta Development
A University of Sheffield team found that male mice fed either a high‑fat Western‑style diet or a low‑protein diet for eight weeks before mating did not show reduced fertility, but their offspring’s placentas exhibited altered metabolism, structure, and gene‑expression patterns....
Black Marble Unveils New Album ‘Life in Small Spaces’ with “Jim Carol New Year”
Black Marble, the cold‑wave project of Chris Stewart, announced his fifth studio album, Life in Small Spaces, slated for release on August 21 via Sacred Bones. The record marks his first full‑length since 2021’s Fast Idol and is introduced by the...
Ultra-Long-Acting Injectable GLP-1 RA Shows Promise for Supporting Weight Management in Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes
Investigational ultra‑long‑acting GLP‑1 receptor agonist berobenatide demonstrated that a once‑monthly 4.8 mg injection produced up to 12.3% placebo‑adjusted weight loss after 28 weeks in overweight or obese adults without diabetes, with safety comparable to the GLP‑1 class. The Phase 2b VESPER‑3 trial...
Acetaminophen Reaffirmed as First-Line Medication for Treating Pain and Fever During Pregnancy
The Society for Maternal‑Fetal Medicine (SMFM) has reaffirmed acetaminophen as the first‑line medication for pain and fever in pregnancy after a comprehensive review of recent studies. The analysis found no causal relationship between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and autism spectrum disorder...
Netflix: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike Comedy ‘Ladies First’ Topped Weekly Streaming Through May 31
Netflix’s new comedy *Ladies First*, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike, topped the platform’s weekly streaming chart with 18.8 million global views through May 31. Indian action‑thriller *Kara* led foreign‑language movies with 3.8 million views, while sci‑fi horror series *The Boroughs* surged to 9.5 million views,...
Allen Institute Sets Sights on Treatments for Five Brain Diseases
The Allen Institute has launched the Brain Health Accelerator, a 14‑year, $400 million effort to develop genetic medicines for five neurodegenerative diseases—Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Lewy body dementia and ALS. Leveraging its single‑cell atlases and viral‑vector technology, the program aims to test...
Poor Sleep, Night Shift Work Linked to Higher Risk of Osteoarthritis
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine analyzed data from nearly 500,000 UK Biobank participants and found that adults who regularly get less than six hours of sleep or report poor‑quality sleep face a 20‑40% higher risk of hip or...
Kara Walker Fronts Loewe’s 180th Anniversary Campaign Nodding to Its Art-Filled Past
Loewe launched a celebratory campaign for its 180th anniversary, unveiling a lion‑motif capsule collection, an anniversary magazine and an animated film. Photographer Talia Chetrit captured the collection with brand ambassadors Julia Garner, Sissy Spacek and artist Kara Walker fronting the...
Michael Jordan’s Iconic Air Jordan 11 Is Getting Its First Collaboration Soon
The APB Store has announced its first collaboration on the iconic Air Jordan 11 Retro Low, unveiling a navy‑blue Binary Blue colorway with pink All Points Bulletin piping and an off‑white variant. The partnership follows The Whitaker Group’s earlier Air...
From Cloning Romance Authors to YouTube Piracy, AI Is Transforming Audiobooks
AI is reshaping the audiobook market as Bolinda announced an exclusive AI clone of romance author Barbara Cartland’s voice, while Spotify launched an ElevenLabs‑powered tool that lets self‑published authors create AI‑narrated audiobooks on its platform. A New York Times investigation...
Rare Meteorite Provides Evidence of Giant Early Planet
Scientists have identified the Northwest Africa 12774 angrite meteorite as the first concrete proof of a lost planetary embryo that existed 4.5 billion years ago. High‑pressure, aluminum‑rich clinopyroxene crystals indicate formation under at least 17.5 kilobars, a pressure only possible inside a...
Indigenous Digital Colonisation: How the Internet Is Affecting the Lives of Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
Researchers conducted an ethnographic study of remote Amazon tribes after recent internet expansion, observing both life‑saving benefits and troubling side effects. Connectivity via satellite links and solar power enables rapid health emergencies, family contact and access to broader information. However,...
