In 2025, the conjecture was proved by Natalie Behague, Daniel Iľkovič, and Richard Montgomery, mathematicians at the University of Warwick's Mathematics Institute; Iľkovič is also affiliated with Leipzig University.

A study in mice has pulled apart two effects of psilocybin that normally arrive together: the rewiring of connections between brain cells, and the head twitching that researchers use as a rodent stand-in for a hallucination.

So the usual cardiovascular suspects sat this one out.

We encounter the electrostatic properties of plastics every day. Synthetic fabrics cling. Dust settles on plastic surfaces. In industrial settings, accumulated charge can damage electronics or ignite flammable vapors. Familiar annoyances, occasionally hazards.

There is a particular kind of scientific result that feels less like a breakthrough and more like a quiet correction to something we assumed was obvious.