r/UpliftingNews

Scientists have observed tiny “holes” in light, called optical vortices, moving faster than the speed of light. Using advanced electron microscopy, they tracked how these whirlpool-like points formed, moved, and disappeared inside a thin material.

Even though they seem to move faster than light, this does not break physics laws because these “holes” do not carry mass, energy, or information.

This discovery confirms old theories and gives scientists a new way to study extremely fast and tiny processes, happening in trillionths of a second.

>Big Bear’s famous bald eagles — Jackie and Shadow — appear to be welcoming a new chick into the world.

Why now: The first pip, or crack, was spotted in one of the feathered duo’s two eggs around 10 a.m. Friday, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that runs a popular YouTube livestream of the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake.

Why it matters: More than 26,000 people were watching the livestream shortly shortly after the organization confirmed a pip had been spotted, which signals that an eaglet is starting to poke its way out of the egg shell.

The backstory: As of Friday, the first egg is around 38 days old and the second egg is about 35 days old. Jackie and Shadow's usual incubation timeline is around 38 to 40 days, according to the nonprofit.

>“Poverty in Argentina fell to the lowest level since the first half of 2018 in another victory for President Javier Milei, even as the disinflation process stalls.

>In the second half of 2025, 28.2% of Argentines lived in poverty, down from 31.6% in the first half, according to data published Tuesday by Argentina’s statistics agency.

>A combination of Milei’s austerity and a tightly controlled currency thwarted the pace of price increases in the second half of the year, combined with boosts to some social welfare spending, helping to bring more people out of poverty. The rate is defined locally as incomes that can afford the cost of a basic basket of goods and services.”

>From Bloomberg.

>“The growth of health care spending in the United States seems to have permanently slowed thanks in part to technological advances making medical treatments cheaper and more effective, according to a paper discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 27.

>The United States spent more than $5 trillion on medical care in 2024, or 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP). That’s up a bit from 17.2% of GDP in 2010, but far below the 21.2% share of GDP—nearly $1 trillion less—forecast by government actuaries in 2010.”

>From Brookings.