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Scientists have uncovered a “hidden order” in drylands across the planet, where plants follow disordered hyperuniformity — a layout that looks random and disorganized up close but adheres to a clear pattern when viewed from farther away. The findings explain phenomena like “tiger bush” in West Africa, where bands of plants look like tiger stripes from above, or “fairy circles” …

John Mayer’s little black book reads like a who’s who of Hollywood royalty. From Jennifer Aniston to Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, his relationships have consistently made headlines. But has the Grammy-winning musician finally tired of the glittering spotlight? At 47, Mayer is reportedly dating TikTok influencer Kat Stickler, 30. This potential romance signals a significant departure from his usual …

Dogecoin endured a sharp overnight selloff, sliding from $0.27 to $0.25 during the September 21–22 session, as institutional traders offloaded positions on record volumes exceeding 2.15 billion tokens. The midnight rout carved through support levels and established fresh resistance zones, leaving DOGE consolidating around $0.25 as traders monitor for recovery or continuation lower. News Background • DOGE fell 7% over …

For years, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring the slopes of Mount Sharp inside the Red Planet’s Gale Crater, looking for clues about Mars’ watery past. Recently, Curiosity turned its attention to a landscape of ridges, hollows and nodules that mission team members call “boxwork terrain.” What is it? This photo, taken by Curiosity’s Left Navigation Camera, shows the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌲 The checkerboard pattern in Idaho’s forests is a result of 19th-century forestry practices that balanced timber harvesting and regeneration. 📷 Captured from space, the pattern is most visible under snow and spans approximately five miles, illustrating the long-term impact of human land use. 🚤 The Priest River was historically used for log driving, a practice replaced …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a pattern in the rotational direction of ancient galaxies. 🌀 Approximately 60% of these galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging previous beliefs about galactic rotations. 🌌 A hypothesis suggests our universe might be trapped within a massive black hole, reshaping cosmic understanding. 🔍 Alternative explanations consider observational bias, such as …

According to a recent study, events geologists use to distinguish transitions between geological chapters in Earth’s story follow a hidden hierarchical pattern, one that could shed light on both past and future tumult. “Geological time scales may look like tidy timelines in textbooks, but their boundaries tell a much more chaotic story,” says study co-author Andrej Spiridonov, a geologist and …

According to a recent study, events geologists use to distinguish transitions between geological chapters in Earth’s story follow a hidden hierarchical pattern, one that could shed light on both past and future tumult. “Geological time scales may look like tidy timelines in textbooks, but their boundaries tell a much more chaotic story,” says study co-author Andrej Spiridonov, a geologist and …

Earth’s history is divided up into different geological wedges of time, wedges we like to call things like epochs, periods, and eons. They’re defined by events that shaped the planet (think big extinctions and biodiversity booms), and it’s generally been accepted that the boundaries between them are randomly distributed.  The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign …

Summary: A new study identifies a brain activity pattern that signals self-preoccupied thinking, a trait associated with anxiety and depression. In experiments, the pattern appeared during mental breaks and predicted when people would soon turn their thoughts inward. Analysis of more than 1,000 brain scans confirmed that those with high self-preoccupation showed stronger fluctuations in this neural activity at rest. …