Animals
African forest elephants' disappearance threatens the wood that lines piano keys
By Daniel Moran · Sep 17, 2026
2026
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Life
Sea slug severs its own head and regrows a new body with beating heart
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Tractor trains haul fuel across Antarctica at walking pace to spare precious cargo flights
By The Long View · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
A gardener's slug fix became Scotland's million-pound ecological crisis
By Natural History · Sep 17, 2026
Space
Webb's sunshade blocks three celestial bodies at once, but astronauts can never reach it
By The Long View · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Dead battery waste becomes seawater desalting filter that removes 99.6 percent salt
By Lab Report · Sep 17, 2026
Technology
Retired car batteries are becoming the grid's most valuable energy storage
By Lab Report · Sep 17, 2026
Life
Government stocked islands with foxes to harvest fur, then spent decades trying to save the birds
By Natural History · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Wind farm cameras caught 6 bird collisions—all happened in daylight, none at night
By Lab Report · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
AI data centers are driving up electricity costs for American farms
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
One electrical tower hosted nine white stork nests, straining Spain's power grid protection efforts
By Natural History · Sep 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Rural Virginia rejected a massive data center project that threatened its farming economy
By Lab Report · Sep 17, 2026
Life
More than one in three sharks and rays now face extinction threat
By Natural History · Sep 16, 2026
Featured
Upside-down stamps from 1918 became the rarest, most valuable in history
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 16, 2026