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June 24, 2025
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June 24, 2025 — Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical analysis. Surprisingly, their last meals included woolly rhinoceros ...
June 24, 2025 — Exploration for deep-sea minerals in the Clarion Clipperton Zone threatens to disrupt an unexpectedly rich ecosystem of whales and dolphins. New studies have detected endangered species in the area and warn that mining noise and sediment could ...
June 23, 2025 — Ancient coral fossils from the remote Seychelles islands have unveiled a dramatic warning for our future—sea levels can rise in sudden, sharp bursts even when global temperatures stay ...
June 21, 2025 — Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an astonishing new material: a printable gel that’s alive. Infused with ancient cyanobacteria, this "photosynthetic living material" not only grows but also removes CO₂ from the air, twice over. The ...
June 21, 2025 — Beneath the forest floor lies an overlooked secret: many plants grow a second set of roots far deeper than expected sometimes over three feet down tapping into hidden nutrient stores and potentially locking away carbon. A new study using deep-soil ...
June 21, 2025 — In a twist on conventional wisdom, researchers have discovered that in ocean-like fluids with changing density, tiny porous particles can sink faster than larger ones, thanks to how they absorb salt. ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers in South Korea have developed a powerful and affordable new material for producing hydrogen, a clean energy source key to fighting climate change. By fine-tuning boron-doping and phosphorus levels in cobalt phosphide nanosheets, the team ...
June 19, 2025 — During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers. MIT researchers discovered ...
June 19, 2025 — AI researchers in Switzerland have found a way to dramatically cut cement s carbon footprint by redesigning its recipe. Their system simulates thousands of ingredient combinations, pinpointing those that keep cement strong while emitting far less ...
June 18, 2025 — A breakthrough study has uncovered that the Southern Ocean's power to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fluctuates dramatically depending on winter sea ice. When sea ice lingers longer into winter, the ocean absorbs up to 20% more CO2, thanks ...
June 18, 2025 — In a surprising twist during an air quality study in Oklahoma, researchers detected MCCPs an industrial pollutant never before measured in the Western Hemisphere's atmosphere. The team suspects these toxic compounds are entering the air through ...
June 17, 2025 — Nematodes tiny yet mighty form wriggling towers to survive and travel as a team. Long thought to exist only in labs, scientists have now spotted these towers naturally forming in rotting orchard fruit. Remarkably, the worms aren t just piling up ...
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June 20, 2025 — A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term ...
June 20, 2025 — Arctic peatlands are expanding with rising temperatures, storing more carbon at least for now. But future warming could reverse this benefit, ...
June 20, 2025 — Fierce, fast summer rainstorms are on the rise in the Alps, and a 2 C temperature increase could double their frequency. A new study from researchers at the University of Lausanne and the University ...
June 19, 2025 — Every query typed into a large language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, requires energy and produces CO2 emissions. Emissions, however, depend on the model, the subject matter, and the user. ...
June 16, 2025 — A lifelong fascination with nature and fieldwork led this researcher to the world of ethnobiology a field where ecology, culture, and community come together. Investigating how local people relate to ...
June 15, 2025 — Underground fungi may be one of Earth s most powerful and overlooked allies in the fight against climate change, yet most of them remain unknown to science. Known only by DNA, these "dark taxa" make ...
June 15, 2025 — Atmospheric rivers, while vital for replenishing water on the U.S. West Coast, are also the leading cause of floods though storm size alone doesn t dictate their danger. A groundbreaking study ...
June 15, 2025 — Ten thousand years after mastodons disappeared, scientists have unearthed powerful fossil evidence proving these elephant cousins were vital seed ...
June 14, 2025 — A pioneering study reveals how archaeologists' satellite tools can be repurposed to tackle climate change. By using AI and satellite LiDAR imagery ...
June 14, 2025 — Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat -- rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine -- is driving West Africa's ...
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June 24, 2025 — Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented behavior among marine mammals. This suggests a deeper social and cultural ...
June 23, 2025 — DNA from a skull found at Newgrange once sparked theories of a royal incestuous elite in ancient Ireland, but new research reveals no signs of such a hierarchy. Instead, evidence suggests a ...
June 23, 2025 — In a remarkable twist of science, researchers have transformed a fungus long associated with death into a potential weapon against cancer. Found in tombs like that of King Tut, Aspergillus flavus was ...
June 20, 2025 — Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a new photoredox catalysis system that uses visible light mimicking photosynthesis to drive energy-intensive chemical reactions at room ...