Sunspot Update: May Sunspot Activity Jumps
NOAA’s June update shows May 2026 sunspot numbers rose unexpectedly, though they remain below long‑term forecasts. The uptick interrupts a recent downward trend toward solar minimum, sparking speculation of a secondary peak in this cycle. Historical predictions have consistently missed actual...
New Research Challenges the Idea that Psychedelics Reduce Authoritarian Attitudes
A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology examined whether psychedelic use shifts authoritarian political attitudes. Analyzing three separate datasets—including a naturalistic online sample, a single‑blind trial with healthy volunteers, and a double‑blind RCT with depressed patients—the researchers found...
Real-Time Calibration Helps Fitness Trackers Better Match Lab-Tested Exercise Measurements
Researchers have created an enhanced wearable motion‑tracking system that uses fuzzy algorithms and real‑time sensor calibration to align fitness‑tracker data with laboratory‑grade measurements. In controlled tests, heart‑rate, calorie burn, speed and distance readings closely matched standard lab procedures. The breakthrough...
Irradiation May Help CAR-T Cell Therapy Work Better Against Solid Tumors
Researchers at Icahn School of Medicine discovered that focused irradiation can boost CAR‑T cell therapy against solid tumors. In mouse models of lung cancer and melanoma, a single 8 Gy dose prompted dendritic cells to “dress” themselves with tumor antigens, sustaining...
Metal Injection's 8 Most Anticipated Albums Of June 2026 – AUGUST BURNS RED, CONVERGE, & More
Metal Injection highlights eight highly anticipated metal releases slated for June 2026, ranging from August Burns Red’s 11th studio effort to Nunslaughter’s 40th‑anniversary record. The lineup includes Converge’s rapid‑fire 12th album, Khemmis’s first full‑length in five years, and Warning’s first new material in...
Celcuity Breast Cancer Drug Misses ‘Lofty’ Expectations in ASCO-Spotlighted Trial
Celcuity reported ASCO data showing its experimental PI3K inhibitor gedatolisib halved the risk of disease progression or death in a Phase 3 trial of HR‑positive, HER2‑negative, PIK3CA‑mutated breast cancer. Both the triplet (gedatolisib + hormone therapy + Ibrance) and doublet (gedatolisib + hormone therapy) regimens extended median...
QuiX Quantum Installs Real-Time Feed-Forward Control Unit for Photonic Computing Architecture
QuiX Quantum announced the first installation of its Feed‑Forward Control Unit (FFCU) within its universal photonic quantum computing stack. The rack‑mounted module combines dual FPGA processors with a 32‑by‑32 I/O matrix to deliver a deterministic 150‑nanosecond latency from photon detection...
Overwhelmed by Emotions?
Meditation often brings intense emotions like sadness or anger to the surface, challenging practitioners. Susan Moon advises shifting attention from thoughts to bodily sensations—feeling heat, placing a hand on the heart—to anchor awareness and calm overwhelm. She also notes that...
Arianna Huffington Thinks Work-Life Balance Is the Wrong Goal — Here’s What She Says Matters Instead
Media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington argues that the pursuit of work‑life balance is the wrong goal for high‑performing professionals. In a recent Fortune interview she champions “life‑work integration,” where work and personal life reinforce each other rather than compete. She warns...
CRO-MAGS Release First New Song In Six Years, 'Wired For Chaos'
CRO-MAGS have broken a six‑year recording silence with the new single “Wired For Chaos,” accompanied by an aggressive music video directed by Rex Miller. The track doubles as the title theme for a documentary on frontman Harley Flanagan, and it will...
Official Trailer for Hobbyhorsing Movie 'Horsegirls' With Gretchen Mol
Sumerian has dropped the official trailer for "Horsegirls," an indie coming‑of‑age dramedy that will open in limited U.S. theaters on July 17, 2026. The film marks Lauren Meyering’s feature‑directorial debut after a string of acclaimed shorts and premiered at the...
I Tried the Goop That Makes You Run Faster (But Possibly Poop Yourself). It Worked.
