Science: Igor Lukšić, Montenegro’s new prime minister and, at 34, the youngest head of state in the world, has in one of his first official acts created a dedicated science ministry for the country. Tanja Vlahovic, previously head of tourism faculty at the Mediterranean University in Bar, will serve as the country’s first science minister. The move, however, has sparked some criticism and calls for Montenegro to instead invest more in research.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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