Longer essays and features from Science Blog. Pieces here go through additional research and review.
The Mediterranean Sea exists because a narrow opening keeps replacing the water that its climate removes.
Sep 2, 2026
The evidence comes from intact retinal layers, active rod genes and blue-sensitive pigment, while the proposed role of DNA repair remains a mechanism to test rather than a proven longevity switch.
Sep 2, 2026
A regional seismic search found hundreds of overlooked signals around West Antarctica, but the Thwaites interpretation rests on converging evidence rather than 245 satellite-confirmed capsizes.
Sep 2, 2026
Ocean Census’s 1,121 candidate species came from expeditions, workshops and collection backlogs, but its discovery threshold precedes formal taxonomic description.
Sep 1, 2026
Darwin's three study blocks totalled about four hours, but correspondence, experiments, reading and reflection made his scientific day much larger than the popular timetable.
Sep 1, 2026
Seawise Giant stretched 458.45 metres from bow to stern after its enlargement, measured about 68.8 metres across and settled roughly 24.6 metres into the water at full load.
Sep 1, 2026
A platypus slips beneath the surface and closes the openings that would guide most mammals.
Sep 1, 2026
Visible light is not a hard-edged physical category but a biological window. Beyond it, instruments translate the same electromagnetic phenomenon into data our eyes can examine.
Sep 1, 2026
A cryogenic CCD integrated 20-minute exposures from five men, revealing a late-afternoon rhythm in ultraweak visible photon emission that was distinct from body heat.
Sep 1, 2026