Runner’s World senior editor Theo Kahler tested Maurten’s Bicarb System, a sodium bicarbonate supplement designed to buffer exercise‑induced acidity. He mixed the hydrogel‑encapsulated tablets 90 minutes before a 3K race, experienced no gastrointestinal distress, and finished 22nd in 8:59. The...
Feds Failing in Bid to Take a Supercomputer From a Climate Research Center
In December the Trump administration announced plans to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and transfer its Wyoming supercomputing facility. UCAR, which manages NCAR for the NSF, sued and secured a preliminary injunction that blocks the transfer....
A$AP Rocky Claps Back at Haters of His New Experimental Album: ‘Just Shut the F**k Up’
A$AP Rocky’s new album *Don’t Be Dumb* pushes beyond his hip‑hop roots, weaving alt‑rock, experimental and avant‑garde elements. In a VIBE interview he dismissed critics, urging fans to listen without preconceptions, especially to tracks like “Punk Rocky.” The rapper cites...
Disease Detection Gets Boost From Keck’s New Brain Reference Map
Investigators at USC's Keck School of Medicine assembled diffusion MRI data from 54,583 individuals to create the most extensive reference model of brain white‑matter microstructure ever built. Published in Nature Communications, the model functions like growth charts, mapping typical development,...
Fluorescent Nanosensor Detects Key Gut Biomarker in Minutes for Faster Testing
A collaborative team from Singapore’s NIE‑NTU, MIT‑SMART and local hospitals has unveiled a fluorescent nanosensor that quantifies the gut‑derived metabolite indole‑3‑propionic acid (IPA) in minutes. The dual‑mode platform delivers a visible‑light readout for rapid lab screening and a near‑infrared signal...
Hear Rico Nasty’s Fiery New Single “Rituals”
Rico Nasty has released her new single “Rituals,” produced by longtime collaborator Kenneth Blume, marking her first output since the deluxe LETHAL-ER edition of her 2025 album. The rapper says the track is a response to fans who miss her...
Tadpoles Use a World War I Naval Strategy to Dazzle Predators
Researchers at Kyoto University discovered that Japanese tree‑frog tadpoles (*Dryophytes leopardus*) develop a bright orange tail with black spots when dragonfly nymph predators are present. In laboratory tanks, the orange‑tailed tadpoles attracted more predator strikes, but those attacks missed more...
Don't Worry: Ferrari Won't Stop Making Gas Cars
Ferrari’s chief executive Benedetto Vigna affirmed the marque will keep producing internal‑combustion cars while adding hybrids and the newly unveiled Luce electric model to its lineup. The Luce boasts four electric motors, 1,050 horsepower and a 0‑62 mph time of 2.5...
Redesigning an Elusive Bacterial Enzyme Into an Efficient Green Catalyst
Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have re‑engineered the orphan Bacillus subtilis enzyme CYP107J1 into a hydrogen‑peroxide‑driven peroxygenase, eliminating the need for external redox partners. Two rational amino‑acid substitutions increased catalytic turnover 28‑fold on 4‑hexylbenzoic acid while preserving selectivity. The...
Machine Learning Model Accurately Predicts Long-Term Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A new electronic‑health‑record based machine‑learning model predicts a patient’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes up to ten years in advance. The retrospective study analyzed 3,365,464 adults from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, achieving an area‑under‑the‑curve of 0.886 in training and 0.883...
This Masterwork by Irish Painter Gerard Dillon Just Crushed Its Auction Estimate by 450 Percent
An unknown phone bidder paid €1.4 million ($1.6 million) for Gerard Dillon’s 1955 painting “Tea Party” at Adam’s Auctioneers in Dublin, far exceeding the €150,000‑€200,000 ($174,000‑$233,000) pre‑sale estimate. The sale set a new record for the 20th‑century Irish artist, eclipsing his previous...
A Startup, Everand, Is Now Bundling E-Books, Audiobooks, and Book Clubs in Challenge to Amazon
Everand, the Scribd‑owned reading service, has launched a bundled subscription that combines its 1.5 million‑title audiobook and e‑book catalog with the Fable social book‑club app. The three pricing tiers – $11.99, $16.99 and $28.99 per month – let users access one,...
