North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...

Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...

They looked at the brain’s non-visual light-sensing system, driven by melanopsin-containing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). Even though the photopigment melanopsin is in ...

Evangeline Lilly is sharing an update on her health following an unfortunate accident in May 2025. In an Instagram video posted on Friday, Jan. 2, the 46-year-old "Lost" star shared that she has ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ...