Life
When Hummingbirds Turn Their Nectar Straws Into Daggers
In the clouded mountain forests of Central and South America, some of the fiercest duels are fought with beaks that double as spears.
Nov 23, 2025
Earth & Environment
War Reroutes Ships, And The Clouds Respond
Attacks on cargo ships in a narrow Middle Eastern strait have ended up changing the brightness of clouds half a world away.
Nov 23, 2025
Health
Exhausted Cell Batteries, Not Dead Neurons, May Drive Gulf War Illness
The problem might not be brain damage after all. New research tracking the same group of Navy Seabees over two decades suggests that Gulf War illness stems from a persistent energy crisis inside brain cells rather than irreversible neural destruction.
Nov 22, 2025
Health
Nasal Drops Co-opt Facial Nerves to Clear Brain Tumors in Mice
The biological defenses that protect the brain from toxins also lock out most cancer drugs, making glioblastoma one of the hardest tumors to treat.
Nov 22, 2025
Space
Earth's Long-Lost Sibling That Made The Moon May Have Lived Next Door
Four and a half billion years ago, a neighboring world slammed into the young Earth and changed everything.
Nov 21, 2025
Brain & Behavior
Why Machines Can’t Match Our Wildest Ideas
Creativity has never been a numbers game, and a new Australian analysis offers a stark reminder of just how far generative AI sits from human imagination.
Nov 21, 2025
Life
Lions Have A Secret Roar That Could Help Save Them
Deep in the African night, it turns out that lions are not just roaring, they are speaking in two different roaring voices that computers can now tell apart with remarkable precision.
Nov 21, 2025
Life
Tiny Bettongs Have Mighty Jaws That Shatter Super Tough Seeds
At mealtimes, rabbit sized Australian bettongs turn into nut cracking powerhouses that can splinter seeds tougher than popcorn kernels.
Nov 21, 2025
Brain & Behavior
Brain’s Star Cells Rise Up Against Alzheimer’s Damage
In mice already losing memories to Alzheimer’s, scientists have uncovered a way to turn the brain’s star shaped support cells into sweeping cleaners that slow cognitive decline.
Nov 21, 2025
Brain & Behavior
Simple Amino Acid Helps Calm The Alzheimer’s Brain in Mice
A familiar dietary amino acid is quietly doing something radical in the lab, easing some of the core brain changes that define Alzheimer’s disease.
Nov 21, 2025
Life
When The Air Dries Out, Cockroaches Cuddle To Stay Alive
When the air around them turns desert dry, Madagascar hissing cockroaches do something surprisingly tender: they press their bodies together and ride out the stress as a crowd.
Nov 21, 2025
Health
New Air Device Stops Pathogens Before They Spread Indoors
Canadian engineers have built a device that captures airborne disease particles before they circulate through meeting rooms, clinics, and offices.
Nov 21, 2025
Earth & Environment
Hidden Deep Earth Blobs May Explain Why Our Planet Came Alive
Far beneath our feet, two gigantic blobs of strange rock and splashes of molten material near Earth’s core may help explain why this planet, and not its rocky neighbors, ended up with oceans, a breathable atmosphere, and life.
Nov 20, 2025
Brain & Behavior
When Children Splash Paint Like Pollock, the Patterns Tell a Surprising Story
In a quiet physics lab, paint arced through the air and spattered onto paper, revealing something unexpected about how children move, balance, and create.
Nov 20, 2025