Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the other
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2456023-bizar

You can't put a price on the sense of awe particle physics inspires Astronomy and particle physics are no longer seen as vital by the US establishment, so funding has fallen. But our work creates a sense of wonder, and wonder matters, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/mg26435170-10

Jets of liquid bounce off hot surfaces without ever touching them Droplets of fluid have been known to hover above a hot surface, but a new experiment suggests the same can happen to tiny jets of liquid too
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2455811-jets-

Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2455266-quant

Knots made in a weird quantum fluid can last forever Shapes created by vortices in water often fall apart, but an odd quantum fluid made from ultracold atoms could support vortex knots that never lose their knottiness
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2455058-knots