June 20, 2025 — Even after 20 million years of evolutionary separation, two tiny worm species show astonishingly similar patterns in how they turn genes on and off. Scientists mapped every cell s activity during ...
June 19, 2025 — Researchers investigating the enigmatic and antibiotic-resistant Pandoraea bacteria have uncovered a surprising twist: these pathogens don't just pose risks they also produce powerful natural ...
June 18, 2025 — New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...
June 17, 2025 — Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles use ...
June 17, 2025 — A massive, extinct salamander with jaws like a vice once roamed ancient Tennessee and its fossil has just rewritten what we thought we knew about Appalachian amphibians. Named Dynamognathus ...
June 17, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered that fish biofluorescence a captivating ability to glow in vivid colors has ancient roots stretching back over 100 million years. This trait evolved independently in reef ...
June 16, 2025 — Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a molecular mechanism known as BMP shuttling, once thought unique to ...
June 14, 2025 — UC San Diego engineers have created a passive evaporative cooling membrane that could dramatically slash energy use in data centers. As demand for AI and cloud computing soars, traditional cooling ...
June 22, 2025 — A Rice University team discovered that bubbling CO₂ through a mild acid dramatically improves the lifespan and efficiency of electrochemical devices that convert CO₂ into useful fuels. This ...
June 14, 2025 — A University of Queensland-led project has developed a tool to standardise genetic testing of koala populations, providing a significant boost to conservation and recovery ...
June 13, 2025 — Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like ...
June 13, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that your breathing pattern is as unique as a fingerprint and it may reveal more than just your identity. Using a 24-hour wearable device, researchers achieved nearly 97% ...
June 13, 2025 — Despite Earth's most devastating mass extinction wiping out over 80% of marine life and half of land species, a group of early reptiles called archosauromorphs not only survived but thrived, ...
June 12, 2025 — Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly ...
June 12, 2025 — Female earwigs may be evolving exaggerated weaponry just like males. A study from Toho University found that female forceps, once assumed to be passive tools, show the same kind of outsized growth ...
June 11, 2025 — Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists discovered a unique sugar in these marine creatures that can block Sulf-2, an ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
- No Kings Buried Here: DNA Unravels the Myth of Incestuous Elites in Ancient Ireland
- From Cursed Tomb Fungus to Cancer Cure: Aspergillus Flavus Yields Potent New Drug
Friday, June 20, 2025
- Photon-Powered Alchemy: How Light Is Rewriting Fossil Fuel Chemistry
- Frozen in Time: Transparent Worms Keep Genes in Sync for 20 Million Years
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- These Beetles Can See a Color Most Insects Can’t
- Monster Salamander With Powerful Jaws Unearthed in Tennessee Fossil Find
- Rainbow Reefs Revealed: The Secret 112-Million-Year Saga of Glowing Fish
Monday, June 16, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
- Toxic Tides: Centuries-Old Mercury Is Flooding the Arctic Food Chain
- Invisible ID: How a Single Breath Could Reveal Your Health—and Your Identity
- The 10,000-Mile March Through Fire That Made Dinosaurs Possible
Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Something More Toxic Than Gators Is Hiding in the Swamps
- Pincer Plot Twist: How Female Earwigs Evolved Deadly Claws for Love and War
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- What a Dinosaur Ate 100 Million Years ago—Preserved in a Fossilized Time Capsule
- 2,000 Miles Through Rivers and Ice: Mapping Neanderthals’ Hidden Superhighways Across Eurasia
- How Madagascar’s Lizards Became the Island’s Last Hope for Reforestation
- Scientists Reveal the Hidden Pause That Keeps Bee Colonies Alive
Friday, June 6, 2025
- Scientists Find Immune Molecule That Supercharges Plant Growth
- Scientists Uncover 230 Giant Ocean Viruses That Hijack Photosynthesis
Friday, June 13, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Monday, June 9, 2025
- Why Past Mass Extinctions Didn't Break ecosystems—But This One Might
- New Evidence Reveals Advanced Maritime Technology in the Philippines 35,000 Years Ago
Sunday, June 8, 2025
- Earth's Core Mystery Solved: How Solid Rock Flows 3,000 Kilometers Beneath Us
