Daniel Moran is a writer at Science Blog covering the intersection of psychology, technology, and human behavior. Daniel brings a background in technology research and a focus on how scientific findings translate into the way people actually live, work, and think.
As sea levels rise and saltwater intrudes on freshwater forests, millions of dead trees are reshaping America's coastline—and revealing how quickly climate change can transform an entire ecosystem.
Sep 6, 2026
Accumulating shellfish refuse transformed a Fijian shoreline into solid ground, revealing how ordinary people across the Pacific engineered their landscape one meal at a time.
Sep 6, 2026
Reeds do not grow on salt flats. Yet dozens of near-perfect circles of them have shoved their way up through the crust of Farmington Bay, in the south-eastern corner of Utah's Great Salt Lake.
Sep 6, 2026
A Thai farming community discovered that elephants will raid crops they love but ignore ones they find bland—a simple crop swap that transforms conflict into coexistence.
Sep 4, 2026
A microscopic time capsule from an ancient ocean reveals an entire ecosystem frozen in stone—and scientists didn't even know to look for it.
Sep 4, 2026
Two months flat on their backs revealed the shocking speed at which the human body surrenders to gravity's absence—and what that means for astronauts, the elderly, and anyone immobilized by illness.
Sep 3, 2026
A secretive mountain dweller thought extinct in the region for seven decades has finally been documented—but scientists still don't know if it's a survivor or a sign of something larger stirring in the Himalayas.
Aug 31, 2026
The ocean floor's violent geology remains largely hidden—until robotic expeditions reveal how molten rock sculpts the seafloor in ways that challenge what we thought we knew about underwater volcanism.
Aug 31, 2026
Humpback whales routinely abandon their own safety to rescue unrelated species from predators, a pattern so consistent it demands an explanation—but marine biologists have none.
Aug 30, 2026
The world's thirst for cotton is draining aquifers faster than they can refill, threatening communities that can least afford the shortage.
Aug 30, 2026
What eight hundred millennia of Earth's breath reveals about the climate we're inheriting.
Aug 29, 2026
Scientists are finding evidence that elephants may grieve their dead in ways that challenge how we understand animal consciousness and emotion.
Aug 27, 2026
The cardiovascular benefits of dog ownership rival many medical interventions, and may have less to do with walks than with the daily discipline of being needed.
Aug 25, 2026
A cancer vaccine tailored to each patient's unique tumour mutations has achieved what no personalised therapy has before—proving it can delay recurrence in a large clinical trial.
Aug 25, 2026
