Pienza, Italy, is one of our favorite gems in Tuscany. Good food, good wine, means good times. #Tuscany

📍Pienza, Italy 🇮🇹 Pienza, located in Tuscany, was transformed in the mid-15th century when Pope Pius II commissioned architect Bernardo Rossellino to redesign it. Conceived as an ‘ideal Renaissance city,’ it became a model of humanist urban planning.

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. livescience.com/technology/art…

Why is it so hard to predict when exactly the next climate catastrophe will hit? quantamagazine.org/the-math-of-cl…

#Early-life epigenetic programming in #Astrocytes shapes #AdultBrain immune responses, with NR3C1 acting as a key regulator that can influence vulnerability to neuroinflammatory disorders. Nature Communications doi.org/g94z9t medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-l…

#A solar-powered system now enables direct green #HydrogenProduction from #AtmosphericMoisture, operating efficiently even in low humidity and requiring no external water or energy sources. @advmater doi.org/g942mm techxplore.com/news/2025-09-s…

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, using the Rosetta stone. This ushered in a new craze for Egyptology and helped us understand one of the world's longest-running civilizations.

##BoneResorption, the process of breaking down old #BoneTissue, is regulated by circadian rhythms, while bone formation remains unaffected by the body's internal clock. @uniofsurrey Scientific Reports doi.org/g942rf medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-c…

#A new lightweight framework achieves faster, more accurate object detection for UAV #RemoteSensing, enabling real-time performance on limited hardware and expanding applications in critical fields. Osaka Metropolitan University Scientific Reports doi.org/g945c9 techxplore.com/news/2025-09-l…

Any knot can be mathematically characterized by the steps needed to turn it into a simple loop. quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way-t…

Naomi Saphra has worked for over a decade to demystify the workings of large language models. She says that most AI interpretability research “is really trying to figure out how a model works, while I’m trying to figure out why it works that way.” quantamagazine.org/to-understand-…

Simple counting questions are helping mathematicians to study the objects that live inside exotic number systems. quantamagazine.org/new-math-reviv…

#Endangered #IndusRiver dolphins show high levels of microplastic contamination, primarily PET fibers, posing significant ecological and health risks through trophic transfer in polluted #FreshwaterHabitats. PLOS One doi.org/g942pq phys.org/news/2025-09-g…

An intramuscular mRNA #Vaccine has been shown to suppress abnormal retinal blood vessel growth in mouse models of age-related macular degeneration, matching the efficacy of current #Eye injection therapies. Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo) doi.org/g945g7 medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-m…

#Wind-driven spherical rovers demonstrate effective mobility and data collection in Mars-like conditions, offering a scalable, low-cost approach for widespread exploration and long-term surface monitoring. doi.org/g942k3 phys.org/news/2025-09-t…

#Biological brains and AI #NeuralNetworks independently develop similar strategies and neural patterns when learning to cooperate, highlighting shared computational principles underlying #SocialBehavior. @nature @sciencemagazine doi.org/g9474t techxplore.com/news/2025-09-m…

#A new ichthyosaur species, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, featuring robust ribs and a pronounced overbite, has been identified from Jurassic fossils in the Mistelgau clay pit, Germany. @pensoft doi.org/g944zs phys.org/news/2025-09-i…

#An icy, nitrogen- and water-rich planetesimal has been detected in a white dwarf’s atmosphere, providing direct evidence of volatile-rich bodies in #PlanetarySystems beyond our own. University of Warwick Royal Astronomical Society doi.org/g933tm phys.org/news/2025-09-i…

#Tea polyphenols enable direct regeneration of degraded LiFePO₄ cathodes, offering a low-cost, energy-efficient, and sustainable alternative to traditional lithium battery recycling methods. @advmater doi.org/g942md techxplore.com/news/2025-09-t…

Does every fig you eat really have a dead wasp inside? livescience.com/planet-earth/p…