Tibi Puiu

On a winter walk through Alaska’s forests, you might step over what looks like a dead frog, locked stiff beneath the leaves. Its eyes are glazed with ice, its heart doesn’t beat, and its lungs do nothing. And yet, this frog is alive. Come spring, it will ... See more

In a New York City lab microbial geneticist Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe leaned over a fragile Renaissance drawing and gently rubbed its surface — front and back — with a cotton swab, the same kind once used by millions during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s not... See more

Scientists have discovered a mysterious hole on the surface of Mars, and they have no idea what lies inside it. This pit, located in the Arsia Mons region — one of Mars’ giant volcanoes — could potentially be a skylight leading to a vast network of lava t... See more

Those fancy graphics processors humming away in a modern data center look efficient on paper. A top-of-the-line product might need just 700 watts to run a large language model. But in the real world, that same chip can demand closer to 1,700 watts once el... See more

This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores dragged prey into a hollow carved into coastal rock near what is now Casablanca, Morocco. Hyenas regularly gnawed bones there. Panthers prowled nearby wetlands. Somewhere in that fr... See more