The Brutalist Report

Phys

• Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India [4h]
• Researchers eye AI revolution in natural disaster forecasts [5h]
• DRC's cobalt exports contain unreported uranium—our study estimates the global nuclear risk [9h]
• London misperceptions: Study reveals what Britons get wrong [10h]
• English, but make it TikTok: How social media is reshaping language [11h]
• Fast-growing money market funds linked to 'exuberant' equity markets and systemic risk [11h]
• The hunt for unknown life in New York City [12h]
• Scientists visualize proteins' hidden water architecture that may help define biological function [13h]
• Global database reveals why no two cities' food emissions look the same [13h]
• Rare bird fossils from Bavaria reveal new species, including an eagle [13h]
• Has gentle parenting gone too far? [13h]
• Ultra-cold quantum sensors cut X-ray uncertainty, improving nuclear material assessments [14h]
• Q&A: The overlooked networks of heat resilience within communities [14h]
• Under pressure: How a deep-sea protein adapts to an extreme environment [14h]
• 25 years after 9/11, research traces changing landscape of religious bias [14h]
• Future catastrophic weather could be 'far worse' than history suggests [14h]
• How to help your garden recover from a heat wave [15h]
• Cell wall transport disruption exposes weakness in antibiotic-resistant bacteria [15h]
• Psychologist wins Ig Nobel for proving rich drivers are the worst [15h]
• Fully recyclable hydrogel begins healing itself within minutes [15h]
• Learning without a brain—how bacteria store memories and remember the past like artificial neural networks [15h]
• Himalayan glacial lakes are growing—and so is the downstream flood risk [15h]
• 'CRISPR-Combo' system speeds regeneration of hard-to-breed perennial crops [15h]
• Portland report maps complex journeys through homelessness [15h]
• New genomic tool for clams boosts sustainable aquaculture [16h]
• Global study reveals hidden nutritional value of shellfish and other aquatic invertebrates [16h]
• Unveiling how nanoparticles create iridescence in ancient ceramics [16h]
• How sex with multiple mates can help save species from extinction [16h]
• Supercomputer simulations reveal how the molecular motor kinesin steers itself along tracks [16h]
• Water isotopes reveal early drought signals in Central Amazon rainfall [16h]
• Ancient Swedish Goths had surprisingly accurate calendars [16h]
• An unusual bacterium that penetrates and lives inside human cells may offer a new drug target [16h]
• What small insects can tell us about ancient textiles [16h]
• Rethinking how household income needs are assessed for welfare support [17h]
• From flower to fruit: A tug-of-war between growing tissues [17h]
• Climate hazards disrupted schooling for more than 171 million students in 2025 [17h]
• Kids' brains are built for distraction. Sometimes that's a good thing. [17h]
• Tightly guided atoms could enable low-power quantum navigation when GPS fails [17h]
• Two previously unknown saucer bugs species discovered [17h]
• First PLP-dependent enzyme that influences bacterial protein production discovered [17h]
• A cellular threshold can determine whether herpesvirus becomes active or lies dormant [18h]
• Muscovite identified as a low-index building block for ultrathin van der Waals photonic components [18h]
• Ultrathin silicon structures can tune mid-IR light in billionths of a second [18h]
• Focus on biodiversity conservation may offer a less divisive path to climate action in Japan [18h]
• Gondwana really was a supercontinent—and it may have helped kickstart life on Earth [18h]
• River erosion explains uneven crustal uplift across Basque-Cantabrian Range [18h]
• Fear-based education around porn is failing young people, study suggests [19h]
• New pulse-train method aims to improve precision in quantum control [19h]
• 1,000 times faster operations bring reliable quantum computing a step closer [19h]
• Dead or alive, plankton support marine ecosystems [19h]
• Rewetting peatlands may curb warming-driven CO₂ emissions [19h]
• Navigating the social dynamics of sustainability [19h]
• Bringing hidden optical imperfections to light [20h]
• Large protected areas help northern bird species cope with climate change [20h]
• Continuous video of black hole radio observations challenges shock wave theory [20h]
• Injectable nanodevices could provide effective treatment for drug-resistant glioblastoma [20h]
• Detecting 'pressure anisotropy' using zirconia nanoparticles [20h]
• Interviewing with AI? Try not to let the robot affect your behavior [20h]
• Northern map turtles leave Lake Erie before algal blooms peak, tracking finds [20h]
• Disposable vapes pose hidden environmental threat, researchers warn [20h]
• 'White graphene' reshaped at the atomic scale with tailor-made nanopores [21h]
• AI is reshaping workplace, not replacing jobs, new research finds [21h]
• How atmospheric events at the top of the world could have triggered two devastating California floods [21h]
• Sun's largest sunspots may have potential to trigger superflares [21h]
• There's nothing irrational about resisting AI [21h]
• Fossil flowers of ancient lianas preserved in amber reveal the evolution of tropical rainforests [21h]
• Report maps pathways for accelerating environmental solutions through positive tipping points [21h]
• Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week [21h]
• Dangerous heat days are expanding beyond summer, with regional spring-fall shifts [22h]
• Peer-led computing camps engage children, study finds [22h]
• A fossil feather preserved inside dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction [22h]
• Scientists want to 3D print houses on Mars with the help of yeast [22h]
• BepiColombo measures Mercury's particle bombardment up close [22h]
• Simple farming changes boost wheat yields in drought-prone areas [22h]
• Asteroid Ryugu's dust reveals nitrogen's slow concentration into complex molecules [22h]
• August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges [22h]
• When bad luck isn't random: Understanding 'zemblanity' [22h]
• Chinese cave traces Denisovan hunting and adaptation across 120,000 years [22h]
• Spinons may help electrons pair along stripes in some superconductors [23h]
• How to support children during home relocation [23h]
• A fake spider at the tip of this snake's tail helps it lure birds: Scientists get their first look inside it [23h]
• Veterinarian outlines practical steps to protect pets from bird flu [23h]
• Hungry scent detection dogs more likely to 'cry wolf' [23h]
• AI watermarks may turn workplace praise and apologies into trust tests [23h]
• 'Fingerprints' inside the sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet [23h]