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Open Questions: A Series on What Science and Law Have Not Settled
A new x9m8 series on unsettled questions in AI, consciousness, evolution, biotech and law, each with the evidence, the rival answers and…
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Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: Top Noise Cancelling, Shaky Durability
Reviewers rank Sony’s WH-1000XM6 among the best noise-cancelling headphones, but a high price and reports of cracking headband rings complicate the pitch.
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AI Inventor Patent Rules: Can an AI Be Named as Inventor in the US?
No US patent can name an AI as inventor, but inventions made with AI help can be patented. The Federal Circuit ruling,…
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Anker 737 Power Bank Review: Powerful, Heavy and Pricey
An Anker 737 power bank review based on published tests: 140W output and quick recharging, offset by weight, shared-port throttling and a…
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Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ Review: Big Mirror, Shaky Mount
A 130 mm reflector on a manual equatorial mount for under $300. Reviewers split sharply on whether it is a good first…
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Is Evolution Random? Selection, Mutation and Drift Explained
Evolution mixes a blind step, a directed step and a chance step. Here is how mutation, natural selection and genetic drift fit…
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Longevity Science: What Senolytics and Rapamycin Show
Senolytics and rapamycin dominate longevity headlines. Here is what the mouse and human studies actually found, and where the evidence stops.
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How Much DNA Do We Share With Chimps, Bananas and Each Other?
Humans are about 99.6 to 99.9 percent identical on single letters, chimps differ by a bit over 1 percent, and the banana…
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What Are Organoids and Why Scientists Grow Mini Organs
Organoids are tiny lab-grown tissues that mimic parts of real organs. Here is how they are made, what they can do, and…
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Muon g-2 Wins the 2026 Breakthrough Prize: What the Final Number Says and Why the Anomaly Faded
The Muon g-2 teams won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize. Here is what the final 127 ppb measurement says, and why the old…
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A Short History of Artificial Intelligence: Turing to Transformers
From Turing’s 1950 paper through Dartmouth, two AI winters, AlexNet and the 2017 transformer, with the caveats historians raise.
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Can DNA store computer data? How DNA data storage works
Researchers have stored books, movies and all of Wikipedia in synthetic DNA. Here is how it works and why it is not…
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How CRISPR Works: Gene Editing Explained, and What It Has Done
CRISPR began as a bacterial immune system. This article explains the mechanism, the first approved therapy, a 2025 personalized treatment, and the…
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