She is a writer at Science Blog covering new research across the sciences. Her academic background is in data science, which shapes how she reads a study: she goes to the methods and the numbers before the conclusions, and is explicit about what an analysis supports and what it only suggests.
Pet dogs spent more time looking at a round shape when they heard 'bouba' and at a spiky one for 'kiki', though the difference was about one second per trial.
Oct 29, 2026
A jumping spider showed regular REM-like bouts and, after one night of fly disturbance, spent about 80% more time in them, though the study used only 13 spiders and tracked behaviour, not brain activity.
Oct 29, 2026
Filmed on a lab track, dwarf reed snakes rolled at peak speeds near 8.3 mph, which in body lengths rivals a cheetah's best burst, though the figure is a single peak from a tap-triggered test and not a chase.
Oct 28, 2026
Drone video of wild blacktip sharks fleeing a loud underwater speaker puts a number on how far away they react to sound, though the study cannot yet say how they sense it.
Oct 25, 2026
Filmed in two South African parks, wild elephants looked at a rival before gesturing and kept gesturing when ignored, which fits deliberate signalling, though the study covers only conflicts.
Oct 23, 2026
A Singapore trial found that releasing non-biting, Wolbachia-carrying male mosquitoes cut dengue sharply, though the 2,351 cases it says were averted come with caveats.
Oct 22, 2026
The traps clearly worked on mosquitoes, but whether they stopped any infections is a much shakier question, and so is what else they might kill.
Oct 21, 2026
Breeders made dogs big, and a study of 894 pet dogs suggests the cost may show up in the chemical tags that hold jumping genes in check, though it cannot yet show that one causes the other.
Oct 18, 2026
The gene once sold as the "language gene" did not bring mice any closer to talking, but it may have made them quicker to turn a deliberate routine into a habit.
Oct 17, 2026
Cleaning up empty lots cut gun violence and fear in Philadelphia's poorest neighbourhoods, and greening them eased depression.
Oct 17, 2026
The program roughly halved violent-crime arrests, likely by teaching boys to pause before reacting. But where it was checked, the drop lost statistical significance once sessions ended.
Oct 15, 2026
A 1999 hunting season with no bag limit was meant to cut Tennessee’s wild hog numbers, but it made the hogs worth moving, and people released them where they wanted to hunt.
Oct 13, 2026
The Moken children’s eyes were ordinary; what set them apart was how they used them underwater, and four European girls learned to do the same.
Oct 12, 2026
