'Negative time' confirmed: Mind-bending experiment shows light can exit a cloud of atoms before it enters, thanks to quantum physics quirk - Live Science

Alternate realities and doppelgangers are subjects that many genre-defining science fiction TV shows have explored. "Fringe" and "Severance" are both excellent examples of this, and if you enjoy those shows, then you should definitely check out "Dark Matter," which debuted on Apple TV in 2024. This mind-bending series blends ideas touched upon in "Fringe" and "Severance" to create something truly intriguing, and the reaction from critics and audiences alike has been positive. "Dark Matter" offers audiences a look at one man's attempt to get back to his original timeline after being kidnapped and transported to an alternate version of his life. That man is Jason Dessen, played by Joel Edgerton. He's left desperately trying to find a way home after being displaced by a version of himself from another timeline. Jennifer Connelly is fantastic as Jason's wife, and Alice Braga also brings her A-game as the girlfriend of Jason2.

When Control Resonant was first revealed in 2025, I was unsure how Remedy Entertainment would take on the action RPG genre. After spending nearly 60 hours with the sequel, I can thankfully say it’s not only one of the best action games this year, but it also has some of the best level design I’ve ever experienced in any game. Control Resonant might be Remedy’s most groundbreaking and genre-bending project to date. Let’s get one thing out of the way: I’m an admitted Control fanboy. When the first title came out in 2019, I instantly fell in love with the world of the FBC and Jesse Faden’s journey to save her long-lost brother, Dylan. Control offered the perfect balance of Lynchian weirdness while also feeling like a precursor to shows such as HBO’s Severance.

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With 302 neurons, 200 of them in their heads, hermaphrodite female roundworms reveal surprising sex-specific differences in the nervous system and how these differences influence behavior, reproduction, and aging. Researchers at Northeastern University compared brain activity in male and hermaphroditic Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic worm widely used in biological research to understand how sex wires males and female nervous systems differently.

Artist’s concept of the new dinosaur species Invictibellatrix amberina, along with the fossil from which it was identified. The fossil had been sitting in a drawer for 100 years, until researchers pulled it out and became curious. Image via Sergey Krasovskiy and Pedro Salas/ Natural History Museum London. You deserve a daily dose of good news. For the latest in science and the night sky, subscribe to EarthSky’s free daily newsletter.

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new view of NGC 1827, an intermediate spiral galaxy seen edge-on in the constellation Columba. This Hubble image shows the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Michael Jones, California Institute of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA / Catholic University of America.