Discoveries
New research from open-access papers, in plain words, and how to check the numbers with fibub tools.
- A planet in the Neptune desert: TOI-333b, and how to check its numbers
A 2026 open-access paper reports TOI-333b, a planet about four times Earth's size that circles its star in under four days. Here is what the team found and how to test the maths with fibub tools.
- Helpful bacteria from bean roots in Tunisian oasis soil
Researchers in Tunisia found root-nodule bacteria that made faba bean plants grow better in poor soil. Here is what they did, and how to check percent and fold changes yourself.
- The world's glaciers are losing ice faster: what a big 2025 study found
Glaciers lost about 273 billion tonnes of ice a year from 2000 to 2023, and the loss sped up. Here is how scientists worked it out, and how to check the sums.