Microsoft’s Quantum Chip Got an Upgrade. Critics Are Still Skeptical
Microsoft unveiled an upgraded quantum chip at its Build conference, swapping aluminum for lead superconductors to boost qubit parity lifetime from milliseconds to about 20 seconds—a 1,000‑fold increase. The improvement targets topological qubits that store information in Majorana modes, promising...
Microsoft’s Upgraded Majorana Quantum Computing Chip Fizzles with Physicists
Microsoft announced the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a topological device that it says can keep qubits coherent for up to a minute and could enable millions of qubits on a single wafer. The claim rests on a new preprint that replaces...
Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn
A new Colorado River study warns that another arid winter could push Lake Mead and Lake Powell to near‑critical levels, jeopardizing water storage and hydroelectric generation. Even a wet winter would only provide a brief reprieve before over‑consumption returns reservoirs...
Sturgeon Fish Sex Sounds Like ‘Thunder’
Researchers recorded low‑frequency “thunder” sounds emitted by Atlantic sturgeon during Hudson River spawning. The grumbling noises, likely caused by males thrashing against females or swim‑bladder vibrations, represent the first acoustic documentation of this endangered species' mating. Scientists suggest the sounds...
Lucian Freud Painting He Spent Decades Denying Will Go on Public View for the First Time
A portrait titled *Man in a Black Scarf*, painted by Lucian Freud in 1939, has been authenticated after decades of the artist’s denial. Researchers uncovered Tate Britain archive records confirming Freud’s hand, prompting the work’s first public showing at the...
Today In Hip Hop History: The Late J Dilla Dropped ‘Jay Stay Paid’ 17 Years Ago
On June 3, 2009, Nature Sounds released *Jay Stay Paid*, the second posthumous album from Detroit producer J Dilla. Curated by longtime collaborator, the project stitches together unreleased instrumentals, remixes, and guest verses, offering a seamless glimpse into Dilla’s creative process. The release...
7 Training Hacks to Fight Fatigue and Hold Your Pace
Runner’s World outlines seven evidence‑based hacks that help athletes push fatigue farther and maintain pace longer. Post‑run sauna sessions can improve time‑to‑exhaustion by about 12 percent, while brief daily plyometrics sharpen running economy. Mindfulness, targeted brain‑training, and strength work each add...
Higher Water Temps in Southcentral Alaska Aiding Invasive Pike Feeding Patterns
A University of Alaska Fairbanks study shows rising water temperatures in Southcentral Alaska’s Deshka River are intensifying the feeding behavior of invasive northern pike. Analysis of stomach contents from 2021‑2022 compared with a decade‑old baseline reveals a 63% increase in...
Giant SpaceX Barge for Transporting Starship/Superheavy Arrives in Texas
SpaceX’s retrofitted 400‑foot barge, nicknamed “You’ll Thank Me Later,” arrived at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. The vessel will transport Starship and Super Heavy rockets from the Boca Chica launch complex to Florida until SpaceX’s Kennedy Space Center factory is...
'I'm a Psychotherapist, Here Are 7 Phrases Not to Say to an Angry Child – and Here's What to Say...
Psychotherapist Zara Kadir, who amassed 84,000 Instagram followers with a viral post, outlined seven phrases parents should avoid when a child is angry and offered concrete alternatives. The advice emphasizes acknowledging emotions, avoiding bribes, and linking consequences directly to behavior....
Bloodwerk Teams Up With Horror Hero Leigh Whannell for ‘The Other Side’ Video
Bloodwerk has teamed up with horror filmmaker Leigh Whannell to direct the music video for their new single “The Other Side.” Whannell treats the clip as a short, cinematic story, portraying frontman Ned Brower enduring restaurant harassment before turning the tables...
Twelve Scientific Payloads Experience Microgravity Aboard SubOrbital Express-5
SSC Space launched its SubOrbital Express-5 sounding rocket from Sweden’s Esrange Space Center, reaching 260 km altitude and delivering more than six minutes of microgravity. The mission, the 17th SubOrbital Express flight since 1987, carried twelve international scientific payloads supported in...