Dan Vanderkam finally proved the highest‑scoring Boggle layout. His 4×4 grid nets 3,625 points, a figure that eclipses the 2,195‑point board found in a 1982 study. The proof appears in a 2025 arXiv preprint (arXiv:250…

The board contains more than 1,000 valid words; the longest is “replastering.” Vanderkam told the Financial Times he was the only person interested in the problem, a claim the 1982 effort disproves. Still, his method …

Golden Apple Snails Offer a Glimpse of Human‑like Eye Regeneration

A Nature Communications paper this year shows golden apple snails can regrow their entire camera‑type eyes after injury. The eyes feature a cornea, a lens, and a retina packed with photoreceptors—structures remarkably…