The Brutalist Report

Phys

• Today's Mediterranean diet leans on olive oil, veggies and fish—But the ancients mainly ate bread [30d]
• Japan's earthquake shows extreme heat can turn one disaster into two [30d]
• The ESCAPE mission will study the evolution of exoplanet atmospheres [30d]
• Archaeology has evolved: Four eras of understanding Africa's past [30d]
• Genomics used to find endangered fish populations most vulnerable to climate change [30d]
• Beauty by contrast: How hair color and background color influence skin appearance [30d]
• Can better civics education restore voter dissatisfaction over political corruption? [30d]
• Genetic neighborhoods distinguish harmful poultry bacteria from harmless strains [30d]
• AI-assisted grant proposals may win more often—while narrowing research ideas [30d]
• Real-time X-ray data analysis with DONUT accelerates materials science [30d]
• Why do certain lyrics touch us so deeply? We studied 35 years of hits to find out [30d]
• Rivers are moving sediment in intense bursts, a worrisome new pattern uncovered by AI [30d]
• Beyond color: Fluorescence lifetime imaging distinguishes multiple proteins in living plant cells [30d]
• How to test your lawn for grubs and what to do if you find them [30d]
• Climate debate remains dominated by established voices despite social media, research finds [30d]
• Porous material can arrange disordered gas molecules into a crystal-like structure, study predicts [30d]
• Sorting potatoes with AI [30d]
• Late Paleozoic Ice Age warming event hints at potential climate 'tipping point' [30d]
• X-ray analysis reveals the inner life of leaves while advancing engineering efforts to reduce 'crop sweat' [30d]
• New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei [30d]
• As New World screwworm returns to the US, a new dashboard tracks the risk [30d]
• Himalayan grain demonstrates the potential of pangenome-guided breeding for higher yields and adaptability [30d]
• Reading daily ocean temperatures from red algae [30d]
• Marine heat waves pose hidden threat to human health, researchers warn [30d]
• Malaysian farmers, environmental groups call for rejection of GMO rice trial [30d]
• Fungal chitin offers new route to tougher hydrogels for medical devices and soft robots [30d]
• Consistency-based rewards could build lasting cooperation better than punishing free-riders [30d]
• Three energy-loss routes may explain Tarantula Nebula's X-ray shortfall [30d]
• Researchers create early warning system to monitor housing evictions [30d]
• Perceived naturalness emerges as key driver of public support for climate technology [30d]
• Chinese label once tied to Boston Tea Party reveals 19th-century Pacific trade [30d]
• New contactless method reveals how mirror-image materials respond differently to light [30d]
• Legal reforms shift public discourse on social issues across Asia, but acceptance varies by context [30d]
• More than a decade of observation in Seattle suburbs shows where sensitive bird species won't go [30d]
• As the climate breaks down, costs go up: Welcome to 'climateflation' [31d]
• Major genetic weakness threatens future corn breeding, study reveals [31d]
• Mitochondrial proteins may trigger inflammation by mimicking bacterial distress signals [31d]
• Larger natural diamonds retain per-carat premium over lab-grown stones, analysis finds [31d]
• Early farmers' larger grains may reflect rainfall, not genetic selection [31d]
• New hurricane graphic helps people identify watch areas, doesn't change risk perception [31d]
• Genome study reveals centromeres as one of the fastest-changing regions in human DNA [31d]
• Under-the-radar creeks could be sweeping carbon out of salt marshes [31d]
• Sexual role identities among gay and bisexual men vary by age and region [31d]
• Star cluster discovery could change how scientists measure the universe [31d]
• This pizza delivery study may change the way sellers view delivery services well beyond the foodservice industry [31d]
• For your health—tips for a healthy and happy back-to-school—for kids and parents [31d]
• Scientists uncover a hidden mechanism that drives RNA synthesis [31d]
• Biocultural families: Study centers Indigenous priorities in connections to environment [31d]
• DNA origami nanosyringe actively transports molecules into synthetic cells [31d]
• X-rays: Beyond the Nobel Prize limit [31d]
• Many US public parks sit surprisingly close to hazardous waste sites and facilities that release toxic chemicals [31d]
• Twisted magnetic field around newborn star confirms decades-old jet theory [31d]
• Banking apps could help manage mental health, study finds [31d]
• Solar eclipse sparks scramble for protective glasses across Europe [31d]
• Webb reveals oxygen-rich dust and water surviving near Milky Way's central black hole [31d]
• Egyptian blue in Iron Age Iran points to ancient connections [31d]
• Economic losses from natural disasters fall to $100 bn in first half of 2026: Swiss Re [31d]
• Too hot to live? French buyers rethink housing choices after heat waves [31d]
• Humans have a 'highly abundant' number of stable proteins that are not all predicted by genetic code [31d]
• New plastic treaty document criticized for weaker ambition [31d]
• Mathematical model shows how birds create a synchronized dawn chorus [31d]