- How Outdated Phones Can Power Smart Cities and Save the Seas
- 160 Million Years Ago, This Fungus Pierced Trees Like a Microscopic Spear
Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Whales Blow Bubble Rings--And They Might Be Talking to Us
- Drone Tech Uncovers 1,000-Year-Old Native American Farms in Michigan
- Satellite Tracking of 12,000 Marine Animals Reveals Ocean Giants Are in Trouble
- Lighting Up Earthquakes: How Scientists Watched Ruptures Evolve in Milliseconds
Friday, June 6, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Rivers Are Exhaling Ancient Carbon — and Climate Math Just Changed
- Scientists Warn of Bat Virus Just One Mutation from Infecting Humans
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Telehealth Can Improve Care for Cats With Chronic Health Issues
- Collaboration Can Unlock Australia's Energy Transition Without Sacrificing Natural Capital
- Eating an Array of Smaller Fish Could Be Nutrient-Dense Solution to Overfishing
- Molecular Link Between Air Pollution and Pregnancy Risks
- Being in Nature Can Help People With Chronic Back Pain Manage Their Condition
- Scientists Say Next Few Years Vital to Securing the Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- First Direct Observation of the Trapped Waves That Shook the World in 2023
- DNA Floating in the Air Tracks Wildlife, Viruses -- Even Drugs
- Two Plant Species Invent the Same Chemically Complex and Medically Interesting Substance
- Clinical Research on Psychedelics Gets a Boost from New Study
- Baboons Walk in Line for Friendship, Not Survival, New Study Finds
- Large-Scale Immunity Profiling Grants Insights Into Flu Virus Evolution
Friday, June 6, 2025
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Tea, Berries, Dark Chocolate and Apples Could Lead to a Longer Life Span, Study Shows
- Atmospheric Chemistry Keeps Pollutants in the Air
Monday, June 2, 2025
- Record High: Study Finds Growing Cannabis Use Among Older Adults
- Researchers Develop Recyclable, Healable Electronics
- Geological Time Capsule Highlights Great Barrier Reef's Resilience
- The Sweet Spot: Sugar-Based Sensors to Revolutionize Snake Venom Detection
- Still on the Right Track? Researchers Enable Reliable Monitoring of the Paris Climate Goals
- Coastal Flooding More Frequent Than Previously Thought
- Nitrogen Loss on Sandy Shores: The Big Impact of Tiny Anoxic Pockets
- Student Discovers Long-Awaited Mystery Fungus Sought by LSD's Inventor
- Synthetic Compound Shows Promise Against Multidrug Resistance
- Researchers Recreate Ancient Egyptian Blues
- Researchers Use Deep Learning to Predict Flooding This Hurricane Season
- Insect Protein Blocks Bacterial Infection
- Human-Caused Dust Events Are Linked to Fallow Farmland
- Research Shows How Solar Arrays Can Aid Grasslands During Drought
- Air-Quality Monitoring Underestimates Toxic Emissions to Salton Sea Communities, Study Finds
Friday, May 30, 2025
- New Plant Leaf Aging Factor Found
- Mediterranean Diet Provides Symptom Relief for Patients With IBS in Pilot Study
- Small Currents, Big Impact: Satellite Breakthrough Reveals Hidden Ocean Forces
- Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases
- Single-Atom Catalysts Change Spin State When Boosted by a Magnetic Field
- Rising Soil Nitrous Acid Emissions, Driven by Climate Change and Fertilization, Accelerate Global Ozone Pollution
- The EU Should Allow Gene Editing to Make Organic Farming More Sustainable, Researchers Say
- Predicting Underwater Landslides Before They Strike
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age for Land-Animal Ancestor
- Save Twice the Ice by Limiting Global Warming
- Birds Nested in Arctic Alongside Dinosaurs
- Leprosy Existed in America Long Before Arrival of Europeans
- Anthropologists Spotlight Human Toll of Glacier Loss
- 2021's Hurricane Ida Could Have Been Even Worse for NYC
- Evolution of a Single Gene Allowed the Plague to Adapt, Survive and Kill Much of Humanity Over Many Centuries
- Cellular Scaffolding Secrets Unlocked: Scientists Discover Key to Microtubule Growth
- Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
- An Iron Oxide 'oxygen Sponge' For Efficient Thermochemical Hydrogen Production
- Could 'pausing' Cell Death Be the Final Frontier in Medicine on Earth and Beyond?
- Dinosaurs Could Hold Key to Cancer Discoveries
- 'Future-Proofing' Crops Will Require Urgent, Consistent Effort
- Atlantic Ocean Current Unlikely to Collapse With Climate Change
- Living Libraries Could Save Our Food
- Keep the Cool Feeling: A Lipid Enzyme for Maintaining Cool Temperature Sensation and Avoidance
- EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies
- Does Planting Trees Really Help Cool the Planet?
- How Does Coffee Affect a Sleeping Brain?