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A 58-year-old lecturer who had published no original work in 12 years, and who had spent years keeping the books at a friend's Subway sandwich shop, mailed a paper to the Annals of Mathematics on April 17, 2013. Just over a month later it was accepted: pairs of consecutive primes less than 70 million apart occur infinitely often.
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (342+ words) An obscure adjunct, working at a Subway while publishing nothing, solved a centuries-old problem that had defeated the world's elite mathematicians. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit By the time he submitted, he had published no…...
In 1919, one pair of mute swans was carried from an Iowa estate into northern Michigan's Charlevoix County; by 2013 the state population had reached an estimated 17,520 birds. Michigan's own written target is to bring the population below 2,000 by 2030.
11+ hour, 21+ min ago (623+ words) A picturesque introduction of two swans to Michigan a century ago has become an ecological crisis the state now races to reverse. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Two birds. That is where Michigan’s mute swan story begins. In 1919, a single…...
Paper bags and cardboard boxes normally headed for the trash were carbonized into anodes for lithium-ion batteries, and the resulting electrodes survived 1,200 charge cycles — roughly twice the durability of anodes used in current phone batteries
14+ hour, 53+ min ago (441+ words) By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit A paper bag that carried someone’s lunch on Tuesday has a plausible future inside a phone. Researchers at NTU Singapore have worked out how to bake kraft paper, the brown…...
136 long-clawed shrew skulls from Hokkaido showed the classic winter flattening of the braincase, and across the same series the snout enlarged in winter and shrank again in spring
17+ hour, 23+ min ago (595+ words) A museum series of Sorex unguiculatus from Tomakomai confirms Dehnel's winter braincase shrink in an Asian shrew, and adds a reverse pattern in the snout that the authors did not find in the jaw. By Natural History · Edited by Chris…...
Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (721+ words) The difference is real and the size of it is not settled: measured against the best of the study's three control batches, the advantage shrinks from 27 percentage points to five. By Natural History · Edited by Chris Jeremia Published September 12, 2026 · How…...
A viewing deck 210 meters over Paris opened in 1974 and shut on March 31 this year for several years while the whole building is rebuilt. The company that ran it had owned and operated the observatory and its floors for 53 years.
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (593+ words) After 52 years of operation, Paris's highest public vantage point goes dark—not for renovation, but for a complete rebuilding that could keep it closed until 2030. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit On…...
A British businessman bought the island of Lundy in 1925, decided it should largely govern itself and began issuing his own stamps and “Puffin” coins — until the British government prosecuted him for making his own money
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (687+ words) When a financier's fantasy of island sovereignty collided with crown law, a handful of homemade coins became evidence in one of Britain's most peculiar prosecutions. Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Put a 1929 puffin in your palm and it feels like…...
Monarch butterflies migrating up to 4,000 km from Canada to the mountain forests of central Mexico navigate by the Sun while continuously correcting for the time of day — essentially reading a compass and a clock at once with a brain the size of a pinhead
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (291+ words) A creature smaller than a postage stamp solves one of nature's greatest navigation puzzles without ever being taught the way. Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit A monarch butterfly weighs roughly half a gram, half the weight of a standard paperclip,…...
Birdwatching and mental health: what the research actually shows about the mood boost from birds
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (48+ words) Birdwatching has an unfair reputation as a gentle hobby for the retired, all binoculars and quiet patience. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit Follow Science Blog on Google Add us as a preferred source to see…...
A data center in Denmark gives away heat that data centers often waste. It runs water from the city's heating network through its cooling units and into heat pumps that raise it enough to fill the radiators of 11,000 homes
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (616+ words) As data centers consume ever more power, one facility in Denmark shows how to turn a costly cooling problem into a heating solution for thousands of households. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published September 7, 2026 · How we…...