The Brutalist Report

Phys

• Spot a baby bird on the ground? Don't be tempted to bird‑nap it [6h]
• The wasps that horrified Darwin reveal evolution's one-way streets [6h]
• Air holes turn silicon wafers into flat ultraviolet focusing mirrors for compact optics [7h]
• How a metabolite protects the enzyme that consumes it [7h]
• New method measures microplastics in the air using an uncrewed aerial system [7h]
• Future warming events will outdo the extreme heat waves of the recent past, new study finds [8h]
• Light-powered method resurrects 'dead-end' compounds for drug discovery [8h]
• Quantum gas microscope reveals individual atoms in first tunable three-component Hubbard system [8h]
• European forests need to solve two crises—but not necessarily in one place [9h]
• MTG-I2 satellite delivers remarkable first images, capturing a weather view of Europe every 2.5 minutes [9h]
• High-precision timeline helps clarify an ancient magma surge in the North Cascades [9h]
• AI won't ever make a historically accurate film—but it could help archaeology create better stories [9h]
• AI points researchers toward new disease targets hidden in mitochondria [9h]
• Redefining honesty in a crisis: Why truth alone is not enough [10h]
• 'Mega heat waves' strengthened by interaction between soil moisture, atmospheric pressure and temperature [10h]
• Fruit fly study offers clues to insect survival in a hotter, drier world [10h]
• Beyond trial and error: A framework for AI-driven solid-electrolyte discovery [10h]
• Smart packaging film 'lights up' under UV as meat loses freshness [10h]
• Noise pollution changes biology or behavior in 80% of animal species studied [10h]
• The worse climate change gets, the harder it becomes to stop it [10h]
• SynFit guides enzyme engineering by balancing several useful traits at once [11h]
• 'I heard a barnacle'—how paying attention to nature's background noise can reveal animal secrets [11h]
• Vibrating mirrors of light create analog of a black hole event horizon [11h]
• The John Lewis Christmas ad captures the deep need for grandmothers [11h]
• Atom-scale model could help improve material growth for advanced electronics [11h]
• States tax sports betting heavily, but gamblers may barely feel it [11h]